Masao Maruyama
Masao Maruyama (丸山 正雄, born June 19, 1941) is a Japanese anime producer and anime entrepreneur, the co-founder of Madhouse, as well as the founder of MAPPA and Studio M2. He is the current chairman of MAPPA and president of Studio M2. Maruyama has been involved in the Japanese animation business for over 50 years. He has worked with many well-known and up-and-coming animators, established several animation production companies, worked on dozens of series and films, and planned and produced various works. Maruyama is one of the most experienced producers in the Japanese animation industry and has given opportunities to individuals who went on to become accomplished directors in their own right. Among the talents he picked up were Satoshi Kon, Mamoru Hosoda, and Sunao Katabuchi. He also gave Masaaki Yuasa and Mitsuo Iso a chance to direct at a very early stage. He also gave Mamoru Hosoda, who was thinking of returning to his hometown to change careers after he was forced to drop out of directing Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle, a chance to direct his first theatrical film after resigning from Toei Animation. Yuichiro Hayashi, Munehisa Sakai, and Sunghoo Park, who became MAPPA's main directors, and Sayo Yamamoto, his direct protégé at Madhouse, are also people whose talents were discovered by Maruyama. His ability to find talented people helped Madhouse and MAPPA to make great strides.
Bio Hunter
(Producer)
Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge
(Producer)
X: An Omen
(Producer)
Memories
(Producer)
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
(Producer)
Satanika
(Producer)
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
(Executive Producer)
Neo Tokyo
(Producer)
Phoenix: Space Chapter
(Producer)
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
(Producer)
The Dagger of Kamui
(Production Design)
The Dagger of Kamui
(Producer)
In This Corner of the World
(Producer)
Desperate Love
(Producer)
Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors
(Producer)
Bobby's Girl
(Producer)
Millennium Actress
(Executive Producer)
Stink Bomb
(Producer)
Perfect Blue
(Producer)
Natsufuku no shōjotachi: Hiroshima Shōwa nijūnen hachigatsu muika
(Producer)
Bronze: Cathexis Koji Nanjo
(Producer)
Mfinda
(Producer)
Singles
(Producer)
A-Girl
(Producer)
Kiss Me On The Apple Of My Eye
(Producer)
Pops
(Producer)
Azuki-chan the Movie
(Producer)
Junk Boy
(Producer)
Fairy King
(Producer)
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
(Producer)
Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles
(Producer)
Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
(Producer)
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
(Producer)
One Arm
(Producer)
Metropolis
(Producer)
Reign: The Conqueror Movie
(Producer)
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
(Producer)
Aquarian Age the Movie
(Executive Producer)
Labryinth Labryinthos
(Producer)
The Running Man
(Producer)
The Order to Stop Construction
(Producer)
Space-Time Traveler - Time Stranger
(Producer)
Texhnolyze
(Producer)
Street Fighter
(Producer)
Mokke
(Producer)
Pet Shop of Horrors
(Producer)
Tenjho Tenge
(Producer)
X
(Producer)
Death Note
(Producer)
NANA
(Producer)
Onihei
(Producer)
TRIGUN
(Executive Producer)
Sakura Wars
(Producer)
Paradise Kiss
(Producer)
Hitsuji no Uta
(Producer)
Boogiepop Phantom
(Producer)
The Gokusen
(Producer)
DNA²
(Producer)
Den-noh Coil
(Producer)
Chance Pop Session
(Producer)
Doomed Megalopolis
(Producer)
Trava: Fist Planet
(Producer)
Kunimatsu-sama no Otoridai
(Settings)
Jetter Mars
(Series Composition)
Zetsuai-1989
(Producer)
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
(Producer)
Chihayafuru
(Creative Producer)
PLUTO
(Executive Producer)
Claymore
(Producer)