Actas (アクタス) is a Japanese studio best known for their work on the Transformers Anime and Girls und Panzer.
Established in 1998
by Ex-Tatsunoko Production staff members, the company has provided animation for close to 100 different Anime. More of which can be found on Anime News Network.
On September 1, 2017, the studio was acquired by Bandai Visual.
Major Projects worked on by Actas:
- éX-Driver (with Xebec, Triangle Staff and A-Line)
- Girls und Panzer
- Girls und Panzer der Film
- The Idolmaster: Live for You
- Immoral Sisters 2
- Kotetsushin Jeeg
- Kowarekake no Orgel
- Long Riders!
- Mayo elle Otokonoko
- Mazinkaiser SKL
- Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (with Synergy SP)
- Moetan
- Pachislo Kizoku Gin
- Princess Principal (with Studio 3hz)
- Psychic Squad
- Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children (with TMS Entertainment)
- Switch
- Tactical Roar
- Tales of Phantasia (Animated Adaptation)
- Transformers: Armada
- Yutori-Chan
Other projects worked on by Actas:
- 07-Ghost (Key Animation)
- 18if (2nd Key Animation)
- Accel World (2nd Key Animation)
- Ace Attorney (2nd Key Animation)
- Ai Yori Aoshi (In-Between Animation)
- Aikatsu! (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- AKB0048 (2nd Key Animation)
- Aldnoah.Zero (2nd Key Animation)
- Angel Heart (Editing)
- Attack on Titan (In-Between Animation)
- Azumanga Daioh (In-Between Animation)
- Ban G Dream (2nd Key Animation)
- Beelzebub (2nd Key Animation)
- Blood+ (In-Between Animation)
- Bodacious Space Pirates (2nd Key Animation)
- Broken Blade (In-Between Animation)
- Captain Earth (2nd Key Animation)
- Case Closed (Production Assistance)
- Chrome Shelled Regios (2nd key Animation; Production Assistance)
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection (2nd Key Animation)
- Crest of the Stars (In-Between Animation)
- Cross Game (Production Cooperation, four episodes)
- Darker than Black (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
- Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor (In-Between Animation)
- Fairy Tail (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Fate/Grand Order (In-Between Animation; first opening animation)
- Flip Flappers (2nd Key Animation)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (In-Between Animation)
- Good Luck Girl! (2nd Key Animation)
- Hamtaro (Animation Cooperation)
- Hanasaku Iroha (2nd Key Animation)
- Heaven's Lost Property (In-Between Animation; Animation Assistance)
- High School D×D (2nd Key Animation)
- Infinite Stratos (2nd Key Animation)
- Kämpfer (In-Between Animation)
- Katana Maidens (Production Cooperation)
- Kiddy GiRL-AND (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Knight's & Magic (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Kujibiki♡Unbalance (Assistant Editor, OVA)
- Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing (In-Between Animation)
- The Legend of Korra (Production Cooperation for Studio Pierrotnote , uncredited)
- Little Busters! (2nd Key Animation)
- The Lost Village (2nd Key Animation)
- Macross Frontier (Animation Cooperation; In-Between & Key Animation; Production Cooperation, episode 12)
- Magi: Labyrinth of Magic (2nd Key Animation)
- The Magnificent Kotobuki (In-Between Animation; Animation Cooperation)
- Mob Psycho 100 (In-Between Animation)
- Gundam
- Gundam: Reconguista in G (In-Between Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (2nd Key Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2nd Key Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Key Animation)
- Monsuno (Production Assistance)
- Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (2nd Key Animation)
- Natsuyuki Rendezvous (2nd Key Animation)
- One Piece: The Movie (Production Assistance)
- Oreimo (Production Assistance)
- Osomatsu-san (In-Between Animation)
- Persona 5 (In-Between Animation)
- Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (Animation Assistance)
- Princess Jellyfish (Key Animation)
- Prison School (2nd Key Animation)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2nd Key Animation)
- Rave Master (In-Between Animation)
- Rio -Rainbow Gate!- (2nd Key Animation; Production Cooperation)
- Saki (2nd Key & Key Animation; Production Collaboration, episode 10)
- Sacred Seven (2nd Key Animation)
- Shirobako (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Sket Dance (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
- SoltyRei (In-Between Animation)
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2nd Key Animation)
- Super Robot Wars: Original Generation: The Inspector (Production Assistance)
- Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Dai-Ni-Maku (Key Animation)
- Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
- Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (In-Between Animation)
- Transformers: Cybertron (In-Between Animation)
- Valkyria Chronicles (2nd Key Animation)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (In-Between Animation)
- Yuri!!! on Ice (2nd Key Animation)
Tropes associated with Actas:
- Animation Bump: Occasionally, most notably in certain scenes of Girls und Panzer, such as the scene in episode 11 where Miho jumps from tank to tank to help the Rabbit Team.
- This is also present in Transformers Energon, in which the scenes with the hand-drawn robots looked better than anything else.
- Executive Meddling: Cartoon Network rushing production is partially to blame for the animation in Transformers Armada.
