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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'' and ''Death Note''. 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''. The studio often collaborates with known manga artists, including Naoki Urasawa and Clamp. Madhouse produced adaptations of Urasawa's ''YAWARA!'', ''Master Keaton'' and ''Monster'', with Masayuki Kojima helming the later two. The company has animated a number of CLAMP's titles, including ''Tokyo Babylon'', two versions of ''X'' (a theatrical movie and a TV series), ''Cardcaptor Sakura'', ''Chobits'', and ''CLAMP in Wonderland. '' ==History== In February 2004, Madhouse became a subsidiary of Index Corporation. On February 8, 2011, Nippon Television became Madhouse's primary stockholder (replacing Index Corporation), via a third-party allocation of new shares. NTV bought 128,667 new shares (each ¥7,772) issued by Madhouse for ¥999,999,924 total (about $12.4 million), raising its stake in the company from 10.4% to 84.5%. Index Corporation's stake in Madhouse fell from 60.91% to 10.54%. In January 2012, Madhouse announced their acquisition of the animation rights to the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. In March 2014, NTV bought all the shares belonging to Index Corporation, increasing its stake in Madhouse to 95%.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Madhouse (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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