David Production

David Production
Japanese Name	株式会社デイヴィッドプロダクション
Founded	September 2007
Industry	Animation studio and production enterprise
Headquarters	Nishitōkyō, Tokyo
Phone Number	042-349-1050
Key People	Taito Okiura (Co-Founder, President) Kōji Kajita (Co-Founder, Representative Director, COO)
Affiliates	Fuji Television
Website	davidproduction.jp @DPInc_official

David Production Inc. (株式会社デイヴィッドプロダクション, Kabushiki-gaisha Deividdo Purodakushon) is a Japanese animation studio known for the anime television series adaptation of the long-running manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

History

David Production

David Production Studio Building

The company was founded by former Gonzo president and producer Koji Kajita and fellow producer Taito Okiura in September 2007 upon having left Gonzo. The company's first work was as an animation subcontractor, but in 2009, David Production undertook their first full animation production as a primary contractor with Ristorante Paradiso.

Warner Bros. producer Hiroyuki Omori chose David Production as the studio to animate JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation because their work on the "Tatakau Shisho" series "showed powerful linework and careful animation" and therefore convinced him they could adapt a series like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Fuji Television acquired the studio on August 1, 2014.

They are located at 1 Chome−88−1 M & K Higashiyamato Building on the 3rd floor in Ogawa, Kodaira, Tokyo.

Staff

• President and CEO: Koji Kajita
• Executive Vice President (part-time): Kenji Shimizu
• Executive Vice President: Shuichiro Tanaka
• Director: Toshitaka Kasama
• Director (part-time): Koji Ishii
• Director (part-time): Yoko Matsuzaki
• Director (part-time): Abe Akihito
• Audit & Supervisory Board Member (part-time): Atsushi Yanagi

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Staff

Naokatsu Tsuda

Chief Director (Former)

Kenichi Suzuki

Series Director

Shunichi Ishimoto

(Former)

Toshiyuki Kato

Aya Nishimura

Yumenosuke Tokuda

Works

Anime

• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (Main production: Sunrise; production assistance for two episodes, 2008)
• Soul Eater (Main production: Bones; production assistance in many episodes, 2008-2009)
• Inazuma Eleven (Main production: Oriental Light and Magic; production assistance in many episodes, 2008-2009)
• Kuroshitsuji (Main production: A-1 Pictures; production assistance in many episodes, 2008-2009)
• Ristorante Paradiso (2009)
• Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra (2009)
• Level E (Co-produced with Studio Pierrot, 2011)
• Ben-To (2011)
• Inu x Boku SS (2012)
• DC Nation Shorts (Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld and Baby Superman, 2012)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012-2013)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation (2013)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (2014-2015)
• Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On (2016)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2016)
• Sagrada Reset (2017)
• Captain Tsubasa (2018–2019)
• Cells at Work! (2018)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (2018-2019)
• Ensemble Stars (2019)
• Fire Force (2019-2026)
• Strike Witches: Road to Berlin (2020)
• 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team (2021)
• Cells at Work!! (2021)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (2021-2022)
• Urusei Yatsura (2022-2024)
• Undead Unluck (2023)

Film

• Planetarian: Storyteller of the Stars (2016)
• Cells at Work!! The Return of the Strongest Enemy. A Huge Uproar in the Body's "Bowels"! (2020)
• The House of the Lost on the Cape (2021)

OVA (Original Video Animation)

• Dogs: Stray Dogs Howling in the Dark (2009)
• Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2017-2019)

ONA (Original Net Animation)

• Lost Forest (2012)
• Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet (2016)
• Spriggan (2022)

Trivia

• The name of the studio derives from David and Goliath, the biblical underdog story of a young man who overcomes challenges by his creative acumen. It was chosen to represent the company's policy of "creating good animation with great storytelling & characters," despite being relatively small to other notable studios. The name is also an acronym for Design Audio & Visual Illusion Dynamics, signifying the company's value in providing "animation with impact."