Shaft
SHAFT is an animation studio based in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1975 and has produced anime such as Hidamari Sketch, Bakemonogatari, and Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei. It has an official site in Japanese.
Madoka Credits
Akiyuki Shinbo directed Madoka Magica and came up with the initial concept for the series along with Aniplex producer Atsuhiro Iwakami.
Character Design: Takahiro Kishida
Series Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Supervising Animation Director: Junichiro Taniguchi, Mika Takahashi
Action Director: Nozomu Abe, Tomohiro Kamitani
Layout: Takao Maki
Art Director: Kunihiko Inaba, Yuji Kaneko (#1-6), Ken Naito (#7-12)
Production Design: Moriyoshi Ohara
Color Setting: Hitoshi Hibino, Izumi Takizawa
Visual Effects: Motoi Sakai
SFX Director: Shinichiro Eto
Editing: Rie Matsuhara (aka Rie Matsubara)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Storyboards: Yoshiharu Ashino (Episodes 1,2,3), Shin'ichi Omata (5,8), Shinsaku Sasaki (4,6,10,12), Masayoshi Nishita (7), Noriko Shichishima (9), Tomohiko Itou (11)
Episode Directors: Yukihiro Miyamoto (Episodes 1,12), Masahiro Mukai (2,9), Yuki Yase (3,10), Shin'ichi Omata (4), Takahiro Majima (5), Fujiaki Asari (6), Satoaki Kidokoro (7), Takashi Kawabata (8), Kotono Watanabe (11)
Animation Directors: Ryouma Ebata (Episode 1), Jun'ichi Fukunaga (6), Toshiyuki Fujisawa (Ep 11), Mino Honda (5), Yoshiaki Itou (11), Noboru Jitsuhara (2), Tomoaki Kado (Ep 7), Tomohiro Kamitani (3), Miyuki Katayama (Ep 9), Ryou Kobayashi (7), Yuuji Kondou (Ep 8), Kazuhisa Kosuga (Ep 5), Shin'ichi Miyamae (11), Hitoshi Miyashima (Ep 6), Mayuko Matsumoto(5), Tomoyuki Matsumoto(8), Miyabi Ozeki (Ep 4), Kazuya Shiotsuki (3,10), Mika Takahashi (1,12), Jun'ichiro Taniguchi(Ep 12), Fuyumi Toriyama (Ep 2)