Shoguns Studios

Industry| Animation
Founded| 2016; 9 years ago (2016)
Founder| Willard Appiah
Headquarters| London, UK

Number of locations

| 1

Area served

| 3

Key people

* Willard Appiah
* Rinehhart Appiah

Website| shogunsstudio.co.uk

Shoguns Studios is a premier British animation studio specializing in short bite-sized animations for children. The company is best known for the creation and production of Shimajiro (a Japanese iconic pre-school character) shows, Chichi Love, Disney's Use Your Voice campaign, redeveloping Mr. Monopoly & other Hasbro characters, as well as the creation of many iconic children characters.[1]

The company's headquarters are in London, and it was founded in 2019. Shoguns Studios has produced and collaborated with a number of market-leading brands in this field to create webisodes, long-form animations, toy figures, and mobile games for kids that are widely available on YouTube.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Products and services
* 2.1 Character Design
* 2.2 Advertising
* 2.3 Shorts and specials
* 3 Portfolio
* 4 In the media
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History[edit]

Will Appiah, a former character animator at the Lego corporation from 2008 to 2012, founded Shoguns Studios. Appiah founded Shoguns Studios to further hone his skills and take on new and creative projects after working for a number of well-known companies including Benesse Corporation, ITV, Tomy, Hasbro, Wow Toys, The Loyal Subjects, Zuru Toys, Goliath Games, Vivid Imagination, WWE, Learning Resources, Five Star, Simba Dickie Group, and Jada Toys.Shogun Studios is currently working on the Chichi Love mini-series for Simba's flagship IP. They were in charge of the show's three-dimensional animation. On YouTube, the show has received over 30 million views.

Shogun's company collaborated with Disney to create two animation shorts for Black History Month in 2020. The first was modeled on Kamala Harris, the first African-American vice president. It was all about her and her quest to the White House. It garnered mixed reviews due to its political aspect. The second was inspired by Misty Copeland, the first African-American ballet dancer. Shoguns Studio has been responsible for creating Benense studios Shimajiro property, Shimajiro is one of Japan's most famous pre-school and has been aired since 1993.

Shoguns Studios has worked on a number of well-known brands over the years, including Shimajiro, Mr. Monopoly, Monopoly Junior, Cluedo Junior, Tomy Toomies, Chichi Love, to mention a few.

## Products and services[edit]

### Character Design[edit]

Shoguns Studios creates and maintains long-lasting character brands in various media. Shoguns Studios has worked on a number of well-known brands over the years, including Mr. Monopoly, Fungus Among Us, Tomy Toomies, Chichi love, to mention a few.

### Advertising[edit]

Shoguns collaborates with ad agencies and businesses across the globe to produce characters and animation for advertising campaigns on all platforms. Shoguns' branded content work is based on its experience writing stories for the children's entertainment industry, namely for toy companies.

### Shorts and specials[edit]

Shoguns creates and produces entertaining series, shorts, and specials for people of all ages. It has collaborated with a number of major children's entertainment firms, ranging from WWE, MONOPOLY, DISNEY, ITV, BENESSE, SIMBA DICKIE to name a few.

## Portfolio[edit]

Shoguns Studios has worked on a number of leading projects, some of which include:

* Shimajirio
* Chichi Love
* WWE
* Hasboro All-Stars Animation
* Blume dolls
* Street fighter Loyal subjects
* Beaker creatures
* Tomy toomies
* Nestlings
* Frogobots
* Funko Aquaman
* The Misfits
* Miximals
* Tomy Toomies
* Crea Dough
* Lego Samples
* Monopoly

## In the media[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "Shoguns Studios". imdb. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Official Website
* Shoguns Studios on Instagram
* Shoguns Studios on LinkedIn