Hal Film Maker

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Hal Film Maker Co., Ltd.

Native name	Zhu Shi Hui She haruhuirumume-ka-
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Haru Firumu Meka
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Anime
Founded	August 11, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-08-11)
Defunct	July 1, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-07-01)
Fate	Merged with Yumeta Company
Successor	Yumeta Company
Key people	Junichi Sato (representative director) Katsunori Haruda (representative director)
Parent	TYO
Subsidiaries	Real-T (2006-2009) Yuhodo (2007-2009)

Hal Film Maker Co., Ltd. (Japanese: Zhu Shi Hui She haruhuirumume-ka-, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Haru Firumu Meka) was a Japanese animation studio founded in August 1993 by former Toei Animation staff.

Hal Film Maker's parent company, TYO Inc., merged its two anime studio subsidiaries--Yumeta Company and Hal Film Maker--on July 1, 2009. Yumeta Company absorbed Hal Film Maker and changed its name to TYO Animations^[1] before reverting to Yumeta Company on December 1, 2017.^[2]

Year	Title	Director(s)	Episodes	Note(s)	Ref(s)
1998	Saber Marionette J to X	Masami Shimoda	26	Sequel to Saber Marionette J Again. (1998-99)	[3]
2000	Boys Be...	Masami Shimoda	13	Adaptation of the manga series by Masahiro Itabashi.	[3]
	Strange Dawn	Junichi Sato	13	Original work.	[3]
2001	Pretear	Junichi Sato	13	Adaptation of the manga series by Junichi Sato.	[3]
2002	Princess Tutu	Junichi Sato, Shogo Koumoto	26	An original work created by Ikuko Itoh. (2002-03)	[3]
2004	Uta Kata	Keiji Gotoh	12	Co-produced with Bandai Visual.	[3]
2005	Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan	Tsutomu Mizushima	4	Adaptation of the light novel series by Masaki Okayu.
	Fushigiboshi no Futagohime	Junichi Sato	51	Original work. (2005-06)	[4]
	Aria the Animation	Junichi Sato	13	Adaptation of the manga series by Kozue Amano.	[5]
2006	Fushigiboshi no Futagohime Gyu!	Junichi Sato	52	Sequel to Fushigiboshi no Futagohime. (2006-07)
	Aria the Natural	Junichi Sato	26	The second season of Aria.
	The Good Witch of the West	Katsuichi Nakayama	16	Adaptation of the novel series by Noriko Ogiwara.	[6]
	Oban Star-Racers	Savin Yeatman-Eiffel Thomas Romain	26	A French-Japanese anime series created by Savin Yeatman-Eiffel. Co-produced with Sav! The World Productions and Pumpkin 3D.	[7]
2007	Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan Second	Tsutomu Mizushima	2	Sequel to Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan.
	Night Wizard the Animation	Yusuke Yamamoto	13	Based on the Night Wizard! role-playing game, designed by Takeshi Kikuchi and FarEast Amusement Research.	[8]
	Sketchbook ~full color's~	Yoshimasa Hiraike	13	Adaptation of the manga series of by Totan Kobako.	[9]
2008	Aria the Origination	Junichi Sato	13	The third season of Aria.	[10]
	Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies	Osamu Kobayashi	12	Adaptation of the manga series by Norie Yamada.	[11]
	Kemeko Deluxe!	Tsutomu Mizushima	12	Adaptation of the manga series by Masakazu Iwasaki.	[12]
	Skip Beat!	Kiyoko Sayama	25	Adaptation of the shojo manga series by Yoshiki Nakamura. (2008-09)	[13]
2010	B Gata H Kei	Yusuke Yamamoto	12	Adaptation of the yonkoma series by Yoko Sanri.	[14]

Year	Title	Director(s)	Episodes	Note(s)	Ref(s)
1995	Macross 7: The Galaxy is Calling Me!	Tetsuro Amino	1	Side-story to Macross 7 (1994-95). Co-animated with Studio Junio.
1997	Saber Marionette J Again	Masami Shimoda	6	Sequel to Saber Marionette J. (1997-98)	[3]
2000	Angel Sanctuary	Kiyoko Sayama	3	Adaptation of the shojo manga series by Kaori Yuki.	[3]
2001	Slayers Premium	Junichi Sato	1	The fifth Slayers film.	[3]
2003	Heart Cocktail Again	--N/a	1	An OVA produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Seizo Watase's Heart Cocktail manga series.	[3]
2004	Ghost Talker's Daydream	Osamu Sekita	4	Adaptation of the shonen manga series by Saki Okuse.	[3]
2007	Aria the OVA: Arietta	Junichi Sato	1
2008	Yotsunoha	Hiroshi Nishikiori	2	Based on the visual novel developed by Haikuo Soft.	[15]
2010	Tamayura	Junichi Sato	4	An original work created by Junichi Sato.	[16]

• Hal Film Maker at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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