Youmex (ユーメックス株式会社 Yūmekkusu Kabushiki Kaisha?) was an anime production company and record label (under their label Futureland) established in 1985 as a subsidiary of Toshiba EMI and founded by Junji Fujita (formerly of King Records).[1] The company was absorbed back into Toshiba EMI in 1998,[1] after taking on debt defaulted on by Artmic.[2]
Some of the more well-known works for which Youmex released soundtracks and other CDs (under its Futureland label) include Kimagure Orange Road (Sound Color 1-3, Loving Heart, etc.),[3][4] Bubblegum Crisis (Complete Vocal Collections 1-2),[5] and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (Vocal Collection).[6]
In 1995, Youmex worked with Adam Warren through Dark Horse Comics and Artmic to come up with the original concept for Bubblegum Crisis: Grand Mal, an original English-language manga series.[7]
Productions[]
Listed in chronological order.
- Machine Robo: Battle Hackers (1987)
- Bubblegum Crisis (production, 1987-1991)
- Dennō Keisatsu Cyber Cop (1988-1989)
- Hades Project Zeorymer (production, 1988-1989)
- Be-Boy Kidnapp'n Idol (1989)
- Riding Bean (1989)
- Idol Densetsu Eriko (1989-1990)
- Earthian (production, with J.C.Staff, 1989-1996)
- AD Police Files (1990)
- Magical Angel Sweet Mint (1990-1991)
- Blazing Transfer Student (1991)
- Otaku no Video (1991)
- Slow Step (1991)
- Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh (1991-1992)
- Idol Defense Force Hummingbird (1993-1995)
- Bubblegum Crisis: Grand Mal (original concept, 1995)
- Magic User's Club (1996)
- Ninja Cadets (1996)
- Baby and Me (1996-1997)
- Ultraman Dyna (1997-1998)
- Takoyaki Mantoman (1998-1999)
- Blue Gender (1999)
- Purple Eyes in the Dark (unknown, an image video which never reached full anime production status)
Sources:[1][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Soundtracks and other music[]
These were released under their label Futureland. Titles listed in chronological order.
- Fight! Iczer One (1985-1987)
- Prefectural Earth Defense Force (1986)
- Bubblegum Crisis (1987-1991)
- Kimagure Orange Road (1987-1988)
- Sonic Soldier Borgman (1988)
- Cleopatra DC (1989)
- Riding Bean (1989)
- Earthian (with J.C.Staff, 1989-1996)
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (TV series and movie) (1989-1992)
- Iczer Reborn (1990-1991)
- Otaku no Video (1991)
- Slow Step (1991)
- Sequence (1992)
- Ushio to Tora (1992)
- Living Game (original album, 1993)
- Yaiba (1993-1994)
- Baby and Me (1996-1997)
- Fancy Lala (1998)
- Toriferuzu Mahō Gakuen Monogatari radio drama CD (part of the Eberouge game series, 1998)
- Karura Mau (unknown)
Sources:[1][3][4][5][6][7][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "ユーメックス" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ↑ "AnimeCentral 1999". EX.org. 1999. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
Artmic went bankrupt; it no longer exists. AIC and others like Youmex, they were loan cosigners, so they got stuck with the bills for the loans that Artmic defaulted on.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD Information: Kimagure Orange Road". Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hitoshi Doi. "Kimagure Orange ☆ Road Loving Heart". Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Bubblegum Crisis Complete Vocal Collection vol. 1". Archived from the original on 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Nadia, Vocal Collection 1". 2000-12-23. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Youmex". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ↑ "バブルガムクライシス (1987)" (in Japanese). AllCinema Online. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ↑ "Youmex". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ↑ Poitras, Gilles (2001). Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know. Stone Bridge Press. p. 4. ISBN 1-880656-53-1.
- ↑ "Ｎｉｎｊａ者 (1996)" (in Japanese). AllCinema Online. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ↑ Muñoz, Maria. "Aka-chan To Boku". EX.org. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ↑ Yung, John. "Blue Gender". EX.org. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ↑ Clements, Jonathan; Helen McCarthy (2001-09-01). The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese animation since 1917. Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 176, 315. ISBN 1-880656-64-7. OCLC 47255331. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|coauthors=(help) - ↑ Keller, Chris (1993). "Shinjuku Loft: Anime Music Beat". V.Max: The Anime & Manga Journal (Santa Clara, California: V.Max) 6: 26–28.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD information: Iczer-One". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD information: Prefectural Earth Defense Force". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD Information: Borgman". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD Information: Riding Bean". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD Information: Earthian". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD Information: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD information: Otaku no Video". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD information: Slow Step". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD information: Sequence". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD information: Ushio to Tora". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD Information: Living Game". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD information: Yaiba". Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ "CD Releases". EX.org. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
Akachan to Boku: Original Soundtrack, Youmex-Futureland / TYCY-5516 / ¥3000
- ↑ "ファンシーララグッズ" (in Japanese). 「時間の記憶」. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ "ファンシーララ(ファンカタログ) - ぴえろ" (in Japanese). Studio Pierrot. Archived from the original on 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ "「エーベルージュ」のメディアミックス展開で富士通ら6社が提携" (in Japanese). ITmedia/SoftBank. 1998-03-11. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
- ↑ Jerry Hsu. "Anime CD Information: Karura Mau". Retrieved 2008-01-05.