Shaft

Shaft (株式会社シャフト, Kabushiki-gaisha Shafuto) is a Japanese anime production company founded in 1975 by Hiroshi Wakao.

History
The anime production company Shaft was founded in September of 1975 by Hiroshi Wakao a former employee of Mushi Production. In the earliest days of the company's history they mainly handled clean up work for studios like Sunrise and Tatsunoko Production. It wasn't until 1987 that the studio released its first independent production, an OVA entitled Yume kara, Samenai.

Works
Some of the most notable anime production works include:
 * Mahoromatic
 * Popotan
 * Pani Poni Dash
 * Negima!
 * Hidamari Sketch
 * Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
 * Maria Holic
 * Dance in the Vampire Bund
 * Puella Magi Madoka Magica