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Madhouse (マッドハウス) is a highly-regarded Japanese animation studio, probably best known for their adaptation of ''Manga/DeathNote'', their [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura works]] [[Manga/{{Chobits}} with]] Creator/{{CLAMP}}, [[AnimeFirst their]] [[Anime/DenNohCoil anime]] [[Anime/{{Kaiba}} first]] shows, and the movies of Creator/SatoshiKon, Creator/YoshiakiKawajiri, Rintaro and Creator/MamoruHosoda. They are also known for doing some of the anime of a mix of western works, for example, ''Anime/HighlanderTheSearchForVengeance'', ''Anime/{{Supernatural}}'', ''Anime/MarvelAnime'', ''Anime/MarvelFutureAvengers'', anthology films such as ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' and ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'', and part of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''. As noted, Madhouse had a long relationship with the late Creator/SatoshiKon; they animated every project he directed (''Anime/PerfectBlue'', ''Anime/MillenniumActress'', ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'', ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'', ''Literature/{{Paprika}}'', ''The Dream Machine'').

The company was established in 1972 by several former [[Creator/MushiProductions Mushi Pro]] staff--including Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, Rintaro, and Yoshiaki Kawajiri--as an outsourcing unit for Creator/TMSEntertainment. Maruyama retired from the company in 2011 at the age of 70 to start Creator/{{MAPPA}}, which resulted in a significant number of staff leaving to comapnies like Creator/JCStaff and [[Creator/TakahashiProduction T2 Studio]] and marked the EndOfAnAge. Post-2011 Madhouse is in the process of fashioning a new identity for itself.

They have also come to develop a relationship with the Baltimore based anime convention Otakon, with Masao Maruyama now being an honorary regular of the event while the studio itself produces its "intro animations."

The company also owns UsefulNotes/SouthKorea[=n=]-based studios Creator/DRMovie, Creator/MOIAnimation (later known as MUA Film and presently as Tiger Animation) and Anihouse Sun (whose credits will be mentioned on this page). More credits can be found [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=392 here]].

See Creator/StudioAnnapuru, Creator/TriangleStaff, and the aforementioned MAPPA, studios founded by former Madhouse employees.

The Canipa Effect has produced an Anime Studio Spotlight about Madhouse. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Txhokrw48 here]].

Not to be confused with [[Film/Madhouse1974 the 1974]], [[Film/Madhouse1990 1990]], or [[Film/Madhouse2004 2004 films]], [[Fanfic/MadhouseTrexmaster the fanfic]], or the European dance music act Mad'house known for their cover of Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Like a Prayer."

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!!Notable Madhouse series and films:

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[[index]]
[[folder:Anime]]
* ''Manga/ACCA13TerritoryInspectionDept''
* ''Manga/AceOfTheDiamond'' (with Creator/ProductionIG)
* ''Anime/{{AFTERLOST}}''
* ''Manga/AimForTheAce'' (made for Tokyo Movie Shinsha)
* ''Manga/{{Akagi}}''
* ''Literature/AlderaminOnTheSky''
* ''Anime/AllOut'' (with Creator/TMSEntertainment)
* ''Literature/AllisonAndLillia'' (with Creator/MushiProductions)
* ''Manga/AzukiChan''
* ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'' (first season)
* ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita''
* ''Manga/BarefootGen''
* ''Manga/BarefootGen 2''
* ''Manga/{{BECK|1999}}''
* ''[=BioHunter=]''
* ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'' (original OVA series)
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon''
* ''Anime/BlueLiterature''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} Bidaman Bakugaiden''
** ''Bomberman & Bidaman Bakugaiden V''
* ''Anime/BoogiepopPhantom''
* ''Manga/{{Btooom}}''
* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa: Road to 2002'' (with Creator/GroupTAC)
* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''
** ''Anime/CardCaptorSakuraTheMovie''
** ''Anime/CardCaptorSakuraMovie2TheSealedCard''
* ''Anime/CasshernSins'' (in cooperation with Creator/TatsunokoProduction, owners of the ''Casshern'' franchise)
* ''VisualNovel/ChaosHead''
* ''{{Manga/Chihayafuru}}''
* ''Manga/ChisSweetHome''
* ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''
* ''Manga/{{Claymore}}''
* ''The Cockpit''
* ''Anime/CyberCityOedo808''
* ''Anime/TheDaggerOfKamui''
* ''Manga/DeathNote''
* ''Anime/DeathParade''
* ''Literature/DemonCityShinjuku''
* ''Anime/DevilHunterYohko''
* ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries''
* ''Anime/DiGiCharat''
* ''Manga/DNA2'' (with Creator/StudioDEEN)
* ''[[Literature/TeitoMonogatari Doomed Megalopolis]]''
* ''Anime/DragonDrive''
* ''The Dream Machine'' (the last anime of Creator/SatoshiKon)
* ''VideoGame/ElementalGearbolt'' (Animation)
* ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico''
** ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic''
* ''[=FireStorm=]'' (with Creator/TransArts)
* ''Manga/ForestOfPiano''
* ''Manga/FrierenBeyondJourneysEnd''
* ''Anime/GalaxyAngel''
* ''Anime/GenmaWars'' (1983 movie)
* ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime''
* ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}''
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''
* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo''
* ''Manga/{{Hanayamata}}''
* ''[[Manga/HellsAngels Hells]]''
* ''Anime/HellsingUltimate'' (episodes 5-7)
* ''Anime/HighlanderTheSearchForVengeance''
* ''Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead''
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' ([[TheRemake 2011 version]], with Creator/StudioLive)
* ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool''
* ''Anime/JubeiChan''
* ''Anime/{{Kaiba}}''
* ''Manga/{{Kaiji}}''
* ''Manga/KamenNoMaidGuy''
* ''Anime/{{Kiba}}''
* ''Manga/{{Kobato}}''
* ''Literature/{{Kurozuka}}''
* ''Anime/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroesMyConquestIsTheSeaOfStars '' (with Creator/{{Artland}})
* ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' (movie and series)
* ''Manga/LovingYamadaAtLv999''
* ''Anime/MagicUsersClub'' (Series; also provided Final Line for OVA)
* ''Anime/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi'' (done with Creator/StudioGainax)
* ''Literature/MagicalWarfare''
* ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro''
* Anime/MarvelAnime
** ''Anime/AvengersConfidentialBlackWidowAndPunisher''
** ''[[Anime/MarvelAnimeBlade Blade]]''
** ''[[Anime/MarvelAnimeIronMan Iron Man]]''
*** ''Anime/IronManRiseOfTechnovore''
** ''[[Anime/MarvelAnimeWolverine Wolverine]]''
** ''[[Anime/MarvelAnimeXMen X-Men]]''
* ''Anime/MarvelFutureAvengers''
* ''Manga/MasterKeaton''
* ''Anime/{{Memories}}'' (''Stink Bomb'' segment; ''Magnetic Rose'' and ''Cannon Fodder'' done by Creator/Studio4C)
* ''Anime/Metropolis2001''
* ''Anime/MillenniumActress''
* ''Manga/{{Monster}}''
* ''Anime/MouryouNoHako''
* ''Anime/MujinWakuseiSurvive'' (Co-production with Creator/TMSEntertainment)
* ''Manga/{{Nana}}''
* ''Manga/NatsuENoTobira'' (Co-production with Creator/ToeiAnimation)
* ''Manga/{{Needless}}''
* ''Anime/NeoTokyo1987''
* ''Anime/NightWarriorsDarkstalkersRevenge'' (with Creator/DRMovie)
* ''Anime/NinjaScroll''
* ''Literature/NoGameNoLife''
* ''Anime/OkkosInn''
* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''
* ''Manga/{{Oneouts}}''
* ''Literature/Overlord2012''
* ''Literature/{{Paprika}}''
* ''Manga/ParadiseKiss''
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent''
* ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}''
* ''Anime/PerfectBlue''
* ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors''
* ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp''
* ''Anime/APlaceFurtherThanTheUniverse''
* ''Manga/PoliceInAPod''
* ''VisualNovel/PrinceOfStride Alternative''
* ''Literature/ThePrincessAndThePilot''
* ''Manga/PrincessResurrection''
* ''Manga/RainbowNishaRokubouNoShichinin''
* ''Anime/RedLine''
* ''Anime/ReignTheConqueror''
* ''Manga/{{Rideback}}''
* ''Manga/{{Rizelmine}}''
* ''Anime/SakuraWars2000'' (with Creator/StudioShaft and Creator/TriangleStaff; also credited with In-Between Animation for ''VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning'''s anime sequences)
* ''Manga/{{Shigurui}}''
* ''Anime/ShinguSecretOfTheStellarWars''
* ''Anime/SonnyBoy''
* ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' (first two seasons only)
* ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku''
* ''Manga/StrawberryOneHundredPercent''
* ''Literature/StrawberryPanic''
* ''Anime/SummerWars''
* ''Literature/SundayWithoutGod''
* ''Anime/SuperDollLiccaChan''
* ''[[Anime/{{Supernatural}} Supernatural: The Animation]]''
* ''Anime/TaktOpDestiny'' (with Creator/{{MAPPA}})
* ''Anime/TheTatamiGalaxy''
* ''Manga/TenjhoTenge''
* ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''
* ''Manga/TokyoBabylon''
* ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers''
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''
* ''Anime/TwilightOfTheCockroaches'' (Cockroach animation, movie with Creator/{{TYO}})
* ''Ultraviolet: Code 044''
* ''Manga/{{Unico}}'' (produced for Creator/{{Sanrio}} and Tezuka Productions)
** ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico''
** ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic''
* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' (''Always My Darling'' movie and several of the later {{OVA}}s)
* ''Literature/VampireHunterD: Bloodlust''
* ''Anime/WickedCity''
* ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' (Opening and illustration work)
* ''Anime/WXIIIPatlaborTheMovie3''
* ''Manga/{{X 1999}}''
* ''Manga/YawaraAFashionableJudoGirl'' (produced for Kitty Films)
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''The Adventures of T-Rex'' (with Creator/MookDLE, Creator/PhilippineAnimationStudioInc and Creator/HongYing)
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* Most of the ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' animations. (with Creator/Studio4C; Ink & Paint for "Beyond"; Additional animation for "''Matriculated''")
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' ("''In Darkness Dwells''" and "''Deadshot''"[[note]]the latter co-animated with Creator/DongWooAnimation[[/note]]; done with Creator/ProductionIG, Creator/Studio4C and Creator/BeeTrain)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' (uncredited; with MOI, Creator/JMAnimation, and Creator/DongWooAnimation)
* ''Cartoon Cartoon'' short: ''[=LowBrow=]'' (the pilot for ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'')
* ''WesternAnimation/ConstantPayne'' (with Tama)
* ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated''
* ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs''
* ''WesternAnimation/PlanetHulk''
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' (Animation Cooperation for Creator/ToeiAnimation, Season 3, 2 episodes [[note]][=ASTROnomical I.Q.=] and [=Father/Daughter Dance=][[/note]], uncredited)
* ''Franchise/{{Peanuts}}'': In early 2012, they [[http://madhouse.co.jp/news/news_2012_01.html#news2012_0124 announced]] their acquisition of the legendary comic strip's animation rights.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Popples}}'' (With Creator/KKCAndDAsia, Creator/StudioKorumi, Creator/StudioJunio and Creator/StudioShaft)
* ''WesternAnimation/ToddMcFarlanesSpawn'' (Intro and Season 2)
* ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'' (8 episodes in season 1)[[labelnote:List]]"The Adventure Begins", "The Strongest Woman in the World", "Getting to Guile", "No Way Out", "Demon Island", "Dark Heart", "The Medium is the Message", "Keeping the Peace"[[/labelnote]] (Creator/{{Sunrise}} did the rest)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' (Key Animation through Yoshinori Kanemori, In-Between Animation through Hiroaki Daichi)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' (''Noximilien the Clockmaker'', also assisted on the ''Orgest'' special with Creator/StudioGhibli)
* ''WesternAnimation/WingCommanderAcademy'' (10 episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Red and Blue", "The Most Delicate Instrument", "Word of Honor", "Chain of Command", "Recreation", "Walking Wounded", "On Both Your Houses", "Invisible Enemy", "Price of Victory", "Glory of Sivar"[[/labelnote]] (Creator/KokoEnterprises did the other three)
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' (26 episodes; with DR Movie) [[labelnote:List]]"Strategy X", "Rogue Recruit", "Speed and Spyke", "Turn of the Rogue", "Survival of the Fittest", "Grim Reminder", "The Cauldron Part 2", "Growing Pains", "Bada-bing Bada-boom", "Beast of Bayville", "Joyride", "On Angel's Wings", "Shadow Dance", "Operation: Rebirth", "The [=HeX=] Factor", "Day of Reckoning Part 2", "The Stuff of Heroes", "The Stuff of Villains", "X-Treme Measures", "Self-Possessed", "Dark Horizon Part 1", "Cruise Control", "No Good Deed", "Sins of the Son", "Cajun Spice", "Ascension Part 1"[[/labelnote]] (Creator/MookDLE did the rest)
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[[folder: Outsourced work, main studio and Anihouse]]
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[[folder: Direct ]]

* ''Manga/AChannel'' (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
* ''Anime/{{Aikatsu}}'' (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/AimForTheAce'' (Animation, series and movie)
* ''Anime/AllPurposeCulturalCatGirlNukuNuku'' (Animation; Finish Animation; Planning, OVA)
* ''[[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVotoms Armor Hunter Mellolink]]'' (In-Between Animation; Paint)
* ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}'' (Animation Assistance)
* ''Anime/BTheBeginning'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/BackArrow'' (Key Animation)
* ''Manga/BlackJack'' (Animation, OVA and movie)
* ''Manga/BlueSeed'' (Finish Animation)
* ''Literature/BraveStory'' (Animation)
* ''Anime/CrossAnge'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
* ''Anime/{{D4 Princess}}'' (Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''VideoGame/DantesInferno: The Animated Epic'' (In-Between Animation, "''Limbo''" & "''Lust''" segments)
* ''Manga/DearS'' (Key & In-Between Animation, Paint)
* ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Literature/DogAndScissors'' (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' (1995 arcade) (assistance)
* ''Anime/EurekaSevenAO'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/FireForce'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/TheFlowersOfEvil'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula Zero'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Ganba No Boken'' (Animation)
* ''Anime/{{Gasaraki}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/{{Getbackers}}'' (In-Between Animation; Paint)
* ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'' (Photography)
* ''Animation/GuardianFairyMichel'' (Production Cooperation, uncredited)
* ''Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer'' (In-Between Animation)
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/HanamaruKindergarten'' (Finish & In-Between Animation Cooperation)
* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam'' (Key & In-Between Animation)
* ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' (Animation Assistance)
* ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' (In-Between Animation, ''Can't Take My Eyes Off You'' and ''Cuties'')
* ''Jungle Kurobe'' (Animation)
* ''Anime/KeyTheMetalIdol'' (Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/KOBeast'' (Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing'' (Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''Legend of Lemnear'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/Macross7: The Galaxy's Calling Me!'' (In-Between Animation; Animation Assistance)
* ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' (Original Art Cooperator)
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/PleaseTeacher'' (Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''[[Anime/PokemonZoroarkMasterOfIllusions Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'' (In-Between Animation Assistance)
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' (Production Assistance)
* ''Anime/RealDrive'' (Background Art)
* ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' (Key & In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' (In-Between Animation; Final Line)
* ''VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Samurai Giants'' (Key & In-Between Animation)
* ''Literature/{{Slayers}} Great'' (Production Assistance)
* ''Anime/TheSkyCrawlers'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' (Supporting Animation)
* ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' (CG; Composite)
* ''Suchie-Pai Adventure: Doki Doki Nightmare'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/TransformersGo'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Wild 7'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Literature/TrinityBlood'' (Animation)
* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' (In-Between Animation for the VisualNovel)
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' (Finish & In-Between Animation for the series and ''Poltergeist Report''. Also provided Backgrounds for the latter)
* ''Manga/{{Zetman}}'' (In-Between Animation)

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[[folder: Through select animators, List not complete ]]

* ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' (Key Animation through Misaki Matsumura and Yuka Koiso, 2nd Key Animation through Megumi Tonegawa)
* ''Anime/AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay'' (Key Animation through Koji Odate and Hidehiko Sawada, 2nd Key Animation also through Odate)
* ''Manga/ArakawaUnderTheBridge x Bride'' (Key Animation for the opening through Minami Yoshida)
* ''Manga/BambooBlade'' (Key Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama)
* ''Literature/BenTo'' (Key Animation through Megumi Tonegawa)
* ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' (In-Between Animation through Megumi Tonegawa)
* ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' (Key Animation through Minami Yoshida)
* ''Literature/TheCaseFilesOfYakushijiRyoko'' (Key Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama)
* ''Anime/ChronoCrusade'' (Key Animation through Akiko Asaki)
* ''Manga/TheDaughterOfTwentyFaces'' (Key Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama and Akiko Taniguchi)
* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'' (In-Between Check through Megumi Tonegawa, Key Animation through Yuka Koiso)
* ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' (Key Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama)
* ''Literature/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' (Key Animation for the opening through Minami Yoshida)
* ''[[Anime/ExDriver éX-Driver]]: The Movie'' (Key Animation through Aiko Wakatsuki)
* ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'' (Key Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama)
* ''Anime/GaReiZero'' (2nd Key Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama)
* ''Anime/GiantRobo'' (Key Animation through Takeshi Koike)
* ''Literature/HarukaNogizakasSecret'' (Key Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama)
* ''Manga/HouseOfFiveLeaves'' (Key Animation through Taiki Imamura and Yuka Koiso, 2nd Key Animation also by Koiso)
* ''Anime/HyperdimensionNeptuniaTheAnimation'' (2nd Key Animation through Megumi Tonegawa)
* ''Manga/{{Jormungand}}'' (2nd Key Animation through Megumi Tonegawa, Key Animation for ''Last Order'' through Yuka Koiso)
* ''Anime/LoveLive'' (Key Animation through Minami Yoshida)
* ''Manga/MagiTheLabyrinthOfMagic'' (Key Animation through Yuka Koiso, 2nd Key Animation through Megumi Tonegawa)
* ''Manga/MaidSama'' (Key Animation by Yuka Koiso)
* ''Anime/{{Noein}}'' (In-Between Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama)
* ''Anime/OccultAcademy'' (Key Animation through Taiki Imamura and Minami Yoshida)
* ''VisualNovel/OtobokuMaidensAreFallingForMe (Key Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama)
* ''Literature/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' (Key Animation through Tomomi Yabuki)
* ''Manga/SilverSpoon'' (Key Animation through Yuka Koiso and Minami Yoshida)
* ''Manga/SoulEater'' (Key Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama, In-Between Animation through Megumi Tonegawa)
* ''Anime/StarDriver'' (Key Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama)
* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' (Key Animation through Yuka Koiso and Tomomi Yabuki)
* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'' (Key Animation through Tomomi Yabuki)
* ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator'' (Key Animation through Minami Yoshida)
* ''Manga/YozakuraQuartet'' (Key Animation through Hokuto Sakiyama)
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