Crunchyroll to release Studio BONES documentary series
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll will celebrate one of the anime’s most acclaimed studios with a special docuseries.
Announced today, Crunchyroll will launch BONES 25: DREAMING FORWARD, which will take viewers on a journey through the history of Studio BONES. The four-part series will debut tomorrow (February 13) alongside the release of Studio. BONES’ new series Metallic Rouge. A trailer for the series can be seen below.
A synopsis for the documentary series reads:
BONES 25: DREAMING FORWARD explores the creation of Studio BONES and its most legendary series. From its high quality adaptation of beloved manga series to unique and original animated stories, this anime storyteller’s history has enthrall fans of the long-standing studio. The series was shot entirely in Japan and includes four parts – “The History of Bones” “Style and Originality,” “Successful Adaptation,” and “Metallic Rouge: The Future of Bones.” More than 30 personalities are featured throughout the episodes, including those with Masahiko Minami (President), ONE (the author of “Mob Psycho 100”), Shinichiro Watanabe (Director), Kafka Asagiri (Creator), and Yutaka Izubuchi (Conceptual Author and Series Composition of Metallic Rouge) and Motonobu Hori of (Director of Metallic Rouge).
DeltaRocket was founded by Jace in 2021. Prior to DeltaRocket, he frequently traveled and filmed in Japan for more than 20 years for several documentary films, and knows and respects Japanese culture. A devotee of manga and anime, his team works directly with cameramen, cinematographers, translators, and fixers installed in Japan in order to create high-quality programs from his home in France.
Asa Suehira, Chief Content Officer at Crunchyroll said this about the new series:
“Studio BONES is behind some of the most iconic anime of a generation. It’s only fitting that anime fans will want to have an unprecedented look inside their creators and studios. To give fans that look, we’ve partnered with a great documentary storyteller in DeltaRocket to turn the camera around and spotlight one of Japan’s great anime storytellers.”
Masahiko Minami, President of BONES also said:
“We wanted to build a place where we could find new forms of expression, new genres, and new themes through creation. Looking back, it was with great joy and gratitude that I rediscovered the works we have been creating with our wonderful friends.”