HAL Film Maker

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Synonyms: TYO Animations, HAL
Japanese: ハルフィルムメーカー
Established: Aug 11, 1993
Dissolved: Jul 1, 2009
Member Favorites: 162
HAL Film Maker (HAL Film Maker Inc.) was a Japanese animation studio based in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. Former Toei Animation employees led by Katsunori Haruta established Hal Film Maker Co., Ltd. as a limited company in August 1993 — and began producing animation after former Studio Junio members joined the studio in 1997. Following Junichi Sato’s appointment as the company’s board director in 2000, the studio has primarily focused on and became notable for works by Sato; such as Prétear: The New Legend of Snow White (2001), Princess Tutu (2002), Aria the Animation (2005), and Tamayura (2010).

In 2003, HAL Film Maker became a majority-owned subsidiary of advertising conglomerate TYO — alongside TYO Group’s later animation subsidiaries Yumeta Company in 2005 and Doga Kobo in 2007. Under the TYO Group, the studio established editing studio REAL-T as a majority-owned subsidiary in March 2006; reorganized itself into HAL Film Maker, Inc., a joint-stock company with an increased capital of ¥10 million in August of the same year; acquired sub-contracting studio Yuhoudo as a majority-owned subsidiary in June of the following year (exited the TYO Group in the same year); and converted into a wholly-owned subsidiary of TYO Productions by 2009.

In May 2009, amidst TYO Group’s corporate restructuring and divestiture of its entertainment businesses, TYO merged and dissolved HAL Film Maker into Yumeta Company to form TYO Animations Inc. (now Yumeta Company as of Dec. 2017) on July 1, 2009 — and remained as a brand of the new company, until its retirement the following year.

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HAL Film Maker Anime
Tenshi Kinryouku
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51,171
DearS
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6.54
153,206
Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Prétear
Studio
7.15
66,819
Boys Be...
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6.38
24,790
Strange Dawn
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6.25
6,844
Gad Guard
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6.64
15,200
Binzume Yousei
Producer
6.43
20,387
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
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6.53
210,728
Kaleido Star
Producer
7.90
89,455
Kaleido Star: Aratanaru Tsubasa - Extra Stage
Producer
7.45
15,013
Kaleido Star: Legend of Phoenix - Layla Hamilton Monogatari
Producer
7.84
15,295
Aria the Animation
Studio
7.68
170,686
Fushigiboshi no☆Futagohime
Studio
7.28
13,498
Saber Marionette J
Producer
7.33
35,379
Shichinin no Nana
Producer
6.72
8,315
Uta∽Kata
Studio
6.65
26,912
Uta∽Kata: Shotou no Futanatsu
Studio
6.87
6,272
Princess Tutu
Studio
8.14
177,609
Slayers Premium
Studio
7.14
20,765
Nishi no Yoki Majo: Astraea Testament
Studio
6.67
20,638
Aria the Natural
Studio
8.16
83,053
Saber Marionette J Again
Studio
7.20
12,793
Oban Star-Racers
Studio
7.50
54,106
Saber Marionette J to X
Studio
7.27
15,846
Teizokurei Daydream
Studio
6.10
13,206
Kaleido Star: Good da yo! Goood!!
Producer
6.69
7,412
DearS: Kin no Tama desu no?
Producer
6.78
27,071
Fushigiboshi no☆Futagohime Gyu!
Studio
7.13
7,056
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan 2
Studio
6.63
112,711
Aria the OVA: Arietta
Studio
7.99
40,037
Sketchbook: Full Color's
Studio
7.37
32,878
Night Wizard
Studio
6.63
37,483
Yotsunoha
Studio
6.29
12,042
Princess Tutu Recaps
Studio
6.59
6,078
Aria the Origination
Studio
8.47
136,108
Kemeko Deluxe!
Studio
6.53
43,507
Mahoutsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora
Studio
7.22
28,897
Skip Beat!
Studio
8.07
279,041
Aria the Origination: Sono Choppiri Himitsu no Basho ni...
Studio
7.95
22,733
Aria the Origination Picture Drama
Studio
7.00
12,094
Aria the Natural: Sono Futatabi Deaeru Kiseki ni...
Studio
7.31
17,151
Sketchbook: Full Color's Picture Drama
Studio
6.43
2,877
Anyamal Tantei Kiruminzoo
Producer
7.14
9,705
B-gata H-kei
Studio
6.83
401,528
Tamayura
Studio
7.14
46,790
Heart Cocktail Again
Studio
6.36
782
Fushigiboshi no☆Futagohime Gyu! Recap
Producer
6.47
920
Kemeko Deluxe!: Izumi-chan, Fukenkou yo! (Kari)
Studio
5.97
1,798
Fushigiboshi no☆Futagohime: Marugoto DVD
Studio
N/A
468