Magic Bus is a Japanese animation studio established in 1978 by Satoshi Dezaki. The studio is perhaps best known for its Bloodier and Gorier efforts in the late 1980s OVA market. They also operated a satellite studio in Niigata.
More credits can be found on Anime News Network.
The Anime Magic Bus Produced:
- Beast Fighter - The Apocalypse
- Big Wars
- Burn Up! Excess (With AIC)
- Carol
- Cinderella Boy
- Cipher
- Cobra the Animation
- Cobra the Animation: The Psychogun
- Cobra the Animation: Time Drive
- Crazy Over His Fingers
- Damekko Doubutsu
- Demon Lord Dante
- Even a Dad Still Wants It...
- Fujiko F Fujio no SF Tanpen Theater (with Studio Gallop)
- Grey: Digital Target
- Happy Birthday - Inochi Kagayaku Toki
- Hayou no Ken: Shikkoku no Mashou
- Hurdle
- Kasei Yakyoku
- Kizuoibito, a.k.a. Wounded Man
- Knight Hunters (With Studio DEEN and Plum; first season only, Verbrechen & Strafe handled by Triangle Staff and the second season, Glühen was handled by ufotable, all distributed internationally by TMS Entertainment.)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- Lovely★Complex (With Toei Animation and Mushi Productions)
- Mad Bull 34
- Momoko, Kaeru no Uta ga Kikoeru yo. (a.k.a. My Sister Momoko)
- Ninja Senshi Tobikage (With Studio Pierrot, also animated the show's opening/ending themes)
- Play Ball
- A Predator in a Skirt
- Patalliro Saiyuki!
- Riki-Oh (the OVAs)
- Shinshuu Sudama-hen
- Sweet Punishment - I'm the Guard's Personal Pet -
- They Were Eleven
- Tobira o Akete
- Tracing the Gray Summer
- Umi No Yami Tsuki No Kage (with Visual 80)
- Wonder Beat Scramble (With Mushi)
- XL Boss
Sub-contracted work:
Anime- 3×3 Eyes: Legend of the Divine Demon (In-Between Animation)
- A Channel (2nd Key Animation)
- Agent Aika (In-Between Animation)
- Ah! My Goddess (First OVA series; Animation Assistance)
- Ai Yori Aoshi (Production Cooperation, eight episodes total)List
- Aishiteruze Baby (Key Animation; Animation Production Cooperation)
- AKIRA (Animation Cooperation)
- Alien Nine (In-Between Assistance)
- And Yet the Town Moves (Animation Assistance; Production Assistance for two episodes)List
- Angel Heart (In-Between Animation; Digital Paint; Production Cooperation for three episodes)List
- Armored Trooper VOTOMS (Key & In-Between Animation; Opening and Ending Animations)
- Astro Boy (In-Between Animation for the 1980 series, Key & Finish Animation and Production Support for 2003 series)List
- Arakawa Under the Bridge × Bridge (Key Animation; Production Assistance for episode 8)
- Bastard!! (1988) (In-Between Animation)
- Batman vs. Robin (Animation Cooperation, uncredited)
- Battle Athletes (Production Cooperation)
- Beelzebub (In-Between Animation)
- Big Windup! (Production Cooperation, one episode)List
- Black Clover (Production Cooperation)
- Bleach (Animation; Production Assistance, five episodes)List
- Blood: The Last Vampire (In-Between Animation)
- Blood+ (In-Between Animation)
- Bodacious Space Pirates (Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance for two episodes)List
- Boogiepop Phantom (Animation; Key & In-Between Animation)
- The Brave of Gold Goldran (Animation)
- Broken Blade (In-Between Animation)
- Btooom! (Key, Finish & In-Between Animation; Animation Production Assistance for three episodes)List
- Campione (In-Between Animation)
- Case Closed: A Challenge from Agasa (In-Between Animation; Digital Paint; Animation Cooperation)
- [C] – Control (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation)
- Celestial Method (Line Test; Production Cooperation, five episodes)List
- Chihayafuru (Key & 2nd Key Animation; Production Assistance for both series, seven episodes total)List
- Chousoku Henkei Gyrozetter (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance for seven episodes)List
- City Hunter (In-Between Animation; Production Cooperation)
- City Hunter: .357 Magnum (Animation)
- Code:Breaker (Production Assistance, one episode)List
- Coyote Ragtime Show (In-Between Animation)
- Cross Ange (Photography Assistance)
- Dagashi Kashi (2nd Key Animation for the season 2 opening)
- Dance in the Vampire Bund (Production Assistance, one episode)List
- Dancougar (Key Animation)
- Dancougar: Requiem for Victims (Key Animation)
- God Bless Dancougar (Key Animation; Animation Assistance)
- Deadman Wonderland (Key & 2nd Key Animation)
- Demon King Daimao (Key & 2nd Key Animation; Production Assistance, two episodes)List
- Diamond no Ace (In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Assistance for eleven episodes)note
- Doraemon (In-Between Animation, 2005 series)
- Dragon Ball Z (Production Cooperation for Movie 12)
- Durarara (In-Between Animation)
- Eden of the East (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance for two episodes)List
- El-Hazard: The Magnificent World (Co-Production)
- Fang of the Sun Dougram (Opening Animation)
- The Five Star Stories (Animation Cooperation)
- Fractale (2nd Key Animation)
- Future GPX Cyber Formula (In-Between Animation, Zero and Saga, also provided Key Animation, Paint, Paint Check and Production Cooperation for the former)
- Ga-Rei -Zero- (2nd Key Animation)
- Galilei Donna (Production Cooperation, one episode)List
- Gall Force: The Revolution (In-Between Animation)
- Glass Mask (Production Cooperation)
- GoShogun: The Time Étranger (Production Assistance)
- Golgo 13: The Professional (Animation Assistance)
- Guilty Crown (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- GunBuster (Finish & In-Between Animation)
- Gundam
- Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer (In-Between Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (In-Between Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (In-Between Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (In-Between Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (In-Between Animation)
- Halo Legends (In-Between Animation, "The Babysitter")
- Hamtaro (Animation Cooperation)
- Hard Corps: Uprising (Animation Support for Studio 4°C)
- HaruChika (Finish Animation; Production Cooperation, three episodes)List
- Hi-Drivers! (In-Between Animation)
- Horizon In The Middle Of Nowhere (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Idol Defense Force Hummingbird (In-Between Animation)
- Initial D (In-Between Animation and Production Coordination, Extra Stage)
- Kikaider (Key Animation)
- LBX: Little Battlers eXperience (Finish & In-Between Animation; Production Assistance for eleven episodes)
- Lensman (Animation Cooperation, series and movie)
- Love Hina Again (In-Between Animation)
- Lupin III:
- The Mystery of Mamo (Animation)
- Lupin III: The Italian Adventure (Animation Assistance; Production Cooperation, two episodes)List
- Macross: Do You Remember Love? (In-Between Animation)
- Magical Idol Pastel Yumi (Opening & Ending animations)
- Mahoromatic (In-Between Animation)
- Magi: Labyrinth of Magic (Production Assistance, one episode)List
- Magic User's Club (Coloring; Final Line; Production Cooperation, first three episodes)List
- Maison Ikkoku (Production Cooperation)
- Maria†Holic (Production Cooperation, one episode)List
- Mao-chan (In-Between Animation)
- Megaman NT Warrior (In-Between Animation)
- Moldiver (In-Between Animation)
- Mushishi (In-Between Animation)
- My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering with My School Romantic Comedy (Production Cooperation for episode 2)
- Naruto (In-Between Animation)
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi Anime Final (2nd Key Animation; Animation Assistance)
- New Dominion Tank Police (Paint Cooperation)
- Night Raid 1931 (2nd Key Animation)
- Nodame Cantabile: Finale (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Digital paint)
- Occult Academy (In-Between Animation; Digital Paint)
- One Piece (Production Cooperation)
- Osomatsu-san (Production Cooperation)
- Ouran High School Host Club (In-Between Animation; Production Assistance, one episode)List
- Panzer World Galient (In-Between Animation, OVA)
- Persona 4: The Animation (In-Between Animation)
- Photo Kano (Production Assistance, one episode)List
- Photon (Co-Production, episode 3)
- Pokémon
- Pokémon: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice (In-Between Animation)
- Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (Animation Assistance)
- Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (Animation Assistance)
- Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (In-Between Animation Assistance)
- Poketoon: Chase the Beans (Animation Assistance)
- The Prince of Tennis II (Finish Animation)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2nd Key Animation)
- Pururun! Shizuku-chan (Production Assistance for ten episodes)
- RahXephon (In-Between Animation)
- Reborn! (2004) (Clean-Up Animation)
- Rebuild of Evangelion (In-Between Animation, You Can (Not) Redo)
- Rin Ne (Digital Paint and Production Cooperation for season 2, uncredited)
- Robot Carnival (Production Cooperation)
- Robotics;Notes (2nd Key Animation)
- R.O.D the TV (Finish Animation)
- Ronin Warriors (In-Between Animation)
- The Rose of Versailles (Animation)
- Rurouni Kenshin (Final Line)
- School Rumble (In-Between Animation; Paint and Production Cooperation, four episodes total)List
- Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens (In-Between Animation; anime sequences)
- Senran Kagura (Line Test; Digital Paint; Production Cooperation, three episodes)List
- Shaman King (In-Between Animation)
- Silver Spoon (2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Paint; Production Assistance, one episode)List
- Sol Bianca: The Legacy (In-Between Animation)
- Space Pirate Mito (Production Cooperation)
- Starship Troopers (In-Between Animation)
- Strike Witches (2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation, second season)
- Super Dimension Century Orguss (Opening Animation)
- Orguss 02 (In-Between Animation for episode 3)
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2nd Key Animation; Animation Production Cooperation)
- Tales of Symphonia (Animation Support)
- Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (2nd Key Animation; Production Assistance)
- Tenchi Muyo!
- Tenchi Muyo! GXP (In-Between Animation)
- Tenchi in Love (Key & In-Between Animation; Paint)
- Tenchi Forever (Key Animation Cooperation; Paint Cooperation)
- Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar (2nd Key Animation)
- Tenchi Universe (In-Between Animation; Animation Co-Production, three episodes)List
- Urusei Yatsura (Key Animation, series; Production/Animation assistance, movies; Animation Production for Episodes 4 & 5 of the OVA)
- Vampire Princess Miyu (In-Between Animation, OVA)
- Violence Jack 2 (In-Between Animation)
- Wagnaria!! (2nd Key & In-Between Animation, second season)
- Wild 7 (Production Cooperation for episode 2note )
- Wild Knights Gulkeeva (Production Cooperation)
- The World God Only Knows (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Digital Paint)
- Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune (2D Animation Services)
- Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh (In-Between Animation)
- Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger (Production Cooperation)List
- Nekketsu Saikyo Gosaurer (Key Animation and Production Cooperation, nine episodes)List
- Zetman (In-Between Animation)
- Zettai Shonen (Production Assistance, two episodes)List
- Zillion (In-Between Animation)
- Zoids Genesis (Production Assistance, one episode)List
- Zombie Land Saga (Photography Cooperation)
- Animaniacs (Animation Cooperation with TMS, uncredited)List
- Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (Animation Assistance)
- The Jetsons (Animation Cooperation for Toei Animation. Season 3, 1 episode uncredited)list
- Justice League: Doom (Key Animation with Ajia-Do, uncredited)
- The Legend of Korra (Production Cooperation for Studio Pierrot, with Actas and ARMS Corporation, uncredited)
- The Little Mermaid (1992) (For Walt Disney Animation Japan, one episode)List
- Mighty Orbots (Storyboards, uncredited)
- Rainbow Brite (Animation, uncredited)List
- Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation Cooperation for TMS, uncredited)List
- The Transformers: The Movie (In-Between Animation through Kazuya Komai)
Tropes Associated with Magic Bus
- Bloodier and Gorier: Much of their most notable work like Mad Bull and Sword of Truth are hyper-violent to the point of it being their trademark.
- How the Mighty Have Fallen: While still getting credits as a subcontractor, their lead production efforts outside of the Pokemon: Chase the Beans short consist largely of short-form Hentai titles.
- Lazy Artist: A lot of their work, both as an OVA producer and episode subcontractor, is very low quality even by the standards of both formats. A large part of this is due to the studio's reliance on substandard Korean studios to aid them.