Kitty Films Co., Ltd. (キティフィルム Kabushiki-gaisha Kiti Firumu) was a production company established in 1972 in Japan. They were a pioneer in releasing full anime television series in a single set. The sound recording work by Ken'ichi Benitani on their 1979 film, Almost Transparent Blue, was co-nominated (with Benitani's work on another film) for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording at the 3rd Japan Academy Film Prize ceremony in 1980.
History
The company was first established in 1972 as Kitty Music Corporation under Hidenori Taga, producing TV drama soundtracks. Their first was for the 1972 film Hajimete no Tabi.
By 1979, the company began to branch off into live action with the films Almost Transparent Blue and Lady Oscar (a live-action adaptation of the manga The Rose of Versailles).[1][2][3] Almost Transparent Blue received a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording for Ken'ichi Benitani at the 3rd Japan Academy Film Prize ceremony in 1980 (shared nomination with Benitani's work on