Masato Marukawa

Masato Marukawa (丸川正人 Marukawa Masato) was the president of Musashino Animation a producer during his presidential career in the SHIROBAKO anime.

In the movie, in order to take responsibility for the suspension of Time Hippopotamus, he was resigned from the president of Musashino Animation and becomes a chef in his curry restaurant.^[1]

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Etymology[]

The name Masato means "right, proper" (正) (masa) and "person" (人) (to).
Masato's surname Marukawa means "round" (丸) (maru) and "river, stream" (川) (kawa).

Trivia[]

Masato's specialties are cooking.
His character is based off Masao Maruyama, the Japanese film producer, animation developer, the co-founder, a board of directors member and producer of animation studio Madhouse.

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 New Type Magazine in April, 2020. Page 15.

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Musashino Animation
Staffs in the movie timeline
Production Department	Shun Watanabe • Aoi Miyamori • Sara Satou • Kyuji Takahashi
Other Departments	Hironori Madoka • Yuka Okitsu • Nao Shinkawa • Chiemi Doumoto • Shigeru Sugie (In home)
Staffs in the anime timeline
Production Department	Masato Marukawa • Shun Watanabe • Erika Yano • Tarou Takanashi • Aoi Miyamori • Tsubaki Ando • Sara Satou • Daisuke Hiraoka Former: Tatsuya Ochiai • Yutaka Honda
Animator Department	Ema Yasuhara • Shigeru Sugie • Rinko Ogasawara • Yumi Iguchi • Ryosuke Endo • Akane Uchida • Hikaru Hotta • Ai Kunogi Former: Shigeru's Wife
Other Departments	Yuka Okitsu • Nao Shinkawa • Yoshiki Sakura • Yuichiro Shimoyanagi • Chiemi Doumoto • Wataru Nakabayashi
Relative
Directing	Seiichi Kinoshita • Masashi Yamada • Hironori Madoka • Hiroshi Iketani • Zaruyoshi Yakushiji • Midori Imai
Animators	Misato Segawa • Mitsuhide Kisa • Yuji Atsumi • Masahiro Okura
Companies	Western Entertainment • R&B Studio • Yodaka Books • Studio Titanic
Anime Productions
Anime	Andes Chucky • Exodus! • Third Aerial Girls Squad • Two Piece • Border Town Woman • Time Hippopotamus • Air amphibious assault ship SIVA

Production Characters
Musashino Animation	Shun Watanabe • Aoi Miyamori • Sara Satou In anime: Masato Marukawa • Tarou Takanashi • Erika Yano • Tsubaki Ando • Daisuke Hiraoka In movie: Kyuji Takahashi
Western Entertainment	Gotaro Katsuragi • Kaede Miyai
Other companies	Tomigaya • Masahiko Inami • Keiji Takekura • Tatsuya Ochiai • Eisuke Enjo • Takumi Yarase • Tsuyoshi Makurada • Hisamitsu Isokawa • Kenichi Mimura In movie: Tsubaki Ando • Daisuke Hiraoka
Former staffs	Yutaka Honda In movie: Masato Marukawa • Tarou Takanashi
Terms	Producer • Production Desk • Production Assistant‎

[resign-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 New Type Magazine in April, 2020. Page 15.

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