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Template:Short description Template:Expand Japanese Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Nihongo". or Mushi ProTemplate:Efn for short, is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Fujimidai, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan.[1] It previously had a headquarters elsewhere in Nerima.

The studio was headed by manga artist Osamu Tezuka.[2] Tezuka started it as a rivalry with Toei Animation, his former employer, after Tezuka's contract with Toei expired in 1961.[3] The studio pioneered TV animation in Japan, and was responsible for many successful anime television series, such as Astro Boy, Gokū no Daibōken, Princess Knight, Kimba the White Lion, Dororo and Ashita no Joe, as well as more adult-oriented feature films such as A Thousand and One Nights, Cleopatra (the first Japanese X-rated animated film) and Belladonna of Sadness.

In addition to doing their anime productions, Mushi was best known for its overseas work on five traditionally animated TV projects from Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass' Videocraft International (now Rankin/Bass Productions) in New York, New York, including the Christmas special Frosty the Snowman, with the production artwork being done by Paul Coker, Jr., along with the animation supervision by Yusaku "Steve" Nakagawa.

Morisawa argues that Tezuka "proposed an unrealistically suppressed production budget... in an attempt to outbid his competitors", a budget that contributed to the Studio's (and industry at the time) low profitability.[2] Mushi, plagued by financial difficulties, declared bankruptcy in 1973 and its assets were divided.[2] Tezuka had already left the company by then, having stepped down as acting director in 1968 and formed a new animation studio, Tezuka Productions (which made such works as Marvelous Melmo and Unico). The company was later reestablished on November 26, 1977, and has continued to operate as "legacy company".

Productions

Original (1962-1973)

(based on the works of Osamu Tezuka)

Films

  • Tales of a Street Corner (November 5, 1962) - experimental film
  • Male (November 5, 1962) - experimental film
  • Memory (September 21, 1964) - experimental film
  • Mermaid (September 21, 1964) - experimental film
  • Mighty Atom, the Brave in Space (July 26, 1964)
  • Cigarettes and Ashes (October 1, 1965) - experimental film
  • The Drop (October 1, 1965) - experimental film
  • Jungle Emperor Leo Movie (July 31, 1966)
  • Pictures at an Exhibition (November 11, 1966) - experimental film
  • Genesis (October 1, 1968) - experimental film

Television series

Television specials

Non-original (1968-present)

(original TV/film productions, or adaptations of other material)

Television series

Films

OVAs

Commission work

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References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Home. Mushi Production. Retrieved on March 15, 2012. "〒177-0034 東京都練馬区 富士見台2-30-5"
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