Creator / Ashi Productions

Ashi Productions (葦プロダクション; from 2007 to 2018 they were known as known Production REED before going back to their old name, and not to be confused for fellow photography and animation company Asahi Production) is a Tokyo-based anime studio first established in 1975 by former Tatsunoko Production staff. They are known mostly for their Mecha and Magical Girl anime.

They were owned by Bandai between 2001-2005, then by toy company Wiz from 2005 to 2010. Actas was also a part of the company from their establishment in 1986 to 1998.

On February 12, 2019, they changed their name back to Ashi Productions with the intention of pushing forward with new feelings and a theme of "let's make something interesting" and "let's make something fun".

See Kaname Productions, a studio founded by former Ashi animators.

Compare Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment, Studio DEEN, Sunrise and Tatsunoko Production, other long lasting anime studios. See also Industrial Light & Magic, another animation studio that was also formed in 1975. For a full, comprehensive list of their work; check out here.

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Anime Produced by Ashi Pro (among others)

• 8 Man After (with J.C. Staff)
• All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (Series and DASH only. Also provided In-Between Animation for the OVA)
• Ashita e Free Kick
• Bakujū Gasshin Ziguru Hazeru (with Polygon Pictures)
• Beast Wars II
• Beast Wars Neo
• Blocker Corps (Original concept and story; series with Nippon Animation, first project)
• Blue Seed (with Production I.G)
• Cutey Honey Universe
• Cyber Team in Akihabara (TV series, the movie was animated by Production I.G)
• Dancougar (Series and OVAs)
• Dancougar Nova
• Demonic Armor Psybuster
• F-Zero: GP Legend
• Floral Magician Mary Bell
• GoShogun
• H2
• Hokago no Tinker Bell
• Idol Defense Force Hummingbird
• Idol Densetsu Eriko
• IRIA: Zeiram the Animation
• Jewelpet Attack Travel (Most of the franchise was animated by Studio Comet, the last two series however were animated by ZEXCS and Studio DEEN respectively and Attack Chance!? was animated by AIC)
• Kaiketsu Zorro (With Italian distributor Mondo TV and Toho)
• Kyoryu Bokenki Jura Tripper
• Ladius
• Machine Robo
  • Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos
  • Machine Robo: Battlehackers
• Macross 7
• Magical Angel Sweet Mint
• Magical Princess Minky Momo
• Mega Man: Upon a Star
• NG Knight Lamune & 40 (and its sequels)
• Otona Joshi no Anime Time (episode one, with Studio Bones and WaoWorld)
• Sonic Soldier Borgman
• Space Warrior Baldios
• Super Combining Magical Robot Ginguiser (with Nippon Animation)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants
• Tokusou Kihei Dorvack
• Ultra Maniac
• Vampire Hunter D (OVA, with Studio Live)
• Violence Jack

American Projects

• Dennis the Menace (1980s series, Key Animation)
• Diabolik (TV Series, along with an uncredited Saerom, Hanil, and Kyoe Sung)
• M.A.S.K. (season 2 with Studio World; series with KK C&D Asia, Hanho Heung-Up and others)^List5 episodes: "Demolition Duel to the Death" (with Nakamura Productions), "Where Eagles Dare", "The Battle of the Giants", "Battle for Baja" (with Anime R), "High Noon"
• Mega Man (Ruby-Spears) (Co-production with Ruby-Spears)
• The Real Ghostbusters (Syndicated episodes, uncredited)^*at least 5 episodes: "The Spirit of Aunt Lois", "Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster" (with Anime R), "Ghostbuster of the Year", "Venkman's Ghost Repellers" (with Nakamura Productions), "Egon's Dragon"
• Skysurfer Strike Force (Same as Mega Man^NoteMoreover, it was Ruby-Spears' final series)
• ThunderCats (1985) (Season 1; uncredited)
• The Transformers (several episodes^List"More Than Meets the Eye, Parts 2-3", "Roll For It", "S.O.S. Dinobots", "The Ultimate Doom, Part 3", "Heavy Metal War" (Season 1; all with Nakamura Productions and Sei Young), "Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2" (Season 2; also with Nakamura Pro) and the second season opening for Toei Animation, uncredited)
• Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (for Hanna-Barbera and Tsuburaya Productions)

Other credits (Among others)

• 86 EIGHTY-SIX (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• 91 Days (In-Between Animation)
• A.I.C.O. Incarnation (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Agent Aika (In-Between Animation)
• AKB0048 (2nd Key Animation)
• Amagami SS (Key Animation)
• Another (In-Between Animation)
• Appleseed (1988 OVA, Animation)
• Attack on Titan (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Ban G Dream (2nd Key Animation)
• Batman: Gotham Knight (In-Between Animation)
• The Big O (In-Between Animation)
• Black Clover (Key Animation)
• Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail (In-Between Animation; Photography)
• Black Magic M-66 (Finish Animation)
• Bleach (Animation)
• Blue Gender (Finish & In-Between Animation)
• Catherine (In-Between Animation, cutscenes)
• Classroom Crisis (2nd Key Animation)
• Dangaioh (Photography)
• DAYS (2nd Key Animation)
• Digimon Ghost Game (Key Animation)
• Double Decker (2nd Key Animation)
• Dragon Ball Z (Production Cooperation with Toei for movies 11 through 13)
• Durarara!! (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• ef - a fairy tale of the two. (2nd Key Animation)
• Eureka Seven (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
• Excel♡Saga (assistance on episode 5)
• éX-Driver (Negative Cutting; Production for Episode 1)
• Fairy Tail (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
• Genesis of Aquarion (Digital Paint; In-Between Animation)
• Aquarion Evol (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Girls' Last Tour (2nd Key Animation)
• Girls und Panzer (In-Between Animation)
• Gleipnir (2nd Key Animation)
• Godzilla: Singular Point (2nd key & In-Between Animation)
• Granblue Fantasy (2nd Key Animation)
• Gravitation (In-Between Animation)
• Guilty Crown (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Gunsmith Cats (In-Between Animation, episode two)
• Guyver: Out of Control (Editing)
• Hanebad! (2nd Key Animation)
• Hand Maid May (In-Between Animation)
• Heat Guy J (Key Animation)
• Ixion Saga DT (In-Between Animation)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2nd Key & In-Between Animation, 2012 series)
• Kill la Kill (In-Between Animation)
• Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Key & In-Between Animation; Photography; Production Assistance)
• Kuroko's Basketball (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• LBX: Little Battlers eXperience (In-Between Animation)
• Lupin III: The Italian Adventure (In-between Cooperation)
• Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (Key Animation; Production Cooperation)
• M3: The Dark Metal (2nd Key Animation)
• Macross Frontier (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Madlax (In-Between Animation)
• Magical Idol Pastel Yumi (Production Cooperation)
• Martian Successor Nadesico (Finish Animation; Animation)
• Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (2nd Key Animation)
• Megazone 23 (In-Between Animation for Part 1, Finish Animation for Part 2)
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Key Animation)
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Key Animation)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (In-Between Animation)
• Murder Princess (Key Animation)
• My Hero Academia (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (In-Between Animation)
• Nanbaka (2nd Key Animation)
• Neon Genesis Evangelion (In-Between Animation)
• Ninja Senshi Tobikage (Production Cooperation)
• Noein (Digital Paint; In-Between Animation)
• Noir (In-Between Animation)
• Noragami (In-Between Animation)
• Outlaw Star (Finish & In-Between Animation)
• Photo Kano (Production Cooperation)
• Pokémon (Finish & In-Between Animation)
• Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (In-Between Animation)
• Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Animation)
• Protocol: Rain (Production Cooperation)
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2nd Key Animation; Production Assistance)
• Re:Zero (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Rio -Rainbow Gate!- (Production Cooperation)
• Robot Carnival (Production Cooperation)
• Rolling Girls (In-Between Animation)
• Rurouni Kenshin (Final Line; In-Between Animation for the 1996 series; 2nd key Animation for the 2023 series)
• Sailor Moon (Production Association for the S and Super S movies)
• Samurai Champloo (In-Between Animation)
• Sakura Quest (2nd Key Animation)
• Sgt. Frog (Line Test)
• Shirobako (In-Between Animation)
• Shy (2nd Key Animation)
• Skip Beat! (2nd Key Animation)
• Slayers (Production assistance for The Movie; In-Between Animation for Premium)
• Space☆Dandy (In-Between Animation)
• Spider Riders (Finish & In-Between Animation)
• Spriggan (1998) (In-Between Animation)
• Star Driver (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Steel Angel Kurumi (Animation)
• Super Dimension Fortress Macross (In-Between Animation, uncredited)
• Sword Art Online (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Production Cooperation)
• Tiger & Bunny (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Time Bokan (Animation, Zenderman series)
• Transformers: Cybertron (Key & Finish Animation; Production Cooperation; Photography; CGI)
• Two Car (2nd Key Animation)
• Valkyria Chronicles (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Photography; Production Cooperation)
• Welcome to the Ballroom (2nd Key Animation)
• White Album (In-Between Animation)
• Wizard Barristers (In-Between Animation)
• Wolf's Rain (In-Between Animation)
• You're Under Arrest! (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation, series and movie)
• Yowamushi Pedal (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Yuri!!! on Ice (Key & 2nd Key Animation; Production Assistance)
• Zombieland Saga (Key Animation; Production Assistance)

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Tropes Associated with Ashi Pro

• Animated Adaptation: While known mostly for their original IPs, they've produced their fair share of these like any animation studio.
• Cash-Cow Franchise: Several of their shows.
• Merchandise-Driven: Being primarily known for mecha and magical girl anime, a large chunk of their productions are this.
• Playing Against Type: Every time they worked on Western projects. The Transformers being the only one of those where they were contracted by another company (Toei), with their all others being as lead series/episode producer.

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