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Masao Maruyama is a Producer and Production Design Japonais born on 19 june 1941 at Shiogama (Japon)

Masao Maruyama

Masao Maruyama
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Nationality Japon
Birth 19 june 1941 (83 years) at Shiogama (Japon)
Creator of MAPPA (studio)

Masao Maruyama (丸山 正雄, Maruyama Masao, born June 19, 1941) is a Japanese film producer, animation developer, the co-founder, board of directors member, and producer of Studio Madhouse, one of the leading animation production companies in the world. Born in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, he is a 40-plus year veteran of the animation business.

Biography

Masao Maruyama naît le 19 juin 1941 dans la petite ville de Shiogama, au nord de Sendai, dans la préfecture de Miyagi au Japon. En 1963, il sort diplômé de l'Université Hōsei puis intègre en 1965 le jeune studio Mushi Production créé par le mangaka Osamu Tezuka. Il commence sur la série W3 en tant qu'assistant à la direction d'épisode.

Il occupe par la suite le poste de Settei (設定) qui signifie, dans le cas de Maruyama, qu'il a un rôle de producteur mais en plus participe au processus créatif avec le réalisateur, le ou les scénaristes, ainsi qu'avec le responsable des décors. Cette notion est le plus souvent traduit par le mot anglais Setting.

Il participe notamment à ce poste à Princesse Saphir et à Ashita no Joe, série où il va rencontrer le réalisateur Osamu Dezaki. Face à la crise financière que connaît Mushi, Maruyama décide de se joindre à Dezaki ainsi qu'à d'autres anciens animateurs de Mushi comme Rintaro ou Yoshiaki Kawajiri afin de fonder en octobre 1972 un nouveau studio, Studio Madhouse. Maruyama va alors occuper le poste de scénariste et travailler sur des séries produites par les studios Toei animation, Tokyo Movie, Nippon Animation mais toujours avec ses camarades de Madhouse, notamment Dezaki, Rintaro et Akio Sugino.

En 1980, Dezaki et Sugino quittent le studio ce qui permet à Maruyama d'entrer au bureau exécutif et de changer la politique du studio. Jusqu'alors, le studio sous-traitait des séries produites par Tokyo Movie, pour la plupart réalisées par Dezaki. Maruyama décide d'axer la production du studio vers les longs métrages et fait de Rintaro le principal réalisateur.

À partir de 1983, il retourne à la production et tourne la politique du studio vers des films plus adultes avec notamment Harmagedon et Gen d'Hiroshima qu'il produit. Il produit par la suite un bon nombre des séries du studio tout en gardant la mainmise sur les processus créatifs des productions du studio, laissant le côté financier et la gestion au président du studio, Jungo Murata.

Ces dernières années, il participe à de nombreuses conventions aux États-Unis ce qui lui a apporté une certaine notoriété auprès des fans américains.

En 2011, il crée son propre studio baptisé Mappa dont le premier anime est Kids on the slope avec la participation de Nobuteru Yuki, Yōko Kanno et Shin'ichirō Watanabe.

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Filmography of Masao Maruyama (18 films)

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Producer

In This Corner of the World
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Animation, Romance
Actors Rena Nōnen, Megumi Han, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Shigeru Ushiyama, Hisako Kyōda, Nozomu Sasaki
Roles Producer
Rating78% 3.9007753.9007753.9007753.9007753.900775
En 1944, Suzu, fraîchement mariée, emménage chez ses beaux-parents à Kure, un port proche d’Hiroshima, face à la base navale impériale, constamment sous le feu des raids américains jusqu’au bombardement fatal d’Hiroshima en 1945. La guerre vue à travers le prisme d’une famille japonaise traditionnelle ordinaire, qui se bat au quotidien pour sa survie.
In This Corner of the World, 2h8
Directed by Sunao Katabuchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Animation, Romance
Actors Rena Nōnen, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Mayumi Shintani, Shigeru Ushiyama, Tsuyoshi Koyama
Roles Producer
Rating78% 3.9007753.9007753.9007753.9007753.900775
La jeune Suzu quitte Hiroshima en 1944, à l'occasion de son mariage, pour vivre dans la famille de son mari à Kure, un port militaire. La guerre rend le quotidien de plus en plus difficile ; malgré cela, la jeune femme cultive la joie et l'art de vivre.
Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge, 1h37
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Megumi Han, Mariya Ise, Keiji Fujiwara, Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hidenobu Kiuchi
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.310943.310943.310943.310943.31094
The movie begins with Killua dreaming about his brother Illumi's warning to never make friends, claiming that eventually he will betray or get betrayed by them. He wakes up along Gon on an airship. Upon arriving at their destination, they meet Leorio and learn that he and Kurapika were investigating a rumor about a survivor of Kurapika's Kuruta Clan until they meet a young boy whom Kurapika recognized as his childhood friend Pyro, who attacks him and steals his eyes. Uncounscious since then, Kurapika awakens beside the others and soon after he has visions through his stolen eyes of a man whose right palm is marked with a spider tattoo, the same used by the members of the Phantom Troupe.
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, 1h26
Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Time travel films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Alistair Abell, Shun Oguri, Scott McNeil, Nolan North, Janyse Jaud, Romi Park
Roles Producer
Rating67% 3.3557953.3557953.3557953.3557953.355795
The story centers on characters who are immortal. The lead character, Colin MacLeod, became an Immortal after his first death in 125 AD in Roman Britain, when his village was attacked by the conquering Romans. Another Immortal, Marcus Octavius, was leading the Roman Empire's military forces in hopes of creating his dream of a utopian society. Octavius killed Colin's wife, but was not able to kill Colin whose unconscious body was dragged by a horse to within Stonehenge, a "holy ground" in the story, where Immortals are forbidden to fight.
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order, 25minutes
Directed by Tetsuya Nomura, Morio Asaka
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about video games, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Films based on video games
Actors Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kenichi Suzumura, Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Itō, Junichi Suwabe, Keiji Fujiwara
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.621953.621953.621953.621953.62195
À la suite du massacre de Nibelheim par Sephiroth, Zack et Cloud tentent de fuir les forces de la Shinra et les Turks afin de rentrer à Midgar. Leur fuite est entrecoupée de flash-backs autour des événements ayant eu lieu à Nibelheim.
Tokyo Godfathers, 1h32
Directed by Satoshi Kon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Aya Okamoto, Tōru Emori, Satomi Kōrogi, Shōzō Iizuka, Seizō Katō, Ryūji Saikachi
Roles Producer
Rating78% 3.9010753.9010753.9010753.9010753.901075
One Christmas Eve in present-day Tokyo, three homeless people — Gin (ギン), a middle-aged alcoholic, Hana (ハナ), a trans woman and former drag queen, and Miyuki (ミユキ), a runaway girl — discover an abandoned newborn while looking through garbage. Deposited with the unnamed baby is a note asking the finder to take good care of her and a bag containing clues to the parent's identity. The trio sets out to find the baby's parents. The baby is named Kiyoko (清子), literally meaning "pure child" as she is found on Christmas Eve.
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia, 47minutes
Directed by Kitarō Kōsaka
Origin Japon
Genres Action, Animation
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Cycling films, Road movies
Actors Yo Oizumi, Eiko Koike, Hiroaki Hirata, Masahiko Tanaka, Rintarō Nishi, Toshio Kakei
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.487193.487193.487193.487193.48719
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia follows the story of a professional Spanish cyclist, Pepe Benengeli, as he competes in the Vuelta a España road bicycle race through his home town in the Iberian region of Andalusia. As the story progresses, Pepe is faced with frustrating consequences, with him facing pressure from his sponsors and the wedding of his former girlfriend, Carmen, to his elder brother, Angel, coinciding on the same day of the penultimate stage of the bicycle race. Originally is meant to be a backup racer (domestique) whose job is to assist his more prominent team-mate to win the race. However he accidentally overhears a conversation in his sponsor's van through his radio com-link which had been negligently left open, in which he finds out, to his shock, that his sponsor intends to fire him after the race. Realizing that he may not find another team for the next season and that he has nothing left to lose, he disregards his instructions and sets out to win the race for himself.
Trava: Fist Planet
Directed by Katsuhito Ishii, Takeshi Koike
Genres Science fiction, Animation
Actors Yoshiyuki Morishita, Kanji Tsuda
Roles Producer
Rating67% 3.39773.39773.39773.39773.3977
L'histoire raconte l'aventure de deux extra-terrestres dans leur vaisseau spatial. Trava, qui est un ancien pilote de l'armée, et Shinkai, son mécano. Ils errent dans l'univers et survivent en faisant des petits boulots. Cette fois-ci, on leur a confié une mission plutôt bien payée. Les deux héros sont envoyés pour tracer la carte d'une planète éloignée, dans la zone 78. Mais lors de leur périple, une capsule de survie apparaît près de la planète à explorer. Ils sont loin de se douter de ce qui les attends par la suite...
Millennium Actress, 1h27
Directed by Satoshi Kon
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Animation, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Shōzō Iizuka, Onosaka Masaya, Shōko Tsuda, Hirotaka Suzuoki
Roles Executive Producer
Rating77% 3.8994953.8994953.8994953.8994953.899495
A movie studio is being torn down. TV interviewer Genya Tachibana has tracked down its most famous star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has been a recluse since she left acting some 30 years ago. Tachibana delivers a key to her, and it causes her to reflect on her career; as she's telling the story, Tachibana and Kyoji Ida, his long-suffering cameraman, are drawn in. The key was given to her as a teenager by a painter and revolutionary that she helped to escape the police. She becomes an actress because it will make it possible to track him down, and she spends the next several decades acting out that search in various genres and eras.
Metropolis
Metropolis (2001)
, 1h47
Directed by Rintarō
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Steampunk films, Robot films
Actors Kōsei Tomita, Norio Wakamoto, Tarō Ishida, Takeshi Aono, Norihiro Inoue, Masaru Ikeda
Roles Producer
Rating71% 3.5985453.5985453.5985453.5985453.598545
In the futuristic city of Metropolis humans and robots coexist. Robots are discriminated against and segregated to the city's lower levels. A lot of Metropolis' human population are unemployed and deprived, and many people blame the robots for taking their jobs.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, 1h45
Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Animation, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Wolves in film, Dracula films, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Political films, Dystopian films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Pamela Adlon, John DiMaggio, Dwight Schultz, Andy Philpot, Wendee Lee, Michael McShane
Roles Producer
Rating75% 3.7997553.7997553.7997553.7997553.799755
Charlotte, a young woman, is abducted by Baron Meier Link, a vampire nobleman who is known not to harm humans needlessly. Charlotte's father hires D, a dhampir, to find her and kill her humanely if she turns into a vampire. At the same time, her older brother also hires the notorious Marcus brothers for backup. Among them is a woman named Leila, who hunts vampires because of a personal grudge rather than for monetary gain. The two parties (D and the Marcus brothers) race inexorably after Meier Link. However, Meier Link hires the mutant Barbarois; a group of lethal mercenary body guards. They consist of Caroline, a shape shifter; Benge, a shadow manipulator; and Machira, a werewolf.
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie, 1h20
Directed by Morio Asaka
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Sakura Tange, Megumi Hayashibara, Aya Hisakawa, Motoko Kumai, Kotono Mitsuishi, Junko Iwao
Roles Executive Producer
Rating72% 3.608413.608413.608413.608413.60841
Sakura Kinomoto, Cardcaptor of the Clow Cards, successfully seals the Arrow Card with help from her friends Syaoran Li, Kero, Tomoyo Daidoji, and Meiling Li. That night, Sakura experiences a strange dream where two pieces of cloth pull her underwater. After school ends for spring break, Sakura and Tomoyo visit the "Twin Bells" shop where Sakura participates in a lottery to win a vacation to Hong Kong. As Sakura reaches for a lottery ball, one magically flies into her hand, the winning ball for the vacation. Sakura goes with Tomoyo, Kero, her big brother Toya and his best friend Yukito Tsukishiro, who Sakura has a crush on.
Perfect Blue, 1h20
Directed by Satoshi Kon
Origin Japon
Genres Thriller, Animation
Actors Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Yōsuke Akimoto, Masaaki Ōkura, Yoku Shioya, Hideyuki Hori
Roles Producer
Rating80% 4.003684.003684.003684.003684.00368
Mima Kirigoe, the lead singer of the fictional J-pop idol group "CHAM!", decides to leave the group to become an actress, believing that the idol group life is a dead end job. Her first project is a crime drama series, Double Bind. Some of her fans are upset by her change in career, including a stalker known as "Me-Mania". Shortly after leaving CHAM!, Mima receives an anonymous fax calling her a traitor. She also finds a website called "Mima's Room", which features public diary entries that seem to be written by her that discuss her life in great detail. She brings the site to the attention of her manager, ex-pop star Rumi Hidaka, but is advised to ignore it.
Memories
Memories (1995)
, 1h53
Directed by Kōji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Hideyuki Hori, Hisao Egawa, Shigeru Chiba, Tsutomu Isobe, Michio Hazama, Kenichi Ogata
Roles Producer
Rating74% 3.748413.748413.748413.748413.74841
The Corona, a deep space salvage freighter, is out on a mission when it encounters a distress signal and responds to it. They come upon a spaceship graveyard orbiting a giant space station. The crew's two engineers, Heintz and Miguel, enter it to get a closer look.