Creator / Studio DEEN

Studio DEEN (スタジオディーン) is one of the oldest active anime studios and was established in 1975 by members of Sunrise. This has led to collaboration between the two companies in their works and to this day Studio DEEN can be found in the credit listing of Sunrise anime. They are one of the more prolific anime studios and as a result often have budget constraints.

They also own a studio in Suzhou, China called Danni Animation (丹尼動画), and before 2016, had a digital subsidiary named Megumi (め組).

A full list of their projects can be seen Anime News Network.

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Works produced by Studio DEEN:

• 07-Ghost
• Ah My Buddha
• Angel's Egg
• Binchou-tan
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (anime cutscenes)
• Bomberman Jetters
• Chou Kidou Densetsu Dinagiga
• Code-E
• DNA˛ (with Madhouse)
• Dragon Crisis!
• Eat-Man
• Eden's Bowy
• F
• Fantastic Detective Labyrinth
• Fate/stay night (TV)
  • Unlimited Blade Works (film)
• Fruits Basket (co-producer; first series only)
• Full Moon
• Get Backers
• Giant Killing
• Ginga Densetsu Weed
• Gravitation
• Gurazeni
• Hakaima Sadamitsu
• Hakuouki
• Haunted Junction
• Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
• Hell Girl The Two Prisoners and The Cauldron of Three (with Aniplex)
• Hetalia: Axis Powers
• Initial D (Third Stage)
• Is This A Zombie?
• Jewelpet: Magical Change
• Junji Ito Collection
• Junjou Romantica
• Kabukibu!
• King of Bandit Jing
• Kishin Douji Zenki
• Knight Hunters (first season only; with Magic Bus, distributed internationally by TMS Entertainment)
• KonoSuba (Except for The Movie, which was produced by J.C. Staff)
• Kyo Kara Maoh!
• The Law of Ueki
• Maison Ikkoku
• Maria Watches Over Us
• MEGANEBU!
• Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (co-production with Sunrise)
• Mouse
• Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
• Neo Yokio (With Production I.G and MOI Animation)
• Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (Nurarihyon no Mago)
• Outburst Dreamer Boys
• Patlabor (OVAs, with Production I.G)
  • Patlabor: The Movie (with Production I.G)
• Pretty Cure
  • Kibou no Chikara ~Otona Pretty Cure '23~ (with Toei Animation)
• Pupa
• Ranma ˝
• Rave Master
• Read or Die (OVA)
  • R.O.D the TV (with J.C. Staff)
• The Reflection
• Rick and Morty: Samurai & Shogun (with Studio Twinkle)
• Rozen Maiden (2013 anime)
• Rurouni Kenshin (replacing Studio Gallop)
  • Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen (Trust & Betrayal)
  • Rurouni Kenshin: Seisouhen (Reflections)
• Sakura Trick
• Sailor Moon:
  • Sailor Moon Eternal (with Toei Animation)
  • Sailor Moon Cosmos (with Toei Animation)
• Samurai Deeper Kyo
• Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi
• The Seven Deadly Sins:
  • The Seven Deadly Sins (Seasons 3 and 4)
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light
• Shion no Ou
• Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (both OVAs and anime)
• Simoun
• Soul Hunter
• Starry☆Sky
• Student Council's Discretion (first season)
• Super Radical Gag Family
• Tactics
• Tekken: The Motion Picture
• Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou
• Tōka Gettan
• Urusei Yatsura (episode 109 to end)
• Vampire Knight
• Violinist of Hameln
• Vocaloid - Helped design both Aoki Lapis and Merli.
• When They Cry
  • Higurashi: When They Cry
  • Umineko: When They Cry (only the first 4 arcs)
• Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary
• Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito
• You're Under Arrest!
• Zipang

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Additional work by DEEN include:

• Accel World (In-Between Animation)
• Agent Aika (Finish & In-Between Animation)
• Ah! My Goddess (In-Between Assistance, 2005 series)
• AKIRA (Animation Cooperation)
• Another (In-Between Animation)
• ARIA (In-Between Animation, all series)
• Aria the Scarlet Ammo (In-Between Animation)
• Armored Trooper VOTOMS (In-Between Animation)
• Aura Battler Dunbine (In-Between Animation)
• Bakuten Shoot Beyblade (Digital Paint, movie)
• Batman: Gotham Knight (In-Between Animation for "Have I Got A Story For You")
• Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (In-Between Animation)
• Birdy the Mighty: Decode (In-Between Animation)
• Blade of the Immortal (In-Between Animation)
• Bleach (Animation)
• Blood+ (In-Between Animation)
  • Blood-C (In-Between Animation)
• Blue Seed (Animation)
• The Brave of Gold Goldran (In-Between & Finish Animation)
• Brave Story (Animation)
• Canaan (In-Between Animation)
• Case Closed (In-Between Animation)
• City Hunter (Finish & In-Between Animation)
• Code Geass (In-Between Animation)
• Cowboy Bebop (In-Between Animation)
• Daitarn 3 (Finish Animation)
• Darker than Black (In-Between Animation)
• Dirty Pair Flash (Animation; Production Assistance)
• Doraemon (Animation, 1979 series)
• Ergo Proxy (In-Between Animation)
• Eureka Seven (In-Between Animation)
• Fairy Tail (In-Between Animation)
• Fist of the North Star (Finish Animation)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (In-Between Animation)
• Ga-Rei -Zero- (In-Between Animation)
• Giant Robo (In-Between Animation)
• Genesis of Aquarion (In-Between Animation)
• Ghost Hunt (In-Between Animation)
• Good Luck Girl! (In-Between Animation)
• Gosick (In-Between Animation)
• Grave of the Fireflies (Finish Animation)
• Halo Legends (In-Between Animation)
• Hanasaku Iroha (In-Between Animation)
• Heavy Metal L-Gaim (Finish Animation)
• Hunter × Hunter (Production Cooperation, 1999 series)
• The Idolmaster (In-Between Animation)
  • Idolmaster: Xenoglossia (In-Between Animation)
• I Don’t Like You at All, Big Brother!! (2nd Key Animation)
• Kidd Video (Season 2; uncredited)
• Kiddy GiRL-AND (In-Between Animation)
• Komi Can't Communicate (Production Cooperation)
• Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing (3D Modeling; CGI)
• Lupin III
  • Legend of the Gold of Babylon (Finish Animation)
  • Lupin III: Bye-Bye Liberty Crisis! (In-Between Animation)
• Macross Frontier (In-Between Animation)
• Maid-Sama! (In-Between Animation)
• Martian Successor Nadesico (Finish Animation)
• Michiko & Hatchin (In-Between Animation)
• Mobile Suit Gundam (Animation)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (In-Between Animation)
  • Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer (In-Between Animation)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (In-Between Animation)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (In-Between Animation)
  • ∀ Gundam (In-Between Animation)
• Mutafukaz (In-Between Animation)
• My Bride is a Mermaid (In-Between Animation Cooperation)
• Naruto (In-Between Animation)
• Neon Genesis Evangelion (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Nodame Cantabile (In-Between Animation)
• Noein (In-Between Animation)
• Ōban Star-Racers (In-Between Animation)
• Ouran High School Host Club (In-Between Animation)
• PandoraHearts (Production Cooperation)
• Persona 4: The Animation (In-Between Animation)
• Plawres Sanshiro (Finish Animation)
• Pokémon: The First Movie (In-Between Animation)
  • Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (Animation Assistance)
  • Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (In-Between Animation Assistance)
• Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (In-Between Animation)
• Pumpkin Scissors (In-Between Animation)
• Road Rovers (cooperation for "Return of The Groomer", with Studio Junio and Jade Animation)
• Robot Romance Trilogy
  • Combattler V (Finish Animation)
  • Voltes V (Finish Animation)
• Robotics;Notes (In-Between Animation; Photography Cooperation)
• Sakura Wars:
  • Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning? (Finish Animation)
  • Sakura Wars: The Movie (Finish Animation)
  • Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens (In-Between Animation)
• The Seven Deadly Sins (In-Between Animation for Season 1)
• Skip Beat! (In-Between Animation)
• The Sky Crawlers (In-Between Animation)
• Space Runaway Ideon (Finish Animation)
• Spider Riders (In-Between Animation)
• Spirited Away (Animation Support)
• Squid Girl (In-Between Animation)
• Superbook (Finish Animation)
• Sword Art Online (In-Between Animation)
• Sword of the Stranger (In-Between Animation)
• Tekkonkinkreet (In-Between Animation)
• Tiger & Bunny (In-Between Animation)
• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (In-Between Animation)
• Tokkô (In-Between Animation)
• Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (Production Assistance)
• Toradora! (In-Between Assistance)
• The Transformers (Finish Animation for Scramble City OVA; through Yoko Sakamoto)
  • Transformers: Cybertron (In-Between Animation)
• Ultra Maniac (In-Between Animation)
• Valvrave the Liberator (In-Between Animation)
• Xabungle (Finish Animation)
• Zambot 3 (Finish Animation)

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Tropes found in Studio DEEN's work:

• Animated Adaptation: Almost all of their credits (be it as the main studio or just as support) consist of these.
• Animation Bump: Occasionally, like all studios. But especially in their films.
• Fanservice: Amaenaideyo, Mouse, some scenes in Ranma 1/2.
• Lazy Artist/Unreliable Illustrator: Pretty much all of their shows have it to some degree, much to the ire of anime fans:
  • Knight Hunters is generally considered one of the studio's worst-animated shows, which is only exacerbated by it being a co-production with another studio noted for slipshod animation quality.
  • Ginga Densetsu Weed's amount of Off-Model is practically legendary among the fandom.
  • Painfully obvious in Hetalia: Axis Powers. Observe.
  • The Off-Model qualities of their anime adaptations of visual novels (Fate/stay night and When They Cry being the most well-known) and Manga are often decried by fans of the original, although the overall quality of the adaptations themselves is up for debate.
    • To wit, You're Under Arrest! and Ranma ˝ both sway between animation quality often, sometimes within a single episode.
  • Konosuba's adaptation plays with this and uses their regular faults in artistic quality as an aid to the show's more comedic moments while also having genuine moments of off-looking artwork in others.
  • The Rick & Morty short is also guilty of this, a result of trying to translate the show's style from 2D into 3D.
• Production Posse: With Echo, their Korean subsidiary. They've also used Nakamura Productions and Studio Twinkle on several productions.
  • Shin-Ei Animation had used them for much of their work between the early 80's and early 90's.
• Playing Against Type: Their work on Neo Yokio, Road Rovers and Rick & Morty are about the only non-anime productions the company has been involved in.
• Start My Own: The studio was founded in 1975 by former members of Sunrise.
• Yuri: Maria Watches Over Us and Sakura Trick.

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