Masao Maruyama
Production
Born 1941-06-19
Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan
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Masao Maruyama (丸山 正雄, born June 19, 1941) is a Japanese anime producer and anime entrepreneur, the co-founder of Madhouse, as well as the founder of MAPPA and Studio M2. He is the current chairman of MAPPA and president of Studio M2.
Maruyama has been involved in the Japanese animation business for over 50 years. He has worked with many well-known and up-and-coming animators, established several animation production companies, worked on dozens of series and films, and planned and produced various works.
Maruyama is one of the most experienced producers in the Japanese animation industry and has given opportunities to individuals who went on to become accomplished directors in their own right. Among the talents he picked up were Satoshi Kon, Mamoru Hosoda, and Sunao Katabuchi. He also gave Masaaki Yuasa and Mitsuo Iso a chance to direct at a very early stage. He also gave Mamoru Hosoda, who was thinking of returning to his hometown to change careers after he was forced to drop out of directing Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle, a chance to direct his first theatrical film after resigning from Toei Animation. Yuichiro Hayashi, Munehisa Sakai, and Sunghoo Park, who became MAPPA's main directors, and Sayo Yamamoto, his direct protégé at Madhouse, are also people whose talents were discovered by Maruyama. His ability to find talented people helped Madhouse and MAPPA to make great strides.
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Filmography
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Producing
48 credits
Monster
Death Note
NANA
Perfect Blue
PLUTO
Claymore
Den-noh Coil
TRIGUN
Master Keaton
Tenjho Tenge
Texhnolyze
Street Fighter
X
Paradise Kiss
Mokke
Boogiepop Phantom
Sakura Wars
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
DNA²
Memories
Onihei
Metropolis
Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors
Millennium Actress
Doomed Megalopolis
The Gokusen
Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge
Neo Tokyo
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
In This Corner of the World
X
Chance Pop Session
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
Pet Shop of Horrors
Hitsuji no Uta
Bronze: Cathexis Koji Nanjo
Zetsuai 1989
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
Trava: Fist Planet
Junk Boy
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
Space-Time Traveler - Time Stranger
The Dagger of Kamui
Bio Hunter
Phoenix: Space Chapter
Girls in Summer Dresses: Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
Acting
11 credits
Chihayafuru
Fighting Spirit
Black Lagoon
Rage of Bahamut
Kids on the Slope
Terror in Resonance
Punch Line
ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
Jetter Mars
Kunimatsu-sama no Otoridai
Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist
Other credits
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Writing
1 credit
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