Liden Films

is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise headquartered in Kamiogi, Suginami, Tokyo, and has animation studios in Kyoto and Osaka.

Establishment

Liden Films was founded on February 22, 2012, and, shortly after, joined joint-holding company Ultra Super Pictures, alongside studios Sanzigen, Trigger, and Ordet. The company is currently represented by Tetsurou Satomi.

The company has since expanded, currently consisting of five separate branches and the Suginami branch: , founded in 2015; , founded in 2013; two Tokyo Studios, and ; and , founded in 2018. In 2016, the Kyoto Studio produced its own series, and in 2020 the Osaka Studio did the same.

Works

Television series

Films

• New Initial D the Movie - Legend 1: Awakening (August 23, 2014) - co-animated with Sanzigen
• ' (September 13, 2014)
• New Initial D the Movie - Legend 2: Racer (May 23, 2015) - co-animated with Sanzigen
• New Initial D the Movie - Legend 3: Dream (February 6, 2016) - co-animated with Sanzigen
• Monster Strike The Movie (December 12, 2016)
• Happy-Go-Lucky Days (October 23, 2020) - animated by Liden Films Kyoto Studio
• Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch (June 11, 2021)
• Child of Kamiari Month (October 8, 2021)
• Gekijōban SutoPuri Hajimari no Monogatari: Strawberry School Festival!!!! (July 19, 2024)

• Terra Formars: Bugs 2 (August 20, 2014 – November 28, 2014) - 2 episodes
• Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (December 17, 2014 – May 15, 2015) - 2 episodes
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (May 9, 2016 – November 9, 2016) – 2 episodes
• Monster Sonic! D'Artagnan's Rise to Fame (June 14, 2017 – July 19, 2017) – 5 episodes
• Monster Strike: A Rhapsody Called Lucy -The Very First Song- (2017) – 1 episode; animated by Liden Films Kyoto Studio
• Lost Song (March 31, 2018 – June 16, 2018) – co-production with Dwango, 12 episodes
• Terra Formars: Earth Arc (August 17, 2018 – November 19, 2018) – co-animated with Yumeta Company, 2 episodes
• Love and Lies (November 9, 2018) – 2 episodes
• Midnight Occult Civil Servants (September 25, 2019 – November 22, 2019) – 3 episodes
• Blade of the Immortal -Immortal- (October 10, 2019 – March 25, 2020) – 24 episodes
• Arad Senki: The Wheel of Reversal (April 23, 2020 – July 30, 2020) – 16 episodes
• Kotaro Lives Alone (March 10, 2022) – 10 episodes
• Bastard!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy- (June 30, 2022 – July 31, 2023) – 39 episodes
• Cat's Eye (September 26, 2025 – January 30, 2026) – 12 episodes