Sound Ring was a Japanese sound effects company founded in May 1, 1995 by former E&M Planning employees, Michihiro Ito and Takahisa Ishino.
In addition to using the old E&M sound library, they also used sound effects from other studios like Fizz Sound Creation and Hanna-Barbera.
While very prominent during the 90's and 2000's eventually all of the studios employees left the company and its co-founder Takahisa Ishino left the company in October of 2015, as a result of this and Michihiro Ito's inactivity since 2009, it's safe to say, Sound Ring pretty much no longer exists with its sound library in the hands of former employees who went freelance like Kaori Yamada and Ishino.
For the sake of convenience, projects handled by E&M Planning Center, Sato Sound Group and Sound Effect Yokoyama note will be listed here too.
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Series and movies that Sound Ring or their employees have participated in:
E&M Planning Center
E&M Planning Center was a Japanese sound effects company that was founded in 1965 as simply E&M, by Noriyoshi Ohira.
They were responsible for the sound effects of many notable anime, but eventually shut down in 1995, resulting in the creation of Sound Ring by Michihiro Ito and Takahisa Ishino.
- Aim for the Ace! (1973 series only, the 1978 remake and the movie were handled by Toyo Sound Effects Group while the two 6 episode OVA series that followed were handled by Toyo Sound's successor SOUND BOX)
- Angel's Egg
- Arion
- Attacker You! (the original 1984 series, the poorly received 2008 "sequel" on the other hand was handled by Swara Productions)
- Aura Battler Dunbine
- Bikkuriman
- Super Bikkuriman
- Blue Seed (final credited work for E&M)
- Candy♡Candy
- Captain Harlock
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock
- Arcadia of My Youth
- Arcadia of My Youth — Endless Orbit SSX
- Combat Mecha Xabungle
- Crusher Joe (Movie, the OVA's were done by Anime Sound Production)
- The Curse of Kazuo Umezu
- Devilman (70's anime)
- Doctor Slump (Movies 6-9 note ; the rest of the series is handled by Fizz Sound and movie 5 was handled by Swara Pro)
- Doraemon (1973 version, the more well known 1979 version was handled by T.E.O. and the 2005 version was handled by Yukiyoshi Itokawa until 2021 when FOOTPRINTS Studio took over)
- Dirty Pair (TV series, the rest of the franchise was handled by Anime Sound Production)
- Fist of the North Star (TV series and 1986 movie)
- Future Robot Daltanious
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (60's and 70's series, the rest of the franchise was handled by Swara Productions with the exception of Hakaba Kitaro which was handled by Sound Ring mentioned below)
- Ghost Sweeper Mikami
- GoShogun
- Go-Q-Choji Ikkiman
- Giant Gorg
- Grave of the Fireflies (Noriyoshi Ohira's last sound effects credit)
- Gundam
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (TV series only, compilation movies were handled by Fizz Sound Creation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
- Guy: Double Target (episode 1 only)
- Hana No Ko Lun Lun
- Inspector Gadget (And yes, you read this correctly, Masakazu Yokoyama actually did do the sound effects for the original 80's incarnation of Inspector Gadget note back when he worked for E&M)
- J9 Series (Braiger was initally handled by Harada Sound and later Anime Sound Production)
- Galactic Gale Baxinger
- Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger
- Junkers Come Here
- Kinnikuman (With the exception of its spinoff Tatakae! Ramenman which was handled by Swara Productions)
- Kiteretsu Daihyakka (Sound Ring was founded towards the end of its run and the rest of the series was finished there)
- Kotetsu Jeeg
- Kyojin No Hoshi (Star of the Giants) (All 3 series)
- Little Memole
- Magical Taruruto-kun
- Mahou Shojo Lalabel
- Majokko Meg-chan
- Marmalade Boy
- Mazinger Z (UFO Robo Grendizer was handled by Fizz Sound, Mazinkaiser, Shin Mazinger and Robot Girls Z were done at Swara Productions)
- Moomin (1990)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- Patlabor (most of the franchise, the TV series was handled freelance by Yasufumi Yoda in its original broadcast, however E&M redid the sound effects for the laserdisc release note )
- Raideen (1975 series)
- The Real Ghostbusters (Uncredited; syndicated episodes only, the ABC episodes however were handled by Zound FX, Advantage Audio and Animation City Editorial Services)
- Robot Romance Trilogy
- Saikyo Robo Daioja
- Sakigake!! Otokojuku
- Sally the Witch (The 80's series, the original 60's series was handled by TEO before Noriyoshi Ohira founded E&M)
- Samurai Giants
- Slam Dunk
- Space Adventure Cobra (Both the movie and the TV series)
- Space Warrior Baldios
- They Were Eleven
- Transformers: The★Headmasters
- UFO Warrior Dai Apolon
- Venus Wars
Sound Ring
- AiKA R-16 (first episode only, next 2 episodes were handled by Sound Box, original 90's Agent AiKA OVA was handled by Anime Sound Production)
- AiKA ZERO
- Air Gear (The 2006 Marvelous/Toei Animation TV series only, the 2010 3 episode OVA by Satelight was handled by Sound Box)
- Ashita no Nadja
- Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts
- Bakuman。
- Boys over Flowers (The 1996 Toei Animation TV adaptation and its movie)
- Bunny Drop
- Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy (the rest of the series was handled by Fizz Sound Creation, and the fourth movie as well as Space Symphony Maetel were handled by Swara Pro)
- Great Dangaioh (the original OVA was handled by Swara Productions)
- Hakaba Kitarō
- Hell Teacher Nube
- The Kindaichi Case Files
- Mamotte Shugogetten
- MÄR
- Majin Bone (final credited work)
- Neighborhood Story (Paradise Kiss was handled by Sound Box)
- Neo Ranga
- Ojamajo Doremi
- One Piece (2 movie shorts, rest of the series handled by Fizz Sound Creation and later JetSoundEngine)
- Pretty Cure (until Go! Princess)
- Futari wa Pretty Cure
- Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart
- Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star
- Yes! Pretty Cure 5
- Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Go Go
- Fresh Pretty Cure!
- HeartCatch Pretty Cure!
- Suite Pretty Cure ♪
- Smile Pretty Cure!
- Doki Doki Pretty Cure
- HappinessCharge Pretty Cure!
- Go! Princess Pretty Cure (Takahisa Ishino left Sound Ring and transferred to Chura Sound during the production of this entry of the franchise)
- Futari wa Pretty Cure
- Princess Mononoke
- Real Bout High School
- Red Garden
- Robotics;Notes (anime version)
- Seitokai Yakuindomo
- Sorcerer Hunters
- Spirited Away (with Anime Sound Production)
- Squid Girl
- Ultimate Muscle
- ×××HOLiC
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (first anime series) (the rest of the franchise is handled by Anime Sound Production and Swara Productions)
- Yume no Crayon Oukoku
Sato Sound Group
This name was only credited in Project A-Ko, but will be listed here under this name for Kazutoshi Sato's post E&M output as he left the company in 1986
- Baki the Grappler (2001 anime)
- Devilman (1987 OVA)
- DNA²
- Fist of the Blue Sky (2006 anime, REGENESIS was handled by Sound Box)
- Ghost in the Shell (1995 movie)
- Magic User's Club
- Project A-Ko (the 1986 movie and the first OVA, the rest of the series was handled by Swara Productions)
- Robot Carnival ("Opening", "Franken's Gears" and "Ending" segments only)
- Sister Princess
- Street Fighter II V (Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie was handled by Toyo Sound Effects Group, Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation as well as Street Fighter Alpha: Generations was handled by Swara Productions and Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind was handled by Sound Box note .)
Sound Effect Yokoyama
After Masakazu Yokoyama left E&M, he continued to do sound effects freelance until he passed away on March 3, 2020 at the age of 72. Yokoyama's daughter, Aki, is also a sound effects artist and had assisted her father in his later years until his passing, and she continues to do sound effects work to this very day.
- Brain Powerd
- B't X
- B't X NEO
- Cheeky Angel
- Cobra the Animation (as well as the Psychogun and Time Drive OVAs that preceded it)
- Devilman Lady
- Detective Conan (With the exception of Lupin Vs Conan, the three spinoff shows, movie 24 and the live action adaptations)
- Case Closed (Due to Masakazu Yokoyama's passing, his former colleague at E&M, Takahisa Ishino of Chura Sound took over his position as of episode 975 and with Aki Yokoyama assisting Ishino. And prior to Ishino taking over another former Sound Ring employee, Kaori Yamada note handled the sound effects for episode 948.)
- Detective Conan Film 01: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
- Detective Conan Film 02: The Fourteeth Target
- Detective Conan Film 03: The Last Wizard Of The Century
- Detective Conan Film 04: Captured In Her Eyes
- Detective Conan Film 05: Countdown To Heaven
- Detective Conan Film 06: The Phantom of Baker Street
- Detective Conan Film 07: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
- Detective Conan Film 08: Magician of the Silver Sky
- Detective Conan Film 09: Strategy Above The Depths
- Detective Conan Film 10: The Private Eyes Requiem
- Detective Conan Film 11: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure
- Detective Conan Film 12: Full Score of Fear
- Detective Conan Film 13: The Raven Chaser
- Detective Conan Film 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky
- Detective Conan Film 15: Quarter of Silence
- Detective Conan Film 16: The Eleventh Striker
- Detective Conan Film 17: Private Eye In The Distant Sea
- Detective Conan Film 18: Dimensional Sniper
- Detective Conan Film 19: Sunflowers of Inferno
- Detective Conan Film 20: The Darkest Nightmare
- Detective Conan Film 21: The Crimson Love Letter
- Detective Conan Film 22: Zero The Enforcer
- Detective Conan Film 23: The Fist of the Blue Sapphire
- Detective Conan Film 25: The Bride Of Halloween
- Magic Kaito (special only, TV series handled by Swara Productions)
- Detective Conan: Time Travel of the Silver Sky
- Detective Conan: Black History
- Fugitive Kogoro Mouri
- The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History
- Detective Conan: Episode "One"- The Great Detective Turned Small
- Detective Conan: The Scarlet Alibi
- Detective Conan OVA 01: Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!! (The Yaiba series itself was handled by Swara Productions)
- Detective Conan OVA 02: 16 Suspects!?
- Detective Conan OVA 03: Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy
- Detective Conan OVA 04: Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother
- Detective Conan OVA 05: The Target is Kogoro!! The Detective Boys' Secret Report
- Detective Conan OVA 06: Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid!
- Detective Conan OVA 07: A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys
- Detective Conan OVA 08: The Casebook of Female High-School Detective Sonoko Suzuki
- Detective Conan OVA 09: The Stranger from Ten Years Later
- Detective Conan OVA 10: Kid in Trap Island
- Detective Conan OVA 11: A Secret Order From London
- Detective Conan OVA 12: The Miracle of Exaclibur
- Detective Conan Magic File
- Detective Conan Magic File 2
- Detective Conan Magic File 3
- Detective Conan Magic File 4
- Detective Conan Magic File 2011 The Nigata Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio
- Detective Conan Magic File 2012 Fantasista Flower
- Detective Conan Vs Wooo
- Doraemon (Did 5 short films that accompanied the movies some of the movies)
- Friends (Japanese dub)
- Glass Mask (both the 90's OVA and the 2005 TV anime, the 1984 series was handled by Toyo Sound Effects Group)
- Golgo 13 (2008 TV anime, The Professional was handled by Toyo Sound Effects Group and Queen Bee was handled freelance by Yukiyoshi Itokawa)
- Kaitou Saint Tail
- Kodocha (along with Swara Productions)
- Mamotte! Lollipop
- Mankatsu
- Mighty Cat Masked Niyandar
- Project Arms
- Super Robot Red Baron (anime version)
- Slayers (the movies and OVAs, the first 3 seasons of the TV series were handled by Fizz Sound Creation, Premium and Revolution were handled by Swara Productions)
- Tetsujin28 (the 80's version and FX)
- The Three-Eyed One
- Urusei Yatsura (2008 Rumic World special note , the rest of the franchise was handled by Fizz Sound Creation)
- Virtua Fighter (The anime version by the way, not the games)
- Yakitate!! Japan
- Yamato Takeru (1994 mecha anime based on the legend itself completely unrelated to the live action Toho movie based on the same legend)
Freelance projects by former staffers
- Detective Conan: Police Academy Arc-Wild Police Story (The main series is handled by Sound Effects Inc. and Chura Sound)
- Hanebad!
- Tokyo Mew Mew New (2022 series, the 2002 series was handled by Sound Box)
- Vlad Love
