Science Saru

Science Saru, Inc., stylized Science SARU, is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Kichijoji, Musashino, Tokyo. It was established on 4 February 2013 by the director Masaaki Yuasa and the producer Eunyoung Choi, and Choi led it until 2025. The studio has made feature films and animated series as well as co-productions, compilation films and episodes of series for other studios. Its first animation was the Food Chain episode of the American series Adventure Time in 2014, and later work includes the feature film Inu-Oh, two shorts for Star Wars: Visions, and the series The Heike Story, Yurei Deco, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and Dandadan. It uses a hybrid production method that combines hand-drawn animation with Flash animation, and has won awards from Annecy, the Japan Academy Film Prize, the Mainichi Film Awards and the Japan Media Arts Festival.