Studio Pierrot is a Japanese animation company, formally Studio Pierrot Co., Ltd. and known as Pierrot Co., Ltd. between 2002 and 2025. It was established in May 1979 by Yuji Nunokawa, Hisayuki Toriumi, Mitsuo Kaminashi and Masami Annou, who had previously worked as animators for Tatsunoko Production and Mushi Production. Its headquarters are in Mitaka, Tokyo. The studio is renowned for several worldwide popular anime series, among them Naruto, Bleach, Tokyo Ghoul, Creamy Mami, YuYu Hakusho, Urusei Yatsura and Fushigi Yugi. Aside from animation production, the company also handles character licensing for its properties. Yu Yu Hakusho and Saiyuki, two of its series, won the Animage Anime Grand Prix Award in 1994 and 1995, and in 2000, respectively.
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Its headquarters are located in Mitaka, Tokyo
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is a Japanese animation studio established in May 1979
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is a Japanese animation studio established in May 1979 by Yuji Nunokawa, Hisayuki Toriumi, Mitsuo Kaminashi and Masami Annou, previously animators for Tatsunoko Production and Mushi Production
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