Madhouse (マッドハウス, Maddohausu^?) (sometimes credited in English as Madhouse Production, Madhouse Studios or Studio Madhouse. The official name is simply Madhouse) 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. A scene from the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime ) is an abbreviation of the Japanese word アニメーション (animÄ“shon), which is based on the English word animation. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Mushi Pro (lit. ... Osamu Dezaki(also known as Makura Saki) (November 18, 1943) is a Japanese director of anime. ... Rintaro is the pseudonym of Hayashi Shigeyuki (January 22, 1941 - ), a director of anime. ... Still of Kawajiri from the Yoju toshi documentary released with the western DVD. Yoshiaki Kawajiri (川尻善昭 Kawajiri Yoshiaki) is a critically acclaimed writer / director of Japanese animation. ... Braun HF 1, Germany, 1958. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Ninja Scroll ) is a Japanese action thriller anime, set in feudal Japan, by critically acclaimed director/writer Yoshiaki Kawajiri who was best known for his previous thriller Wicked City (YōjÅ« Toshi). ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Di Gi Charat is a popular anime and manga series by Koge Donbo. ... A human ovum An ovum (loosely, egg or egg cell) is a female sex cell or gamete. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive, informally sometimes including the years 1979, 1990 and 1991. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from 2000 and 2001. ... Anime International Company is an anime studio. ... J.C.STAFF is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1986, their first release was the three episode OVA Sengoku Kidan Yōtōden. ...

Their theatrical work includes assistance on the Barefoot Gen films, an anime movie based on the space opera Lensman series by pulp scifi 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. Barefoot Gen, known in Japan as Hadashi no Gen (はだしのゲン) is a manga novel written and illustrated by Keiji Nakazawa. ... Space opera is a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romantic adventure, exotic settings, and larger than life characters. ... The Lensman series is a serial science fiction space opera by E. E. Smith. ... Gray Lensman in Astounding Oct. ... Osamu Tezuka and his creations commemorated on two stamps Dr. Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫 Tezuka Osamu, November 3, 1928 - February 9, 1989) was a Japanese manga artist and animator born in Osaka Prefecture. ... Metropolis, also known as Osamu Tezukas Metropolis is a manga by Osamu Tezuka and an anime movie based off of the manga. ... Sanrio Co. ... Unico in his animated version Unico is a manga and anime character by Osamu Tezuka. ... Satoshi Kon (今敏 Kon Satoshi, born 12 October 1963 in Kushiro,Hokkaido,Japan) is a highly-regarded director of anime films Perfect Blue (1997), Millennium Actress (2001) and Tokyo Godfathers(2003). ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Millennium Actress (千年女優 Sennen Joyū) is a 2001 animated film by Japanese director Satoshi Kon. ... Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ) is a 2003 animated film by Japanese director Satoshi Kon. ... This article is for the 2006 film Paprika Paprika, see Paprika (1991 film) Paprika ) is a Japanese animated science fiction film based on the 1993 novel Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui about a female detective who investigates criminal cases by entering the dreams of her subjects. ...

Madhouse produced the 2003 anime film, Nasu: Summer in Andalusia, the first Japanese anime film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival. They were also responsible for the first Beyblade anime series as well as the Dragon Drive anime. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Beyblade (ベイブレード Beibureido) is a spinning top toy developed and manufactured by Takara starting in 1999. ... Dragon Drive, the name shared by both the anime as well as the manga by Ken-ichi Sakura, is a sci-fi/action-based adventure that was released in 2002 in Japan. ...

Another close tie to the studio is the manga artist Naoki Urasawa. Madhouse has made adaptations of three of his manga: Yawara!, Master Keaton and Monster. They have also animated a chunk of CLAMP's catalogue: Tokyo Babylon, two versions of X, Cardcaptor Sakura and Chobits. Mangaka (漫画家) is the Japanese word for a comic artist/cartoonist. ... Image:UrasawaNaoki. ... Master Keaton is a Japanese comics (manga) created by Hokusei Katsushika and Naoki Urasawa. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources. ... CLAMP is a team of women who create manga. ... Tokyo Babylon (東京 BABYLON) is a shōjo manga series created by CLAMP. In 1991, it was made into a two-part anime OVA series, and the two OVAs are now available in the United States in both DVD and VHS. There is also a live action movie entitled Tokyo Babylon... X ), an early work of the hit all-female manga-ka group CLAMP, details the apocalypse in a very literal adaptation of the Book of Revelation. ... Cardcaptor Sakura ), also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space) and often abbreviated as CCS, is a manga series from the well-known all-female artist team CLAMP. The anime television series (1998-2000) based on the manga consists of 70 half-hour episodes (spread over three seasons), two... Chobits ) is a Japanese manga and anime series created by CLAMP. The original manga was published from 2001 to 2002 by Kodansha. ...

Madhouse recently did work for Square Enix on the OVA Last Order: Final Fantasy VII. SQUARE ENIX (Japanese: スクウェア・エニックス) is a Japanese producer of popular video games and manga. ...

Madhouse is currently working in conjunction with the production team of The Boondocks animated series for the sophomore season on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. The Boondocks cast. ... Cartoon Network is a cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. ... The Adult Swim logo Adult Swim, usually rendered [adult swim] on bumps, is the name for the adult-oriented television programming block on Cartoon Network in the United States, and Bravo in the United Kingdom, featuring absurdist and often ribald comedy in contrast to the more tame daytime Cartoon Network. ...

External links

• Madhouse Official Site (Japanese)
• Complete list of work on AniDB