Studio 4°C

Studio 4°C is a Japanese animation studio founded by Koji Morimoto, Eiko Tanaka, and Yoshiharu Sato in 1986. The name comes from the temperature at which water is densest. It should not be mistaken with Studio 4C which is a common nickname given to the team of assistants of the manga artist Masakazu Katsura.

They are known for marrying the spirit of independent festival animation with a more mainstream anime aesthetic. In addition much of their output is considered superflat with some artwork from Morimoto being featured at Takashi Murakami's exhibitions.

Works

Feature Films

*"Memories" (1995)
*"Spriggan" (1998)
*"Princess Arete" (2001)
*"Mind Game" (2004)
*"Tekkon Kinkreet" (2006 - December 23)
*"Genius Party" (2007 - July 7)
*"Genius Party Beyond" (2008 - February 15)
*"Sachiko" (????)

TV Series

*"Urarochi Diamond" (2000)
*"Piroppo" (2001)
*"Tweeny Witches" (2004)
*"Kimagure Robot" (2004)
*"Ani*Kuri15" (2007 - Announced)
*"" (2008)
*"Detroit Metal City" (2008)

Original Video Animation

*"Tobira O Akete" (1995)
*"Debutante Detective Corps" (1996)
*"Noiseman Sound Insect" (1997)
*"Eternal Family" (1997)
*"The Animatrix" - "Beyond", "A Detective Story", "Kid's Story" (2003)
*"" (2004)
*"Gotham Knight" - "", "" (2008)

Music Videos

*Ken Ishii - "Extra" (1996)
*The Bluetones - "Four Day Weekend" (1998)
*Glay - "Survival" (1999)
*Ayumi Hamasaki - "Connected" (2002)
*Linkin Park - "Breaking the Habit" (2003)
*Ligalayz - "Pervyi Otryad" ("First Squad") (2005)
*Utada Hikaru - "Passion" (2006)

hort Films

*"Gondora" (1998)
*"Digital Juice Part 1 - Lords of the Sword" (2001)
*"Digital Juice Part 2 - Chicken's Insurance" (2001)
*"Digital Juice Part 3 - Kin Jin Kitto" (2001)
*"Digital Juice Part 4 - In the Evening of a Moonlit Night (Tsukiyo no Ban)" (2001)
*"Digital Juice Part 5 - Table and Fisherman" (2001)
*"Digital Juice Part 6 - Aerial Bar" (2001)
*"Jigen Loop" (2001)
*"Sweat Punch 1 - Professor Dan Petory's Blues" (2002)
*"Sweat Punch 2 - End of the World" (2002)
*"Sweat Punch 3 - Comedy" (2002)
*"Sweat Punch 4 - Higan" (2002)
*"Amazing Nuts! Part 1 - Global Astroliner" (2006)
*"Amazing Nuts! Part 2 - Glass Eyes" (2006)
*"Amazing Nuts! Part 3 - Kung Fu Love - Even If You Become the Enemy of the World" (2006)
*"Amazing Nuts! Part 4 - Joe and Marilyn" (2006)
*"The Animatrix - 5 short films inside

Video Games

*"Summon Night 3" (2003)
*"Rogue Galaxy" (2005)
*"Lunar Knights" (2006)
*"Jeanne D'Arc" (2006)

Commercials

*Nike - "Chamber of Fear (Self Doubt)" (2004)
*Honda Edix presents Edix Six - "kiro" (2006)

Other

*"LINCOLN" (2005) - Opening animation and character designs.

External links

* [http://www.studio4c.co.jp/ Official Studio 4°C Website]
* [http://www.kojimorimoto.net Koji Morimoto Fansite (French with English version planned)]
* [http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3144790 Interview with Yukie Saeki of 4°C on Shining Force Neo's 2D animation]
* [http://www.honda.co.jp/Edix/editsix/index.html Honda Edix presents Edix Six page]
* [http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/jeanne-darc/810328p3.html Interview with Level 5, citing Studio 4°C's involvement with Jeanne D'Arc for the Playstation Portable]

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