Madhouse gained rights to the comic strip peanuts?

The well-known comic strip written by deceased artist Charles M. Schulz 'Peanuts' Syndicated by Moonscoop in 2006, had a short animation produced by the Japanese animation giant Madhouse Inc. in January 2012 supposed to be "somewhere in Tokyo". The animation in question is supposedly on the web somewhere.



Yes, the Iconic figures Charlie Brown and his companion Snoopy ,who's tales claimed the hearts of many since 1950 has come into the hands of one of  (in my opinion) one of Japans finest after Peanuts Worldwide LLC assigned Madhouse Studio to Animate the 60-year-old franchise.
 Tough I'm still surprised that madhouse shows  interested in Peanuts, I can only hope they'll make the best of it. After all, it wouldn't be the first time Madhouse encountered western franchises making a success out of it no less (with the exception of Wolverine...skinny is not his thing.).


Further more I'd like to add that an update has been made on the 22th of February saying that "The screening for the short animation has finished", prompting us to look forward for  further release.


Source: Madhouse (site)