GoHands Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社GoHands, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Gōhanzu) is a Japanese animation studio located in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka. It was founded in 2008 by Ringo Kishimoto and former members of Satelight.

Known for their unique house animation style, GoHands have produced a number of anime series and films, including adaptations of Seitokai Yakuindomo (2010), Mardock Scramble (2010), and Coppelion (2013), as well as original anime including K (2012), Hand Shakers (2017), and Momentary Lily (2025).

History

GoHands was founded in August 2008 by Ringo Kishimoto and other former employees of Satelight's former Osaka Studio 2.[1] The company's name derives from the desire to be able to "put food (ごはん, gohan) on the table by making anime" and the kanji han (阪) used in the Japanese spelling of Osaka Castle (大阪城, Ōsaka-jō).[2] The studio's first production as lead producer was an adaptation of the adult visual novel Princess Lover! in July 2009.

The company has two studios: a head office in Osaka, and a second studio in Suginami Ward, Tokyo. GoHands does not operate a public website or any social media profiles and employs a policy of completing works entirely in-house and completing the production of all television anime episodes before broadcast begins.[2]

Tokyo Babylon 2021 plagiarism controversy and cancelation

See also: Tokyo Babylon § TV series

On October 25, 2020, an anime adaptation of Clamp manga series Tokyo Babylon was announced, to be produced by GoHands in cooperation with King Records. A presentation for the project, entitled Tokyo Babylon 2021, was held on November 19, 2020, confirming that the series would be directed by Shingo Suzuki and Susumu Kudo and premiere in April 2021. A day later, however, on November 20, 2020 the anime production committee was accused of plagiarizing outfit designs from the Volks Doll K-pop group.[3][4] After an investigation, on December 4, 2020, the anime producer apologized on their official website and announced that they would be changing the designs.[5] Due to the necessary changes to be made, on December 24, 2020, the anime production committee announced that the series was delayed to an unspecified date.[6] After more cases of plagiarism surfaced through an internal investigation, on March 29, 2021, the production committee announced that the current TV series would be canceled, while a new anime production would be produced by a different studio.[7]

On August 3, 2021, it was reported that GoHands was suing King Records for ¥450 million for failing to pay the expenses they previously agreed to pay. In the lawsuit, it was revealed the GoHands series was planned to have run for 21 episodes. According to the same lawsuit, the first 13 episodes were completed by November 2020.[8]

Animation style

GoHands is known for its unique house animation style, which combines traditional 2D character animation with 3D computer animated backgrounds, often featuring complex camera movements, particle effects, and aggressive postprocessing.[9][1] The studio's style has been simultaneously described as controversial, striking,[10] and bizarre.[11][1]

Productions

Anime television series

Year Title Network Director(s) Eps. Note(s) Refs.
2009 Princess Lover! Chiba TV Hiromitsu Kanazawa 12 Adaptation of the eroge visual novel by Ricotta. [12]
Cheburashka Arere? TV Tokyo Susumu Kudō 26 Television shorts based on the Russian children's book character created by Soviet writer Eduard Uspensky. [13][14]
2010 Seitokai Yakuindomo TV Kanagawa Hiromitsu Kanazawa 13 Adaptation of the four-panel comedy manga series written and illustrated by Tozen Ujiie. [15]
2012 K MBS Shingo Suzuki 13 Original anime created in collaboration with the author group GoRA. [16]
2013 Coppelion AT-X Shingo Suzuki
Hiromichi Kanazawa
Susumu Kudō 		13 Adaptation of the military action/science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Tomonori Inoue. [17]
2014 Seitokai Yakuindomo* Tokyo MX Hiromitsu Kanazawa 13 Second season of Seitokai Yakuindomo. [18]
2015 K: Return of Kings AT-X Shingo Suzuki 13 Second season of K. [19]
2017 Hand Shakers Tokyo MX Shingo Suzuki
Hiromitsu Kanazawa 		12 Original anime created in collaboration with Frontier Works and Kadokawa. [20]
2019 W'z Tokyo MX 13 Original anime sequel to Hand Shakers, set ten years later. [21]
2021 Project Scard: Scar on the Praeter JNN Shingo Suzuki 13 Original anime, based on the Project Scard media project by Frontier Works. [22]
2023 The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses Tokyo MX Susumu Kudō
Katsumasa Yokomine 		13 Adaptation of the romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Koume Fujichika. [23]
The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today JNN 13 Adaptation of the slice of life comedy manga series written and illustrated by Hitsuji Yamada. [24]
2025 Momentary Lily Tokyo MX Shingo Suzuki
Susumu Kudō
Katsumasa Yokomine 		TBA Original anime created in collaboration with Shochiku. [25]
TBA The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System TBA TBA TBA Adaptation of the fantasy/isekai light novel series written by Nekoko and illustrated by Jaian. [26]

Anime films

Year Title Director(s) Dur. Note(s) Refs.
2010 Mardock Scramble: The First Compression Susumu Kudō 69m First of a trilogy of films based on the Japanese cyberpunk novel series written by Tow Ubukata. [27]
2011 Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion 62m Sequel to The First Compression. [27]
2012 Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust 66m Sequel to The Second Combusion. [27]
2014 K: Missing Kings Shingo Suzuki 73m Anime film sequel to K. [28]
2017 Seitokai Yakuindomo: The Movie Hiromitsu Kanazawa 60m Anime film sequel to Seitokai Yakuindomo*. [29]
2018 K: Seven Stories "R:B - BLAZE -" Shingo Suzuku 55m Six-part film series presenting stories from the various clans depicted in K and its sequels. [30]
K: Seven Stories "SIDE:BLUE - Sirius -" 61m
K: Seven Stories "SIDE:GREEN - Overwrite World -" 59m
K: Seven Stories "Lost Small World - Outside the Cage -" 66m
K: Seven Stories "Memory of RED - BURN -" 61m
K: Seven Stories "Circle Vision - Nameless Song -" 58m
2021 Seitokai Yakuindomo: The Movie 2 Hiromitsu Kanazawa 78m Sequel to Seitokai Yakuindomo: The Movie. [31]

Original video animations

Year Title Director(s) Eps. Note(s)
2011–2013 Seitokai Yakuindomo Hiromitsu Kanazawa 8 Additional episodes of Seitokai Yakuindomo released on DVD, some of which were packaged with limited edition manga volumes.[15]
2012 See Me After Class 1 Adaptation of the harem romantic comedy series written by Akiyoshi Ohta and illustrated by Munyū.[32]
2014–2020 Seitokai Yakuindomo* 10 Additional episodes of Seitokai Yakuindomo*.[15]
2017 Hand Shakers: Go ago Go Shingo Suzuki
Hiromitsu Kanazawa 		1 Additional unaired episode of Hand Shakers; a prequel set four years before the events of the TV series.[33]
2019 W'z: Hand Shakers with W'z 1 Additional unaired episode of W'z, taking place chronologically between Hand Shakers: Go ago Go and Hand Shakers.[34]

References

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  20. ^ "GoHands' Hand Shakers Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Cast, January Premiere". Anime News Network. July 16, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  21. ^ "Go Hands, Frontier Works Reveal Original Anime Project W'z for 2019". Anime News Network. March 18, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  22. ^ "Project Scard Franchise Gets Scar on the Praeter Anime by GoHands in January 2021". Anime News Network. September 6, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  23. ^ "The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses Anime Reveals 1st Promo Video, Visual, Staff, Cast". Anime News Network. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  24. ^ "The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today Anime Reveals Cast, Staff, July Debut". Anime News Network. February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
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  33. ^ "Hand Shakers Anime Gets Unaired Episode With New Character". Anime News Network. July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  34. ^ "GoHands' Original W'z Anime Reveals Unaired Episode on Home Video, Stage Play Adaptation". Anime News Network. July 31, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
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