Bee Train Production

BEE TRAIN Production Inc.
Native name	ビィートレイン株式会社
Company type	Kabushiki kaisha; Animation studio
Industry	Animation (Anime)
Genre	various
Founded	Tokyo, Japan June 5, 1997
Founder	Kōichi Mashimo
Headquarters	Kichijōji, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Number of locations	3 (Kokubunji, Kichijōji, Karuizawa)
Key people	Kōichi Mashimo, CEO; Kenji Horikawa, Director;
Products	Arc the Lad (1999); Noir (2001); .hack//Sign (2002); Madlax (2004); Tsubasa Chronicle (2005–06); .hack//Roots (2006); El Cazador de la Bruja (2007);
Total equity	¥10,000,000
Number of employees	70 (April 2007)
Parent	Production I.G (1997–2006)
Divisions	Bee Train Digital (defunct); Studio Road; C-Station (2009–12); D-Station (defunct);

Bee Train Production (ビィートレイン株式会社, Biītorein Kabushikigaisha), commonly referred to simply as Bee Train, is a Japanese animation studio founded by Kōichi Mashimo in 1997. Since their involvement with Noir, .hack//Sign, and Madlax (among other series) they have a strong following in the yuri fandom for being involved in series portraying strong female leads with speculatively ambiguous relationships.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "About Bee Train" (in Japanese). Bee Train. Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
^ "FY 2010 Application Guidelines produced" (in Japanese). Bee Train. Retrieved 2009-09-09.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Friedman, Erica (2004-06-28). "Yuri Anime: Bee Train does it again". Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 2007-06-06.

[aboutBT-1] "About Bee Train" (in Japanese). Bee Train. Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2012-02-27.

[2] "FY 2010 Application Guidelines produced" (in Japanese). Bee Train. Retrieved 2009-09-09.^{[permanent dead link]}

[yuri-3] Friedman, Erica (2004-06-28). "Yuri Anime: Bee Train does it again". Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 2007-06-06.

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