{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}{{Short description|Japanese animation studio}} {{Infobox company | name = Asread | logo = Asread logo.png | type = Kabushiki-gaisha | foundation = November 2003 | founder = Kiyonori Hiramatsu | location = Sakae-cho, Higashimurayama, 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|access-date= May 21, 2024}}</ref> | industry = Japanese animation | 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 established in November 2003 by ex-Xebec 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) ! scope="col" | Source ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Eps.|Episodes}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Refs.|References}} |- ! scope="row" | 2005–2006 |''Shuffle!'' |style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda |style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu |rowspan="2"|Visual novel |24 | |- ! scope="row" | 2007 |''Shuffle! Memories'' |style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda |style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu |12 | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2008 |''Minami-ke: Okawari'' |style=text-align:center |Naoto Hosoda |style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu |Manga |13 | |- |''Ga-Rei: Zero'' (co-animated with AIC Spirits) |style=text-align:center |Ei Aoki |style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu<br/>Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki |Manga |12 | |- ! scope="row" | 2009 |''Minami-ke: Okaeri'' |style=text-align:center |Kei Oikawa |style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu |Manga |13 | |- ! scope="row" | 2011–2012 |''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'' |style=text-align:center |Kinji Yoshimoto |style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu |Light novel |12 | |- ! scope="row" | 2016 |''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''<br/>(co-animated with Tear Studio) |style=text-align:center |Eiji Suganuma<br/>Satoshi Takafuji |style=text-align:center |Hiroshi Kudou |Card game |12 | |- ! scope="row" | 2019 |''Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest''<br/>(co-animated with 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'' |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''<br/>(co-animated with 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'' |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|access-date=August 11, 2024|date=August 11, 2024}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | 2026 |''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|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) ! scope="col" | Source ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Eps.|Episodes}} ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Refs.|References}} |- ! scope="row" | 2009 |''Minami-ke: Betsubara'' |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'' |style=text-align:center |Akira Iwanaga |{{N/A}} |rowspan="2"|Video game |1 | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2013 |''Corpse Party: Tortured Souls'' |style=text-align:center |Akira Iwanaga |{{N/A}} |4 | |- |''Future Diary: Redial'' |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'' |style=text-align:center |Kinji Yoshimoto |style=text-align:center |Kiyonori Hiramatsu |Light novel |1 | |- ! scope="row" | 2015 |''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''<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}} {{Japanese animation studios}}
Category:Asread Category:Japanese companies established in 2003 Category:Mass media companies established in 2003 Category:Japanese animation studios Category:Animation studios in Tokyo