Sanzigen

Sanzigen
Native name
株式会社サンジゲン
Kabushiki-gaisha Sanjigen
Company typeKabushiki-gaisha
IndustryCGI animation studio
Founded3 March 2006; 18 years ago (3 March 2006)
Founders
  • Hiroaki Matsuura
  • Daisuke Suzuki
  • Hiroshi Adachi
  • Shinsaku Nagura
  • Kentaro Shiga
Headquarters
Suginami, Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Hiroaki Matsuura (representative director)
  • Daisuke Suzuki (director)
OwnerUltra Super Pictures (75.4%)
Hiroaki Matsuura (16.4%)
Bushiroad (8.2%)
Number of employees
320 (as of June 2022)[1]
DivisionsSanzigen Photography Department
SubsidiarieseDITz (2013–)
Websitesanzigen.co.jp

Sanzigen Inc. (株式会社サンジゲン, Kabushiki-gaisha Sanjigen) is a Japanese animation studio specializing in CGI animation. The studio was founded in 2003, later becoming formally incorporated in 2006 by former employees of Gonzo, and has contributed to various anime series and films.[2] Its name is derived from the Japanese word for "three-dimensional" (三次元, sanjigen). Sanzigen joined the Japanese joint holding company Ultra Super Pictures with studios Ordet and Trigger, that would later be joined by Liden Films.

On 13 December 2019, Bushiroad announced that it had acquired 8.2% of Sanzigen. Ultra Super Pictures now owns 75.4% of Sanzigen and studio president Hiroaki Matsuura owns 16.4% of the company.[3]

On 10 February 2020, it was announced that Sanzigen had formed a partnership with Millepensee to form a new CG studio IXIXI.[4]

  1. ^ "会社概要" [Company Profile] (in Japanese). Sanzigen. August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. ^ Loo, Egan (27 October 2011). "Sanzigen, Ordet, Trigger Form Ultra Super Pictures Holding Firm". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (14 December 2019). "Bushiroad Acquires 8.2% of Sanzigen Animation Studio". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (11 February 2020). "Millepensee, Sanzigen Form lXlXl Anime Studio for 3D CG". AnimeNewsNetwork. Retrieved 21 February 2020.