Seven Arcs is a Japanese anime production company that was founded in 2002 by former Pierrot staff. They produced their first animated television series, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, in 2004. Since then, they have created numerous other animated TV shows and movies. In 2012, they split off their animation section as Seven Arcs Pictures Co., Ltd., which focused on animation planning and licence management. On December 26, 2017, they were acquired by Tokyo Broadcasting System. On October 1, 2019, they merged with Seven Arcs Pictures and Arcturus to form the single company Seven Arcs.