Sprite Animation Studios is a

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, CA-based CGI animation studio founded in 2002 by former members of Square USA led by Motonori "Moto" Sakakibara, co-director of Square Pictures and

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’ feature film '' Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within''. The studio specializes in the design and creation of 3D computer animation for film and television productions, video games, and commercial advertising, and its short productions have screened at the

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, the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater, the

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, and other venues. In 2009, Sprite entered into a partnership with OLM, Inc., a famous Japanese animation studio, producer of ''

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Television series

*'' Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures'' (2013–2016) (co-production Arad Productions,

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, and

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and OLM, Digital) *''Sushi Ninja'' (2014) (co-production with Genco) *'' Yo-Kai Watch'' (2015–2018) (co-production with OLM, Digital) *'' Kong: King of the Apes'' (2016–2018) (co-production Arad Animation,

and OLM, Digital)

Films

*'' Yo-kai Watch: The Movie'' (2016)

References

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* American animation studios Mass media companies established in 2002 Privately held companies based in California Imagica Robot Holdings {{animation-studio-stub