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

^ Morissy, Kim (April 8, 2020). "Polygon Pictures Announces All Employees Have Switched to Remote Work". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Company Fact Sheet". Polygon Pictures (in Japanese).
^ ^a ^b "Jack Liang". Animation Dingle. 26 January 2024.

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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), 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,^[1] 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.

In 2021, Polygon Pictures established an Indian subsidiary Polygon Pictures India in Thane, Maharashtra.^[2]

In 2023, Corus Entertainment announced that their subsidiary Nelvana would be working in partnership with Polygon Pictures to deliver Japanese original animated content for kids.^[3]

In 2024, Titmouse, Inc. announced a partnership with Polygon Pictures for multiple CG animated series.^[4]

^ Milligan, Mercedes (June 2, 2012). "Tapping in to The Grid". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
^ "Polygon Pictures Establishes CG Studio Subsidiary in India". Anime News Network. August 2, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
^ "Nelvana, Polygon Pictures Collaborate for Japanese Originated Animated Content for Kids". Anime News Network. May 3, 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
^ Sartro, Debbie Diamond (August 15, 2024). "Titmouse and Polygon Pictures Team Up to Produce Multiple New CG Series". Animation World Network.

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