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To streamline the page, both Mushi Productions (虫プロダクション; in both its 1961-1973 & 1977-present incarnations) and Tezuka Productions (手塚プロダクション) will be on the same page.

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 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.

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'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.

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

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, Creator/StudioJack, and the above-mentioned Madhouse and Kyoto Animation, studios established by former animators of the company after the initial bankruptcy[[note]]with the exceptions of Tama, Knack and Studio Jack, which were established during active operations[[/note]].
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!!Credits Include:
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[[folder: Main Studio ]]

* ''Anime/AThousandAndOneNights''
* ''Literature/AllisonAndLillia'' (With Madhouse)
* ''Series/AmbassadorMagma'' (OVA, with Creator/{{Dogakobo}})
* ''Anime/AndersenMonogatari''
* ''Anime/AstroBoy''
* ''Anime/BelladonnaOfSadness''
* ''Manga/BlackJack''
* ''Blue Sonnet''
* ''Cleopatra''
* ''Manga/DagashiKashi'' (second series)
* ''Manga/DearBrother''
* ''Anime/Dororo2019'' (co-production with {{Creator/MAPPA}})
* ''Literature/EndoAndKobayashiLive The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte''
* ''Manga/TheFable''
* ''Fables of the Green Forest'' (co-production with Zuiyo Eizo, which later evolved into Creator/NipponAnimation)
* ''Festival of Family Classics'' (With Creator/{{Topcraft}} and Creator/RankinBassProductions)
* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' (animation production; as Mushi Studio, with Rankin-Bass)
* ''Manga/Golgo13: Queen Bee''
* ''Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick'' (Last 8 episodes only)
* ''Literature/HowNotToSummonADemonLord'' (Second Season)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJackson5ive'' (With Topcraft, Halas and Batchelor and Estudios Moro)
* ''Kid Power''
* ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion''
* ''Manga/LovelyComplex'' (With Creator/ToeiAnimation & Creator/MagicBus)
* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians''
* ''Anime/Metropolis2001'' (With Madhouse)
* ''Manga/{{Mokke}}''
* ''Anime/Moomin1990'' (Replacing Creator/TMSEntertainment)
* ''New Treasure Island''
* ''Manga/Phoenix1954''
* ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' (episodes 1 and 8)
* ''Manga/PrincessKnight''
* ''The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show''
* ''Space Journey - The First Dream of Wonder-kun''
* ''Tales of the Street Corner''
* ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'' (First series only)
* ''Manga/{{Unico}}'' (both films co-produced with Creator/{{Sanrio}} with animation by Creator/{{Madhouse}})
** ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico''
** ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic''
* ''Manga/UnderNinja''
* ''Manga/WanderingSon''
* ''Wansa-kun'' (The original Mushi's final production in 1973; a Zuiyo Eizo coproduction. The creative team went on to make ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', originally planned as a Mushi production, with other studios.)
* ''Anime/WonderBeatScramble'' (With Magic Bus)
* ''Wonder Three''
* ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' (the first four entries only -- the ''Manga/{{Dororo}}'' 1969 anime, ''Anderson Stories'' and ''Anime/Moomin1969'' as well as the 1972 series -- Replaced by Creator/NipponAnimation[=/=]Zuiyo Enterprise)
* ''[[Anime/TheKindlyLion Yasashii Lion]]'' (a collaboration with Japanese children's book author Creator/TakashiYanase)
* ''Yamataro Comes Back''
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[[folder: Support Studio ]]

* ''8 Man After'' (Photography)
* ''Manga/AngelicLayer'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}}'' (In-Between Animation for season 1; Backgrounds for seasons 2 through 4, ''Friends'' and ''[[Anime/AikatsuStars Stars]]'')
* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' (Animation Cooperation)
* ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' (In-Between Animation, ''Beyond'')
* ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' (1988 OVA, Animation; Photography)
* ''Anime/AtomTheBeginning'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Manga/BarefootGen'' (Photography Cooperation)
* ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' (Photography Cooperation; Editing)
* ''Anime/BattleAthletes'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc III'' (Key Animation)
* ''Big Wars'' (In-Between Animation; Editing)
* ''[[Manga/BigWindup Big Windup ~Natsu no Taikai-hen~]]'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/BlackGod'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' (Background Art and Design)
* ''Manga/BlueSeed'' (Backgrounds)
* ''Literature/BraveStory'' (Animation)
* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis Tokyo 2040'' (Photography)
* ''Anime/BuddyComplex'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Capeta'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' (Key, Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''Literature/TheCaseFilesOfYakushijiRyoko'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Photography)
* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' (Production assistance for the movie)
* ''The Cockpit'' (Editing)
* ''Literature/CopCraft'' (Backgrounds)
* ''Anime/CrossAnge'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Manga/DeathNote'' (Backgrounds)
* ''Anime/DevilHunterYohko'' (Finish & In-Between Animation; Backgrounds; Photography; Editing)
* ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' (Key & 2nd Key Animation)
* ''[[Anime/ExDriver éX-Driver]]'' (Background art, through Kazuo Okada, Masato Shibata, Takanobu Sugano, Tetsuhiko Nagashima and Kiyohiro Iwasaki)
* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' (Photography, series)
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''VideoGame/FatalFury - The Motion Picture'' (Animation Assistance; Cel Painting Assistance)
* ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' (In-Between Animation, both series)
* ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight'' (Key & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
* ''Anime/GaReiZero'' (Key Animation)
* ''Anime/GallForce 3 - Stardust War'' (Photography)
* ''Literature/Gamers2015'' (Backgrounds)
* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar Final'' (Finish Animation)
* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' (In-Between Animation; Backgrounds)
* ''Anime/GodMars - A Six-Gods Unit: Legend of Seventeen'' (Paint)
* ''Manga/GoldenTime'' (Backgrounds)
* ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}: The Professional'' (Ink & Paint)
* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternEmeraldKnights'' (Key Animation)
* ''VideoGame/GuardianHeroes'' (Photography, opening sequence)
* ''{{Franchise/Gundam}}''
** ''Anime/GundamReconguistaInG'' (2nd Key Animation)
** ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamtheOrigin'' (Key Animation)
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' (Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'' (Finish Animation; Production Assistance)
* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'' (Production Assistance, seven episodes)
* ''Anime/HaloLegends'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats'' (Animation for season 1; with Creator/StudioKorumi, Creator/StudioTakeOne, Creator/ArakiProductions and Creator/WangFilmProductions[[labelnote:*]]uncredited[[/labelnote]] for Creator/TMSEntertainment)
* ''Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead'' (2nd key Animation)
* ''[[Anime/{{Heybot}} Heybot!]]'' (Backgrounds)
* ''Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai'' (In-Between Animation; Dreamcast version)
* ''Manga/InitialD'' (In-Between Animation, ''Extra Stage'')
* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' (Photography for Season 2; uncredited)[[note]]Hiroshi Isagawa is credited for Camera Direction[[/note]]
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (Photography, OVA)
* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' (In-Between Animation; Photography; Production Cooperation)
* ''Manga/KissHimNotMe'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Manga/{{Kochikame}}'' (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
* ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
* ''Literature/{{Kurozuka}}'' (Backgrounds)
* ''VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience'' (Key Animation; Production Assistance)
* ''Anime/LupinIII''
** ''Anime/LegendOfTheGoldOfBabylon'' (Finish Animation)
** ''Anime/LupinIIIVoyageToDanger'' (Key & In-Between Animation)
** ''Anime/LupinIIIElusivenessOfTheFog'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/M3TheDarkMetal'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaReflection'' (Backgrounds)
* ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' (Finish & In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''{{Manga/Major}}'' (Key Animation)
* ''Anime/{{Megazone 23}}'' (Finish Animation; Photography)
* ''Anime/MarsDaybreak'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' (Animation Assistance; Digital Photography)
* ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/NatsuNoArashi'' (Key Animation; Composition; Photography; Animation Assistance)
* ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'' (Photography)
* ''Anime/NightRaid1931'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' (Cel Painting; In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' (Photography)
* ''Anime/NinjaSenshiTobikage'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' (Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
* ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'' (Background Assistance, second season)
* ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' (Photography; Production Assistance)
* ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' (Production Cooperation, OVA)
* ''WesternAnimation/PolePosition'' (Photography)
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' (Backgrounds; Production Cooperation)
* ''Anime/RobotCarnival'' (Special Thanks)
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya Omega'' (Key Animation)
* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' (Production Cooperation for season 1; 2nd key Animation for ''Second Semester'')
* ''Manga/SgtFrog'' (Line Test)
* ''Literature/{{Shiki}}'' (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
* ''Anime/SistersOfWellber'' (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Digital Paint)
* ''Literature/{{Slayers}} - The Motion Picture'' (Production Assistance)
* ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'' (Finish Animation; Animation)
* ''Anime/SonicX'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/SoraNoManimani'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Manga/SoulEater'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' (Photography)
* ''Anime/Spriggan1998'' (In-Between Animation; Photography)
* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/StarshipGirlYamamotoYohko'' (Finish Animation)
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration: The Inspector'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Anime/{{Supernatural}}'' (Key Animation; Production Cooperation)
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo Mihoshi Special'' (Photography)
* ''Manga/TerraforMARS'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Manga/TokyoESP'' (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
* ''Anime/TransformersVictory'' (Key Animation, through Masayoshi Nishida)
* ''Anime/{{Trickster}}'' (Production Cooperation)
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' (Photography)
* ''Anime/UFOUltramaidenValkyrie'' (Finish Animation)
* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' (Cel Painting for the series; Photography for ''Always My Darling''; Production Assistance for ''Lum The Forever'')
* ''Anime/ValkyriaChronicles'' (2nd Key Animation)
* ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' (Photography for the second and third [=OVAs=])
* ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'' (Backgrounds, second series)
* ''Manga/WaveListenToMe'' (Backgrounds)
* ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' (Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
* ''Manga/YowamushiPedal'' (In-Between Animation)
* ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' (Production Assistance)
** ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' (Production Assistance)
** ''Anime/YuGiOhSevens'' (Backgrounds)
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' (In-Between Animation)
** ''Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report'' (Finish & In-Between Animation Assistance)
* ''Manga/{{Yawara}} Special - Zutto Kimi no Koto ga'' (Photography)
* ''Franchise/{{Zoids}} Fuzors'' (In-Between Animation)
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