Production Reed



Production Reed (Formerly Ashi Productions) is a Tokyo based anime studio first established in 1975. They are known mostly for their Mecha and Magical Girl anime.

Compare Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment, Studio DEEN, Sunrise and Tatsunoko Production, other long lasting anime studios. See also Industrial Light and Magic, another animation studio that was also formed in 1975. For a full, comprehensive list of their work; check out here and here

Anime Produced by Production Reed (among others)

 * Space Warrior Baldios (TV Series)
 * Beast Wars II
 * Beast Wars Neo
 * Dancougar
 * Dancougar Nova
 * Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos
 * Machine Robo: Battlehackers
 * Cyber Team in Akihabara
 * Blue Seed (With Production I.G)
 * F-Zero Falcon Densetsu
 * Magical Angel Sweet Mint
 * Ultra Maniac
 * Magical Princess Minky Momo
 * Macross 7
 * All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants

American Projects by Production Reed

 * Diabolik (TV Series, along with Saerom)
 * Dennis The Menace (1980s series, Key Animation)
 * M.A.S.K. (With KKC and D Asia, Hanho Heung Up and others)
 * Mega Man
 * Skysurfer Strike Force

Other projects by Production Reed (Amongst others)

 * Agent Aika (In-Between Animation)
 * Amagami SS (Key Animation)
 * Another (In-Between Animation)
 * Batman: Gotham Knight (In-Between Animation)
 * The Big O (In-Between Animation)
 * Bleach (Animation)
 * Dragonball Z (Production Cooperation with Toei for movies 11, 12 & 13)
 * Durarara!! (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
 * Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two. (2nd Key Animation)
 * Eureka Seven (In-Between Animation)
 * éX-Driver (Negative Cutting; Production)
 * Fairy Tail (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
 * Genesis of Aquarion (Digital Paint; In-Between Animation)
 * Gravitation (In-Between Animation)
 * Hand Maid May (In-Between Animation)
 * Macross Frontier (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Key Animation)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Key Animation)
 * Murder Princess (Key Animation)
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion (In-Between Animation)
 * Noein (Digital Paint; In-Between Animation)
 * Pokémon (Finish & In-Between Animation)
 * Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (In-Between Animation)
 * Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2nd Key Animation; Production Assistance)
 * Rurouni Kenshin (Final Line; In-Between Animation)
 * Sailor Moon (Production Association for the S and Super S movies)
 * Samurai Champloo (In-Between Animation)
 * Skip Beat! (2nd Key Animation)
 * Slayers (Production assistance for The Movie; In-Between Animation for Premium)
 * Star Driver (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
 * Steel Angel Kurumi (Animation)
 * Tiger and Bunny (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
 * Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
 * You're Under Arrest (In-Between Animation)

Tropes Associated with Production Reed

 * Animation Bump: Like All Studios
 * Cash Cow Franchise: Several of their shows.
 * Conspicuous CG: F-Zero has this.
 * Merchandise-Driven: Beast Wars II & Neo, the Machine Robo franchise, M.A.S.K. & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Supermutants are prime examples.
 * Off-Model