Madhouse (company)

Infobox Company
company_name = MADHOUSE Ltd.
株式会社マッドハウス
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foundation = October 17 1972
founders = Rintaro, Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, Yoshiaki Kawajiri
location = flagicon|Japan Ogikubo, Suginami, Tokyo
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key_people = Jungo Maruta, President
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industry = Animation studio and production enterprise
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owner = Index Holdings (majority shareholder)
Nippon Television
Dentsu
Sony Pictures Entertainment
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homepage = [http://www.madhouse.co.jp/ http://www.madhouse.co.jp/]
footnotes = nihongo|MADHOUSE Ltd.|株式会社 マッドハウス|Kabushiki-gaisha Maddohausu is a Japanese animation studio, founded in the early 1970s by ex–Mushi Pro animators including Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, Rintaro, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri. It has created and helped to produce many well known shows, starting with TV anime series "Ace o Nerae!" in 1973, and including western favourites "Ninja Scroll", "", "Trigun" and "Di Gi Charat". Madhouse produced animation in OVA format in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but unlike studios founded at this time such as AIC and J.C.Staff, their strength was in TV shows and theatrical features. They were also responsible for the first "Beyblade" anime series as well as the "Dragon Drive" anime.

Another close tie to the studio is mangaka Naoki Urasawa. Madhouse has made adaptations of three of his manga: "Yawara!", "Master Keaton" and "Monster". They have also animated some of CLAMP's catalogue: "Tokyo Babylon", two versions of "X", "Cardcaptor Sakura" and "Chobits".

Films

Their theatrical work includes assistance on the "Barefoot Gen" films, an anime movie based on the space opera "Lensman" series by pulp science fiction legend E.E. "Doc" Smith, animating the Osamu Tezuka version of "Metropolis" as well as two feature-length films for Sanrio starring Tezuka's unicorn character Unico, and producing all four (to date) of Satoshi Kon's films: "Perfect Blue", "Millennium Actress", "Tokyo Godfathers", and "Paprika". Madhouse produced the 2003 anime film, "", which was adapted from the seinen manga "Nasu" by Iou Kuroda and directed by Studio Ghibli veteran Kitaro Kosaka.

List of anime series

* "Allison & Lillia"
* "Ace o Nerae!"
* "Akagi"
* "The Animatrix"
* ""
* "Azuki-chan"
* "Barefoot Gen"
* ' (segments "In Darkness Dwells" and ')
* ""
* "Bio Hunter"
* "Beyblade" (all seasons)
* "Birdy the Mighty"
* "Black Lagoon"
* "Bobby's In Deep!"
* "Boogiepop Phantom"
* "Cardcaptor Sakura"
* ""
* "Chance Pop Session"
* "Chaos;Head"
* "Chobits"
* "Chi's Sweet Home"
* " Claymore"
* " Clover"
* "Cyber City Oedo 808"
* "Death Note"
* "Demon City Shinjuku"
* "Dennou Coil"
* "Devil May Cry"
* "Di Gi Charat"
* "Di Gi Charat Nyo"
* Doomed Megalopolis (Co-Production between Madhouse and Toei)
* "Dragon Drive"
* "Galaxy Angel"
* "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"
* (Co-Production between Madhouse and Toei)
* "Gokusen"
* "Gungrave"
* "Gunslinger Girl"
* "Hajime no Ippo"
* ""
* ""
* ""
* "Hello Kitty and Friends"
* "Hello Kitty's Paradise"
* "Hellsing Ultimate" (Episode 5 and on)
* ""
* "Ichigo 100%"
* "Ikki Tousen"
* "Kaiba"
* "Kaibutsu Oujo"
* "Kaiji"
* "Kamen no Maid Guy"
* "Kemonozume"
* " Kiba"
* "Killer7"
* "Kurozuka"
* "Lament of the Lamb"
* ""
* "Ninja Scroll"
* "Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro"
* "Master Keaton"
* "MapleStory (anime)"
* "Metropolis"
* "Millennium Actress"
* "Mokke"
* "Monster"
* "Nana"
* ""
* "Nineteen19"
* "Oh! Edo Rocket"
* "Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin"
* "Paprika"
* "Paradise Kiss"
* "Paranoia Agent"
* "Perfect Blue"
* "Program" ("The Animatrix")
* "Record of Lodoss War"
* "Reign"
* "Shigurui"
* "Todd McFarlane's Spawn"
* "Stitch!"
* "Strawberry Panic!"
* "Sweet Valerian"
* "Tenjho Tenge"
* "Texhnolyze"
* "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo"
* "Tokyo Babylon"
* "Tokyo Godfathers"
* "Trigun X"
* "Trigun"
* "Tsuki no Warutsu"
* ""
* "Unico"
* "Uninhabited Planet Survive!"
* ""
* "Wicked City"
* "A Wind Named Amnesia"
* "Wing Commander Academy"
* "World Record" ("The Animatrix")
* ""
* "X"
* "Yona Yona Penguin"
* "Yume Tsukai"

Collaborations

Madhouse worked with Square Enix on the OVA "". They also contributed to Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's 2004 feature, "Howl's Moving Castle". They also animated the intro cutscene to Wild Arms. The studio contributed some animation work to the second season of The Boondocks.

External links

* [http://www.madhouse.co.jp Madhouse Official Site]
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