Polygon Pictures

POLYGON PICTURES Inc. (株式会社ポリゴン・ピクチュアズ, Kabushiki-gaisha Porigon Pikuchuazu) is a Japanese 3DCG animation studio.

Polygon has animated a wide variety of content, from commercials for Shiseido featuring the studio's original penguin characters Rocky & Hopper (ロッキーとホッパー, Rokkī to Hoppā),^[1] to the 3D CG anime television series Digital Tokoro-san and the 3DCG anime film Samuroid Zero.

In 2004, PPI contributed the 3DCG parts for Production I.G's Mamoru Oshii-directed Innocence, the second feature anime film of the Ghost in the Shell universe, as well as his subsequent film, The Sky Crawlers.

In 2012, Hasbro's full-CG television series Transformers Prime, for which PPI created the animation, was awarded "Outstanding Special Class Animated Program" at the 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

Polygon Pictures also created the animation for the Disney XD series Tron: Uprising, as well as several episodes of the hit show Star Wars: The Clone Wars, broadcast on Cartoon Network. Each of these series received 4 nominations respectively at the 2013 Annie Awards, with Tron taking home awards for Character Design and Production Design.

Works

Films

• In Search of New Axis (1989)
• In Search of Muscular Axis (1990)
• In Search of Performing Axis (1991)
• the FLY BanD! (1998)
• Crocotires Traction AAA (1999)
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2002 Production I.G. Mamoru Oshii-directed anime film; 3DCG animation parts)
• Ultraman Cosmos 2:The Blue Planet (2002)
• A Theatrical Version of "Ape Escape": The Battle over The Golden Helmet (2002) (CG effects)
• MiniMoni The Movie:The Great Cake Adventure (2002)
• Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (2003)
• Valiant (2005) (Character modeling and character setup)
• Happily N'Ever After (2007) (hair setups)
• Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007, Walt Disney Television Animation and Ittina Animation Studios)
• The Sky Crawlers (2008 Production I.G. Mamoru Oshii-directed anime film; 3DCG animation parts)
• Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (2009 Production I.G.)
• Higanjima (2010)
• Muybridge's Strings (2011 Koji Yamamura-directed film)
• Kiiroi Zou (2012)
• Knights of Sidonia The Movie (2015)
• Ajin Part 1: Shōdō (2015)
• Ajin Part 2: Shōtotsu (2016)
• Ajin Part 3: Shōgeki (2016)
• Blame! (2017)
• Godzilla (2017)^[2]

Games

• Onimusha 2 (2002 Capcom video game)
• Winning Eleven Tactics (2003 Konami video game; opening video animation)
• Fatal Frame III: The Tormented (2005)
• Dead or Alive 4 (2006) (ending cinematics of the Hayate and Erena)
• Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (2006) (character introduction videos)
• Fighting Action Girl Cortina(2006)
• KOF: Maximum Impact 2 (2006)
• Street Fighter IV (2009 Capcom video game; opening video animation)
• Monster Farm Lagoon (2009)
• Resident Evil 5 (2009)
• Metroid: Other M (2010 Nintendo video game)
• Street Fighter X Tekken (2012 Capcom video game; opening video animation)
• Dino Dominion (2012-2014 COLOPL Android application game)
• Lollipop Chainsaw (2012 Kadokawa Games)
• Sacred 3 (2014 Deep Silver)
• Sengoku Kabuki Do (2013-2014 COLOPL Android application game)
• Thief (2014 Square Enix & Eidos-Montréal)

TV

• SHISEIDO HG Series TV-CF(1995)
• Digital Tokoro-san (デジタル所さん) (2000 CG anime television series for Nippon Television)
• Showbiz Countdown (2001 - 2010 TV Tokyo and TV Aichi)
• Inai-inai-baa! "Building Blocks Animals" (2001 - 2014 NHK-ETV)
• Inai-inai-baa! "The Cardboard Car" (2003 - 2009 NHK-ETV)
• Sengoku Jieitai "The Battle of Sekigahara"(2004 Nippon Television)
• Shiseido "Eau de Recipe" TV-CF(2004)
• Forum Engineering "Techno Artist" TV-CF (2004)
• BANDAI PSP Lumines "Silent Fever" TV-CF (2004)
• Suta Men (2005) (Character design for the opening movie)
• Yamato Home Convenience "Shin Hikkosi Raku Raku Pack" / "Shin Tanshin Hikkosi service TV-CF(2005)
• Bunka Shutter　"Air Keeper Daimajin: Bugs Attack" TV-CF (2006)
• WAKASA SEIKATSU　"BLUEBERRY-EYE series" TV-CF (2006-2008)
• Inai-inai-baa!"Koto-chan Anime" (2007 - 2010 NHK-ETV)
• Boneheads (2007 Nickelodeon)
• CHEMISTRY "Period" promotional video (2009)
• HANABEAM by Hifana promotional video (2010)
• Konya mo Dorubako S (2011 TV Tokyo )
• Transformers: Prime (2010 - 2013 CG TV series for Hasbro and The Hub)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011 Cartoon Network)
• Tron: Uprising (2012 Disney XD)
• ZIGURUHAZERU (2013)
• Inai-inai-baa!"What Does This Cloud Look Like?" (2009 - 2013 NHK-ETV)
• Inai-inai-baa!"Crayon-chan" (2014 NHK-ETV)
• Knights of Sidonia (2014)
• Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (2014) (Co-produced by Studio Ghibli)
• TSUM TSUM (2014 Disney Channel)
• GENKI GENKI NONTAN Series (2003 - 2015 Video and Kids Station channel)
• Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015–present)
• Knights of Sidonia Battle for Planet Nine (2015)
• Ajin: Demi-Human (2016)

Ride Films & Shows

• Dark Chapel Tokyo Joypolis amusement park (2004)
• EXPO 2005 AICHI,JAPAN: Open Your Mind (2005)
• GALAXY EXPRESS 999 Epson Shinagawa Aqua Stadium (2005)
• DigitaReal Live Stage Tokyo Joypolis amusement park (2012 Projection Mapping)
• Caretta Illumination 2012"Lumière no Mori (Forest of Light)" Caretta Shiodome (2012 Projection Mapping)

Web

• Nissan X Dwarf: PLUG, OUR NeW WORLD (2011 "The Planet Zero" Movie Theater)

Animated Logo

• Starchild Animated Logo (2014)

Original

• Samuroid Zero (Cancelled 3DCG anime film; announced at the 2005 Tokyo International Anime Fair)

Trailers

• Resident Evil 5 (2009)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2010)

Stop-motion/CG Animation

• BoneHeads (2008 Random! Cartoons 7 minute short)

Commercials

• SHISEIDO HG Super Hard TVCM Series (Penguin, Brother, New Year's Day, Snowboard, Club DJ, Hard Morning) (1992)
• Yamato Home Convenience (Shin Hikkosi Raku Raku Pack, Shin Tanshin Hikkosi Service) (2005)

Corporate profile

• Name: POLYGON PICTURES Inc. (株式会社ポリゴン・ピクチュアズ, Kabushiki-gaisha Porigon Pikuchuazu)
• Foundation: 22 July 1983
• President and CEO: Shuzo Shiota
• Headquarters: Minami-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

References

External links

• Official website