Hal Film Maker


Hal Film Maker Inc., was a Japanese animation studio founded in August 1993 by former Toei Animation staff.
Hal Film Maker's parent company, TYO Inc., merged its two anime studio subsidiaries—Yumeta Company and Hal Film Maker—on July 1, 2009. Yumeta Company absorbed Hal Film Maker and changed its name to TYO Animations before reverting to Yumeta Company on December 1, 2017.

Works

Television series

YearTitleDirectorEpisodesNote
1996Saber Marionette JMasami Shimoda25Original work.
1998Saber Marionette J to XMasami Shimoda26Sequel to Saber Marionette J Again.
2000Boys Be...Masami Shimoda13Adaptation of the manga series by Masahiro Itabashi.
2000Strange DawnJunichi Sato13Original work.
2001PrétearJunichi Sato13Adaptation of the manga series by Junichi Sato.
2002Princess TutuJunichi Sato, Shogo Koumoto26An original work created by Ikuko Itoh.
2004Uta KataKeiji Gotoh12Co-produced with Bandai Visual.
2005Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-ChanTsutomu Mizushima4Adaptation of the light novel series by Masaki Okayu.
2005Fushigiboshi no FutagohimeJunichi Sato51Original work.
2005Aria the AnimationJunichi Sato13Adaptation of the manga series by Kozue Amano.
2006Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu!Junichi Sato52Sequel to Fushigiboshi no Futagohime.
2006Aria the NaturalJunichi Sato26The second season of Aria.
2006The Good Witch of the WestKatsuichi Nakayama16Adaptation of the novel series by Noriko Ogiwara.
2006Ōban Star-Racers26A French-Japanese anime series created by Savin Yeatman-Eiffel. Co-produced with Sav! The World Productions and Pumpkin 3D.
2007Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan 2Tsutomu Mizushima2Sequel to Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan.
2007Night Wizard the AnimationYūsuke Yamamoto13Based on the Night Wizard! role-playing game, designed by Takeshi Kikuchi and FarEast Amusement Research.
2007Sketchbook ~full color's~Yoshimasa Hiraike13Adaptation of the manga series of by Totan Kobako.
2008Aria the OriginationJunichi Sato13The third season of Aria.
2008Someday's Dreamers: Summer SkiesOsamu Kobayashi12Adaptation of the manga series by Norie Yamada.
2008Kemeko Deluxe!Tsutomu Mizushima12Adaptation of the manga series by Masakazu Iwasaki.
2008Skip Beat!Kiyoko Sayama25Adaptation of the shōjo manga series by Yoshiki Nakamura.
2010B Gata H KeiYūsuke Yamamoto12Adaptation of the yonkoma series by Yōko Sanri.

Other works

YearTitleDirectorEpisodesNote
1997Saber Marionette J AgainMasami Shimoda6Sequel to Saber Marionette J.
2000Angel SanctuaryKiyoko Sayama3Adaptation of the shōjo manga series by Kaori Yuki.
2001Slayers PremiumJunichi Sato1The fifth Slayers film.
2003Heart Cocktail Again1An OVA produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Seizō Watase's Heart Cocktail manga series.
2004Ghost Talker's DaydreamOsamu Sekita4Adaptation of the shōnen manga series by Saki Okuse.
2007Aria the OVA: AriettaJunichi Sato1
2008YotsunohaHiroshi Nishikiori2Based on the visual novel developed by Haikuo Soft.
2010TamayuraJunichi Sato4An original work created by Junichi Sato.