First formed in 1988, and officially established in 1993, Studio Bihou
(美峰) is a Japanese studio specializing in background artwork and in recent years, 3D printing, with secondary studios in Vietnam and Thailand. Their clients have included Studio Shaft, TMS Entertainment, David Production, MAPPA, Studio Gainax, Studio TRIGGER, Asahi Production, Production I.G, Toei Animation, Sunrise, Madhouse, Studio Pierrot, A-1 Pictures, White Fox and GoHands. As of 2016, the studio's main offices have been located in what was once the headquarters of one of their first clients, AIC.
The studio would spin off two companies of its own, Bamboo and Totonyan in 2005 and 2006 respectively, more of the company's credits can be found here.
Credits include:
Animated productions- 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- After War Gundam X
- Ah! My Goddess (OVA, movie and series)
- Akame ga Kill!
- AKIRAnote
- Akudama Drive (episodes 1-8 only; uncredited supervision for episodes 9-12)
- Aquarion Evol
- Argento Soma
- Armored Trooper VOTOMS (episode 7 of Pailsen Files onward)
- Ascendance of a Bookworm
- Astro Boy (2003 series)
- Attack on Titan (First 4 seasons, OVAs and movies)
- Bakuon!!
- Batman: Gotham Knight ("Have I Got a Story for You" and "Crossfire")
- Batman Ninja
- The Big O
- Black Clover (2016 Jump Fiesta Special)
- Black Lagoon (episodes 11 & 12 only)
- Bleach*
- Blend-S
- Blood: The Last Vampire
- Blue Drop
- BNA: Brand New Animal
- Boogiepop Phantom
- Brain Powerd
- Broken Blade (also did In-Between Animation)
- Bubble (with Studio Fuga)
- Case Closed (Seriesnote and Episode One: The Great Detective Who Shrank' special)
- Charger Girl (Thailand branch for episode 1; main and Vietnam branches for subsequent episodes)
- Chrono Crusade
- Coppelion
- "Creating Anime" - Volume 9 of Graphic-sha Publishing's How to Draw Manga book seriesnote
- Cromartie High School
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Cyborg 009 (2001 series)
- DAYS
- Deltora Quest
- The Devil is a Part-Timer! (season 1 only)
- D.I.C.E. (2005) (also handled CGI production for episodes 16 and 22)
- Digimon Adventure: (2020)
- Digimon Ghost Game
- Digimon Universe: App Monsters
- Dr. STONE
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
- Dragonar Academy
- Earth Maiden Arjuna
- Expelled from Paradise
- Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture
- Fire Force
- First Squad
- Forest of Piano
- Full Metal Panic! (Original series and Invisible Victory)
- Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
- G-On Riders
- Gad Guard
- Ganbare Douki-chan
- GaoGaiGar FINAL
- Gegege No Kitaro (2018 series)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Giant Robo (episode 3 onward)
- Gintama
- Girls Band Cry (Cooperation)
- Gravion (Season 1; replaced by Studio Tulip for Zwei)
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Golden Boy
- GunBuster ("Cosmic Space Battle" and "Sizzler Project" shorts)
- GUN×SWORD
- Hakyu Hoshin Engi
- Halo Legends ("The Duel", uncredited)
- He Is My Master
- Hero Bank
- The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
- Heroic Age
- The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
- Hinamatsuri
- His and Her Circumstances (alternating with Echo)
- The Idolmaster
- Infinite Stratos
- Initial D ("Extra Stage" and "Third Stage")
- Interstella 5555
- Ixion Saga DT
- Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
- Joseph: King of Dreamsnote
- Jormungand
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (All TV seasons up to Golden Wind, also provided two Eyecatch Illustrationsnote )
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (episodes 1, 2 & 5 only)
- Joker Game
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
- Kakegurui
- Kanokon
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Kiznaiver
- Knight Hunters (First opening only, also provided titles)
- K.O. Beast (Episodes 4 and 7)
- Kung Fu Love
- Kurokami: The Animation
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland note
- Little Witch Academia
- Listeners
- Macross 7: The Galaxy's Calling Me
- Macross Frontier (Series, movies, Nyan Cli, and several illustrations)
- Macross Plus
- Macross Zero
- Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
- Mardock Scramble
- Moriarty the Patriot (Season 1 solo; Season 2 with Makaria)
- Negima!? (second season)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (series, Death & Rebirth and End of Evangelion)
- Rebuild of Evangelion ("You Are (Not) Alone" and "You Can (Not) Advance")
- New Cutey Honey
- Night Raid 1931
- Now and Then, Here and There
- Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
- On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel: Final Fantasy VII
- One Piece
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
- Pet Shop of Horrors
- Photo Kano
- Princess Nine (also provided the titles)
- Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
- Project Blue Earth SOS (first episode only)
- Psycho-Pass (with Studio Easter; episode 9 only)
- Puzzle & Dragons X
- PazuDora
- Real Bout High School
- Re:Zero
- Raideen (2007 series)
- Rio -Rainbow Gate!-
- Rolling Girls (episode 1 only)
- Sakura Wars Franchise
- Sakura Wars: The Movie
- Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die (anime sequences)
- Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning? (anime sequences)
- Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens (anime sequences)
- Sands of Destruction
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Shy (starting episode 3)
- Slayers (Movies only)
- SoltyRei
- Space Battleship Yamato 2199
- Spice and Wolf (First two seasons and Wolf and the Amber-colored Melancholy; Uncredited Art Setting for Kusanagi for Season 3)
- Star Wars: Visions (The Twins and The Elder)
- Strike Witches (Season 1)
- Super Robot Wars: Original Generation: The Inspector (uncredited after episode 3)
- Super Sonico The Animation
- Sword of the Stranger
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- The Testament of Sister New Devil
- Tokimeki Memorial: Hajimari no Finder
- Tokyo ESP
- Toriko
- Triage X
- Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey (CGI services)
- Urusei Yatsura All-Stars
- Uncle from Another World
- Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (OVA)
- Wagnaria!!
- WWW.WORKING!! (Art Setting, backgrounds by Ishigaki Production)
- Where Does The Doomsday Train Go
- Witch Hunter Robin
- World Trigger
- WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3
- Yo-kai Watch
- You're Under Arrest! (OVA, The Movie, Visual Novel and mini-specials)
- Yowamushi Pedal
- Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
- Zegapain
- Zetman
- Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana
- Chaos Rings I (Development Cooperation)
- Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon Tr.*
- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (uncredited)
- Etrian Odyssey (Image Board)
- Fighters Destiny (uncredited)
- Final Fantasy VIII (Stage Modelling)
- Final Fantasy IX (CGI and Art)
- Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon (Opening Movie, uncredited)
- Grand Kingdom (Battle grid backgrounds)
- Indivisible (Opening cutscene backgrounds for Titmouse)
- Jeanne d'Arc (with Studio Easter)
- Kakuto Chojin (Stage Modelling)
- KOF: Maximum Impact (uncredited)
- La Pucelle (uncredited)
- LBX: Little Battlers eXperience (Both the game series and the Anime)
- Macross 30: The Voice that Connects the Galaxy
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Cooperation)
- Namco × Capcom (Cutscenes)
- Persona 3 (World Art Designs)
- Professor Layton and the Last Specter
- Robot Alchemic Drive (also given a "Special Thanks" credit)
- Rumble Roses XX (Environment designs and Image Board)
- Scandal (PlayStation 2 game)
- Shadow Hearts: Covenant (with Kusanagi; Cooperation)
- Street Fighter IVnote
- Street Fighter X Tekken (Cooperation)
- Tales Series
- Tekken 5 (Stage Concept Illustrations)
- Touhou Cannonball (Opening Movie)
- Trauma Center: Second Opinion (World Art Designs)
- Yarudora series
Tropes associated with Bihou:
- Scenery Porn: Their specialty, and is often combined with Bizarrchitecture or Scenery Gorn on their more outlandish projects like Fire Force and Eizouken.
- Signature Style: Their clouds are often far more detailed and varied when compared to most other studios, even in their more stylistic efforts.
