Madhouse Inc. (stylized as MADHOUSE; Japanese: 株式会社マッドハウス, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Maddohausu) is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1972 by ex–Mushi Pro animators, including Masao Maruyama, Osamu Dezaki, Rintaro and Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Madhouse has created and helped to produce many well-known shows, OVAs and films, starting with TV anime series Ace o Nerae! (produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha) in 1973, and including Wicked City, Ninja Scroll, Perfect Blue, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Trigun, Di Gi Charat, Black Lagoon, Death Note, Paprika, Wolf Children, Parasyte: The Maxim and the first season of One-Punch Man. Unlike other studios founded at this time such as AIC and J.C.Staff, their strength was and is primarily in TV shows and theatrical features. Expanding from the initial Mushi Pro staff, Madhouse recruited important directors such as Morio Asaka, Masayuki Kojima, and Satoshi Kon during the 1990s. Their staff roster expanded in the 2000s to include Mamoru Hosoda, Takeshi Koike, and Mitsuo Iso, as well as many younger television directors. The studio was also responsible for the first Beyblade anime series as well as the Dragon Drive anime and the 2011 anime adaptation of Hunter × Hunter. The studio often collaborates with known manga artists, including Naoki Urasawa and Clamp. Madhouse produced adaptations of Urasawa's Yawara!, Master Keaton and Monster, with Masayuki Kojima helming the later two. The company has animated a number of CLAMP's titles, including Tokyo Babylon, two versions of X (a theatrical movie and a TV series), Cardcaptor Sakura and its sequel Clear Card, and Chobits.
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1898. It is the Meiji era, Japan is undergoing rapid modernization, with Western influence sweeping across the nation. However, a far darker, more ancient threat lurks in the shadows: Vampires. These bloodthirsty creatures, once relegated to whispered legends, now plague Japan's cities and villages, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake. What’s worse, those they kill are transformed into the undead, adding to the growing horde of vampires that threatens humanity’s survival. Humanity’s only line of defense against these creatures is a secretive organization of vampire hunters sworn to eradicate the undead menace. However, another deadly faction emerges—the Oni. These ancient, demon-like beings, long believed to be myths, see the vampires as an invasive species, a perversion of nature that must be eradicated from Japan's sacred lands. Neither ally nor enemy of humans, the Oni take matters into their own hands, sparking a brutal, unpredictable war between the undead and the demons. The center of this bloody conflict is Ryuuichi Hakuba, a young man who joins the vampire hunter corps, motivated to enact vengeance against vampires. Now a member of the vampire hunter corps, Ryuuichi is determined to take revenge on the creatures that slaughtered his family, but at what cost?
