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Shaft, Inc. (有限会社シャフト) is a Japanese animation studio founded on September 1, 1975 by Hiroshi Wakao. Shaft is best known for their unique use of gags and references, notably in Pani Poni Dash!, Maria Holic, Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei, Hidamari Sketch, and Bakemonogatari series. One of their most recent one is Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
[[File:Shaft-office.jpg|thumb|SHAFT head office]]
[[wikipedia:Shaft_%28company%29 | SHAFT]] is an animation studio based in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1975 and has produced anime such as ''[[wikipedia:Hidamari Sketch|Hidamari Sketch]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Bakemonogatari|Bakemonogatari]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:Sayonara,_Zetsubou-Sensei | Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei]]''. It has [http://www.shaft-web.co.jp/ 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)
 
==See also==
 
*[http://www.shaft-web.co.jp/index.html Official website]
*[[wikipedia:Shaft (company)|Shaft Studio on Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=677 Shaft Studio on Anime News Network]

Revision as of 03:11, 11 January 2013

Shaft Logo.png

SHAFT head office

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)

See also