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Asahi Production
Founded in 1973
Native Name
旭プロダクション
Founded
Jun 1, 1973
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  1. Childcare
  2. Otaku Culture
  3. Romance
  4. Supernatural
  1. Asahi Production
Apr 8, 2023 at 11:00am EDT

Ever since their father died, Ichirou Kuga has struggled to support his two younger siblings on nothing but a small inheritance and his passion for drawing manga. But it’s becoming harder to keep up with his growing responsibilities and deadlines, especially after his last two assistants quit to follow their dreams.

Just as he’s nearing his breaking point, the beautiful and scarily competent Shiori Goshiki applies to become his new assistant. But there’s something almost otherworldly about Goshiki, and soon Kuga finds his reality turned upside down when she suddenly declares them engaged to marry!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Ecchi
  4. Fantasy
  1. Asahi Production
Jan 3, 2024 at 9:30am EST

Hiragi Utena is a major fangirl of the magical girls protecting her city, so when she has the chance to become one herself, she leaps at the chance to join their technicolor ranks… but when she transforms, she learns she isn’t fated to be a daring do-gooder, but rather a villain on the side of evil! At first she tries to quit her new gig as the leader of the local baddies, but she quickly realizes she enjoys it and is a total natural at tormenting the magical girls she loves so much. With both a bang and a whimper, Hiragi’s journey as a magical-girl-tormenting sadist has begun!

[Source: HIDIVE]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Fantasy
  4. Gore
  1. Asahi Production
Jul 1, 2021 at 9:00am EDT

Saltherine Aldarake, princess of the Kingdom of Aldarake, dreams of traveling the world—a dangerous dream in a land where monsters roam the countryside as they please, and humans live behind high, strong walls. But when a chance meeting with traveler Mikoto gives hope to her dream, he shatters it soon after, as he reveals himself to be none other than Momotaro, ruthless demon-slayer. Though horrified by the gore Momotaro leaves behind, Saltherine is convinced more than ever that she needs to learn about the world beyond her walls, and journeys out...following the steps of the mysterious, charismatic, terrifying boy she met that day...

[Source: Kodansha]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Fantasy
  1. Asahi Production
January 2025

In this world, one can gain special abilities by eating a skill fruit only once. To eat another is a certain death sentence. However, Light obtains a skill called "Nut Master," which is unsuitable for battle. He resigns himself to a life as a farmer, but by chance, he eats another skill fruit. At this moment, he learns the hidden ability of "Nut Master."

"Why haven't I died? Is this some sort of new skill—"

This is the story of a lowly farmer becoming the strongest by acquiring numerous different abilities.

[Source: Shousetsuka ni Narou, translated by MAL]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Fantasy
  1. Asahi Production
Jan 6, 2023 at 11:55am EST

The great beasts created the land, but humans stole it. Angered, the beasts began eating humans, who in turn called upon the gods to fight the beasts. In the age of the sword, heroes and mythology, giant beasts are hunted by humans for profit. Jiro, who makes his living hunting beasts, encounters Kuumi, who is being chased by someone, and in that moment decides to save her. As rumors spread regarding humanity and a mysterious experiment, together they seek to discover the world’s secrets.

[Source: HIDIVE]

  1. Comedy
  2. Educational
  3. Fantasy
  4. Gag Humor
  5. Mythology
  6. Slice of Life
  7. Workplace
  1. Asahi Production
Jan 7, 2021 at 9:30am EST

I made the light, the water, and the earth below. Now it's time to make the life that dwells upon it. Actually... that sounds like a giant headache, so I'll contract it out! Heaven's Design Team is an agency that creates made-to-order life forms for their client, God. Why does this life form look like that? Why does this life form live this way? Watch the trials and successes of the designers and engineers forced to breathe life into God's absurd requests!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Comedy
  2. Crossdressing
  3. School
  4. Slice of Life
Himegoto
TV (JP)
Released
Short-form
6.99
  1. Asahi Production
Jul 7, 2014 at 10:54am EDT

The story follows Hime Arikawa, whose absent parents have left with saddled with a huge debt. After being saved from debt collectors by three girls on the student council, in exchange for paying off his debt, he agrees to spend the rest of his high school career dressed as a girl.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Drama
  3. Military
  4. Sci-Fi
  1. Asahi Production
Jan 7, 2022 at 11:00am EST

The game's story is set in an alternate timeline near-future Earth in the 2060s. The aftermath of a military accident that resulted in widespread disease, as well as the recent conclusion of careless nuclear war, has massively depopulated the planet, rendered much of the surface uninhabitable, and reduced once-great nations to shadows of their former selves. Androids used for labor and combat have become an important facet of life, and easily replicable and disposable androids known as Tactical Dolls (T-Dolls) are used by private military companies in the frontlines of numerous brushfire wars. In the game, the player takes the role of a fresh commander in a PMC, commanding T-Dolls to fight against a new AI threat.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Comedy
  2. Fantasy
Orenchi no Furo Jijou
TV (JP)
Released
Short-form
7.45
  1. Asahi Production
Oct 6, 2014 at 10:54am EDT

A hot boy mermaid named Wakasa has taken over the bath of a teenage boy named Tatsumi! This cute but selfish freeloader is a perfect match for the cool but tender and caring Tatsumi. Let's see how they get by together!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Slice of Life
  3. Sports
  1. Asahi Production
Jan 11, 2021 at 12:00pm EST

※ NOTE: TV broadcast of the "WAVE!! -Let's go surfing!!-" film trilogy

The project's story is set in the city of Ōarai in Ibaraki prefecture, and centers on Masaki Hinaoka, who befriends transfer student Shou Akitsuki before the summer break, and ends up getting hooked on surfing. Through the sport, Masaki will get to know new friends, and will also drift apart from them in his journey to adulthood.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. CGDCT
  2. Comedy
  3. Gourmet
  4. School
  5. Slice of Life
Pan de Peace!
TV (JP)
Released
Short-form
7.33
  1. Asahi Production
Apr 3, 2016 at 7:55am EDT

The "cute and soft bread four-panel manga" centers around Minami, an airheaded girl who is starting high school and who loves eating bread for breakfast. Baked goods bring happiness everyday to her and her classmates — the reliable Yu, the pastry-baking Fuyumi, and the independent Noa.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Fantasy
  1. Asahi Production
2025

In the harsh region known as the borderlands, humans must fight an endless battle against demi-human creatures that come at them relentlessly, intent on taking their land and their gods. A young boy named Kai, fighting to defend his village, sustains a life-threatening injury that causes him to regain memories from a past life. If you’re not a guardian bearer, it’s like you’re playing life on hard mode... Kai’s newfound knowledge gives him a new sense of the unfair “rule set” that governs the world around him. One thing is clear: For those without a god to serve as their guardian, life is a constant struggle for survival. Thus begins the epic tale of a young boy’s ascent into a vast world filled with magic, bloodshed, and mystery.

[Source: J-Novel Club]

  1. Comedy
  2. School
Omae wa Mada Gunma wo Shiranai
TV (JP)
Released
Short-form
7.38
  1. Asahi Production
Apr 2, 2018 at 7:55am EDT

Kamitsuki ends up having to move from Chiba Prefecture to Gunma Prefecture. He decides to do a little bit of research about Gunma on his way over, and everything he finds out is terrifying! For example, “The world’s only remaining unexplored area,” and “Make sure you take all your best equipment.” What kind of place is Gunma? What kinds of things are going to happen to him while he’s there? The Gunma-born author brings you the real truth about Gunma in this series.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Fantasy
  2. Historical
  1. Asahi Production
Apr 8, 2019 at 7:00am EDT

Long before superheroes, there were legends. One of them begins with Shaka Nyorai, whose bravery and enlightenment once saved humanity forever. But forever is fleeting because Mara, the personification of Earthly desires, forges a corrupt coalition with the devil to again visit wrath and vengeance upon humankind. To counter Mara’s cruel attack, Taishakuten and Bonten, divine beings, must join forces with the Thirteen Buddhas. Can the allied powers of light defeat the vicious onslaught and save humankind in their darkest hour?

[Source: Sentai Filmworks]

  1. Slice of Life
  2. Sports
  1. Asahi Production
October 1, 2020 EDT

※ NOTE: First installment in the theatrical trilogy

Masaki Hinaoka, who grew up near the coast of Ooarai in Ibaraki Prefecture, meets a prince-like transfer student Shou Akitsuki before the summer break, who introduces him to the world of surfing. Through surfing, Masaki meets irreplaceable friends and experiences farewell as he becomes an adult. It is the beginning of a never-ending story of boys fascinated by the charm of surfing.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

  1. Fantasy
  2. Reverse Harem
  3. Romance
  1. Asahi Production
July 29, 2011 EDT

The girly but bloody otome game re-imagining of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with bishounen characters and added romance.

A parody of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland where Alice is smart and non-doormatlike.

In this story, Alice is not all what she seems. She is practical, strong, yet darkly cynical. Instead of the tradition story, Alice is kidnapped unwillingly by a mysterious (yet somewhat bishie-looking) man with bunny ears into a place call Heartland. Stuck in Heartland due to a trick by the mysterious bunny eared man, she meets the residents of this world. Along the way, Alice meets Blood, handsome mafia leader; Ace, the psycho yet charming knight and more... What should Alice do in such a world!?

[Source: MU]

  1. Drama
  2. Idols (Female)
  3. Slice of Life
Million Doll
TV (JP)
Released
Short-form
7.48
  1. Asahi Production
Jul 6, 2015 at 12:11pm EDT

Million Doll centers on an idol-loving hikkomori named Suko who has a special ability. She can make any idol popular just by writing about them on her blog! One day, while being forced to go to the supermarket by her sister, she happens to see a live performance from the Fukuoka based idol group "Itrio." Suko decides that she will do everything in her power to push them into stardom. Unfortunately, she has compete with the charismatic otaku blogger Ryu-san who supports the underground idol Mariko!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Mecha
  3. Sci-Fi
  4. Space
  1. Asahi Production
Oct 1, 2010 at 12:00pm EDT

With many of its central personnel lost in the war, the Earth Federation Government is forced to rebuild, and Brian Midcrid, president of the Unified Colonies, takes the position of its president. During an emergency session of the Federation Diet, he publicly acknowledges the existence of extraterrestrials, and reveals the events of the L5 campaign to the masses in what will later come to be called the "Tokyo Declaration." He goes on to state that these aliens pose a serious threat to humanity.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Mythology
  3. Sci-Fi
  1. Ashi Productions
  2. Asahi Production
Apr 13, 1988 at 4:00am EDT

Sonic Soldier Borgman is a science fiction that comebines super sentai with non-gattai. It features a sentai-like three members team that fight an organization known as Youma. Features 3 characters with 3 basic ranger colors: Pink, Blue and Green.Featuring three main characters : Chuck,Ryo and Anise, Ryo is the leader, Chuck and Anise are teachers at a public school.Sometimes,the students help or make troubles to the Borgman somehow, some even know the Borgman secret identities. Ryo has a talking "modern" blue motorcycle that can upgrade itself. The transformation code is "Borg. Get On". Each member has a personal cannon that matches his/her armor color that appears only to finish the monster they fight.

  1. Fantasy
  1. Asahi Production
November 28, 2019 EST

Extended theatrical version of "Santa Company."

Noel is an 11-year-old girl who despises Christmas. She has lived with her father ever since her parents divorced three years ago, but her father ends up busy at work every Christmas and she cannot play with her friends from school.

On a lonely Christmas Eve, Noel takes her usual apartment complex elevator ride to her home, but when the doors open, she finds herself lost in a humongous factory—owned by Santa Claus. Santa Claus has gone corporate as Santa Company with the motto "Swiftly, surely, secretly." The outfit takes orders and delivers top-notch presents to children in the utmost secrecy. Noel meets some new friends, and together, they take off in a sled to deliver presents.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Comedy
  2. Ecchi
  3. Magic
  1. Asahi Production
August 26, 2010 EDT
  • An exclusive OVA produced for PAJAMAS SOFT 10th Anniversary-Project Prism Magical: Prism Generations! and included with the professional package of the game.

There is a small town on the sea. Raika just enjoys his school life with Ibuki, his old friend, and Yuri, his maid. However, his father is actually a magical girl (?). Also, a group of magical girls come to his school to look for a treasure stone called Mana Prism. Though he doesn't want to wear a girl's costume, he is forced to be a magical girl as well! "Come back, my peaceful life!" To save his school, his battle against the magical girls starts now!

[Source: AniDB]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Comedy
  1. Tatsunoko Production
  2. Asahi Production
Oct 19, 1989 at 4:30am EDT

The series starts when Hayato, a soccer enthusiast, and his girlfriend Yumi, an aspiring musician, went to a visit to Dr. Leonard's lab. They accidentally activated the Tondekeman, a funny talking kettle who transported them many centuries in the past.

In Baghdad, Hayato and Yumi gets reunited but they got separated from Tondekeman. They meet Aladdin, Prince Dandarn and Princess Shalala. They also meet the cunning Abdullah who is always ready to kidnap the princess so that he could marry the princess to his master.

Our heroes get to go to different places and times and meet several historical and literary figures as they follow Abdullah as he escapes through time to abduct the princess.

Hayato and Yumi are stuck in the past until they get Tondekeman from the possession of Abdullah.

[Source: Wikipedia]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. School
  1. Asahi Production
March 30, 2006 EST

One day the else so peaceful mood in the Ourin Gakuen suddenly changes. Kusunoki-sensei, the so-called subheroine, along with most of the students takes over the school after a coup d'état. The principal is beaten and now it's up to Yuu Sakurano, Yuzuki Kaede and Nagomi Fujikura to take back the school from her and return it to the former peaceful days.

This is the start of a full-scale war, one that this school has never seen before.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Sci-Fi
  1. Asahi Production
July 17, 2011 EDT

Kamiyashiro Chikage was raised as a fighter of Shumisen, a secret society to seal mononke demons using special spirits called "In." When he was small, his father was killed by traitors to Shumisen and the trauma had made him withdraw into himself. Some years later, he gains the skill of "In" and is assigned an undercover mission to execute the traitors in the society.

  1. Tags TBD
Sugar Bunnies
TV (JP)
Released
Short-form
  1. Asahi Production
Apr 2, 2007 at 6:30pm EDT

※ NOTE: Aired within the anime corner of the Kitty's Paradise TV block.

Random cutesy edutainment tales aimed at small children, featuring animated speaking plushy toys.

  1. Comedy
  2. Fantasy
Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori to Parallel Town
TV (JP)
Released
Short-form
  1. Asahi Production
Oct 1, 2007 at 6:30pm EDT

Kitty and Mimmy fall through a hole and end up in a parallel world. It's identical to the one the sisters live in but it's inhabited by humans with transparent wings and pointy ears. Kitty becomes friends with Emily, a supermodel in this parallel world, and together they try to rescue Mimmy who has disappeared. Their search is hampered by Akuro--a black cat who has a mean streak.

[Source: MyAnimeList]

  1. Comedy
  2. Slice of Life
Funassyi no Funafunafuna Biyori
TV (JP)
Released
Short-form
  1. Asahi Production
Mar 29, 2015 at 7:00pm EDT

Funassyi, the popular pear-shaped mascot character of the Tokyo suburb Funabashi, will premiere its own series of television anime shorts on March 30. The Funassyi no Funafunafuna Biyori (Funassyi's Aimless Days) shorts will run every weekyday within the morning variety program Sukkiri!! Besides Funassyi, the anime will feature the brand-new character Guressyi (voiced by Lynn) and Nashigami-sama (Naoki Tatsuta).

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Drama
  2. Fantasy
  3. Mahou Shoujo
  1. Asahi Production
June 21, 1994 EDT

It is said that train stations are not only an end and a beginning for many, but also are a place for lost and forgotten objects—and for those who are forgotten. On a rain-soaked day, Minky Momo rides the train toward her final destination and ends up conversing with an old man who is trying to reunite with someone very important to him. After discovering he left his passport on the train, Momo embarks to try to find him and consequently runs into both her parallel self, and a young girl who is in need of both of their help. She has ties to the station, and yearns to find a resolution to her troubles...

[Source: Anime-Planet]

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