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3To 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.
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5Established 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.
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7Between 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.
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9The studio is well-regarded for producing both commercial series such as ''Anime/AstroBoy'' and deeply uncommercial avant-garde works such as ''Anime/BelladonnaOfSadness''.
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11More 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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13!!Credits Include:
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16[[AC:Main Studio]]
17* ''Anime/AThousandAndOneNights''
18* ''Literature/AllisonAndLillia'' (With Madhouse)
19* ''Series/AmbassadorMagma'' (OVA, with Creator/{{Dogakobo}})
20* ''Anime/AndersenMonogatari''
21* ''Anime/AstroBoy''
22* ''Anime/BelladonnaOfSadness''
23* ''Manga/BlackJack''
24* ''Blue Sonnet''
25* ''Cleopatra''
26* ''Manga/DagashiKashi'' (second series)
27* ''Manga/DearBrother''
28* ''Anime/Dororo2019'' (co-production with {{Creator/MAPPA}})
29* ''Literature/EndoAndKobayashiLive The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte''
30* ''Manga/TheFable''
31* ''Fables of the Green Forest'' (co-production with Zuiyo Eizo, which later evolved into Creator/NipponAnimation)
32* ''Festival of Family Classics'' (With Creator/{{Topcraft}} and Creator/RankinBassProductions)
33* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'' (animation production; as Mushi Studio, with Rankin-Bass)
34* ''Manga/Golgo13: Queen Bee''
35* ''Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick'' (Last 8 episodes only)
36* ''Literature/HowNotToSummonADemonLord'' (Second Season)
37* ''WesternAnimation/TheJackson5ive'' (With Topcraft, Halas and Batchelor and Estudios Moro)
38* ''Kid Power''
39* ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion''
40* ''Manga/LovelyComplex'' (With Creator/ToeiAnimation & Creator/MagicBus)
41* ''The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians''
42* ''Anime/Metropolis2001'' (With Madhouse)
43* ''Manga/{{Mokke}}''
44* ''Anime/Moomin1990'' (Replacing Creator/TMSEntertainment)
45* ''New Treasure Island''
46* ''Manga/Phoenix1954''
47* ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' (episodes 1 and 8)
48* ''Manga/PrincessKnight''
49* ''The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show''
50* ''Space Journey - The First Dream of Wonder-kun''
51* ''Tales of the Street Corner''
52* ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'' (First series only)
53* ''Manga/{{Unico}}'' (both films co-produced with Creator/{{Sanrio}} with animation by Creator/{{Madhouse}})
54** ''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico''
55** ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic''
56* ''Manga/UnderNinja''
57* ''Manga/WanderingSon''
58* ''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.)
59* ''Anime/WonderBeatScramble'' (With Magic Bus)
60* ''Wonder Three''
61* ''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)
62* ''[[Anime/TheKindlyLion Yasashii Lion]]'' (a collaboration with Japanese children's book author Creator/TakashiYanase)
63* ''Yamataro Comes Back''
64[[/index]]
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66[[AC:Support Studio]]
67* ''8 Man After'' (Photography)
68* ''Manga/AngelicLayer'' (In-Between Animation)
69* ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}}'' (In-Between Animation for season 1; Backgrounds for seasons 2 through 4, ''Friends'' and ''[[Anime/AikatsuStars Stars]]'')
70* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' (Animation Cooperation)
71* ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' (In-Between Animation, ''Beyond'')
72* ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' (1988 OVA, Animation; Photography)
73* ''Anime/AtomTheBeginning'' (Production Cooperation)
74* ''Manga/BarefootGen'' (Photography Cooperation)
75* ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' (Photography Cooperation; Editing)
76* ''Anime/BattleAthletes'' (In-Between Animation)
77* ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc III'' (Key Animation)
78* ''Big Wars'' (In-Between Animation; Editing)
79* ''[[Manga/BigWindup Big Windup ~Natsu no Taikai-hen~]]'' (In-Between Animation)
80* ''Manga/BlackGod'' (In-Between Animation)
81* ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' (Background Art and Design)
82* ''Manga/BlueSeed'' (Backgrounds)
83* ''Literature/BraveStory'' (Animation)
84* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis Tokyo 2040'' (Photography)
85* ''Anime/BuddyComplex'' (2nd Key Animation)
86* ''Capeta'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
87* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' (Key, Finish & In-Between Animation)
88* ''Literature/TheCaseFilesOfYakushijiRyoko'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Photography)
89* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' (Production assistance for the movie)
90* ''The Cockpit'' (Editing)
91* ''Literature/CopCraft'' (Backgrounds)
92* ''Anime/CrossAnge'' (2nd Key Animation)
93* ''Manga/DeathNote'' (Backgrounds)
94* ''Anime/DevilHunterYohko'' (Finish & In-Between Animation; Backgrounds; Photography; Editing)
95* ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' (Production Cooperation)
96* ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' (Key & 2nd Key Animation)
97* ''[[Anime/ExDriver éX-Driver]]'' (Background art, through Kazuo Okada, Masato Shibata, Takanobu Sugano, Tetsuhiko Nagashima and Kiyohiro Iwasaki)
98* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' (Photography, series)
99* ''Manga/FairyTail'' (In-Between Animation)
100* ''VideoGame/FatalFury - The Motion Picture'' (Animation Assistance; Cel Painting Assistance)
101* ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' (In-Between Animation, both series)
102* ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight'' (Key & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
103* ''Anime/GaReiZero'' (Key Animation)
104* ''Anime/GallForce 3 - Stardust War'' (Photography)
105* ''Literature/Gamers2015'' (Backgrounds)
106* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar Final'' (Finish Animation)
107* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' (In-Between Animation; Backgrounds)
108* ''Anime/GodMars - A Six-Gods Unit: Legend of Seventeen'' (Paint)
109* ''Manga/GoldenTime'' (Backgrounds)
110* ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}: The Professional'' (Ink & Paint)
111* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternEmeraldKnights'' (Key Animation)
112* ''VideoGame/GuardianHeroes'' (Photography, opening sequence)
113* ''{{Franchise/Gundam}}''
114** ''Anime/GundamReconguistaInG'' (2nd Key Animation)
115** ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamtheOrigin'' (Key Animation)
116** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' (Finish & In-Between Animation)
117* ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'' (Finish Animation; Production Assistance)
118* ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'' (Production Assistance, seven episodes)
119* ''Anime/HaloLegends'' (In-Between Animation)
120* ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' (In-Between Animation)
121* ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats'' (Animation for season 1; with Creator/StudioKorumi, Creator/StudioTakeOne, Creator/ArakiProductions and Creator/WangFilmProductions[[labelnote:*]]uncredited[[/labelnote]] for Creator/TMSEntertainment)
122* ''Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead'' (2nd key Animation)
123* ''[[Anime/{{Heybot}} Heybot!]]'' (Backgrounds)
124* ''Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai'' (In-Between Animation; Dreamcast version)
125* ''Manga/InitialD'' (In-Between Animation, ''Extra Stage'')
126* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' (Photography for Season 2; uncredited)[[note]]Hiroshi Isagawa is credited for Camera Direction[[/note]]
127* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (Photography, OVA)
128* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' (In-Between Animation; Photography; Production Cooperation)
129* ''Manga/KissHimNotMe'' (2nd Key Animation)
130* ''Manga/{{Kochikame}}'' (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
131* ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
132* ''Literature/{{Kurozuka}}'' (Backgrounds)
133* ''VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience'' (Key Animation; Production Assistance)
134* ''Anime/LupinIII''
135** ''Anime/LegendOfTheGoldOfBabylon'' (Finish Animation)
136** ''Anime/LupinIIIVoyageToDanger'' (Key & In-Between Animation)
137** ''Anime/LupinIIIElusivenessOfTheFog'' (In-Between Animation)
138* ''Anime/M3TheDarkMetal'' (2nd Key Animation)
139* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaReflection'' (Backgrounds)
140* ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' (Finish & In-Between Animation)
141* ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'' (In-Between Animation)
142* ''{{Manga/Major}}'' (Key Animation)
143* ''Anime/{{Megazone 23}}'' (Finish Animation; Photography)
144* ''Anime/MarsDaybreak'' (In-Between Animation)
145* ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' (Animation Assistance; Digital Photography)
146* ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' (In-Between Animation)
147* ''Manga/NatsuNoArashi'' (Key Animation; Composition; Photography; Animation Assistance)
148* ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'' (Photography)
149* ''Anime/NightRaid1931'' (2nd Key Animation)
150* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' (Cel Painting; In-Between Animation)
151* ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' (Photography)
152* ''Anime/NinjaSenshiTobikage'' (In-Between Animation)
153* ''Manga/OnePiece'' (Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
154* ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'' (Background Assistance, second season)
155* ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' (Photography; Production Assistance)
156* ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' (Production Cooperation, OVA)
157* ''WesternAnimation/PolePosition'' (Photography)
158* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' (Backgrounds; Production Cooperation)
159* ''Anime/RobotCarnival'' (Special Thanks)
160* ''Manga/SaintSeiya Omega'' (Key Animation)
161* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' (Production Cooperation for season 1; 2nd key Animation for ''Second Semester'')
162* ''Manga/SgtFrog'' (Line Test)
163* ''Literature/{{Shiki}}'' (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
164* ''Anime/SistersOfWellber'' (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Digital Paint)
165* ''Literature/{{Slayers}} - The Motion Picture'' (Production Assistance)
166* ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'' (Finish Animation; Animation)
167* ''Anime/SonicX'' (In-Between Animation)
168* ''Manga/SoraNoManimani'' (In-Between Animation)
169* ''Manga/SoulEater'' (2nd Key Animation)
170* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' (Photography)
171* ''Anime/Spriggan1998'' (In-Between Animation; Photography)
172* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' (In-Between Animation)
173* ''Anime/StarshipGirlYamamotoYohko'' (Finish Animation)
174* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration: The Inspector'' (2nd Key Animation)
175* ''Anime/{{Supernatural}}'' (Key Animation; Production Cooperation)
176* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo Mihoshi Special'' (Photography)
177* ''Manga/TerraforMARS'' (2nd Key Animation)
178* ''Manga/TokyoESP'' (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance)
179* ''Anime/TransformersVictory'' (Key Animation, through Masayoshi Nishida)
180* ''Anime/{{Trickster}}'' (Production Cooperation)
181* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' (Photography)
182* ''Anime/UFOUltramaidenValkyrie'' (Finish Animation)
183* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' (Cel Painting for the series; Photography for ''Always My Darling''; Production Assistance for ''Lum The Forever'')
184* ''Anime/ValkyriaChronicles'' (2nd Key Animation)
185* ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' (Photography for the second and third [=OVAs=])
186* ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'' (Backgrounds, second series)
187* ''Manga/WaveListenToMe'' (Backgrounds)
188* ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' (Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
189* ''Manga/YowamushiPedal'' (In-Between Animation)
190* ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' (Production Assistance)
191** ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' (Production Assistance)
192** ''Anime/YuGiOhSevens'' (Backgrounds)
193* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' (In-Between Animation)
194** ''Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report'' (Finish & In-Between Animation Assistance)
195* ''Manga/{{Yawara}} Special - Zutto Kimi no Koto ga'' (Photography)
196* ''Franchise/{{Zoids}} Fuzors'' (In-Between Animation)

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