Madhouse

マッドハウス

Madhouse (MADHOUSE Inc.) is a Japanese animation studio located in Nakano City, Tokyo. Former Mushi Production animators—such as Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, Rintarou, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri—are frequently credited with establishing the company in 1972, although Rintarou did not join the studio until 1982. Madhouse mainly handled contract work for other studios until the 1990s, when it found independent success. The 1998 television adaptations of Trigun and Clamp's Cardcaptor Sakura were hits in Japan and later broadcast internationally, and that same year, director Satoshi Kon released Perfect Blue, the first of four critically acclaimed films he made with the studio.
Madhouse continued to thrive through the 2000s and 2010s, bringing director Mamoru Hosoda on board and releasing many popular television anime series, including adaptations of Hajime no Ippo, Death Note, and One Punch Man. Maruyama resigned as president and departed the company in June 2011 to establish studio MAPPA.