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Ordet

Logo: © Ordet Co.,Ltd., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese animation studio

Ordet Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社オース, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Ōsu) was a Japanese animation studio, founded in 2007 by ex-Kyoto Animation director Yutaka Yamamoto and other staff. The company's name, "Ordet," means "the word" in Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian. The company initially served as a subcontractor before producing their first fully solo work, an OVA episode of Black Rock Shooter, which aired in the spring of 2010.2 It is part of Ultra Super Pictures.1 It ceased to exist in 2025.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Aug 2007Founded1
  • Industryanime industry1
  • HeadquartersMiyakojima Ward1
  • Founded inOsaka1
  • Websiteuspi.jp/ordet
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1

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Photo: 桜312, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Ordet Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社オース, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Ōsu) was a Japanese animation studio, founded in 2007 by ex-Kyoto Animation director Yutaka Yamamoto and other staff. The company's name, "Ordet," means "the word" in Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian. The company initially served as a subcontractor before producing their first fully solo work, an OVA episode of Black Rock Shooter, which aired in the spring of 2010. This was followed up with an 8-episode series that aired on noitamina from February 2, 2012, to March 22, 2012. In 2011, with studios Sanzigen and Trigger, Ordet joined the Ultra Super Pictures joint holding company.2

Corporate structure

Ordet is part of a group headed by Ultra Super Pictures. 5 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Yutaka Yamamoto on Aug 2007, in Osaka.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • anime

Listed on Wikidata.1

Ordet was founded in 2007 by Yutaka Yamamoto after being fired by his former employer Kyoto Animation during the production of Lucky Star. After Lucky Star completed its run, several members of the Kyoto Animation staff left the company and followed Yamamoto. Together, they founded Ordet with approximately ¥ 3 million of capital stock. On March 1, 2025, Ordet shuttered its operations and was folded into USP.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ordet (studio), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Mar 1, 2025Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Aug 2007Founded Founded in Osaka1

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