OLM (studio)

OLM, Inc.
Native name
株式会社オー・エル・エム
Kabushiki-gaisha Ō Eru Emu
FormerlyOriental Light and Magic, Inc. (1990–2006)
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
Founded
  • October 3, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-10-03) (as Oriental Light and Magic)
  • June 1994; 30 years ago (1994-06) (as OLM)
Founder
  • Toshiaki Okuno
  • Shūkichi Kanda
  • Shōji Ōta
  • Kunihiko Yuyama
  • Naohito Takahashi
  • Yuriko Chiba
  • Tsukasa Koitabashi
  • Nobuyuki Wasaki
  • Takaya Mizutani
HeadquartersSetagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
  • Hideki Kama (CEO)
  • Chikara Okubo (vice-president)
Number of employees
  • OLM, Inc.: 190
  • OLM Digital, Inc.: 138
  • OLM Asia SDN BHD: 66
  • Viracocha Inc.: 7
  • Sprite Animation Studios: 4
ParentImagica Group
Subsidiaries
Websiteolm.co.jp

OLM, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社オー・エル・エム, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Ō Eru Emu), (formerly Oriental Light and Magic), is a Japanese animation and film studio headquartered in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan,[2] founded on October 3, 1990, by former Studio Gallop and OB Planning employees. They are best known for producing the Pokémon anime series.

  1. ^ OLM subsidiaries
  2. ^ "Outlines." OLM, Inc. Retrieved on November 28, 2009.