Ultra Super Pictures
Ultra Super Pictures is a Japanese joint holding company that brings together several animation studios and participates in anime production and programming.
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Overview
Ultra Super Pictures is a Japanese joint holding company established in 2011 to coordinate and support a group of animation-related companies. Its principal member studios have included Sanzigen, Ordet, Trigger, Liden Films, and Galaxy Graphics. The company is structured less like a conventional consumer-facing entertainment label and more like an industry platform connecting production studios, creative personnel, financing, and distribution initiatives. The group’s portfolio spans television animation, short-form anime, theatrical animation, computer-generated and digitally oriented production, and related visual-content work. The member studios retain their own identities and production operations, while Ultra Super Pictures provides an umbrella through which projects can be organized or co-produced. The arrangement reflects the Japanese animation industry’s common use of production committees, studio partnerships, and affiliated companies to distribute creative and financial responsibilities across multiple participants. Ultra Super Pictures became particularly visible to television anime audiences through Ultra Super Anime Time, a 30-minute programming block launched in July 2015 on Tokyo MX and BS11. The block was designed to showcase several short anime series within a single broadcast slot. Its navigation characters, the Ultra Super Sisters—Supica and Sumaco—helped give the block a unified identity despite the variety of shows. The programming included titles such as Miss Monochrome, Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life, Wakaba Girl, Hacka Doll the Animation, Kagewani, Please Tell Me! Galko-chan, Sekkō Boys, Space Patrol Luluco, and other short-form works. The company has also been credited as a co-producer of animated works including Harmonie and several Monster Strike projects. These credits demonstrate the breadth of its involvement: Ultra Super Pictures was not limited to productions made directly by one member studio, but participated in projects animated by outside or affiliated production companies such as Studio Rikka, Studio Hibari, Connect, and Liden Films. Its work therefore sits within a wider network of Japanese animation production rather than representing a single house style. In addition to its original studio group, Ultra Super Pictures has been associated with ENGI, an animation studio established by Kadokawa in 2018, through shared ownership or investment. Publicly available reference material does not provide a complete current corporate profile, detailed financial information, or a verified list of current executives. The company’s ongoing operating status, headquarters address, and current ownership structure should therefore be confirmed through primary corporate sources.
History
Ultra Super Pictures was established in Japan in 2011 as a joint holding company for animation studios and related creative businesses. Its formation brought several studios into a common corporate framework while allowing them to continue operating under their own names. The member-studio structure included Sanzigen, Ordet, Trigger, Liden Films, and Galaxy Graphics. Each company represented a different capability or creative identity within Japanese animation, including digitally oriented production, television series, theatrical work, and other forms of visual development. The company’s role is best understood as an umbrella and production-participation organization rather than as a single animation studio. Japanese animated projects frequently involve multiple companies that divide responsibilities for financing, planning, animation, distribution, merchandising, and rights management. Ultra Super Pictures’ corporate structure enabled collaboration across its affiliated studios and gave the wider group a recognizable identity in the anime business. A major public-facing initiative arrived in 2015, when Ultra Super Pictures announced Ultra Super Anime Time, a half-hour anime block intended for Tokyo MX and BS11. The block premiered on July 3, 2015. Instead of presenting one conventional full-length television series, it grouped several short anime productions into a recurring programming slot. Supica and Sumaco, collectively known as the Ultra Super Sisters, acted as the block’s navigation characters and were voiced by Kaori Ishihara and Yui Ogura. The block’s programming covered multiple seasons from summer 2015 through spring 2016. Early selections included the second season of Miss Monochrome, the third season of Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life, and Wakaba Girl. Later programming included Miss Monochrome season three, Hacka Doll the Animation, and Kagewani. The winter 2016 lineup included Please Tell Me! Galko-chan and Sekkō Boys, alongside limited-month broadcasts such as Tabi Machi Late Show, Kono Danshi, Mahou ga Oshigoto Desu., and Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko: Everything Flows. The spring schedule included Space Patrol Luluco, a rebroadcast of Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster, and Kagewani season two. Ultra Super Pictures has also appeared in co-production credits for a range of animated works. Harmonie, released in 2014 and animated by Studio Rikka, is among the earlier works associated with the company. The group subsequently participated in several Monster Strike productions, including the 2015–2016 animated series and multiple related specials and films. These projects were animated by different studios, including Studio Hibari, Connect, and Liden Films, illustrating the company’s network-based production role. Ultra Super Pictures was also associated with Monster Strike The Movie, animated by Liden Films and released in 2016. The company has additionally been linked to ENGI, an animation studio established by Kadokawa in 2018, through a co-ownership or investment relationship. Public reference material does not establish a complete current list of executives, a detailed financial history, or a definitive current operating status. Accordingly, Ultra Super Pictures is documented here primarily through its corporate formation, affiliated studios, broadcast initiative, and animation-production credits.
- 2018
Association with ENGI
[1]Ultra Super Pictures is described as co-owning part of ENGI, an animation studio established by Kadokawa in 2018.
- 2016
Monster Strike theatrical and related projects
[1]The company is credited in several Monster Strike-related animated productions, including specials and Monster Strike The Movie.
- 2015
Ultra Super Anime Time is announced
[1]The company announces a short-form anime programming block for Tokyo MX and BS11.
- 2015
Ultra Super Anime Time launches
[1]The programming block begins broadcasting on July 3, 2015, featuring several short anime series within a 30-minute format.
- 2015
Monster Strike animated series
[1]Ultra Super Pictures is associated with the production of the Monster Strike animated series, which ran from 2015 to 2016.
- 2014
Harmonie co-production
[1]Ultra Super Pictures is credited as a co-producer of Harmonie, an animated work produced with animation by Studio Rikka.
- 2011
Ultra Super Pictures is established
[1]Ultra Super Pictures is formed in Japan as a joint holding company comprising multiple animation studios and related businesses.
Products and positioning
A Japanese animation-industry holding and collaboration platform connecting multiple studios and supporting television, theatrical, and digital anime production.
Anime television programming block · 2015
Ultra Super Anime Time
A 30-minute anime programming block created by Ultra Super Pictures for Tokyo MX and BS11. It grouped several short-form anime series into a shared broadcast slot and used the Ultra Super Sisters, Supica and Sumaco, as navigation characters. Its announced programming included titles from multiple studios and covered several seasonal schedules between summer 2015 and spring 2016.
Anime series, specials, and film · 2015
Monster Strike animated projects
A group of animated productions based on Monster Strike, including the 2015–2016 animated series, Mermaid Rhapsody, An Encore of Continuance—Pandora's Box, Rain of Memories, and Monster Strike The Movie. The projects involved different animation studios, including Studio Hibari, Connect, and Liden Films, reflecting Ultra Super Pictures' role in networked co-production.
Short-form television anime · 2016
Space Patrol Luluco
A short-form anime series included in the spring 2016 schedule of Ultra Super Anime Time. Its inclusion illustrates the programming block's focus on compact, distinctive anime productions presented together in a single broadcast format.
Short-form television anime · 2015
Miss Monochrome
A short-form anime title represented in Ultra Super Anime Time programming through its second and third seasons. It was part of the block's early seasonal lineups and contributed to the program's mix of returning titles and new short productions.
Marketing campaigns
- 2015Ultra Super Anime Time
Japan
Ultra Super Pictures launched a branded television programming initiative bringing multiple short anime series together in a 30-minute slot on Tokyo MX and BS11. Supica and Sumaco served as recurring navigation characters for the block.
Outcome. The block aired seasonal lineups through at least spring 2016 and provided a common broadcast identity for a range of short-form anime.
Brand decisions
2015
Creation of Ultra Super Anime TimeProduct launchBackground
Ultra Super Pictures sought to present several short anime productions through a single recurring television slot.
Action taken
The company announced and launched a 30-minute block on Tokyo MX and BS11, supported by the Ultra Super Sisters as navigation characters.
Aftermath
The initiative carried multiple seasonal lineups from summer 2015 through spring 2016.
Recent events
- 2015
Ultra Super Pictures announces Ultra Super Anime Time programming block[1]
Product launch · Other
Ultra Super Pictures announced a 30-minute anime programming block for Tokyo MX and BS11, scheduled to begin in July 2015 and to feature multiple short-form anime series.
- 2015
Ultra Super Anime Time begins broadcasting[1]
Product launch
The Ultra Super Anime Time block started broadcasting on July 3, 2015, with Supica and Sumaco serving as its navigation characters.
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