Magic Bus (studio)

Magic Bus, Inc.

Native name	株式会社マジックバス
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Majikku Basu
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Anime
Founded	April 1972 (April 1972)
Founder	Satoshi Dezaki
Headquarters	Nishi-Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan , Japan
Key people	Satoshi Dezaki (CEO) Board members: Keizou Shimizu Tetsuo Mikami Ryousuke Senbo
Products	Animated films, animated television series
Number of employees	63 (2019)
Divisions	Magic Bus Niigata

Magic Bus, Inc. (株式会社マジックバス, Kabushiki-gaisha Majikku Basu) is a Japanese animation studio^[1] headquartered in Nishi-Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in April 1972 by producer and director Satoshi Dezaki, and the studio's first work was Shin Kyojin no Hoshi in 1977. In 1983, with Dezaki directing, Magic Bus collaborated in the animation production of Captain. Magic Bus has since become largely an animation subcontractor for other animation studios.