Sound Box (サウンドボックス Saundo Bokkusu) is a Japanese sound effects company dedicated to creating and editing sound effects for anime and films. It was originally established as a limited company, but is now reorganized into a corporation.
Sound Box is well-known for its usage of stock sound effects from libraries (e.g. FirstCom - Production Elements, Hollywood Edge, Series 4000 Hollywood, Series 6000, Cartoon Trax, Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment).
History[]
Sound Box was founded in 1988 by former Toyo Sound Effects Group (東洋音響効果グループ Tōyō Onkyō Kōka Gurūpu) members Shizuo Kurahashi and Kenji Shibasaki. In addition to the founding, Kurahashi and Shibasaki worked with sound directors such as Masafumi Mima, Yasunori Honda, Jin Aketagawa, Kazuhiro Wakabayashi, Katsuyoshi Kobayashi, Toshiki Kameyama and Eriko Kimura.
In the 1990s, Sound Box worked on sound effects for trailers such as theatrical movies and Toei V-Cinema, as well as anime films.
Employees[]
Staff[]
- Shizuo Kurahashi (倉橋 静男 ) (formerly of Toyo Sound Effects Group)
- Akiko Mutō (武藤 晶子 )
- Takuya Hasegawa (長谷川 卓也 )
- Katsuhiro Nakano (中野 勝博 )
- Kenji Koyama (小山 健二 ) (formerly of Swara Productions)
- Tomokazu Mitsui (三井 友和 )
- Yasunori Ogata (緒方 康恭 )
- Naoto Yamatani (山谷 尚人 )
- Sachiko Nishi (西 佐知子 )
Former staff[]
- Kenji Shibasaki (柴崎 憲治 ) (later founded Alca Booth)
- Wataru Takahashi (高橋 渉 )
- Hideo Koyama (小山 秀雄 )
- Omoi Yonehara (米原 想 )
- Kōji Asari (浅利 公治 )
- Takurō Maeda (前田 拓郎 )
- Masafumi Watanabe (渡辺 雅文 )
- Kanako Endō (遠藤 加奈子 )
- Natsue Ozawa (小澤 奈津江 )
- Hiromune Kurahashi (倉橋 裕宗 ) (now at Otonarium)
Shows/Films utilizing their services[]
- Aikatsu!
- Ah! My Goddess! (Movie and TV and OVA 2007 and 2011)
- Armitage III
- Attack on Titan
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan
- Bungo Stray Dogs
- Clamp School Detectives
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card
- Cowboy Bebop
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
- Escaflowne
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Ginga Densetsu Weed
- Gintama
- Godzilla Singular Point
- Grimms Notes The Animation
- Gunhed (1989)
- Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger
- Hime-Chan no Ribbon
- Let's Go! Tamagotchi
- Little Nemo - Adventures in Slumberland
- Lupin the 3rd: The Italian Adventure
- Lupin the 3rd: Part V
- Lupin the 3rd: Part VI
- Memories (1995)
- Michiko and Hatchin
- Mobile Police Patlabor: The Movie (1989) (5.1 remix only)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (5.1 remix only)
- Mr. Osomatsu
- My Hero Academia
- Naruto
- Ninja Nonsense: The Legend of Shinobu
- Ojarumaru
- Ouran High School Host Club
- Outlaw Star
- Panzer Dragoon
- Paprika (2006)
- Perfect Blue (1997)
- Pokémon Origins
- Petite Princess Yucie
- RahXephon
- Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin
- Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise (1985) (5.1 remix only)
- Sailor Moon Crystal (first two seasons only)
- Sasami Magical Girls Club
- Shugo Chara
- Soul Eater
- Sugar Sugar Rune
- Tales of the Abyss
- Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- Trigun
- Tweeny Witches
- Wedding Peach
- Yo-kai Watch
Sound Effects Most Often Used by Sound Box Sound Editors[]
- Discovery Sound, CICADA - Cicada-3
- Anime Sparkle Sound 13
- Discovery Sound, CICADA - Cicada-3
- H-B BOING, CARTOON - LITTLE BOING
- H-B TAKE, CARTOON - SILLY HEAD TAKE
- Hollywoodedge, 357 Magnum Pistol Sho PE092801
- Hollywoodedge, Cats Two Angry YowlsD PE022601
- Hollywoodedge, Comic Hit Pop Bell CRT2015106
- Hollywoodedge, Pottery Drop Break PE112401
- Hollywoodedge, Short Creaky Squeak CRT053001
- Hollywoodedge, Swish 24 Single PE118301
- Hollywoodedge, Sword Fight Metal Bla LB011801
- Hollywoodedge, Thin Process Bell CRT015601
- Hollywoodedge, Wet Splats Various CRT052303
- Sound Ideas, BELL TREE - ASCENDING LONG, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROOSTER - MORNING CALL, ANIMAL 01
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - GOOD SPRONG 02
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - TROMBOING
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOINK
- Sound Ideas, BORK, CARTOON - LOW BORK
- Sound Ideas, BUZZER, GAME SHOW - GAME SHOW BUZZER: LONG
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - HUMAN CATAPULT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ACCENT - WHIZ, BONKS
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BELL - COWBELL, HIGH, SINGLE HIT
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BELL - METAL XYLOPHONE, SHORT GLISS UP, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, GONG - LARGE, CHINESE GONG, SOFT MALLET, MUSIC, PERCUSSION, CRASH 02
- Sound Ideas, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 02
- Sound Ideas, COMPUTER, MOUSE - COMPUTER MOUSE, SINGLE CLICK, OFFICE 01
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HOLLOW HEAD KONK AND ZIP/ZIP, CARTOON - COWBELL ZIP
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 07
- Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - BONE WIPE RUN UP
- Sound Ideas, TAKE, CARTOON - TUBE TAKE
- Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - SAW BLADE TWANG 02
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT (Used most often in Takuya Hasegawa and Naoto Yamatani's works.)