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Animal-Ya, alternatively called Animal House, is a Japanese studio established sometime in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
Since 2003, one of their production arms, Studio Comet (a studio founded in 1986 by Ex-Tsuchida Production staff members after the studio went out of business, which after that, Comet was funding by Animal-Ya), split from them.
For sake of simplicity, both companies have been combined into this article.
Compare TMS Entertainment, Toei Animation, and Madhouse, other anime companies that have had a presence in Western Animation (TMS in particular). Do not confuse for Animal House (see Name's the Same).
Shows (Anime & American) worked on by Animal-Ya/Studio Comet[]
- Art of Fighting
- Bonkers (animation Outsourced by Walt Disney Animation Japan for The Cheap Sheep Sweep, Luna-Toons, Hand Over the Dough, The Toon That Ate Hollywood and Cartoon Cornered)
- Capeta
- Captain Tsubasa J
- Dragon Warrior
- Freakazoid! (Plus the opening, as Animal House; with Koko Enterprises/Dong Yang, Seoul Movie and Tama Productions)
- Gargoyles (Paired with Jade Animation and Morning Sun)
- Goof Troop (outsourced by WDAJ and Tama)
- Humanoid Monster Bem (2nd series)
- Jewelpet
- The Little Mermaid (subcontracted by WDAJ)
- The Marshmallow Times
- Miami Guns (with Group TAC)
- The Mighty Ducks (four episodes; with WDAJ, Sunwoo, Wang Film Productions, Koko and Plus One Animation)
- Mortal Kombat Defenders of the Realm (With Hong Ying)
- Onegai My Melody
- Peach Girl
- Saint October
- School Rumble
- Several Jetlag Productions films.
- Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children: Light & Dark (With Actas)
- Sora no Manimani
- Super Inventor Boy Kanipan
- Suzuka
- Wan Wan Serebu Soreyuke! Tetsunoshin
- What a Cartoon Show (With Wang, Rough Draft Studios, Kennedy Cartoons, Carbunkle Cartoons, Star Toons and other studios)
Other Anime Worked on by Animal-Ya/Studio Comet[]
- A Channel (In-Between Animation)
- Ah! My Goddess (In-Between Animation for The Movie)
- Ai Yori Aoshi (In-Between Animation)
- Akira (Animation Cooperation, with Studio Gainax, Kyoto Animation, Mook DLE, Studio DEEN, Studio Pierrot, Studio Fantasia and others. Led by TMS Entertainment)
- Anpanman (In-Between Animation)
- Black Jack (1994 OVA, Animation)
- Bleach (Animation)
- Blood Plus (In-Between Animation)
- Burn Up (Animation Cooperation for Scramble)
- Cardfight Vanguard (Production Assistance with TMS for six episodes)
- A Certain Scientific Railgun (2nd Key & In-Between Animation
- Le Chevalier d'Eon (In-Between Animation)
- The Daughter of Twenty Faces (Production Cooperation with Studio BONES and TMS for two episodes)
- Darker than Black (In-Between Animation)
- DearS (Animation)
- Durarara!! (In-Between Animation)
- Eyeshield 21 (Animation)
- Fairy Tail (In-Between Animation)
- Fullmetal Alchemist (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
- Gintama (In-Between Animation)
- Gosick (In-Between Animation)
- Halo Legends (In-Between Animation)
- Hayate the Combat Butler (In-Between Animation, second series)
- Heroman (In-Between Animation)
- IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (In-Between Animation)
- Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Animation Cooperation for A-Un, 2D animation only, all CGI animation is done by Hal Laboratory themselves with Game Cube hardware)
- Lupin III (Key Animation for Dead or Alive and From Russia With Love)
- Nodame Cantabile (In-Between Animation for Finale)
- Overman King Gainer (In-Between Animation)
- Pandora Hearts (In-Between Animation)
- Saki (2nd Key Animation)
- SHUFFLE! (In-Between Animation)
- Skip Beat! (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Soul Eater (In-Between Animation)
- Spider Riders (In-Between Animation)
- Squid Girl (In-Between Animation)
- Steel Angel Kurumi (Animation)
- Sword of the Stranger (In-Between Animation)
- ~Tokyo Magnitude 8.0~ (In-Between Animation)
- Toradora! (2nd Key Animation)
- Valkyria Chronicles (2nd Key Animation)
- You're Under Arrest (In-Between Animation)
Animal-Ya provides examples of the following tropes:
- Animation Bump
- Conspicuous CG: Kirby (yet Hal did all the CG themselves); School Rumble made fun of it.
- Off-Model: Suzuka and Gargoyles mostly.