# Asread

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}{{Short description|Japanese animation studio}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Asread
| logo = Asread logo.png
| type = [Kabushiki-gaisha](/source/Kabushiki-gaisha)
| foundation = November 2003
| founder = Kiyonori Hiramatsu
| location = Sakae-cho, [Higashimurayama](/source/Higashimurayama%2C_Tokyo), [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan
| locations = 
| key_people = Kiyonori Hiramatsu (CEO)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.production-ig.co.jp/xebec/kaizoku/m-xebec17/m-x17sub02.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307220803/http://www.production-ig.co.jp/xebec/kaizoku/m-xebec17/m-x17sub02.htm|script-title=ja:ＸＥＢＥＣ大辞典|trans-title=XEBEC Dictionary|archive-date=March 7, 2005|website= [Production I.G](/source/Production_I.G)|access-date= May 21, 2024}}</ref>
| industry = [Japanese animation](/source/anime)
| equity= 2 million yen
| num_employees = 17{{efn|8 animators, 5 producers, and 4 painters.}}
| divisions =
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.asread.net/}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Asread Co., Ltd'''|株式会社アスリード|Kabushiki-gaisha Asurīdo}} stylized as '''asread.'''  is a Japanese [animation studio](/source/animation_studio) established in November 2003 by ex-[Xebec](/source/Xebec_(studio)) members.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.asread.net/about.html|title= Information|access-date= 16 May 2014|work= www.asread.net|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150725064334/http://www.asread.net/about.html|archive-date= 25 July 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref>

==Works==
===Television works===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=10 | Year 
! scope="col" | Title 
! scope="col" | Director(s)
! scope="col" | [Animation producer(s)](/source/Line_producer)
! scope="col" | Source
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Eps.|Episodes}}
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Refs.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2005–2006
|''[Shuffle!](/source/Shuffle!)''
|style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|rowspan="2"|[Visual novel](/source/Visual_novel)
|24
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2007
|''[Shuffle! Memories](/source/Shuffle!)''
|style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|12 
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2008
|''[Minami-ke: Okawari](/source/Minami-ke)''
|style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Manga
|13 
|
|-
|''[Ga-Rei: Zero](/source/Ga-Rei)'' (co-animated with [AIC Spirits](/source/Anime_International_Company))
|style=text-align:center |[Ei Aoki](/source/Ei_Aoki)
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu<br/>Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki
|Manga
|12 
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
|''[Minami-ke: Okaeri](/source/Minami-ke)''
|style=text-align:center |Kei Oikawa
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Manga
|13
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2011–2012
|''[Future Diary](/source/Future_Diary)''
|style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Manga
|26
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2013
|''[I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job](/source/I_Couldn't_Become_a_Hero%2C_So_I_Reluctantly_Decided_to_Get_a_Job)''
|style=text-align:center |[Kinji Yoshimoto](/source/Kinji_Yoshimoto)
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Light novel
|12
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2016
|''[Big Order](/source/Big_Order)''
|style=text-align:center |Nobuharu Kamanaka
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Manga
|10
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2018
|''[Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King](/source/Lord_of_Vermilion%3A_The_Crimson_King)''<br/>(co-animated with [Tear Studio](/source/Tear_Studio))
|style=text-align:center |[Eiji Suganuma](/source/Eiji_Suganuma)<br/>Satoshi Takafuji
|style=text-align:center |Hiroshi Kudou
|Card game
|12
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2019
|''[Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest](/source/Arifureta)''<br/>(co-animated with [White Fox](/source/White_Fox))
|style=text-align:center |Kinji Yoshimoto
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Light novel
|13
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2021
|''[Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory](/source/Mother_of_the_Goddess'_Dormitory)''
|style=text-align:center |Shunsuke Nakashige
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Manga
|10
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2022
|''[Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest 2nd Season](/source/Arifureta)''<br/>(co-animated with [Studio Mother](/source/Studio_Mother))
|style=text-align:center |Akira Iwanaga
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Light novel
|12
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2024
|''[Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest 3rd Season](/source/Arifureta)''
|style=text-align:center |Akira Iwanaga
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Light novel
|16
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 3 Reveals October 14 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-11/arifureta-from-commonplace-to-world-strongest-season-3-reveals-october-14-debut/.214172|website=[Anime News Network](/source/Anime_News_Network)|access-date=August 11, 2024|date=August 11, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2026
|''[A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans](/source/A_Misanthrope_Teaches_a_Class_for_Demi-Humans)''
|style=text-align:center |Akira Iwanaga
|style=text-align:center |{{TableTBA}}
|Light novel
|{{TableTBA}}
|<ref>{{cite web|title=VTuber Kurusu Natsume's A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans Light Novels Get Anime in January|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-09-07/vtuber-kurusu-natsume-a-misanthrope-teaches-a-class-for-demi-humans-light-novels-get-anime-in-/.228524|website=[Anime News Network](/source/Anime_News_Network)|access-date=September 7, 2025|date=September 7, 2025}}</ref>
|}

===OVA/ONAs===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=10 | Year 
! scope="col" | Title 
! scope="col" | Director(s)
! scope="col" | [Animation producer(s)](/source/Line_producer)
! scope="col" | Source
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Eps.|Episodes}}
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Refs.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
|''[Minami-ke: Betsubara](/source/Minami-ke)''
|style=text-align:center |Kei Oikawa
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Manga
|1
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2011
|''Busō Chūgakusei: Basket Army''
|style=text-align:center |Romanov Higa
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu<br/>Keiko Nashimoto<br/>Atsushi Masaoka
|Original work
|5
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2012
|''[Corpse Party: Missing Footage](/source/Corpse_Party)''
|style=text-align:center |Akira Iwanaga
|{{N/A}}
|rowspan="2"|Video game
|1
|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2013
|''[Corpse Party: Tortured Souls](/source/Corpse_Party%3A_Tortured_Souls)''
|style=text-align:center |Akira Iwanaga
|{{N/A}}
|4
|
|-
|''[Future Diary: Redial](/source/Future_Diary)''
|style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Manga
|1
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2014
|''[I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job](/source/I_Couldn't_Become_a_Hero%2C_So_I_Reluctantly_Decided_to_Get_a_Job)''
|style=text-align:center |Kinji Yoshimoto
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Light novel
|1
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2015
|''[Big Order](/source/Big_Order)''
|style=text-align:center |Nobuharu Kamanaka
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Manga
|1
|
|-
! scope="row" | 2019–2022
|''[Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest](/source/Arifureta%3A_From_Commonplace_to_World's_Strongest)''<br/>(co-animated with White Fox (#1–2) and Studio Mother (#3–4))
|style=text-align:center |Kinji Yoshimoto {{small|(#1–2)}}<br> Akira Iwanaga {{small|(#3–4)}}
|style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu
|Light novel
|4
|
|-
|}

==Notable staff==
<!--NOTE: representative staff and animation producers should be added here regardless of hyperlink/wikilink ability, or if they've founded/represented a notable studio afterwards. However, other staff members like directors and animators should only be added here if they can be wikilinked to a page on Wikipedia, such as EN Wiki or JP Wiki.-->

===Representative staff===
*Kiyonori Hiramatsu (founder and president)
===Animators===
*{{ill|Hidetsugu Hirayama|ja|平山英嗣}} (2005~present)

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.asread.net/}} {{in lang|ja}}
*{{ann|type=company|id=4437}}

{{Asread}}
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Category:Animation studios in Tokyo

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