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Madhouse is a highly regarded Japanese animation studio, probably best known for their adaptation of Death Note, their works with CLAMP, Their anime first shows, and the movies done by Satoshi Kon and Mamoru Hosoda. They are also known for doing some of the anime of a mix of western works, for example, Highlander the Search For Vengeance, Supernatural, The Pirates of Dark Water, X-Men, and part of the second season of The Boondocks. Madhouse had a long relationship with the late Satoshi Kon; they animated every project he directed (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent, Paprika, The Dream Machine).
The company was established in the 70s and was one of the first studios used by TMS Entertainment (the first being A-Productions (later left TMS to become Shin Ei Doga), Studio Junio and Studio Zero) to outsource their anime productions to.
They have also recently come to develop a relationship with the Baltimore based anime convention: Otakon - with Masao Maruyama now being an honorary regular of the event as well as the studio itself now producing its "intro animations."
See also DR Movie and Moi Animation, the subdivisions of Madhouse (they're treated as independent companies besides that fact).
Notable Madhouse series and films, besides the ones named above, include[]
Anime[]
- Akagi
- Most of the Animatrix animations. (with Studio 4°C; Ink & Paint for "Beyond"; Additional animation for "Matriculated")
- Barefoot Gen
- Barefoot Gen 2
- Beck
- Black Lagoon
- Blue Literature
- Boogiepop Phantom
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Casshern Sins (in cooperation with Tatsunoko Production, owners of the Casshern franchise)
- Chi's Sweet Home
- Chobits
- Claymore
- Death Note
- Devil May Cry the Animated Series
- Di Gi Charat
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1995 movie version)
- The Dream Machine (the last anime of Satoshi Kon)
- Galaxy Angel
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Gungrave
- Gunslinger Girl
- Hajime no Ippo
- Hellsing Ultimate
- Highschool of the Dead
- Hunter X Hunter (2011 version)
- Ichigo 100% (a.k.a. Strawberry 100%)
- Iron Man
- Jubei-chan
- Kaiba
- Kaiji
- Kamen no Maid Guy
- Kiba
- Kobato.
- Kurozuka
- Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
- Master Keaton
- Metropolis
- Monster
- Mujin Wakusei Survive (Co-production with Telecom Animation Film)
- Nana
- NEEDLESS
- Ninja Scroll
- One Outs
- Paradise Kiss
- Patlabor (the movies)
- Pet Shop of Horrors
- Princess Resurrection
- Rainbow Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin
- Red Line
- Rideback
- Rizelmine
- Saiunkoku Monogatari
- Sakura Taisen
- Shigurui
- Stitch! (first two seasons only)
- Strawberry Panic
- Summer Wars
- Supernatural: The Animation
- The Tatami Galaxy
- Tenjho Tenge
- Texhnolyze
- Toaru Hikushi E no Tsuioku
- Tokyo Babylon
- Trigun
- Unico (both of the '80s movies, for Sanrio)
- Urusei Yatsura OVA series (for Kitty Films)
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
- Wolverine
- X 1999
- X-Men
- Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (for Kitty Films)
Western Animation[]
- The Adventures of T-Rex (With Mook DLE, Pasi and Hong Ying)
- Batman: Gotham Knight ("In Darkness Dwells" and "Deadshot"; done with Production I.G, Studio 4°C and Bee Train)
- The Boondocks
- Constant Payne
- Highlander the Search For Vengeance
- Peanuts: In early 2012, they announced their acquisition of the legendary comic strip's animation rights.
- Popples (With KK C and D Asia, Studio Korumi, Studio Junio and Studio Shaft)
- The Pirates of Dark Water (With Kennedy Cartoons, Tama Productions, Wang Film Productions, Big Star and Fil Cartoons)
- Street Fighter (1st season only; Series with Sunrise)
- Wakfu (Noximilien)
- X-Men Evolution (Half the series with DR Movie; Series split with Mook)