Oh! Production Explained

Oh! Production
Native Name:	有限会社オープロダクション
Native Name Lang:	ja
Romanized Name:	Yūgen-gaisha Ō Purodakushon
Type:	Yūgen-gaisha
Num Employees:	26
Location:	Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Industry:	Anime

, sometimes credited as Oh! Pro or Oh-Pro, is an anime production studio in Amanuma, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. It was established in May 1970 by animators Norio Shioyama, Kōichi Murata, Kazuo Komatsubara, and Kōshin Yonekawa.^[1] ^[2]

Former members

Kazuo Komatsubara (deceased, founding member of Oh! Pro, animation director)
Kitarō Kōsaka
Norio Shioyama (deceased, founding member of Oh! Pro, animation director)
Kazuhide Tomonaga (left in 1978, currently one of the head animation directors of Telecom Animation Film)

Works

OVAs

Devilman: The Birth (1987)
Devilman: The Demon Bird (1990)

Films

Furiten-kun (1981)
Jarinko Chie (1981) (supporting animation)
Gauche the Cellist (1982)
Fair, then Partly Piggy (1988)
Umi Da! Funade Da! Nikoniko, Pun (1990)
La Maison en Petits Cubes (2008)

Game animation

Tales of Symphonia (2003)

External links

Official site

Notes and References

Web site: Koichi Murata & Oh Pro. 2006-12-29. AniPages Daily. Benjamin. Ettinger. 2007-05-14.
Web site: http://www.oh-pro.co.jp/index3.html. ja:オープロとは？. Oh! Production. 2007-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061212055522/http://www.oh-pro.co.jp/index3.html . 2006-12-12. ja.