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Established in 1961 after his contract for Creator/ToeiAnimation[[note]]Tezuka wrote some scripts for a few of their movies[[/note]] expired, '''[[http://www.mushi-pro.co.jp/ Mushi Productions]]''' is an Anime company established by renowned Manga artist Creator/OsamuTezuka. The companies (both Mushi and Tezuka Pro) are best known for adapting his works into animation, though the first incarnation of Mushi was also Creator/RankinBassProductions' overseas partner for a while. Many household names of the early anime industry started their career as Tezuka-disciples in ''Mushi Pro'', including highly influential directors such as Creator/YoshiyukiTomino, Creator/OsamuDezaki and Creator/{{Rintaro}}, who all shaped the Anime of TheSeventies to considerable degree.

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Established in 1961 after his contract for Creator/ToeiAnimation[[note]]Tezuka wrote some scripts for a few of their movies[[/note]] expired, '''[[http://www.mushi-pro.co.jp/ Mushi Productions]]''' is an Anime company established by renowned Manga artist Creator/OsamuTezuka. The companies (both Mushi and Tezuka Pro) are best known for adapting his works into animation, though the first incarnation of Mushi was also Creator/RankinBassProductions' overseas partner for a while. Many household names HouseholdNames of the early anime industry started their career as Tezuka-disciples in ''Mushi Pro'', including highly influential directors such as Creator/YoshiyukiTomino, Creator/OsamuDezaki and Creator/{{Rintaro}}, who all shaped the Anime of TheSeventies to considerable degree.
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Between 1962 (the year Astro Boy went into production) to 1968, Tezuka himself headed the studio and give the company to the husband and wife duo of Hideaki & Yoko Hatta and lead director [[Manga/Golgo13 Osamu]] [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Dezaki]] in 1969. This persisted until the studio bankruptcy in 1973. By then, Dezaki, along with Masao Maruyama, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Rintaro had left to establish Creator/{{Madhouse}} (in 1972). Everyone else that played a big part of Mushi also left to form other studios (see below), Tezuka himself forming Tezuka Pro shortly after. The company reopened in 1977 by Hideaki & Yoko Hatta, who then left in 1981 to establish Creator/KyotoAnimation.

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Between 1962 (the year Astro Boy went into production) to 1968, Tezuka himself headed the studio and give the company to the husband and wife duo of Hideaki & Yoko Hatta and lead director [[Manga/Golgo13 Osamu]] [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Dezaki]] in 1969. This persisted until the studio studio's bankruptcy in 1973. By then, Dezaki, along with Masao Maruyama, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Rintaro had left to establish Creator/{{Madhouse}} (in 1972). Everyone else that played a big part of Mushi also left to form other studios (see below), Tezuka himself forming Tezuka Pro shortly after. The company reopened in 1977 by Hideaki & Yoko Hatta, who then left in 1981 to establish Creator/KyotoAnimation.
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* ''Manga/TheFable''
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* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' (Production Cooperation, OVA)

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* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' (Production Cooperation, OVA)
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* ''[[Literature/TheMoomins Moomin]]'' (Replacing Creator/TMSEntertainment)

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* ''[[Literature/TheMoomins Moomin]]'' ''Anime/Moomin1990'' (Replacing Creator/TMSEntertainment)



* ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' (the first four entries only -- the ''Manga/{{Dororo}}'' 1969 anime, ''Anderson Stories'' and the 1969 and 1972 ''[[Literature/TheMoomins Moomin]]'' series -- Replaced by Creator/NipponAnimation[=/=]Zuiyo Enterprise)

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* ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' (the first four entries only -- the ''Manga/{{Dororo}}'' 1969 anime, ''Anderson Stories'' and ''Anime/Moomin1969'' as well as the 1969 and 1972 ''[[Literature/TheMoomins Moomin]]'' series -- Replaced by Creator/NipponAnimation[=/=]Zuiyo Enterprise)
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Inspector Gadget|1983}}'' (Photography for Season 2; uncredited)[[note]]Hiroshi Isagawa is credited for Camera Direction[[/note]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Inspector Gadget|1983}}'' ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' (Photography for Season 2; uncredited)[[note]]Hiroshi Isagawa is credited for Camera Direction[[/note]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Inspector Gadget|1983}}'' (Photography for Season 2; uncredited)[[note]]Hiroshi Isagawa is credited for Camera Direction[[/note]]
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* ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'' (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)

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* ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'' ''Literature/{{Shiki}}'' (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
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Not necessarily because of valuing art over profit


The studio is well-regarded for producing both commercial series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'' and [[DoingItForTheArt deeply uncommercial]] avant-garde works such as ''Anime/BelladonnaOfSadness''.

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The studio is well-regarded for producing both commercial series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'' and [[DoingItForTheArt deeply uncommercial]] uncommercial avant-garde works such as ''Anime/BelladonnaOfSadness''.
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More credits can be found on [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=396 Anime News]] [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=360 Network]]. See also Creator/{{Sunrise}}, Creator/GroupTAC, Creator/StudioShaft, Creator/StudioLive, Creator/StudioGallop, Creator/{{APPP}}, Creator/StudioPierrot, Creator/TamaProductions, Creator/NakamuraProductions, Creator/{{AIC}}, Creator/KnackProductions, Creator/GrouperProductions, and the above mentioned Madhouse and Kyoto Animation, studios established by former animators of the company after the initial bankruptcy.

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More credits can be found on [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=396 Anime News]] [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=360 Network]]. See also Creator/AnimationStaffRoom, Creator/{{Sunrise}}, Creator/GroupTAC, Creator/StudioShaft, Creator/StudioLive, Creator/StudioGallop, Creator/{{APPP}}, Creator/StudioPierrot, Creator/TamaProductions, Creator/NakamuraProductions, Creator/{{AIC}}, Creator/KnackProductions, Creator/GrouperProductions, and the above mentioned Madhouse and Kyoto Animation, studios established by former animators of the company after the initial bankruptcy.
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* ''LightNovel/Gamers2015'' (Backgrounds)

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* ''LightNovel/Gamers2015'' ''Literature/Gamers2015'' (Backgrounds)



* ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'' (Background Assistance, second season)

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* ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'' ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'' (Background Assistance, second season)

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* ''Manga/{{Dororo}}'' 1969 anime


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* ''LightNovel/AllisonAndLillia'' (With Madhouse)

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* ''LightNovel/AllisonAndLillia'' ''Literature/AllisonAndLillia'' (With Madhouse)

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* ''LightNovel/HowNotToSummonADemonLord'' (Second Season)

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* ''LightNovel/HowNotToSummonADemonLord'' ''Literature/HowNotToSummonADemonLord'' (Second Season)
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Between 1962 (the year Astro Boy went into production) to 1968, Tezuka himself headed the studio and give the company to the husband and wife duo of Hideaki & Yoko Hatta and lead director [[Manga/Golgo13 Osamu]] [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Dezaki]] in 1969. This persisted until the studio bankruptcy in 1973. By then, Dezaki, along with Masao Maruyama, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Rintaro had left to establish Creator/{{Madhouse}} (in 1972). Everyone else that played a big part of Mushi also left to form other studios (see below). The company reopened in 1977 by Hideaki & Yoko Hatta, then left in 1981 to establish Creator/KyotoAnimation.

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Between 1962 (the year Astro Boy went into production) to 1968, Tezuka himself headed the studio and give the company to the husband and wife duo of Hideaki & Yoko Hatta and lead director [[Manga/Golgo13 Osamu]] [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Dezaki]] in 1969. This persisted until the studio bankruptcy in 1973. By then, Dezaki, along with Masao Maruyama, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Rintaro had left to establish Creator/{{Madhouse}} (in 1972). Everyone else that played a big part of Mushi also left to form other studios (see below). below), Tezuka himself forming Tezuka Pro shortly after. The company reopened in 1977 by Hideaki & Yoko Hatta, who then left in 1981 to establish Creator/KyotoAnimation.
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* ''LightNovel/EndoAndKobayashiLiveTheLatestOnTsundereVillainessLieselotte''

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* ''LightNovel/EndoAndKobayashiLiveTheLatestOnTsundereVillainessLieselotte''''Literature/EndoAndKobayashiLive The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte''
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* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' (animation production; with Rankin-Bass)

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* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' (animation production; as Mushi Studio, with Rankin-Bass)
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* ''Manga/TerraFormars'' (2nd Key Animation)

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* ''Manga/TerraFormars'' ''Manga/TerraforMARS'' (2nd Key Animation)
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Established in 1961 after his contract for Creator/ToeiAnimation[[note]]Tezuka wrote some scripts for a few of their movies[[/note]] expired, '''[[http://www.mushi-pro.co.jp/ Mushi Productions]]''' is an Anime company established by renowned Manga artist Creator/OsamuTezuka. The companies (both Mushi and Tezuka Pro) are best known for adapting his works into animation, though the first incarnation of Mushi was also Creator/RankinBassProductions' overseas partner for a while. Many household names of the early anime industry started their career as Tezuka-disciples in ''Mushi Pro'', including highly influential directors such as Creator/YoshiyukiTomino, Creator/OsamuDezaki and {{Rintaro}}, who all shaped the Anime of TheSeventies to considerable degree.

Between 1962 (the year Astro Boy went into production) to 1968, Tezuka himself headed the studio and give the company to the husband and wife duo of Hideaki & Yoko Hatta and lead director [[{{Manga/Golgo13}} Osamu]] [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Dezaki]] in 1969. This persisted until the studio bankruptcy in 1973. By then, Dezaki, along with Masao Maruyama, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Rintaro had left to establish Creator/{{Madhouse}} (in 1972). Everyone else that played a big part of Mushi also left to form other studios (see below). The company reopened in 1977 by Hideaki & Yoko Hatta, then left in 1981 to establish Creator/KyotoAnimation.

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Established in 1961 after his contract for Creator/ToeiAnimation[[note]]Tezuka wrote some scripts for a few of their movies[[/note]] expired, '''[[http://www.mushi-pro.co.jp/ Mushi Productions]]''' is an Anime company established by renowned Manga artist Creator/OsamuTezuka. The companies (both Mushi and Tezuka Pro) are best known for adapting his works into animation, though the first incarnation of Mushi was also Creator/RankinBassProductions' overseas partner for a while. Many household names of the early anime industry started their career as Tezuka-disciples in ''Mushi Pro'', including highly influential directors such as Creator/YoshiyukiTomino, Creator/OsamuDezaki and {{Rintaro}}, Creator/{{Rintaro}}, who all shaped the Anime of TheSeventies to considerable degree.

Between 1962 (the year Astro Boy went into production) to 1968, Tezuka himself headed the studio and give the company to the husband and wife duo of Hideaki & Yoko Hatta and lead director [[{{Manga/Golgo13}} [[Manga/Golgo13 Osamu]] [[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Dezaki]] in 1969. This persisted until the studio bankruptcy in 1973. By then, Dezaki, along with Masao Maruyama, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Rintaro had left to establish Creator/{{Madhouse}} (in 1972). Everyone else that played a big part of Mushi also left to form other studios (see below). The company reopened in 1977 by Hideaki & Yoko Hatta, then left in 1981 to establish Creator/KyotoAnimation.



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* ''LightNovel/CopCraft'' ''Literature/CopCraft'' (Backgrounds)






* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} - The Motion Picture'' (Production Assistance)

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* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} ''Literature/{{Slayers}} - The Motion Picture'' (Production Assistance)



* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' (In-Between Animation)

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* ''[[Manga/{{Unico}} The Fantastic Adventures of Unico]]''
** ''Unico in the Island of Magic'' (both films co-produced with Creator/{{Sanrio}} with animation by Creator/{{Madhouse}})


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* ''Manga/{{Unico}}'' (both films co-produced with Creator/{{Sanrio}} with animation by Creator/{{Madhouse}})
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* ''LightNovel/EndoAndKobayashiLiveTheLatestOnTsundereVillainessLieselotte''
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* ''Manga/{{Spriggan}}'' (In-Between Animation; Photography)

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* ''Manga/{{Spriggan}}'' ''Anime/Spriggan1998'' (In-Between Animation; Photography)
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* ''Wansa-kun'' (The original Mushi's final production in 1973; coproduction with Zuiyo Enterprises, which later spun off its animation studio to become Creator/NipponAnimation. The creative team went on to make ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', originally planned as a Mushi production, with other studios.)

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* ''Wansa-kun'' (The original Mushi's final production in 1973; coproduction with a Zuiyo Enterprises, which later spun off its animation studio to become Creator/NipponAnimation.Eizo coproduction. The creative team went on to make ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', originally planned as a Mushi production, with other studios.)
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* ''Wansa-kun'' (The original Mushi's final production in 1973; coproduction with Zuiyo Eizo, which became Creator/NipponAnimation two years later. The creative team went on to make ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', originally planned as a Mushi production, with other studios.)

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* ''Wansa-kun'' (The original Mushi's final production in 1973; coproduction with Zuiyo Eizo, Enterprises, which became Creator/NipponAnimation two years later.later spun off its animation studio to become Creator/NipponAnimation. The creative team went on to make ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', originally planned as a Mushi production, with other studios.)
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* ''Wansa-kun'' (The original Mushi's final production in 1973. The creative team went on to make ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', originally planned as a Mushi production, with other studios.)

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* ''Wansa-kun'' (The original Mushi's final production in 1973.1973; coproduction with Zuiyo Eizo, which became Creator/NipponAnimation two years later. The creative team went on to make ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', originally planned as a Mushi production, with other studios.)
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* ''Anime/{{Spriggan}}'' (In-Between Animation; Photography)

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* ''Anime/{{Spriggan}}'' ''Manga/{{Spriggan}}'' (In-Between Animation; Photography)

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