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 Yuji Nunokawa, previously an animator and director for Tatsunoko Production. Its headquarters are located in Mitaka, Tokyo. Pierrot is renowned for several worldwide popular anime series, such as Naruto, Bleach, Tokyo Ghoul, Yu Yu Hakusho, Black Clover, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Ghost Stories, Great Teacher Onizuka and Saiyuki.
Pierrot Co., Ltd. headquarters in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan | |
Native name | 株式会社ぴえろ |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Piero |
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Media and Entertainment |
| Founded | May 1979 |
| Founder | Yuji Nunokawa |
| Headquarters | Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Michiyuki Honma (CEO) |
| Products | Anime, film, television, OVA, video games |
Number of employees | 158 (as of the end of November 2019) |
| Subsidiaries | Studio Signpost |
| Website | en.pierrot.jp |
The company's logo is 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.
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