Studio Signpost


St. Signpost Co., Ltd. is an animation studio subsidiary of Pierrot. The studio is an associate-member of The Association of Japanese Animations.
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History

The company was founded in 1959 as a magazine advertising agency and stepped into the anime industry in 1989 by Keiji Kusano and Yoshikazu Tochihira. In 1993, the company took on the name Studio Kikan and released their first animated works Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirou. In 1996, the company established Arms as a separate studio to focus on adult animation and subcontracted animation work.
The studio became a subsidiary of Pierrot in 2008 and changed its name to Pierrot Plus in 2009. Kusano stepping down as CEO to become a chairman, and was replaced by CEO of Arms, Osamu Shimizu.
On September 20, 2019, the company changed its name to Studio Signpost. Ken Hagino, who had worked at Pierrot as animation producer was appointed as the new CEO. In conjunction with this change, the official website of Arms was closed down, and the company was later dissolved on October 6, 2020.

Works

Gross outsource

Series in which Studio Signpost, Pierrot Plus, or Studio Kikan served as a gross outsourcing studio, either for singular episodes or across entire series.
YearTitlePrimary contractorDirectorEpisodeNote
2005Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A'sSeven ArcsKeizō Kusakawa4
2005–2009BleachPierrotNoriyuki Abe23 episodes
2006Himawari!ArmsShigenori Kageyama1–13
2007Himawari Too!!ArmsShigenori Kageyama1–13
2007Deltora QuestOLMMitsuru Hongo34
2012Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga 2Studio DeenBob Shirahata9
2012Road to Ninja: Naruto the MoviePierrotHayato DateFilm
2013Rozen Maiden: ZurückspulenStudio DeenMamoru Hatakeyama4, 8, 12
2013I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a JobAsreadKinji Yoshimoto7
2013Gatchaman CrowdsTatsunoko ProductionKenji Nakamura6
2013Freezing VibrationA.C.G.TTakashi Watanabe9
2013-2014Gaist CrusherPierrotYoshihiro Takamoto1–51
2016Soul BusterPierrotKōbun Shizuno
Toshinori Watanabe		1–12
2016Tsukiuta the AnimationPierrotItsuro Kawasaki1–12
2017Convenience Store Boy FriendsPierrotHayato Date1–12
2017Dynamic ChordPierrotShigenori Kageyama1–12
2018Tokyo Ghoul:rePierrotToshinori Watanabe1–24
2019Astra Lost in SpaceLercheMasaomi Andō4
2019A Certain Scientific AcceleratorJ.C.StaffNobuharu Kamanaka7
2019Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's StrongestAsreadKinji Yoshimoto2, 8, 11

Notable staff

Representative staff

  • Keiji Kusano
  • Yoshikazu Tochihira
  • Osamu Shimizu, president of Pierrot+ )
  • Ken Hagino

Animation producers

  • Shintarou Nozaki
  • Shingo Chiba
  • Yuuya Kumagai
  • Kazuyoshi Ozawa
  • Osamu Koshinaka
  • Yasuyuki Ogoshi

Directors

Animators