White Fox

White Fox Co., Ltd.
Native name
 株式会社WHITE FOX
Kabushiki gaisha
Industry Japanese animation
Founded April 2007 (2007-04)
Founder Gaku Iwasa
Headquarters Igusa, Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
 Gaku Iwasa
Website w-fox.co.jp

White Fox Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社 WHITE FOX, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Howaito Fokkusu), is a Japanese animation studio, specializing in the adaptation of dark fantasy light novels and other works with predominantly dramatic and mature content. Although they are a relatively young studio and have a small number of works, many of their anime like Steins;Gate and Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World became big hits and were financially successful.

History

The studio was founded in April 2007 by Gaku Iwasa.[1] They are a studio spun off from OLM, Inc..[2] Their first production was the anime series Tears to Tiara. Since then, White Fox has animated shows like Steins;Gate and Re:Zero.

Works

Television series

Title Director(s) First run start date First run end date Eps Note(s)
Tears to Tiara Tomoki Kobayashi April 6, 2009September 28, 2009 26 Based on an adult tactical role-playing game by Leaf.
Katanagatari Keitaro Motonaga January 26, 2010December 11, 2010 12 Adaptation of a light novel series written by Nisio Isin.
Steins;Gate Takuya Sato
Hiroshi Hamasaki		 April 6, 2011September 14, 2011 24 Based on a visual novel video game created by 5pb. and Nitroplus.
Jormungand Keitaro Motonaga April 10, 2012June 26, 2012 12 Adaptation of a manga series by Keitarō Takahashi.
Jormungand: Perfect Order Keitaro Motonaga October 10, 2012December 26, 2012 12 The second season of Jormungand.
The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Naoto Hosoda April 4, 2013June 27, 2013 13 Adaptation of a light novel series written by Satoshi Wagahara.
SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation Kenichi Kawamura January 6, 2014March 24, 2014 12 Based on a video game written by Nitroplus.
Is the Order a Rabbit? Hiroyuki Hashimoto April 10, 2014June 26, 2014 12 Adaptation of a 4-panel manga series by Koi.
Akame ga Kill! Tomoki Kobayashi July 7, 2014December 15, 2014 24 Based on a manga series written by Takahiro.
Utawarerumono: The False Faces Keitaro Motonaga October 3, 2015March 26, 2016 25 Based on an adult tactical role-playing game by Leaf.
Is the Order a Rabbit?? Hiroyuki Hashimoto October 10, 2015December 26, 2015 12 Sequel to Is the Order a Rabbit? Co-animated with Kinema Citrus.
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Masaharu Watanabe April 4, 2016September 19, 2016 25 Adaptation of a light novel series written by Tappei Nagatsuki.
Matoi the Sacred Slayer Masayuki Sakoi October 4, 2016December 29, 2016 12 Original work. Written by Yōsuke Kuroda.
Grimoire of Zero Tetsuo Hirakawa April 10, 2017June 26, 2017 12 Adaptation of a light novel series written by Kakeru Kobashiri.
Girls' Last Tour Takaharu Ozaki October 6, 2017December 22, 2017 12 Adaptation of a manga series written by Tsukumizu.
Steins;Gate 0 Kenichi Kawamura April 12, 2018September 27, 2018 23 Based on a visual novel video game created by 5pb. and Nitroplus.
Goblin Slayer Takaharu Ozaki October 7, 2018TBA 12 Adaptation of a light novel series written by Kumo Kagyu.
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Kinji Yoshimoto 2019 TBATBA Adaptation of a light novel series written by Ryo Shirakome. Co-animated with Asread.

OVA/ONAs

Title Director(s) Release Eps Note(s)
Steins;Gate: Egoistic Poriomania Takuya Satō
Hiroshi Hamasaki		 February 22, 2012 1 Unaired episode of Steins;Gate.
DPR: Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar N/A October 17, 2013 1 A short anime made for JAXA and NASA that promotes the GPM/DPR (Global Precipitation Measurement/Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar) space mission.[3]
Steins;Gate: Sōmei Eichi no Cognitive Computing Kenichirō Murakawa October 14, 2014 –
November 11, 2014		 4 Short ONA series based on Steins;Gate.
Steins;Gate: Open the Missing Link Takuya Satō
Hiroshi Hamasaki		 December 2, 2015 1 Alternative episode 23 (episode 23β) of Steins;Gate aired during the rerun after the release of Steins;Gate 0.
Utawarerumono: Tusukuru-kōjo no Karei Naru Hibi Keitaro Motonaga April 26, 2018 1 Released with the premium collection PS4/Vita remake of Utawarerumono: Chiriyukumono e no Komoriuta.
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Memory Snow Tatsuya Koyanagi
Masaharu Watanabe		 October 6, 2018 1
Steins;Gate 0 Kenichi Kawamura November 28, 2018 1 Unaired episode of Steins;Gate 0

Films

Title Director Release date Note(s)
Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu Kanji Wakabayashi April 20, 2013 Based on a visual novel video game created by 5pb. and Nitroplus.
Peacemaker Kurogane: Belief Shigeru Kimiya June 2, 2018 Based on a manga series written by Nanae Chrono.
Peacemaker Kurogane: Friend Shigeru Kimiya November 17, 2018 Based on a manga series written by Nanae Chrono.

Video games

References

  1. ↑ 会社概要 (in Japanese). White Fox. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ Martin, Theron (December 6, 2009). "Tears To Tiara Sub.DVD - Collection 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ "[JAXA]DPRスペシャルムービー[EN sub(Closed Captioning)] Anime for JAXA & NASA Space Mission". JAXA DPR Official YouTube Channel. October 17, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ Romano, Sal (2017-09-19). "Steins;Gate Elite is a "full animation adventure game," coming to Switch". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
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