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'''[[http://magicbus.jp/ Magic Bus]]''' is a Japanese animation studio established in 1978 by Satoshi Dezaki. The studio is perhaps best known for its BloodierAndGorier efforts in the late 1980s OVA market. They also operated a satellite studio in Niigata.

More credits can be found on [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=856 Anime News Network]].

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!!The Anime Magic Bus Produced:

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* ''Beast Fighter - The Apocalypse''
* ''Big Wars''
* ''Anime/BurnUp Excess'' (With Creator/{{AIC}})
* ''Carol''
* ''Cinderella Boy''
* ''Manga/{{Cipher}}''
* ''[[Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra Cobra the Animation]]''
** ''Cobra the Animation: The Psychogun''
** ''Cobra the Animation: Time Drive''
* ''Crazy Over His Fingers''
* ''Manga/DamekkoDoubutsu''
* ''Manga/DemonLordDante''
* ''Even a Dad Still Wants It...''
[[/index]]
* ''Fujiko F Fujio no SF Tanpen Theater'' (with Creator/StudioGallop)
[[index]]
* ''[[Manga/{{Grey}} Grey: Digital Target]]''
* ''Happy Birthday - Inochi Kagayaku Toki''
* ''Hayou no Ken: Shikkoku no Mashou''
* ''Hurdle''
* ''Manga/KaseiYakyoku''
* ''Kizuoibito, a.k.a. Wounded Man''
* ''Anime/KnightHunters'' (With Creator/StudioDEEN and Plum; first season only, ''Verbrechen & Strafe'' handled by Creator/TriangleStaff and the second season, ''Glühen'' was handled by Creator/{{ufotable}}, all distributed internationally by Creator/TMSEntertainment.)
* '' Anime/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes''
** ''Manga/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroesGoldenWings''
** '' Anime/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroesOvertureToANewWar''
** '' Anime/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroesGaidenAHundredBillionStarsAHundredBillionLights'' (with Creator/{{Artland}}, Creator/StudioShaft and Creator/MushiProductions)
** '' Anime/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroesGaidenSpiralLabyrint'' (with Creator/{{Artland}})
* ''Manga/LovelyComplex'' (With Creator/ToeiAnimation and Creator/MushiProductions)
* ''Manga/MadBull34''
* ''Anime/MomokoKaeruNoUtaGaKikoeruYo'' (a.k.a. ''My Sister Momoko'')
* ''Anime/NinjaSenshiTobikage'' (With Creator/StudioPierrot, also animated the show's opening/ending themes)
* ''Play Ball''
* ''A Predator in a Skirt''
* ''[[Manga/{{Patalliro}} Patalliro Saiyuki!]]''
* ''Manga/RikiOh'' (the [=OVAs=])
* ''Shinshuu Sudama-hen''
* ''Sweet Punishment - I'm the Guard's Personal Pet -''
* ''Manga/TheyWereEleven''
* ''Tobira o Akete''
* ''Tracing the Gray Summer''
* ''Manga/UmiNoYamiTsukiNoKage'' (with Creator/Visual80)
* ''Anime/WonderBeatScramble'' (With Mushi)
* ''XL Boss''
[[/index]]

!!Sub-contracted work:
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* ''Manga/SazanEyes: Legend of the Divine Demon'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/AChannel'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Anime/AgentAika'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' (First [=OVA=] series; Animation Assistance)
* ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'' (Production Cooperation, eight episodes total)[[labelnote:List]]"Separation", "The Way of the House", "One Night", "Kiss", "Feelings", "Sharing a Bed", "Aoi" (First series), "Phantom" (''Enshi'')[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/AishiteruzeBaby'' (Key Animation; Animation Production Cooperation)
* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' (Animation Cooperation)
* ''Manga/AlienNine'' (In-Between Assistance)
* ''Manga/AndYetTheTownMoves'' (Animation Assistance; Production Assistance for two episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"The Cat Boy", "Pandora Maid Service"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/AngelHeart'' (In-Between Animation; Digital Paint; Production Cooperation for three episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"My sister...Kaori", "Pure Heart", "Get My Life"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVotoms'' (Key & In-Between Animation; Opening and Ending Animations)
* ''Anime/AstroBoy'' (In-Between Animation for the 1980 series, Key & Finish Animation and Production Support for 2003 series)[[labelnote:List]]"Reviving Jumbo", "Geo Raider", "Dawn of the Techno-Revolution" (with Creator/TamaProductions and others), "Atlas Strikes Back"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/ArakawaUnderTheBridge × Bridge'' (Key Animation; Production Assistance for episode 8)
* ''Manga/Bastard1988'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'' (Animation Cooperation, uncredited)
* ''Anime/BattleAthletes'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/BigWindup'' (Production Cooperation, one episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Bit by Bit[=/=]Step by step"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/BlackClover'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' (Animation; Production Assistance, five episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Renji Surprised?! The Two Zabimarus", "Stray Snake, Tortured Monkey", "Connected Hearts! The Left Fist Prepared for Death!", "One Hit Kill, Soi Fon, Bankai!", "Chain of Sacrifice...Halibel's Past"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'' (In-Between Animation)
** ''Anime/BloodPlus'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''LightNovel/BodaciousSpacePirates'' (Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance for two episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"A Surprising Client", "Pirate Hunting"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/BoogiepopPhantom'' (Animation; Key & In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/TheBraveOfGoldGoldran'' (Animation)
* ''Manga/BrokenBlade'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/{{Btooom}}'' (Key, Finish & In-Between Animation; Animation Production Assistance for three episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"The Bloodstained High School Girl", "Night of Sacrifice", "High Level"[[/labelnote]]
* ''{{LightNovel/Campione}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/CaseClosed: A Challenge from Agasa'' (In-Between Animation; Digital Paint; Animation Cooperation)
* ''Anime/CControl'' (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/CelestialMethod'' (Line Test; Production Cooperation, five episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Where Memories Live", "A Fragment of Emotions", "True Friends", "What She Believes", "Where Wishes Go"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/{{Chihayafuru}}'' (Key & 2nd Key Animation; Production Assistance for both series, seven episodes total)[[labelnote:List]]"But for Autumn's Coming", "For You, I head Out", "World Offers No Escape", "The Night is Nearly Past" (first series). "Feel Love Deepen", "My Only Thought", "No Matter Where I Stand" (second series)[[/labelnote]]
* ''VideoGame/ChousokuHenkeiGyrozetter'' (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance for seven episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"The Stolen Gyro Commander", "Nice To Meet You, Dolphine!", "Birth of the Comedy Hero!", "Soar! Triple Twist Jump!", "Guiltice's Challenge", "A Heart-Pounding Rainy Drive", "Opening! Arcadia GP!"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/CityHunter'' (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
** ''City Hunter: .357 Magnum'' (Animation)
* ''Manga/CodeBreaker'' (Production Assistance, one episode)[[labelnote:List]]"The King and His Troops, Children and Homes"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/CoyoteRagtimeShow'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/CrossAnge'' (Photography Assistance)
* ''Manga/DagashiKashi'' (2nd Key Animation for the season 2 opening)
* ''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund'' (Production Assistance, one episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Underworld"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}'' (Key Animation)
** ''Dancougar: Requiem for Victims'' (Key Animation)
** ''God Bless Dancougar'' (Key Animation; Animation Assistance)
* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'' (Key & 2nd Key Animation)
* ''LightNovel/DemonKingDaimao'' (Key & 2nd Key Animation; Production Assistance, two episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Akuto's Imperial Capital War", "All Done?"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/DiamondNoAce'' (In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Assistance for eleven episodes)[[note]]"Not Qualified to Be a Pitcher?", "Head to Head", "Target"[[/note]]
* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' (In-Between Animation, 2005 series)
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' (Production Cooperation for Movie 12)
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance for two episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Real Reality, Fictional Reality", "Search for a Fore-Lost Journey"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'' (Co-Production)
* ''Anime/FangOfTheSunDougram'' (Opening Animation)
* ''Manga/TheFiveStarStories'' (Animation Cooperation)
* ''Anime/{{Fractale}}'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'' (In-Between Animation, ''Zero'' and ''Saga'', also provided Key Animation, Paint, Paint Check and Production Cooperation for the former)
* ''Anime/GaReiZero'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Anime/GalileiDonna'' (Production Cooperation, one episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Salt Fish"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/GallForce: The Revolution'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/GlassMask'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Anime/GoShogun: The Time Étranger'' (Production Assistance)
* ''[[Manga/{{Golgo 13}} Golgo 13: The Professional]]'' (Animation Assistance)
* ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/GunBuster'' (Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''
** ''Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer'' (In-Between Animation)
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' (In-Between Animation)
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' (In-Between Animation)
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'' (In-Between Animation)
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/HaloLegends'' (In-Between Animation, "''The Babysitter''")
* ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' (Animation Cooperation)
* ''VideoGame/HardCorpsUprising'' (Animation Support for Creator/Studio4C)
* ''Literature/HaruChika'' (Finish Animation; Production Cooperation, three episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Exit Game", "Elephant's Breath", "The Jabberwock's License"[[/labelnote]]
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7slwzXNhwg Hi-Drivers!]]'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''LightNovel/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/IdolDefenseForceHummingbird'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/InitialD'' (In-Between Animation and Production Coordination, ''Extra Stage'')
* ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' (Key Animation)
* ''VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience'' (Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance for eleven episodes)
* ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' (Animation Cooperation, series and movie)
* ''Manga/LoveHina Again'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/LupinIII'':
** ''Anime/TheMysteryOfMamo'' (Animation)
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure'' (Animation Assistance; Production Cooperation, two episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Lovestruck Pig", "To Hear You Sing Again"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/MagicalIdolPastelYumi'' (Opening & Ending animations)
* ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'' (Production Assistance, one episode)[[labelnote:List]]"A New Visitor"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/MagicUsersClub'' (Coloring; Final Line; Production Cooperation, first three episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"I'll Follow You", "We Leave A Magic Club", "Magic is so Easy, Isn't It?"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Manga/MariaHolic'' (Production Cooperation, one episode)[[labelnote:List]]"The Tainted Holy Mother・Part 1"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/MaoChan'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/MegamanNTWarrior'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/{{Moldiver}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''[[LightNovel/MyMentalChoicesAre My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering with My School Romantic Comedy]]'' (Production Cooperation for episode 2)
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Anime Final'' (2nd Key Animation; Animation Assistance)
* ''New Anime/DominionTankPolice'' (Paint Cooperation)
* ''Anime/NightRaid1931'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Manga/NodameCantabile: Finale'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Digital paint)
* ''Anime/OccultAcademy'' (In-Between Animation; Digital Paint)
* ''Franchise/OnePiece'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance, one episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Honey-senpai's Three Unsweet Days"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'' (In-Between Animation, OVA)
* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''VisualNovel/PhotoKano'' (Production Assistance, one episode)[[labelnote:List]]"A Star's Smile"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/{{Photon}}'' (Co-Production, episode 3)
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** ''Anime/PokemonKyuremVSTheSwordOfJustice'' (In-Between Animation)
** ''Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew'' (Animation Assistance)
** ''Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea'' (Animation Assistance)
** ''Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai'' (In-Between Animation Assistance)
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u909_O6CqYc Poketoon: Chase the Beans]]'' (Animation Assistance)
* ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis II'' (Finish Animation)
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Pururun! Shizuku-chan'' (Production Assistance for ten episodes)
* ''Anime/RahXephon'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/Reborn2004'' (Clean-Up Animation)
* ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' (In-Between Animation, ''You Can (Not) Redo'')
* ''Manga/RinNe'' (Digital Paint and Production Cooperation for season 2, uncredited)
* ''Anime/RobotCarnival'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''VisualNovel/RoboticsNotes'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Anime/RODTheTV'' (Finish Animation)
* ''Anime/RoninWarriors'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' (Animation)
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' (Final Line)
* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' (In-Between Animation; Paint and Production Cooperation, four episodes total)[[labelnote:List]]"Blazing First Love![=/=]Blazing Tea Party![=/=]Blazing Soft Ball!" (first season), "When I Turned Around, There He Was[=/=]In Karasuma’s Name[=/=]All Mysteries Revealed!", "More Than Friends… Less Than Lovers… Up Until Then.", "It’s So Romantic, Harima! Get Published in Zinegama, Harima! Come On, Harima!" (''Second Semester'')[[/labelnote]]
* ''VideoGame/SakuraWars4FallInLoveMaidens'' (In-Between Animation; anime sequences)
* ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' (Line Test; Digital Paint; Production Cooperation, three episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Seaside Training - Shinobi Island", "Shinobi Class Memories", "Yin and Yang"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/ShamanKing'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/SilverSpoon'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Assistance, one episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Hachiken Meets Pork-Bowl"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/SolBianca: The Legacy'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/SpacePirateMito'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Anime/StarshipTroopers'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation, second season)
* ''Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss'' (Opening Animation)
** ''Orguss 02'' (In-Between Animation for episode 3)
* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'' (2nd Key Animation; Animation Production Cooperation)
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' (Animation Support)
* ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'' (2nd Key Animation; Production Assistance)
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''
** ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'' (In-Between Animation)
** ''Tenchi in Love'' (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
** ''Tenchi Forever'' (Key Animation Cooperation; Paint Cooperation)
** ''Anime/TenchiMuyoWarOnGeminar'' (2nd Key Animation)
** ''Anime/TenchiUniverse'' (In-Between Animation; Animation Co-Production, three episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"No Need for Monsters!", "Time and Space Adventures: Part 1", "No Need for Hunger!"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' (Key Animation, series; Production[=/=]Animation assistance, movies; Animation Production for Episodes 4 & 5 of the OVA)
* ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' (In-Between Animation, OVA)
* ''Manga/ViolenceJack 2'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation, second season)
* ''Wild 7'' (Production Cooperation for episode 2[[note]]alongside Creator/NakamuraProductions, Creator/{{Madhouse}}, Creator/{{Artland}} and Creator/JCStaff[[/note]])
* ''Anime/WildKnightsGulkeeva'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Digital Paint)
* ''Literature/YakitoriSoldiersOfMisfortune'' (2D Animation Services)
* ''Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'' (In-Between Animation)
** ''Anime/GenkiBakuhatsuGanbaruger'' (Production Cooperation)[[labelnote:List]]"Three Great Satan, Revival!"[[/labelnote]]
** ''Anime/NekketsuSaikyoGosaurer'' (Key Animation and Production Cooperation, nine episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"Sunday of the End of Earth", "War of the Electromagnetic Barrier!", "Sublime! King Cogwheel's Death", "Yohji, a Man's Journey", "Namida no SHINDERERABOUI", "Gekitotsu! HIIROU Kettei Sen", "Senkou no GIRUTAABO!", "Sayonara Kyouryuu Jidai", "Shutsudou! SAIBOUGU Ken Ichi"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Manga/{{Zetman}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Zettai Shonen'' (Production Assistance, two episodes)[[labelnote:List]]"It Is Always The Problem of Priorities", "The Two Competing Powers"[[/labelnote]]
* ''[[Anime/RedPhotonZillion Zillion]]'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Franchise/{{Zoids}} Genesis'' (Production Assistance, one episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Secret Meeting"[[/labelnote]]
* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' (Photography Cooperation)

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' (Animation Cooperation with TMS, uncredited)[[labelnote:List]]One short ("Home On De-Nile") and six escapes ("Flush", "Soap Bubble", "Gondola", "Running Toward the Camera", "Condor", "Running Around The Corner")[[/labelnote]]
* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternEmeraldKnights'' (Animation Assistance)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' (Animation Cooperation for Creator/ToeiAnimation. Season 3, 1 episode uncredited)[[labelnote:list]]Crime Games[[/labelnote]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' (Key Animation with Creator/AjiaDo, uncredited)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' (Production Cooperation for Creator/StudioPierrot, with {{Creator/Actas}} and Creator/ARMSCorporation, uncredited)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1992'' (For [[Creator/WaltDisneyAnimationUnits Walt Disney Animation Japan]], one episode)[[labelnote:List]]"Double Bubble"[[/labelnote]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MightyOrbots'' (Storyboards, uncredited)
* ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'' (Animation, uncredited)[[labelnote:List]]"The Beginning of Rainbowland" (both parts)[[/labelnote]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' (Animation Cooperation for TMS, uncredited)[[labelnote:List]]"The Wide World Of Elmyra" (first short)[[/labelnote]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' (In-Between Animation through Kazuya Komai)
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!!Tropes Associated with Magic Bus
* BloodierAndGorier: Much of their most notable work like ''Mad Bull'' and ''Sword of Truth'' are hyper-violent to the point of it being their trademark.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: While still getting credits as a subcontractor, their lead production efforts outside of the ''Pokemon: Chase the Beans'' short consist largely of short-form {{Hentai}} titles.
* LazyArtist: A lot of their work, both as an OVA producer and episode subcontractor, is very low quality even by the standards of both formats. A large part of this is due to the studio's reliance on substandard Korean studios to aid them.

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