Asread

Asread Co., Ltd., commonly styled as asread, is a Japanese animation studio established in November 2003 by former members of the Japanese studio Xebec. The company operates in the production and support of animated entertainment, with its publicly documented work spanning television animation, original video animation, and original net animation. Its name is associated with the specialist production side of Japan’s anime industry rather than with a consumer-facing merchandise or broadcast brand. The studio was created by personnel with prior experience at Xebec, an established Japanese animation company. This origin placed Asread within the network of independent and partner studios that contribute animation production, episode work, and related services to Japanese television and video projects. The available reference material identifies Kiyonori Hiramatsu as the company’s founder and president, while animator Hidetsugu Hirayama is listed among its representative staff and is documented as having worked with the studio from 2005 onward. Asread’s business scope is best understood as animation production. Its work categories include television series as well as direct-to-video and online animation formats. The available source does not provide a complete work list in the supplied material, nor does it establish a detailed corporate structure, ownership arrangement, headquarters location, financial profile, or international office network. Accordingly, Asread is documented here as a Japan-based animation studio whose principal market is the Japanese anime production ecosystem, with potential overseas reach through distribution and licensing of productions, but without unsupported claims about specific territories or titles. The studio’s identity has been shaped by its technical and production heritage. Its founding by former Xebec personnel suggests continuity of industry experience while also marking the creation of an independent production entity. Publicly available information emphasizes staff and production categories rather than a broad corporate brand strategy. No verified information in the supplied references establishes a current parent company, listed status, ticker symbol, official website URL, or confirmed present operating status. As a result, those fields remain unspecified rather than inferred.

Asread was established in November 2003 in Japan by Kiyonori Hiramatsu and other former members of Xebec. The founding group brought experience from an existing Japanese animation studio into a new independent company, giving Asread an origin rooted in the professional production networks of the anime industry. Rather than emerging as a general entertainment conglomerate, Asread was organized as a specialist animation studio. Its documented activities cover several forms of animated production, including television animation, original video animation, and original net animation. These formats reflect the changing distribution structure of Japanese animation: television series traditionally serve as the principal public platform, while video and online projects provide additional routes for original or supplementary content. The available reference material identifies these categories but does not supply a sufficiently complete title-by-title filmography to summarize individual productions without risking attribution errors. The studio’s personnel record identifies Hiramatsu as founder and president. Hidetsugu Hirayama is listed among Asread’s animators and is associated with the studio from 2005 onward. These staff references indicate that Asread’s public profile has been tied to production personnel as well as to the corporate entity itself. Beyond its establishment and staff information, the supplied source material provides limited verified detail about Asread’s ownership, facilities, revenue, corporate transactions, or later strategic changes. No confirmed parent company, stock-market listing, financial disclosures, or current official web address is available in the material used for this entry. The company is therefore best characterized as a Japanese animation studio whose documented historical significance lies in its formation by former Xebec members and its participation in television, video, and online animation production.

• 2005

  Hidetsugu Hirayama joins the documented studio staff

  [1]Asreaden.wikipedia.org

  Animator Hidetsugu Hirayama is recorded as working with Asread from 2005 onward.

• 2003

  Asread is established

  [1]Asreaden.wikipedia.org

  Asread Co., Ltd. is founded in November by Kiyonori Hiramatsu and former members of Xebec, creating an independent Japanese animation studio.

An independent Japanese anime production studio with roots in the Xebec talent network, serving television, video, and online animation formats.

Product categories. Television animation production · Original video animation · Original net animation · Animation production and related studio services

1. 1Asreaden.wikipedia.org