Madhouse Studios
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| Kabushiki gaisha | |
| Industry | Animation studio and production enterprise |
| Founded | October 17, 1972 |
| Founders | Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri |
| Headquarters | Honchō, Nakano, Tokyo |
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Key people
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Masahiro Takahashi (Representative Director and President) |
| Owner |
Nippon Television (95%) Dentsu VAP Sony Pictures Entertainment Hakuhodo DY Media Partners WOWOW Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
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Number of employees
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70 (including contractors) |
| Parent | Nippon Television (since 2011) |
| Subsidiaries | Madbox Co., Ltd. |
| Website | madhouse.co.jp/english |
MADHOUSE Inc. (株式会社マッドハウス Kabushiki-gaisha Maddohausu?) is a Japanese animation studio, founded in 1972 by ex–Mushi Pro animators, including Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, Rintaro, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri.
Madhouse has created and helped to produce many well-known shows, starting with TV anime series Ace o Nerae! (produced by Tokyo Movie) in 1973, and including Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Trigun, Di Gi Charat, Death Note, and most recently, One-Punch Man. Unlike other studios founded at this time such as AIC and J.C.Staff, their strength was and is primarily in TV shows and theatrical features. Expanding from the initial Mushi Pro staff, Madhouse recruited such important directors as Morio Asaka, Masayuki Kojima, and Satoshi Kon during the 1990s. Their staff roster expanded in the 2000s to include Mamoru Hosoda, Takeshi Koike, and Mitsuo Iso, as well as many younger television directors. The studio was also responsible for the first Beyblade anime series as well as the Dragon Drive anime, and the 2011 anime adaptation of Hunter × Hunter.
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