Provided is an endoscope system provided with an endoscope main unit including a shaft, an operating portion, and an image-acquisition unit an arm that supports the main unit and that can change the attitude and the position of the main unit by using a plurality of joint portions a memory that records angle information of the respective joint portions a CPU and a mode-switching switch that switches between a recording operating mode and an automatic operating mode, wherein, in the case in which operating mode is switched to the automatic operating mode from the recording operating mode, the CPU reproduces changes in the rotating angles of the respective joint portions in time-series in reverse order based on the angle information recorded in the memory in the recording operating mode, thus returning the attitude and the position of the main unit to the initial state of the recording operating mode.
