| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/olm_logosvg.png]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Not to be confused with [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]]]] |
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| 4 | '''[[https://www.olm.co.jp/?lang=en OLM Incorporated]]''' (also known as '''O'''riental '''L'''ight & '''M'''agic, named after effects studio [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic Industrial Light & Magic]]) is a Japanese studio established in 1994 by Toshiaki Okuno, Shūkichi Kanda, Shōji Ōta, Kunihiko Yuyama, Naohito Takahashi, Yuriko Chiba, Nobuyuki Wasaki, Tsukasa Koitabashi, and Takaya Mizutani. Okuno, Kanda and Ōta were producers for OB Planning and its animation studio Creator/{{Pastel}}, while Yuyama (who had previously worked with Creator/TatsunokoProduction, Creator/AshiProductions and Creator/KanameProductions) was also working with the company as director; Takahashi and Chiba were animators for Creator/StudioGiants; Koitabashi and Wasaki were working for Creator/StudioGallop (Kanda had also worked for Gallop at a time); and Mizutani is a freelance animation director. OLM's mainly known for the long-running [[AnimatedAdaptation Anime Adaptation]] of ''Anime/{{Pokemon|The Series}}''. |
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| 6 | OLM also owns a CG company called OLM Digital, founded in 1995. The company's not only done CG work on their productions, but they've also done AllCGICartoon work on their own and likewise being used by everyone including Creator/{{Toho}} and Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment. |
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| 8 | They also have a satellite studio in Malaysia called OLM Asia. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | They seem to have a working relationship with the game company [[{{Creator/Level5}} Level-5]], as they've worked on many of the anime adaptations and cutscenes for their games (''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'', ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', ''VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience'', ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch''). |
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| 12 | In recent years, they've also seemed to have developed a close-knit relationship with fellow animation company Creator/ProductionIG and their subsidiaries, Creator/{{Xebec}}, Wit Studio and Signal MD, as they've worked on several projects together, such as ''Manga/AtomTheBeginning'', ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' and ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight''. |
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| 14 | As of 2015, the company is owned by {{Creator/Imagica}}. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | OLM is divided up into nine animation production teams as of 2017: |
| 17 | * Team Koitabashi, led by co-founder Tsukasa Koitabashi, is one of the original OLM studios still in use. |
| 18 | * Team Wasaki is led by co-founder Nobuyuki Wasaki and is another one of its founding studios. |
| 19 | * Team Kamei, led by Yasuteru Kamei. |
| 20 | * Team Kato, led by Hiroyuki Kato. |
| 21 | * Team Inoue, led by Takeshi Inoue. |
| 22 | * Team Abe, led by Isamu Abe. |
| 23 | * Team Yoshioka, led by Daisuke Yoshioka. |
| 24 | * Team Miike, originally led by Keisuke Miyagawa as Team Miyagawa until 2016, provides CG Animation for Creator/TakashiMiike's live-action works. |
| 25 | * Team Sakurai, led by Ryōsuke Sakurai. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Former animation teams include: |
| 28 | * Team Ota, led by Shōji Ōta, was one of its founding studios and they have been around until 2008. |
| 29 | * Team Iguchi was also one of its founding studios led by Noriaki Iguchi and it shut down in 2009. |
| 30 | * Team Iwasa was led by Gaku Iwasa, and it was eventually spun-off into Creator/WhiteFox in 2007. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | The team's credits are listed here for obvious reasons. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | See also Creator/{{GONZO}}, Creator/RoughDraftStudios, Creator/{{Satelight}}, Creator/DRMovie, Creator/{{Xebec}}, Creator/ToonCity and Creator/ProductionIG, other overseas animation studios that use CG constantly. |
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| 36 | ---- |
| 37 | !!Notable staff |
| 38 | * Yuriko Chiba |
| 39 | * Sayuri Ichiishi (née Matsumoto?) |
| 40 | * Shūkichi Kanda |
| 41 | * Tsukasa Koitabashi |
| 42 | * Norihiro Matsubara |
| 43 | * Takuya Mizutani |
| 44 | * Kazuaki Moori |
| 45 | * Toshiaki Okuno - President and founder of the company. |
| 46 | * Shōji Ōta |
| 47 | * Naohito Takahashi |
| 48 | * Nobuyuki Wasaki |
| 49 | * Kunihiko Yuyama |
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| 51 | |
| 52 | ---- |
| 53 | !! Anime done by OLM include: |
| 54 | |
| 55 | [[index]] |
| 56 | * ''Anime/TheAdventuresOfMiniGoddess'' [OLM Team Koitabashi] |
| 57 | * ''Anime/AgathaChristiesGreatDetectivesPoirotAndMarple'' [OLM Team Iwasa] |
| 58 | * ''Literature/TheApothecaryDiaries'' (with Toho Animation) |
| 59 | * ''Manga/AtomTheBeginning'' (with Creator/ProductionIG and Signal.MD) |
| 60 | * ''Anime/BangDream'' (with Creator/{{Xebec}} and Bushiroad; original co-creator and episode co-producer) |
| 61 | * ''WebAnimation/BeeAndPuppycat'' (Season 2, also worked on Season 1) |
| 62 | * ''Anime/Berserk1997'' [OLM Team Iguchi] |
| 63 | * ''Franchise/{{Beyblade}}'': (Previous entries handled by Creator/{{Madhouse}}, Creator/NipponAnimation, Creator/TatsunokoProduction and Creator/SynergySP) |
| 64 | ** ''Anime/BeybladeBurst'' [OLM Teams Abe (from ''Burst'' to ''Sparking!'') and Masuda ([=QuadDrive=] and [=QuadStrike=]) |
| 65 | ** ''Anime/BeybladeX'' [OLM Team Masuda] |
| 66 | * ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'' (From ''[[Anime/CardfightVanguardG G NEXT]]'' to ''[[Anime/CardfightVanguardVSeries Extra Story -IF-]]'', replacing Creator/TMSEntertainment, and replaced by Creator/KinemaCitrus, [=GIFTAnimation=], and STUDIO JEMI for ''[[Anime/CardfightVanguardOverDress overDress]]'') [OLM Teams Koitabashi (2016-2018), Go (2018-2020) and Abe (2020)] |
| 67 | * ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted'' [OLM Team Inoue] |
| 68 | * ''VisualNovel/ComicParty'' (with Creator/{{KSS}}) |
| 69 | * ''Anime/Cyborg009CallOfJustice'' [OLM Digital] (with Signal.MD) |
| 70 | * ''Manga/DarkGathering'' |
| 71 | * ''Anime/DeltoraQuest'' [OLM Team Iwasa] |
| 72 | * ''Anime/DelusionalMonthlyMagazine'' |
| 73 | * ''Manga/DontToyWithMeMissNagatoro'' (second season, first season by Creator/TMSEntertainment) |
| 74 | * ''Anime/Figure17TsubasaAndHikaru'' [OLM Team Wasaki] |
| 75 | * ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight'' (all series, with Xebec)[[/index]] |
| 76 | * The video for Music/KanyeWest's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CHs4x2uqcQ Good Morning]]''[[index]] |
| 77 | * ''Anime/GRGiantRobo'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gALLSv7xD2w Pilot]], replaced by Creator/{{ACGT}} for the series) |
| 78 | * ''Game Tengoku'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GQMOMWzT8&list=UUses-MSliNHM1xMD5DLm4dw Bonus animation]]) |
| 79 | * ''Anime/{{Godannar}}'' (with Creator/{{AIC}}) |
| 80 | * ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' [OLM Team Koitabashi] |
| 81 | * ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' (2005 series) [OLM Team Wasaki] |
| 82 | * ''WesternAnimation/HotWheelsLetsRace'' [OLM Digital] (with Sprite Animation Studios) |
| 83 | * ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' [OLM Team Wasaki] (includes the ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'' eyecatches and commercials) |
| 84 | ** ''Inazuma Eleven GO!'' [OLM Teams Wasaki, Koitabashi and Inoue] |
| 85 | * ''Anime/KamisamaMinaraiHimitsuNoCocotama'' [OLM Team Miyagawa] |
| 86 | * ''Anime/KiraKiraHappyHirakeCocotama'' [OLM Team Miyagawa] |
| 87 | * ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'' [OLM Team Kojima] |
| 88 | * ''WesternAnimation/KongKingOfTheApes'' [OLM Digital] (Season 1 only) |
| 89 | * ''Manga/LifeWithAnOrdinaryGuyWhoReincarnatedIntoATotalFantasyKnockout'' [OLM Team Yoshioka] |
| 90 | * ''Anime/MakaiSenkiDisgaea'' [OLM Team Iguchi] |
| 91 | * ''Megaton Musashi'' [OLM Team Inoue] |
| 92 | * ''Melty Lancer Re-inforce'' |
| 93 | * ''Anime/MissHokusai'' [OLM Team Kamei] (with Creator/ProductionIG and Creator/{{Sunrise}}) |
| 94 | * ''Manga/{{Mojacko}}'' [OLM Team Iguchi] |
| 95 | * ''Literature/TheMostHereticalLastBossQueenFromVillainessToSavior'' [OLM Team Yoshioka] |
| 96 | * ''Anime/{{Ninjala}}'' |
| 97 | * ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni: Wrath of the White Witch'' (with Creator/StudioGhibli) |
| 98 | * ''Anime/OddTaxi'' [OLM Team Yoshioka] (with P.I.C.S.) |
| 99 | * ''Manga/OgreSlayer'' [OLM Team Ota] |
| 100 | * ''Manga/OiTonbo'' |
| 101 | * ''WesternAnimation/PacManAndTheGhostlyAdventures'' [OLM Digital] (with Sprite Animation Studios) |
| 102 | * ''Anime/{{Piano}}'' [OLM Team Iguchi] |
| 103 | * ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'' |
| 104 | * ''WebAnimation/PokemonEvolutions'' |
| 105 | * ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' (with Creator/ProductionIG and Creator/{{Xebec}}) |
| 106 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' [OLM Teams Ota, Iguchi, Iwasa, Koitabashi and Kato] |
| 107 | * ''VideoGame/PowerDolls'' (second episode) |
| 108 | * ''Anime/ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva'' (with Creator/PAWorks) [OLM Team Kamei] |
| 109 | * ''Literature/RestaurantToAnotherWorld'' [OLM Team Yoshioka] (Season 2, replacing Creator/SilverLink) |
| 110 | * ''Anime/SecretAiPri'' [OLM Digital] (with Creator/DongWooAnimation, all other ''VideoGame/PrettySeries'' anime co-produced by Creator/TatsunokoProduction who's still involved with ''[=AiPri=]'' but is only working on the CG) |
| 111 | * ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion'' (with Creator/AjiaDo) |
| 112 | ** ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalionZ'' |
| 113 | * ''VideoGame/TheSnackWorld'' [OLM Digital] (with Sprite Animation Studios) |
| 114 | * ''Manga/SteelAngelKurumi'' [OLM Team Wasaki] |
| 115 | * ''Manga/SummerTimeRendering'' [OLM Team Kojima] |
| 116 | * ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration: Divine Wars'' [OLM Team Iwasa] |
| 117 | * ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'' [OLM Teams Ota, Kamei, Wasaki and Yoshioka] |
| 118 | * ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'' [OLM Team Wasaki] |
| 119 | * ''VisualNovel/ToHeart2'' [OLM Team Wasaki] |
| 120 | * ''Anime/TomicaHyperRescueDriveHeadKidouKyuukyuuKeisatsu'' (with Xebec, Creator/{{Asread}} and ACGT) |
| 121 | * ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'' [OLM Team Iwasa] |
| 122 | * ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' [OLM Team Ota] (with KSS, uncredited) |
| 123 | * ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' [OLM Teams Koitabashi and Inoue, Team Miyagawa for the LiveActionAdaptation VFX] |
| 124 | ** ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowside'' [OLM Team Inoue] |
| 125 | [[/index]] |
| 126 | ---- |
| 127 | |
| 128 | !! Additionally, OLM has been involved with the following projects: |
| 129 | * ''Literature/EightySixEightySix'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 130 | * ''Film/{{Ace Attorney|2012}}'' (VFX) |
| 131 | * ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' (Finish Animation for the 2005 series) |
| 132 | * ''Anime/AKB0048'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 133 | * ''Manga/AkebisSailorUniform'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 134 | * ''Anime/AkudamaDrive'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 135 | * ''Anime/AMAIMWarriorAtTheBorderline'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 136 | * ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 137 | * ''Anime/BattleAthletes'' (In-Between Animation, OVA) |
| 138 | * ''Anime/BlackRockShooterDawnFall'' [OLM Asia] (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 139 | * ''Anime/{{Blassreiter}}'' (CGI for episodes 4, 5 and the opening) |
| 140 | * ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm6fzwFQxus Blue Line Step Brush]]'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 141 | * ''Literature/BodaciousSpacePirates'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 142 | * ''Anime/{{Bubble}}'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 143 | * ''Anime/BuddyComplex'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 144 | * ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'' (VFX; film) |
| 145 | * ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 146 | * ''Literature/ClockworkPlanet'' (CGI) |
| 147 | * ''Anime/CodeGeass'' (In-Between Animation - ''R2'' season) |
| 148 | * ''WesternAnimation/DNAce'' (Production Consultation; series animated by Creator/{{Nelvana}}) |
| 149 | * ''Anime/DoItYourself'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 150 | * ''Literature/FateZero'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 151 | * ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' (Finish & In-Between Animation for the original series and ''[[Anime/FLCLGrungeAndShoegaze Shoegaze]]'') |
| 152 | * ''Anime/FlintTheTimeDetective'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 153 | * ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 154 | * ''Anime/GhostInTheShellSAC2045'' [OLM Digital] (Episode Direction; Prop Modelling; Monitor Graphics) |
| 155 | * ''Franchise/GirlsXHeroine'' series (Production)[[note]]with Takashi Miike, Takara Tomy, Shogakukan and LDH[[/note]] |
| 156 | ** ''Series/IdolXWarriorMiracleTunes'' |
| 157 | ** ''Series/MagicXWarriorMagiMajoPures'' |
| 158 | ** ''Secret x Warrior Phantomirage'' |
| 159 | ** ''Police x Warrior Lovepatrina'' |
| 160 | ** ''Bittomo X Heroine Kirameki Powers'' |
| 161 | * ''Anime/GodzillaSingularPoint'' [OLM Asia] (In-Between Animation) |
| 162 | * ''Anime/GridmanUniverse'' (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation) |
| 163 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' |
| 164 | ** ''Anime/GundamReconguistaInG'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 165 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 166 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'' (Finish & In-Between Animation; Paint Management) |
| 167 | * ''Great Anime/{{Dangaioh}}'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 168 | * ''Film/TheGreatYokaiWar'' (VFX) |
| 169 | * ''Manga/{{Heroman}}'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 170 | * ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7slwzXNhwg Hi-Drivers!]]'' [OLM Asia] (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 171 | * ''Manga/HowHeavyAreTheDumbbellsYouLift'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 172 | * ''Anime/InfiniteRyvius'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 173 | * ''Manga/InuYasha'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 174 | * ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]: Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'' [Team Miike] (VFX for the Live-Action film) |
| 175 | * ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 176 | * ''Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken'' [OLM Asia] (In-Between Animation) |
| 177 | * ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 178 | * ''Anime/LupinIIIVsCatsEye'' [OLM Asia] (In-Between Animation) |
| 179 | * ''Anime/LycorisRecoil'' [OLM Asia] (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 180 | * ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 181 | * ''Manga/{{Major}}'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 182 | * ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 183 | * ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 184 | * ''Anime/OblivionIslandHarukaAndTheMagicMirror'' (CG Animation for Production I.G) |
| 185 | * ''Manga/OgreSlayer'' (Animation Cooperation for Pastel; episode 4) |
| 186 | * ''Film/OneMissedCall'' (VFX) |
| 187 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'' [OLM Asia] (2nd Key Animation) |
| 188 | * ''Anime/PleaseTeacher'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 189 | * ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 190 | * ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' (In-Between Animation and Paint, opening animation for Season 2, Episode 13 and Season 2, Episode 2) |
| 191 | * ''Manga/{{Rideback}}'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 192 | * ''[[VisualNovel/RoboticsNotes Robotics;Notes]]'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 193 | * ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 194 | * ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation) |
| 195 | * ''[[Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid Seto no Hanayome]]'' (Finish Animation Cooperation) |
| 196 | * ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' [OLM Team Iwasa] (Animation Production Cooperation) |
| 197 | * ''Manga/{{Shy}}'' [OLM Asia] (In-Between Animation and Paint) |
| 198 | * ''Anime/Sk8TheInfinity'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 199 | * ''Manga/SkipBeat'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 200 | * ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' [OLM Asia] (In-Between Animation and Paint) |
| 201 | * ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'' (Production)[[note]]with Production I.G, AIC and Xebec[[/note]] |
| 202 | * ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 203 | * ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 204 | * ''Film/SukiyakiWesternDjango'' (VFX) |
| 205 | * ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 206 | * ''Manga/TerraforMARS'' (VFX for the film) |
| 207 | * ''Film/ThirteenAssassins'' (VFX) |
| 208 | * ''Manga/ThoseWhoHuntElves'' (Opening Animation) |
| 209 | * ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 210 | * ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 211 | * ''Anime/VivyFluoriteEyesSong'' [OLM Digital; OLM Asia] (CGI; In-Between Animation) |
| 212 | * ''Anime/WolfChildren'' (In-Between Animation) |
| 213 | * ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' (First Japanese opening only[[note]] with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9ZIleCnye8 Cope]][[/note]], series animation by Creator/{{AKOM}}[[note]]Also responsible for the American opening[[/note]], Creator/PhilippineAnimationStudioInc and Creator/HongYing) |
| 214 | * ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' (VFX; 2009 movie) |
| 215 | * ''Anime/YureiDeco'' (Finish & In-Between Animation) |
| 216 | |
| 217 | ---- |
| 218 | !! OLM and their works provide examples of: |
| 219 | |
| 220 | * AllCGICartoon: ''Pac-Man'', ''Kong'' |
| 221 | * AnimationBump: It happens fairy often in their works. |
| 222 | ** The ''Pokémon Movies'' with gusto. |
| 223 | ** Also present in ''Gunsmith Cats'', ''Professor Layton'' and several episodes of ''Pokémon'' proper. |
| 224 | ** The fourth episode of ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' manages to be the best looking of all four, despite having acclaimed animation studio, Creator/ProductionIG working on the first episode. Presumably as a result of [=OLM=] having its best staff on board. |
| 225 | ** Episode 11 of ''Anime/MakaiSenkiDisgaea'' is slightly better animated than the rest of the show. |
| 226 | ** Any episode of ''Pokémon'' solo animated by animator Masaaki Iwane also automatically falls into this. As a whole, the animation took a huge leap forward starting with the ''XY'' season. No doubt due to the use of CG backgrounds and UsefulNotes/ToonBoom being added to the production pipeline. |
| 227 | * CashCowFranchise: Pokémon, unsurprisingly. In a similar vein, Yo-Kai Watch. |
| 228 | * UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation: OLM was established during this time period and most of their works come from between this era and UsefulNotes/TheMillenniumAgeOfAnimation. |
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