Artmic Co., Ltd., (Japanese: 有限会社アートミック, Hepburn: Yūgen-gaisha Ātomikku) was a Japanese animationdesign studio formed in 1978. It went bankrupt and was liquidated in 1997. AIC RIGHTS now holds the intellectual property of most of Artmic's titles. The studio was founded by Toshimichi Suzuki after he left Tatsunoko Productions in 1978. The company's name is short for "Art and Modern Ideology for Creation".