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Marza Animation Planet Inc. (マーザ・アニメーションプラネット株式会社 Māza Animēshonpuranetto Kabushiki Kaisha?), formerly known as Sega Sammy Visual Entertainment (Sega Sammy VE Animation Studios), is a Japan and Russia-based CGI animation and operator studio dedicated to making full-length feature films. Their extensive résumé includes CGI Add-ins for television series and video games. Their headquarters are on the 18th floor of Tennoz Ocean Square (天王洲オーシャンスクエア Tennōzu Ōshan Sukuea?) in Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa, Tokyo, near Tennozu Isle Station. They are currently known as the main CGI development group for Sega. Since 2006, they have been known to animate various CGI features in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. They were also responsible for creating the original characters, Su, Uh and Lah.
Credits[]
Video games[]
- Sonic Free Riders (2010) - Opening CGI Movie, CGI Animated Storyboard Inserts, Graphic Design
- Sonic Colors (2010) - Opening CGI Movie, CGI Cutscene Inserts, Ending CGI Movie, Graphic Design) (Co-Animated & Co-Produced with Animaroid, Inc.)
- Sonic Colors: Ultimate (2021) - Opening CGI Movie, CGI Cutscene Inserts, Ending CGI Movie, Graphic Design (Co-Animated & Co-Produced with Animaroid, Inc.) (Original Game), CGI Upconverting (Co-Upconverted with Q-Tec, Inc. and Radius5 Inc.)
- Sonic Generations (2011) - Opening CGI Movie, CGI Cutscene Inserts, Ending CGI Movie, Graphic Design
- Sonic X Shadow Generations (2024)
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011) - Opening CGI Movie
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012) - Opening CGI Movie
- Sonic Lost World (2013) - CG Movie Production
- Sonic Forces (2017) - Promotional movies and cover artwork
- Team Sonic Racing (2019) - CG Production
- Sonic Frontiers (2022) - Teaser Movie, Trailer, (Co-Animated & Co-Produced with Shirogumi Inc.) Hero Visual, Event Scene
Under Sega Sammy VE / Visual Entertainment R&D Department[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) - Opening CGI Movie, CGI Cutscene Inserts, Ending CGI Movie (Co-Animated & Produced with Blur Studio and GEMBA)
- Sonic Riders (2006) - Opening CGI Movie, CGI Cutscene Inserts, Ending CGI Movie
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) - Opening CGI Movie
- Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008) - Opening CGI Movie, CGI Cutscene Inserts, Ending CGI Movie (Co-Animated & Co-Produced with Anima, GONZO and Neuron Age)
- Sonic Unleashed (2008) - Opening CGI Movie, CGI Cutscene Inserts, Graphic Design
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) - Opening CGI Movie
Short films[]
- Sonic: Night of the Werehog (2008) - CGI Animation Production
- Sonic Drone Home (2022) - (in collaboration with Paramount Pictures)
- Ghost Tale (2023) - CGI Animation Production
Feature films[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) - Live-Action/CGI Animation Production (in partnership with Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Sega Sammy Group, Original Film and Blur Studio)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - (in collaboration with Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Original Film, Sega Sammy Group and Blur Studio)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) - (in collaboration with Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Original Film, Sega Sammy Group and Blur Studio)
Gallery[]
Logos[]
Miscellaneous[]
References[]
- ↑ Jeff Fowler's Thanks (English). @marza_official. Twitter (12 May 2022). Retrieved on 6 April 2024. "MARZA ANIMATION PLANET: Just received the poster for #SonicMovie2 (Japanese title "Sonic the Movie: Sonic vs. Knuckles":Japan release - 8/19) from @ParamountPics! We were moved to tears by the director Jeff Fowler's @fowltown comment... Thank you so much, Jeff. And congrats on the worldwide smash!"
External links[]
- Official website
- Marza Animation Planet at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Marza Staff on Twitter