is a Japanese 3DCG animation studio. Polygon has animated a wide variety of content, from commercials for

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featuring the studio's original

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characters , 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

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-directed ''

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'', the second feature anime film of the ''

Ghost in the Shell ''Ghost in the Shell'' is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on the seinen manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. The manga, first serialized in 1989 under the subtitle of ''The Ghost in the Shell'' ...

'' universe, as well as his subsequent film, ''

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''. In 2012,

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's full-CG television series ''

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'', for which PPI created the animation, was awarded "Outstanding Special Class Animated Program" at the 30th Annual

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. Polygon Pictures also created the animation for the

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series '' Tron: Uprising'', as well as several episodes of the hit show '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'', broadcast on

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. Each of these series received 4 nominations respectively at the 2013

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, with ''Tron'' taking home awards for Character Design and Production Design. In 2021, Polygon Pictures established an Indian subsidiary Polygon Pictures India in

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Works

Films

*'' Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet'' (2002) *'' Ape Escape The Movie: Battle for the Golden Pipo Helmet'' (2002) *''Mini-Moni the Movie: Okashi na Daibōken!'' (2002) *'' Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle'' (2003; co-production with

Tsuburaya Productions is a Japanese special effects studio founded in 1963 by special effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya and was run by his family, until October 2007, when the family sold the company to advertising agency TYO Inc. The studio is best known for producin ...

) *'' Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence'' (2004, 3DCG for

; co-production with

Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Koganei, Tokyo."Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment". ''Studio Ghibli Collection - Madman Entertainment''. Retrieved 2020-12-14. It is best known for its animated feature films, and ha ...

) *'' Valiant'' (2005; character modeling and setup, co-production with

Vanguard Animation Vanguard Films & Animation, often named only as Vanguard Animation, is an American production studio founded in 2002 by producer John H. Williams and Neil Braun. The studio has offices in British Columbia, Canada and Ealing Studios in London, E ...

) *''

Happily N'Ever After ''Happily N'Ever After'' is a 2006 computer-animated family comedy film directed by Paul J. Bolger, produced by John H. Williams, and written by Rob Moreland. It is inspired by fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen and is ...

'' (2007; hair setups, co-produced with

) *'' Care Bears: Oopsy Does It!'' (2007; character modeling and setup) *''

'' (2008, 3DCG for Production I.G) *'' Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror'' (2009) *''

Higanjima is a Japanese manga series by Kōji Matsumoto. It was adapted into a live action film in 2010. It also spawned two sequel series, ''Higanjima: Saigo no 47 Nichikan'', and ''Higanjima 48 Nichigo…'', both published in Kodansha's ''Week ...

'' (2010) *''

Kiiroi Zou is a 2013 Japanese film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki. Cast *Aoi Miyazaki as Aiko Tsumari *Osamu Mukai as Ayumu Muko *Tatsuomi Hamada * Himeka Asami * Miyu Honda *Akira Emoto *Chieko Matsubara *Lily Franky * Tamaki Ogawa * Ren Osugi as Sotets ...

'' (2013) *'' Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising'' (2013) *'' Knights of Sidonia: The Movie'' (2015) *''Ajin Trilogy'' **'' Ajin Part 1: Shōdō'' (2015) **'' Ajin Part 2: Shōtotsu'' (2016) **'' Ajin Part 3: Shōgeki'' (2016) *''

Blame! ''Blame!'' (stylized as ''BLAME!'') is a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It was published by Kodansha in the Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from 1997 to 2003, ...

'' (2017) *''Godzilla Trilogy'' **'' Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters'' (2017) **'' Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle'' (2018) **'' Godzilla: The Planet Eater'' (2018) *''

Human Lost is a 2019 Japanese 3D animated science fiction film based on Osamu Dazai's 1948 novel ''No Longer Human'' and it is the first ever Polygon Pictures production not to be streamed on Netflix. Plot In the year 2036, breakthroughs in medical techno ...

'' (2019) *'' Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars'' (2021) *'' Eiga Estab Life: Revengers' Road'' (2023)

Television series

*''Music Fantasy Dream'' (1992; "Golliwog's Cakewalk" and "Air on the G String") *''

Minna no Uta , literally ''Everyone's Songs'' (English title: ''Songs for Everyone''), is a five-minute NHK TV and radio program which is broadcast several times daily. The program started on April 3, 1961. It is one of NHK's long-running programs. The pr ...

'' (1999/2004; "Walking!" and "Hello Again, JoJo") *''Mr. Digital Tokoro'' (2000–2001) *''Peek-a-Boo!'' (2001–2014; animated sequences) *'' Genki Genki Nontan'' (2002–2006) *''

Random! Cartoons ''Random! Cartoons'' is an American animated anthology series that aired on Nicktoons. Much like '' Oh Yeah! Cartoons'', it was created by Fred Seibert and produced by Frederator Incorporated and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It premiered on De ...

'' (2006; "BoneHeads") *''

My Friends Tigger & Pooh ''My Friends Tigger & Pooh'' is an American computer-animated children's television series on Disney Channel as part of the Playhouse Disney block. It was inspired by A. A. Milne's ''Winnie-the-Pooh''. The series was developed by Walt Disney T ...

'' (2007–2010, co-produced by

Disney Television Animation Disney Television Animation (DTVA), formerly known as Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group and Walt Disney Television Animation, is the television animation production arm of Disney Branded Television, a sub-division of the Disney G ...

) *'' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' (2011–2013) *''

'' (2010–2013) *'' Tron: Uprising'' (2012–2013) *''

Knights of Sidonia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It was serialized by Kodansha in their ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' between April 2009 and September 2015, with its chapters collected in 15 ''tankō ...

'' (2014–2015) *''

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter ''Ronia, the Robber's Daughter'' ( Swedish: ''Ronja rövardotter'') is a children's fantasy book by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, first published in 1981. The book has been adapted as a prize-winning 1984 film, a Danish and a German musi ...

'' (2014–2015, co-produced by

) *''Disney's Tsum Tsum'' (2014) *'' Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (2015–2017) *'' Ajin: Demi-Human'' (2016) *'' Lost in Oz'' (2016–2018) *''

Pingu in the City is a computer-animated children's television series co-produced by Mattel Creations, NHK, NHK Enterprises, and Polygon Pictures. It is a reboot based on the stop-motion television series ''Pingu'' by HIT Entertainment (The Pygos Group). The se ...

'' (2017–2019, with Dandelion Animation Studio) *'' Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis'' (2018) *''

Star Wars Resistance ''Star Wars Resistance'' is an American 3D animated comic science fiction television series produced by Lucasfilm Animation. It follows Kazuda Xiono, a New Republic pilot who is recruited by the Resistance to spy on the growing threat of the ...

'' (2018–2020) *'' Big Hero 6: The Series'' (2019; "Baymax and Mochi" shorts) *'' Show by Rock!! Mashumairesh!!'' (2020; 3DCG production for

Kinema Citrus is a Japanese animation studio, founded on March 3, 2008, by former Production I.G and Bones members and based in Suginami, Tokyo. Its business directors are Muneki Ogasawara, Yuichiro Matsuka and Masaki Tachibana. Notable works include '' Tokyo ...

) *''Plaza Effect'' (2020) * Stillwater (2020-present) *'' Estab Life: Great Escape'' (2022) *''

Love, Death & Robots ''Love, Death & Robots'' (stylized as ''LOVE DEATH + R⬮BOTS'', and represented in emoji form as ❤️❌🤖) is an adult animated anthology streaming television series created by Tim Miller and streaming on Netflix. Produced by Blur Studio ...

, Volume III - "The Very Pulse of the Machine" (2022) *'' Kaina of the Great Snow Sea'' (2023)

OVAs

*'' Video Pioneer'' (1984–1987) *'' Ajin: Demi-Human'' (2016–2017)

ONAs

*'' Levius'' (2019) *''

Drifting Dragons is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taku Kuwabara. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''good! Afternoon'' since June 2016 and has been collected in thirteen ''tankōbon'' volumes as of July 2022. ...

'' (2020) *'' Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy'' (2020–2021, co-produced by Allspark Animation and

Rooster Teeth Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC is an American digital media company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman, Rooster Teeth is a subsidiary of Warner ...

) *'' Pacific Rim: The Black'' (2021–22; co-produced by

Legendary Television Legendary Pictures Productions, LLC (doing business as Legendary Entertainment or simply Legendary) is an American film production and mass media company based in Burbank, California, founded by Thomas Tull in 2000. The company has collaborated ...

) *''Mech Cadets'' (2023; co-produced by

Netflix Animation Netflix Animation is an American animation studio and a subsidiary of Netflix. The studio primarily produces and develops animated programs and feature films. History When Netflix began to produce original animated content in 2013, all of them ...

and

Boom! Studios Boom! Studios (styled BOOM! Studios) is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Origins In the early 2000s, Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby had been working in Holly ...

)

Ride Films & Shows

*''Dark Chapel'' Tokyo Joypolis amusement park (2004) *''

Expo 2005 Expo 2005 was a World Expo held for 185 days between Friday, March 25 and Sunday, September 25, 2005, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of the city of Nagoya. Japan has also hosted Expo '70 Osaka (World Expo), Expo '75 Okinawa (Specialised Expo) ...

: Open Your Mind'' (2005) *''Galaxy Express 999'' Epson Shinagawa Aqua Stadium (2005) *''DigitaReal Live Stage'' Tokyo Joypolis amusement park (2012

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) *''Caretta Illumination 2012"Lumière no Mori (Forest of Light)"'' Caretta Shiodome (2012

)

Games

*''Super Power League'' (1993; box art) *''Super Power League 2'' (1994; box art) *'' Onimusha 2'' (2002

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video game) *''Winning Eleven Tactics'' (2003

Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...

video game; opening video animation) *'' Fatal Frame III: The Tormented'' (2005) *''

Dead or Alive 4 is a 2005 fighting video game developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo for the Xbox 360. It is the fourth main entry in the '' Dead or Alive'' fighting series. The story of the game focuses on the continuing war between the Mugen Tenshin ...

'' (2006) (ending cinematics of the Hayate and Erena) *''

Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 is a 2006 video game for the Xbox 360 game console. Developed by Team Ninja, it is the sequel to ''Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball''. The title expands upon the activities available in the original, supplementing beach volleyball with addi ...

'' (2006) (character introduction videos) * '' Fighting Action Girl Cortina''(2006) *'' KOF: Maximum Impact 2'' (2006) *''

Street Fighter IV is a 2008 fighting game published by Capcom, who also co-developed the game with Dimps. It was the first original main entry in the series since '' Street Fighter III'' in 1997, a hiatus of eleven years. The coin-operated arcade game version wa ...

'' (2009

video game; opening video animation) *''Monster Farm Lagoon'' (2009) *''

Resident Evil 5 ''Resident Evil 5'' is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. It is a major installment in the ''Resident Evil'' series, and was announced in 2005—the same year its predecessor ''Resident Evil 4'' was released. ' ...

'' (2009) *'' Metroid: Other M'' (2010

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video game) *'' Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds'' (2010; trailer) *''

Street Fighter X Tekken (pronounced "Street Fighter Cross Tekken") is a crossover fighting game developed by Capcom and released in March 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, in May for Microsoft Windows and in October for the PlayStation Vita. The game feature ...

'' (2012

video game; opening video animation) *''Dino Dominion'' (2012-2014 COLOPL Android application game) *''

Lollipop Chainsaw is a 2012 hack-and-slash video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles. It features Juliet Starling (voiced by Tara Strong in English and by both Eri Kitamura in the PlayStation 3 version a ...

'' (2012

Kadokawa Games Kadokawa may refer to: * Kadokawa Corporation, the holding company of the Kadokawa Group **Kadokawa Content Gate and Kadokawa Mobile, both former names for BookWalker **Kadokawa Future Publishing, a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation and the publ ...

) *'' Sacred 3'' (2014 Deep Silver) *''Sengoku Kabuki Do'' (2013-2014 COLOPL Android application game) *''

Thief Theft is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. The word ''theft'' is also used as a synonym or informal shorthand term for some ...

'' (2014

Square Enix is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational holding company, production enterprise and entertainment conglomerate, best known for its ''Final Fantasy'', ''Dragon Quest'', ''Star Ocean'' and ''Kingdom Hearts'' role-playing video game ...

& Eidos-Montréal) *''

Street Fighter V ''Street Fighter V'' is a fighting game developed by Capcom and Dimps and published by Capcom for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows, Windows in 2016. An Arcade game, arcade version exclusive to Japan was released by Taito in 2019. Similar to th ...

'' (2016

video game; character designs, background designs, opening movie, trailer movie, promotional video and character illustrations) *''Onmyoji'' (2018

NetEase NetEase, Inc. () is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications, and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Ding Lei. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile game ...

video game; animated promotional video) *'' Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!'' (2018) *''

Pokémon Sword and Shield and are 2019 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch console. They are the first installments in the eighth generation of the Pokémon (video game series), '' ...

'' (2019) *'' Granblue Fantasy: Relink'' (TBA)

Web

*''

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Short films

*''In Search of New Axis'' (1989) *''In Search of Muscular Axis'' (1990) *''In Search of Performing Axis'' (1991) *''Michael the Dinosaur'' (1993) *''Virtual Circus'' (1995) *''The Electric Circus'' (1996) *''The Robot Circus'' (1996) *''the FLY BanD!'' (1998) (for Information-technology Promotion Agency and exa) *''Aerobot'' (1998) *''Pole Network'' (1998) *''Junk Food King'' (1998) *''Polygon Family'' (1998) (for Information-technology Promotion Agency) *''Crocotires'' (1999) (for Information-technology Promotion Agency)

Commercials

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

(1990) *

Mainichi Broadcasting System , or MBS, is a radio and television broadcasting company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Japan Radio Network (JRN), National Radio Network (NRN), Japan News Network (JNN) and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region. It i ...

(1992) * NHK Hi-Vision (1992) *Bigrill (1994) *HG Super Hard (6 commercials; 1995–1997) *Yamato Home Convenience (2 commercials; 2005) * Wowow (2007) * BS Fuji (2008) *

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

(2016)

References

External links

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