Masao Maruyama

Masao Maruyama

  • Birthday: 1941-06-19
  • Place of birth: Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan
  • Also know as: 小林 幸

Biography

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.

Filmography

Production

The Dagger of Kamui

1985

As Production Design

Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie

1999

As Executive Producer

Neo Tokyo

1989

As Producer

Millennium Actress

2002

As Executive Producer

Phoenix: Space Chapter

1987

As Producer

The Dagger of Kamui

1985

As Producer

Desperate Love

1992

As Producer

Bobby's Girl

1985

As Producer

Singles

1993

As Producer

A-Girl

1993

As Producer

Pops

1993

As Producer

Azuki-chan the Movie

1995

As Producer

Junk Boy

1987

As Producer

Nasu: Summer in Andalusia

2003

As Producer

Fairy King

1988

As Producer

One Arm

2019

As Producer

Metropolis

2001

As Producer

Aquarian Age the Movie

2003

As Executive Producer

Bio Hunter

1995

As Producer

Satanika

1998

As Producer

X: An Omen

2001

As Producer

Perfect Blue

1998

As Producer

Mfinda

0000

As Producer

Memories

1995

As Producer

Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor

2007

As Producer

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