Be-Papas (ビーパパス, Bīpapasu, occasionally stylized as Be-PaPas or Bepapas) was an artist collective and collective pen name founded by anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara for creating original works. Its membership consisted of Ikuhara, manga artist Chiho Saito, animator and character designer Shinya Hasegawa, scriptwriter Yōji Enokido, and planner Yūichirō Oguro. The group was intended to allow the animation production staff, who were previously rarely recognized as authors, to stand out in the shoes of original creators.