Maruten Studio

Maruten Studio (有限会社マルテンスタジオ) was a defunct Japanese animation studio established in 1921 by Masamichi Kikuchi, father of voice actor Masami Kikuchi. The company became well known after working on Small Friends, Big Adventure in 1931.

During World War II, the company closed on April 27, 1945.

Notable films

 * The Big Road (1929)
 * Small Friends, Big Adventure (1931)
 * The Night in the Big City (1933)
 * My Two Precious Daughters (1935)
 * Polly and a Lovely Bat (1937)
 * Love on the First Sight (1942)

Talent
Maruten, like other early studios had an in-house talent pool of directors, actors, actresses, and screenwriters. Many, in fact, had been talent under contract with one of the four branch studios while they were still independent. The following is an incomplete list of such talent.

Directors

 * Masamichi Kikuchi
 * Kenji Hayashibara
 * Yuriko Yoshida
 * Minoru Hikisaka

Screenwriters

 * Suika Hamada
 * Miki Hanai
 * Hideki Anai

Producers

 * Chieko Kotobuki