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, stylized as GONZO, is a Japanese anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 studio, owned by GDH group. In June 2006, it signed a long-term output deal with the anime television network, Animax, which will see Animax broadcasting all of Gonzo's anime titles across all of its networks around the world, including Japan, Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Latin America and recently from November 2007 on Southern Africa's DSTV satellite network.






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, stylized as GONZO, is a Japanese anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 studio, owned by GDH group. In June 2006, it signed a long-term output deal with the anime television network, Animax, which will see Animax broadcasting all of Gonzo's anime titles across all of its networks around the world, including Japan, Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Latin America and recently from November 2007 on Southern Africa's DSTV satellite network. As of 2008 they have decided to stream some of their airing anime on video sites such as: YouTube
YouTube

YouTube is a Video hosting service website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005....
, Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is an United States online website and international online community focused on streaming Asian Entertainment including anime, manga, drama, music in addition to electronic entertainment and auto racing content....
, and BOST
Bost

Bost may refer to:...
.

GDH and its group companies:
  • GDH K.K.
  • GONZO K.K.
  • G-creators K.K.
  • Future Vision Music K.K.
  • GDH CAPITAL K.K.
  • GONZO Rosso Online K.K.
  • GK Entertainment


History

  • September 1992: GONZO Inc. established.
  • May 1996: Digimation K.K. established.
  • May 1999: GONZO Inc. changed its company name to GONZO K.K.
  • February 2000: GDH established.
  • May 2000: Creators.com K.K. established.
  • April 2002: GONZO K.K. and Digimation K.K. merge; the combined company is renamed GONZO DIGIMATION K.K.
  • November 2003: Future Vision Music K.K. established.
  • July 2004: Gonzo Dijimation K.K. changed its company name to GONZO K.K.; Creators.com K.K. changed its name to G-creators K.K.; GONZO DIGIMATION HOLDING changed its company name to GDH K.K.
  • July 2005: GONZINO K.K. established.
  • September 2005: Warp Gate Online K.K. becomes subsidiary.
  • December 2005: GDH CAPITAL K.K. established and Warp Gate Online K.K. changed its company name to GONZO Rosso Online K.K.
  • February 2006: GK Entertainment established.


Works


TV series


2009
  • Unknown - Strike Witches 2
  • Unknown - Saki
  • January - The Tower of Druaga: the Sword of Uruk


2008
  • October - Rosario + Vampire Capu2
    Rosario + Vampire

    is a Japanese manga series originally serialized in Monthly Shonen Jump, between August 2004 and June 2007; a single extra chapter was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in September 2007....
    , Linebarrels of Iron
    Linebarrels of Iron

    is an ongoing Japanese manga series created by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi. The series was first Serial in Akita Shoten's monthly shonen manga magazine, Champion Red, in 2004....
  • July - Strike Witches
    Strike Witches

    is a mixed-media project originally created by Humikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. It was later adapted into two light novel series, two manga series, an anime OVA, and a televised anime series....
  • April - The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk
    The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk

    and its sequel, is an anime TV series, created by Gonzo and is an animated continuation of Namco's The Tower of Druaga franchise which began as an arcade game originally released in 1984....
    , Special A
    Special A

    , also known as Special A or S.A, is a shojo manga by Maki Minami. Serialization started in ZA Hana to Yume, only appearing bimonthly....
    , Blassreiter
    Blassreiter

    is a 2008 Japanese anime from the animation studio Gonzo and the multimedia studio Nitro+. The title literally means "Pale Rider" in German. A manga titled Blassreiter -genetic- also exists and is serialized in Champion Red magazine....
  • January - Rosario + Vampire
    Rosario + Vampire

    is a Japanese manga series originally serialized in Monthly Shonen Jump, between August 2004 and June 2007; a single extra chapter was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in September 2007....


2007
  • October - Dragonaut -The Resonance-
    Dragonaut -The Resonance-

    is an anime series directed by Manabu Ono and co-produced by Gonzo and Nihon Ad Systems . The series ran on the Japanese network TV Tokyo between October 3, 2007 and March 26, 2008....
  • July - The Five Killers
    The Five Killers

    The Five Killers is an original animated TV series planned to consist of 12 episodes from writer/producer Eric Calderon currently in development with Japanese animation studio Gonzo , directed by Tomohiro Hirata and produced by GDH International....
     (in USA)
  • April - Romeo x Juliet
    Romeo x Juliet

    is a TV anime series, very loosely based on William Shakespeare's classic play, Romeo and Juliet, along with numerous references and characters from other Shakespearian plays....
    , Bokurano
    Bokurano

    is a manga by Mohiro Kitoh, serialized monthly in Japan in Ikki since 2003; currently 9 tankobon have been published by Shogakukan. The manga also spawned an anime series directed by Hiroyuki Morita and produced by Gonzo which aired in 2007, and a light novel named is currently in production featuring an alternate story by Renji Ohki and charac...
    , Kaze no Stigma
    Kaze no Stigma

    is a Japanese light novel series written by Takahiro Yamato and illustrated by Hanamaru Nanto. An anime television series adaptation directed by Junichi Sakata and animated by Gonzo began airing on April 11 2007....
    , & Seto no Hanayome
    Seto no Hanayome

    is the title of a Japanese manga series written by Tahiko Kimura. The manga was first serialized in 2002 in the Japanese manga magazine Monthly Gangan WING, published by Square Enix....
     (With AIC)
  • March - Tenshi Sairin (Burst Angel: Infinity)
  • January - Afro Samurai
    Afro Samurai

    is a Japanese dojinshi manga series created by Takashi Okazaki, originally featured in the NOU NOU HAU dojin magazine. It was adapted into a 5-episode anime miniseries directed by Fuminori Kizaki and produced by Gonzo , a Japanese traditional animation studio....
     & Getsumen to Heiki Mina


2006
  • October - Red Garden
    Red Garden

    is a Japanese anime television program produced by Gonzo studios and broadcast in Japan on TV Asahi since October 3 2006. The plot revolves around four girls who become involved in a series of supernatural murders happening throughout the vicinity of a fictional depiction of New York City....
     & Pumpkin Scissors
    Pumpkin Scissors

    is a manga created by Ryoutarou Iwanaga, originally serialized in Magazine GREAT in 2002, but later moved to Monthly Shonen Magazine in October 2006....
  • July - Welcome to the N.H.K.
    Welcome to the N.H.K.

    is a Japanese novel written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto, with a cover illustration by Yoshitoshi ABe, and was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan on January 28 2002....
  • April - Legend of the Glass Fleet & Witchblade
    Witchblade (anime)

    is an anime series based on the American comic book by Witchblade. Instead of an adaptation of the original story, the producers decided to create an entire new setup, with all new characters....


2005
  • October - SoltyRei
    SoltyRei

    is a Japanese anime series by Gonzo and AIC combining attributes of drama and sci-fi, about the inhabitants of a city where an Aurora prevents aerial travel....
     (With AIC) & Black Cat
    Black Cat (manga)

    is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki with an anime adaptation. It was serialized in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump and collected in 20 tankobon volumes....
  • Densha Otoko
    Densha Otoko (drama)

    is a Japanese television drama that aired on Fuji Television. It is based on the Densha Otoko story, which has also been portrayed in other media.The drama aired from July 7 to September 22, 2005 ....
     Opening animation.
  • Fall - G.I. Joe: Sigma 6
    G.I. Joe: Sigma 6

    G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 is a line of military-themed action figures and toys produced by Hasbro, re-imaginging the characters of the 1980s toyline, G.I....
  • July - Transformers: Cybertron
    Transformers: Cybertron

    'Transformers: Cybertron', known in Japan originally as , is the 2005-2006 Transformers Universes toy line and animated series, another co-production between Hasbro and Takara and a sequel to the previous series, Transformers: Armada and Transformers: Energon ....
  • April - Basilisk, Speed Grapher
    Speed Grapher

    is a 2005 anime series created by Gonzo . The series ran for 24 episodes from April to October 2005 on TV Asahi. The series was licensed for release in North America by Funimation Entertainment in 2006 and aired on the Independent Film Channel between March 7 and August 15, 2008....
     & Trinity Blood
    Trinity Blood

    is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida with illustrations by Thores Shibamoto and originally serialized in The Sneaker. Set 900 years after an apocalyptic war between humans and vampires, the series focuses on the on-going cold war between the Vatican and the Empire....


2004
  • October - Desert Punk
    Desert Punk

    is a post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Usune Masatoshi, serialized in Enterbrain's Comic Beam since 1997. The published chapters have been collected in 13 tankobon....
     (Sunabouzu) & Gankutsuou
  • June - Samurai 7
    Samurai 7

    is a 2004 Japanese anime series, produced by Gonzo and based on Akira Kurosawa popular 1954 movie Seven Samurai. The series was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and its music was composed by Kaoru Wada and Eitetsu Hayashi....
  • April - Gantz
    Gantz

    is a Japanese manga and anime series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. Gantz tells the story of a teenager named Kei Kurono who dies in a train accident and becomes part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which he and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens....
     & Burst Angel
    Burst Angel

    is a Japanese anime television series directed by Koichi Ohata, from a screenplay by Fumihiko Shimo, and produced by the Gonzo animation studio.Burst Angel takes place in the near future, after a rise in criminal activity forced the Japanese government to allow citizens to possess firearms and establish the Recently Armed Police Taskforce ....
     (Bakuretsu Tenshi)
  • January - Gravion Zwei
    Gravion

    is an anime television series produced by Gonzo . It aired in Japan from October 7, 2002 to December 16, 2002 and ran for 13 episodes. In 2004, was released and aired from January 8 to March 25 in Japan, running for twelve additional episodes, answering the questions generated from the first series....


2003
  • November - Chrono Crusade
    Chrono Crusade

    , also known as Chrno Crusade, is an eight volume manga series authored by the Japanese mangaka Daisuke Moriyama. It was originally published by Kadokawa Shoten in Monthly Dragon Magazine which began serialization in November 1998....
  • October - Peacemaker Kurogane
    Peacemaker Kurogane

    is a historical fiction manga and anime series created by mangaka . The story begins in 19th century Japan before the Meiji Restoration, while the seeds of the revolution are being planted....
  • April - Kaleido Star
    Kaleido Star

    is an anime series produced by Japanese studio Gonzo . The series was created by Junichi Sato, who also directed the first season, and written by Reiko Yoshida....
    , Last Exile
    Last Exile

    is a Japanese anime television series created by Gonzo . Directed by Koichi Chigira, with character designs by Range Murata and production design by Mahiro Maeda, the series first premiered on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2003 and ran for twenty-six episodes until its conclusion on September 29, 2003....
     & Gad Guard
    Gad Guard

    is a 26-episode anime television series directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori and produced by Gonzo , which was broadcast across Japan by the anime satellite television network, Animax, and the terrestrial television Fuji Television network....
  • February 2003 Digigirl Pop! STRAWBERRY&POP MIX FLAVOR


2002
  • October - Kiddy Grade
    Kiddy Grade

    is a 24 episode science fiction anime series produced in 2002 and created by g?mik and Gonzo and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The series is licensed and distributed in North America by FUNimation Entertainment....
     & Gravion
    Gravion

    is an anime television series produced by Gonzo . It aired in Japan from October 7, 2002 to December 16, 2002 and ran for 13 episodes. In 2004, was released and aired from January 8 to March 25 in Japan, running for twelve additional episodes, answering the questions generated from the first series....
  • July - Saikano
    Saikano

    Saikano, known in Japan as is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine....
  • April - Gatekeepers 21
  • February - Pandalian
    Pandalian

    Pandalian is a multinationally developed animated series, with characters created by the Taiwanese company named TVbean, animation produced by Fuji Creative Corporation and Planet Inc....
    , Xanatu
  • January - Full Metal Panic!
    Full Metal Panic!

    is a series of light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shiki Douji. The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist mercenary group Mithril , tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori, a spirited Japanese high school girl....


2001
  • October - Final Fantasy: Unlimited
    Final Fantasy: Unlimited

    is an anime television series based on Square Enix's popular Final Fantasy computer role-playing game Media franchise.Final Fantasy: Unlimited also incorporates both cel animation and 3D graphics, and takes elements from the Final Fantasy games with quite a few Easter egg , some obvious, others obscure....
    , Hellsing (TV series)
    Hellsing (TV series)

    is a Japanese Anime Television program based on on Kouta Hirano's manga series of the Hellsing . The series is directed by Umanosuke Iida, from a screenplay by Chiaki Konaka, and produced by the Gonzo animation studio....
     & Vandread the Second Stage
    Vandread

    is a Japanese anime series directed by Takeshi Mori and created by Gonzo and Media Factory List of animation studios. Vandread, as a science fiction space opera, combines elements of action movie, romantic comedy film, ecchi, comedy, and mecha elements....
  • July - Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School
    Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School

    is a six-volume manga written by Reiji Saiga with art by Sora Inoue and adapted into a 13-episode anime series. It is set in a school called Daimon High, where disagreements among the student body are settled by matches called K-Fights....


2000
  • October - Vandread
    Vandread

    is a Japanese anime series directed by Takeshi Mori and created by Gonzo and Media Factory List of animation studios. Vandread, as a science fiction space opera, combines elements of action movie, romantic comedy film, ecchi, comedy, and mecha elements....
  • April - Gate Keepers
    Gate Keepers

    is a Japanese manga series written by Hiroshi Yamaguchi and drawn by Keiji Gotoh in 1999. The manga was adapted into an anime series produced by Gonzo , and first aired on April 3 2000....


Streamings

  • October 2001 Zaion: I Wish You Were Here
    Zaion: I Wish You Were Here

    is a four-episode Japanese science fiction anime Original Video Animation about the spread of a deadly virus called M34 brought to Earth by a meteorite....


OVAs

  • 2007 (Scheduled) Bakuretsu Tenshi -Infinity, Strike Witches
    Strike Witches

    is a mixed-media project originally created by Humikane Shimada via a series of magazine illustration columns. It was later adapted into two light novel series, two manga series, an anime OVA, and a televised anime series....
    , Red Garden: Dead Girls
    Red Garden: Dead Girls

    is an anime OVA produced by Gonzo . It is the sequel to the Red Garden TV series and is set in futuristic Manhattan, New York, where the main characters return with new character designs....
  • 2004 Kaleido Star Aratanaru Tsubasa Extra Stage
    Kaleido Star

    is an anime series produced by Japanese studio Gonzo . The series was created by Junichi Sato, who also directed the first season, and written by Reiko Yoshida....
  • 2002-2005 Sentou Yousei Yukikaze
    Sentou Yousei Yukikaze

    is a five-episode Japanese original video animation anime series produced by Gonzo and Bandai Visual and was released in Japan from August 28, 2002 to August 25, 2005....
  • 2001 Zaion: I Wish You Were Here
    Zaion: I Wish You Were Here

    is a four-episode Japanese science fiction anime Original Video Animation about the spread of a deadly virus called M34 brought to Earth by a meteorite....
  • 1999-2000 Melty Lancer THE ANIMATION
  • 1998-2000 Blue Submarine No. 6
    Blue Submarine No. 6

    is the name of a manga series by Satoru Ozawa, which was subsequently developed into a four episode Original Video Animation series by Gonzo .Recently Shouji Murahama of GONZO stated with NewWords Magazine that a live-action Blue Submarine No....


Films

  • January 2009 Afro Samurai: Resurrection
    Afro Samurai: Resurrection

    Afro Samurai: Resurrection is a 2009 in film film sequel to the 2007 Afro Samurai anime; the movie was shown on Spike TV, on January 25, 2009....
  • July 2007 Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi
  • July 2006 Brave Story
    Brave Story

    is a Japanese novel by Miyuki Miyabe. A manga adaptation by Yoichiro Ono began serializing in Weekly Comic Bunch in 2004 and consists of full 20 volumes....
  • January 2006 Gin-iro no Kami no Agito
    Gin-iro no Kami no Agito

    Origin: Spirits of the Past, originally released in Japan as , is an anime film produced by Gonzo . It premiered in Japan on January 7, 2006, and premiered in the United States on September 24, 2006 at the Fantastic Fest film festival in Austin, Texas, Texas....
     AKA Origin: Spirits of the Past


Games

  • 1997: Silhouette Mirage
    Silhouette Mirage

    Silhouette Mirage is a side-scrolling video game that was developed by Treasure Co. Ltd. Initially published by Entertainment Software Publishing for the Sega Saturn on September 10, 1997 in Japan, the game was later ported to the Sony PlayStation on July 23, 1998 in Japan....
     - contributed anime sequences
  • 1998: Radiant Silvergun
    Radiant Silvergun

    is a vertically Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters video game, developed by Treasure Co. Ltd. It was released in video arcades on the Sega Titan Video platform in 1998 in video gaming and subsequently ported to the Sega Saturn, with added cutscenes by noted animation studio GONZO....
     - contributed anime sequences
  • 1998: Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
    Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete

    Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete is a retitled version of , a Japanese console role-playing game video game. It is the sequel to Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete....
     (Saturn
    Sega Saturn

    The is a 32-bit video game console that was first released on November 22 1994 in Japan, May 11 1995 in North America, and July 8 1995 in Europe. The system was discontinued in 2000 in video gaming in Japan and in 1998 in video gaming in other countries....
     remake) - contributed anime sequences
  • 1996: Lunar: Silver Star Story (Saturn
    Sega Saturn

    The is a 32-bit video game console that was first released on November 22 1994 in Japan, May 11 1995 in North America, and July 8 1995 in Europe. The system was discontinued in 2000 in video gaming in Japan and in 1998 in video gaming in other countries....
     remake) - contributed anime sequences


Music videos

  • 2008: Forsaken
    Forsaken

    Forsaken or The Forsaken may refer to:In gaming:* Forsaken , first person shooting video game similar to Descent* Edgeworks_Entertainment#Forsaken, World of Warcraft machinima series produced by Edgeworks Entertainment...
     by Dream Theater
    Dream Theater

    Dream Theater is an United States progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, before they dropped out to support the band....
  • 2007: Freedom
    Freedom

    Freedom may refer to:* Freedom * Freedom , the absence of interference with the sovereignty of an individual by the use of coercion or aggression...
     by Blood Stain Child
    Blood Stain Child

    Blood Stain Child is a Japan melodic death metal band with Trance music elements from the city of Osaka. The band formed under the name "Visionquest" in 1999, but reformed under the name Blood Stain Child in 2000....


Manga

  • 2008: Blassreiter - Genetic
  • 2007: Getsumen to Heiki Miina
  • 2007: Red Garden
    Red Garden

    is a Japanese anime television program produced by Gonzo studios and broadcast in Japan on TV Asahi since October 3 2006. The plot revolves around four girls who become involved in a series of supernatural murders happening throughout the vicinity of a fictional depiction of New York City....
  • 2007: Romeo x Juliet
    Romeo x Juliet

    is a TV anime series, very loosely based on William Shakespeare's classic play, Romeo and Juliet, along with numerous references and characters from other Shakespearian plays....
  • 2005: Speed Grapher
    Speed Grapher

    is a 2005 anime series created by Gonzo . The series ran for 24 episodes from April to October 2005 on TV Asahi. The series was licensed for release in North America by Funimation Entertainment in 2006 and aired on the Independent Film Channel between March 7 and August 15, 2008....
  • 2005: Gankutsuou
  • 2004: Bakuretsu Tenshi (Angel's Adolescence)
  • 2003: Kiddy Grade
    Kiddy Grade

    is a 24 episode science fiction anime series produced in 2002 and created by g?mik and Gonzo and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The series is licensed and distributed in North America by FUNimation Entertainment....
     (Kiddy Grade Reverse)
  • 2003: Kiddy Grade
    Kiddy Grade

    is a 24 episode science fiction anime series produced in 2002 and created by g?mik and Gonzo and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The series is licensed and distributed in North America by FUNimation Entertainment....
     (Kiddy Grade Versus)
  • 2002: Vandread
    Vandread

    is a Japanese anime series directed by Takeshi Mori and created by Gonzo and Media Factory List of animation studios. Vandread, as a science fiction space opera, combines elements of action movie, romantic comedy film, ecchi, comedy, and mecha elements....
     (Vandread Special Stage)
  • 2001: Vandread
    Vandread

    is a Japanese anime series directed by Takeshi Mori and created by Gonzo and Media Factory List of animation studios. Vandread, as a science fiction space opera, combines elements of action movie, romantic comedy film, ecchi, comedy, and mecha elements....


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