Madhouse

Madhouse Inc. (株式会社マッドハウス, Kabushiki-gaisha Maddohausu, stylized as MADHOUSE) 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, OVAs and films, but their strength was and is primarily in TV shows and theatrical features.

The studio has good tie-ins with known manga artists and had collaborated with them, including Naoki Urasawa (YAWARA!, Master Keaton and Monster) and Clamp (Tokyo Babylon, X, Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits and CLAMP in Wonderland).

History
Madhouse was established in 1972 by ex–Mushi Production animators, including Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, Rintaro and Yoshiaki Kawajiri with funding from Yutaka Fujioka, the founder of Tokyo Movie, and co-produced its earliest series with Tokyo Movie.

In February 2004, Madhouse became a subsidiary of Index Corporation.

On February 8, 2011, Nippon TV became Madhouse's primary stockholder (replacing Index Corporation), via a third-party allocation of new shares, 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%. Soon after that one of Madhouse founders Masao Maruyama left the company to make his own studio. In March 2014, NTV bought all the shares belonging to Index Corporation, increasing its stake in Madhouse to 95%.

Works
Some of their more popular works include:
 * Trigun
 * Vampire Hunter D
 * Hajime no Ippo
 * Beyblade
 * Ninja Scroll
 * Monster
 * Nana
 * Black Lagoon
 * Death Note
 * Claymore
 * Hunter x Hunter
 * Chihayafuru
 * One Punch Man