Shin-Ei Animation

Shin-Ei Animation Co., Ltd.
シンエイ動画株式会社

Type	Business corporation
Industry	Animation studio and production
Founded	September 9, 1976
Headquarters	Nishitōkyō, Tokyo
Key people	Daikichirō Kusube, Founder
Owner	TV Asahi Corporation (100%)[1]
Website	www.shin-ei-animation.jp/

Shin-Ei Animation Co., Ltd (シンエイ動画株式会社 Shin'ei Douga Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japanese animation company owned by TV Asahi Corporation. Founded in Tokyo in 1976, it is the successor to A Production, a previous animation venture by its founder, Daikichirō Kusube, who was previously an animator for Toei Animation. Shin-Ei is the animation studio behind the biggest hit anime television series, Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan, which still run on Japanese TV since 1979 and 1992 respectively.

Shin-Ei Animation headquarters

Work list

Works currently running on Japanese TV are in bold.

Television

1970s

• Ore wa Teppei (1977–78)
• Yagyukyo no Uta (1977–79)
• Highschool Baseball Ninja (1978)
• Doraemon (1979–2005)
• Heart of the Red Bird (1979)

1980s

• Kaibutsu-kun (1980–82)
• Ninja Hattori-kun (1981–87)
• Game Center Arashi (1982)
• Fukuchan (1982–84)
• Perman (1983–87)
• Oyoneko Boonyan (1984)
• Pro Golfer Saru (1985–88)
• Obake no Q-Taro (1985–87)
• Esper Mami (1987–89)
• Ultra B (1987–89)
• Tsurupika Hagemaru-kun (1987–89)
• New Pro Golfer Saru (1988)
• Billy Ken (1988–89)
• Oishinbo (1988–92)
• Obotchama-kun (1989–92)
• Billy Ken Nandemo Shokai (1989)
• Warau Salesman (1989–92)
• Chimpui (1989–91)

1990s

• Gatapishi (1990–91)
• Fujio Fujiko A's Mumako (1990)
• 808 Cho Hyori Kewaishi (1990)
• Dororonpa! (1991)
• 21-Emon (1991–92)
• Crayon Shin-chan (1992–present)
• Sasurai-kun (1992)
• Manmaru the Ninja Penguin (1997–98)
• Yoshimoto Muchikko Monogatari (1998)
• Weekly Storyland (1999–2001)

2000s

• Gekidō! Rekishi wo Kaeru Otoko-tachi Anime Shizuoka-ken-shi (2000, airing in Shizuoka prefecture only)
• Haré+Guu (2001)
• Atashin'chi (2002–09)
• Ninja Hattori-kun (2004–08)
• Doraemon (2005–present)
• Gokyoudai Monogatari (2009–10)

2010s

• Stitch! ~Zutto Saikō no Tomodachi~ (2010–11)
• The Knight in the Area (2012)
• Ninja Hattori-kun (2013–present, co-produced with Reliance MediaWorks)
• Kuromajo-san ga Toru!! (2012–14)
• Tonari no Seki-kun (2014)
• Denkigai no Honya-san (2014)
• Mysterious Joker (2014–15)
• Sweetness and Lightning (2016, co-produced with TMS Entertainment)

Movies

• Summer Days with Coo (2007)
• Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)

See also

References

1. TV Asahi to Own 100% of Doraemon's Shin-ei Animation, Anime News Network, 6 October 2010.

External links

• SHIN-EI ANIMATION Official Site (Japanese)
• Shin-Ei Animation at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Shin'ei Dôga at the Big Cartoon DataBase