Artmic Co., Ltd., (Japanese: 有限会社アートミック, Hepburn: Yūgen-gaisha Ātomikku) was a Japanese animation design studio formed in 1978. It went bankrupt and was liquidated in 1997. AIC RIGHTS now holds the intellectual property of most of Artmic's titles. The studio was founded by Toshimichi Suzuki after he left Tatsunoko Productions in 1978. The company's name is short for "Art and Modern Ideology for Creation".

Artmic
Native name
有限会社アートミック
Yūgen-gaisha Ātomikku
Company typeYūgen-gaisha
IndustryAnime
Founded1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Defunct1997; 27 years ago (1997)
HeadquartersJapan
Key people
Toshimichi Suzuki

Members

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Works

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Feature films and single-episode OVAs

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Year Series title Director Runtime In partnership
with
1982 The Wizard of Oz Fumihiko Takayama 80 minutes Topcraft
1982 Techno Police 21C Masashi Matsumoto 80 minutes Studio Nue
1986 Mospeada: Love Live Alive Katsuhisa Yamada 50 minutes Tatsunoko
1986 Wanna-Be's Yasuo Hasegawa 45 minutes AIC
1986 Gall Force: Eternal Story Katsuhito Akiyama 85 minutes AIC
1987 Gall Force 2: Destruction Katsuhito Akiyama 50 minutes AIC
1987 Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 Shinji Aramaki 40 minutes AIC
1988 Ten Little Gall Force Katsuhito Akiyama 25 minutes AIC
1988 Gall Force 3: Stardust Wars Katsuhito Akiyama 60 minutes AIC
1989 Riding Bean Yasuo Hasegawa 50 minutes AIC
1989 Rhea Gall Force Katsuhito Akiyama 60 minutes AIC
1992 Scramble Wars Hiroyuki Fukushima 25 minutes AIC

TV and OVA series

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Year Series title Director No. of
episodes
In partnership
with
1983 Genesis Climber Mospeada Katsuhisa Yamada 25 Tatsunoko
1984 Super High Speed Galvion Akira Shigino 22 Kokusai Eigasha
1987 Bubblegum Crisis Katsuhito Akiyama 8 AIC
1987 Dangaioh Toshiki Hirano 3 AIC
1988 Hades Project Zeorymer Toshiki Hirano 4 AIC
1989 Megazone 23 – Part III Shinji Aramaki
Kenichi Yatagai
2 AIC
1990 Hissatsuman Hiroshi Sasagawa 3 Watanabe Promotion
1990 A.D. Police Files Takamasa Ikegami
Akira Nishimori
3 AIC
1990 The Hakkenden: Part I Takashi Anno 6 AIC
1991 Bubblegum Crash Hiroshi Ishiodori 3 Artland
1991 Detonator Orgun Masami Ohbari 3 AIC
1992 Genesis Survivor Gaiarth Shinji Aramaki 3 AIC
1993 Casshan: Robot Hunter Hiroyuki Fukushima 4 Tatsunoko
1994 Genocyber Koichi Ohata 5 Artland
1994 Gatchaman Akihiko Nishiyama 3 Tatsunoko
1995 Battle Skipper Takashi Watanabe 3 Tokyo Kids
1996 Hikarian Chikae Kuwahara 3 Tokyo Kids
1996 Power Dolls Tsuneo Tominaga
Masamitsu Hidaka
2 OLM
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