Pierrot (company)

Pierrot Co., Ltd. (株式会社ぴえろ, Kabushiki-gaisha Piero) is a Japanese animation studio established in May 1979 by former employees of Tatsunoko Production and Mushi Production. Its headquarters are located in Mitaka, Tokyo.[1] Pierrot is renowned for several worldwide popular anime series, such as Bleach, Yu Yu Hakusho, Naruto, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Tokyo Ghoul, and Great Teacher Onizuka.

Pierrot
Native name
株式会社ぴえろ
Kabushiki-gaisha Piero
Kabushiki gaisha
IndustryMedia and Entertainment
FoundedMay 1979 (1979-05)
HeadquartersMitaka, Tokyo, Japan
ProductsAnime, film, television, OVA, video games
SubsidiariesStudio Signpost
Websiteen.pierrot.jp

The company has a logo of the face of a clown. "Piero" is a Japanese loanword for clown, adopted from the classical character of Pierrot.

Yu Yu Hakusho and Saiyuki, two of the company's anime series, won the Animage Anime Grand Prix Award in 1994 and 1995, and 2000, respectively.

Productions

Note: This may not be a complete list.[2]

TV Series

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Outsourced for Western Animation

Movies/OVAs/ONAs

Note: This may not be a complete list

Video games

Note: This may not be a complete list

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References
  1. "Company Profile". Pierrot Co., Ltd. Retrieved on 29 April 2013.
  2. "Animation Production PIERROT". Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved 2009-02-11.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) Retrieved on 29 April 2013.
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