Animation touch
one’s heart beyond
national boarders.
A GIFT
FOR ALL
CHILDREN
Greeting from the Representative
Delivering next vision for new decade
Representative
Kazuhiro Nishikawa
We started from a small studio of 5 members. Through producing animations of different types, we’ve gained pretty much experience in this field and ten years later we have become a production studio with 80 staff that can afford TV and theatical series animation production.
Compared with automated large scare plants, we are more like a small factory where gathers experienced "animation" craftsmen. Thus, there is a limit for production quantity and speed. Lucky that we have qualified teams that can make products with high quality.
For next 10 years, we are thinking to make titles which show how DandeLion want to be.
"A gift for all children"
This is our first and of course, the most important mission.
Instead of pursuing only for fame or being unusual, we prefer to produce titles which can really make people feel touched with great empathy.
Please keep an eye on this small animation "factory" located in Nerima, a suburb ward of Tokyo. We will keep spreading animation throughout the world.
Company Information
| Established | April 9th, 2007 |
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| Corporate name | DandeLion Animation Studio Inc. (March 20th,2018 Demutualization) |
| Discription of business | ・Planning, production, and distribution(sales) of digital animation and application software. ・Planning, production, and distribution of animation for feature film, TV, and social media. ・Practical use and distribution, license, protection of intellectual property rights. ・Planning, production, and distribution of promotional items and merchandizing. ・Ads and online shopping business using internet. ・All business related to above. |
| Studio | Sankei Daini Building, 2-7-28, Higashioizumi, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 178-0063 Japan Tel: +81-3-6904-5161 Fax:+81-3-6904-5189 |
| Representative | Kazuhiro Nishikawa |
| Employee number | 78 employees(As of October, 2015) |
| Major business partners (Listed in no particular order) |
Nippon Television Network Corporation KADOKAWA CORPORATION VAP inc. Marvelous Inc. mixi, Inc. GREE, Inc. ROVIO ENTERTAINMENT LTD. TOEI ANIMATION CO., LTD. Production I.G, Inc. SUNRISE Inc. MAGES.Inc. Telecom Animation Film Co., Ltd. A-1 Pictures Inc. WIT STUDIO,Inc. Pierrot Co.,Ltd. Tezuka Productions Company, Ltd. Polygon Pictures Inc. Q-TEC,INC. GONZO K.K. POLYGON MAGIC, INC. Dynamo Pictures, Inc. IMAGICA Imageworks, Inc. ILCA,Inc. DIGITAL MEDIA LAB., INC. |
| Mainly used Software, Plug-in | Maya （Main3DSoftware） 3ds MAX (Second3DSoftware) VrayForMaya,VrayForMax AfterEffects,Nuke,Mari RealFlow |
Organization Chart
Corporate development
＝CORPORATE 
＝TV 
＝FILM
2007-2009
| 2007 | 4 | |
The representative of our company, Mr. Nishikawa, resigned from the TOEI Animation. Positioned as a CG animation planning and producing company, the Dandelion Animation Studio, LLC was founded with five members. |
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| 2008 | 6 | |
RoboDz Kazagumo Hen broadcast on the Toon Disney channel. We worked as the CG director & CG Production for the series. |
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Joined the production of Oblivion Island -Haruka and the Magic Mirror-, a full CG film. | ||
| 2009 | 12 | |
Film ONE PIECE FILM STRONG WORLD released. The virgin production as film CG director. |
2010-2014
| 2010 | 4 | |
An office space expansion for our staff member increased to 15. Meanwhile, our business scaled to game, promotion, recreation related videos. |
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| 2011 | 3 | |
Film ONE PIECE 3D: Mugiwara Chase released. |
| 8 | |
Pretty Cure All Stars DX3D theatre released. | |
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An office space expansion for our staff member increased to 30 . | ||
| 2012 | 4 | |
Film A Letter to Momo released. CG Director & CG Production |
| 6 | |
Film BLOOD-C The Last Dark released. CG Director & CG Production |
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| 7 | |
Film Guskō Budori no Denki released. Production |
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| 2013 | 3 | |
A second studio was setup at the Shakujii Park area. |
| 6 | |
Film Hal released. CG Director & Production |
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| 7 | |
A debut at the 1st Production Expo. | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
47 todofuken dogs R, our first prime-contract production began broadcasting on a channel owned by the Nippon Television Network Corporation. |
| 4 | |
A third studio was setup at the Shakujii Park area and the staff member increased to 40. | |
| A feature article about our company was published in the CGWORLD 188 Vol., a monthly Japanese CG magazine. We also featured on the cover in that edtion. |
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Haikyu!! began broadcasting on channels affiliated to Mainichi Broadcasting System and Tokyo Broadcasting System. CG Director & CG Production |
2015-
| 2015 | 3 | |
Computer Animation Unit founded. |
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| Staff member increased to 60. | |||
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A promotion video utilizing computer animation technique produced for the Angry Birds Fights! . | ||
| 4 | |
An article, titled First feature: CG Animation 2015, introduced about our company was published in the CGWORLD 200 Vol.. | |
| 5 | |
Film Sarusuberi -Miss Hokusai- released. CG Director & CG Production |
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| 7 | |
Rights Business Unit founded. | |
| A debut at the 5th Character and Brand Licensing Trade Show. | |||
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Mascot design for a Chinese music company based in Shanghai. | ||
| 10 | |
Film The Empire of Corpses released. CG Director & CG Production |
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| 2016 | 3 | |
The representative of our company gave a speech at the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market. |
| 4 | |
Ran a booth as a representative of Japan at the China International Cartoon and Animation Festival being held in Hangzhou, a city located in east China. | |
| 7 | |
The Morose Mononokean and Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION began broadcasting on channels including; Tokyo Metropolitan Television. | |
| 9 | |
Listed as a member of the Association of Japanese Animations. | |
| 10 | |
All the three studios scattered at the Shakujii Park area were moved into one building at the nearby Ōizumi Gakuen area. | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
Robomasters：The Animated Series, our prime contract production, released. |
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S-project, a global co-production, kicked off. | ||
| 4 | |
The 10th anniversary of our company. | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
We changed our trade name to DandeLion Animation Studio Inc. |
Awards
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
| Japan | 41th Japan Academy Film Prize | Excellent Animation Award |
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Sarusuberi -Miss Hokusai-
| France | 39th Annecy International Animation Film Festival | Jury Award |
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| Spain | 48th SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia | Anima’t Best Film Award |
| Australia | 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Best Animated Feature Film |
| Japan | 39th Japan Academy Film Prize | Excellent Animation Award |
| Japan | 70th Mainichi Film Awards | Animation Film Award |
| Canada | 19th Fantasia International Film Festival | Excellent Animation Film Award |
BLOOD-C The Last Dark
| Canada | 16th Fantasia International Film Festival | L’Ecran Fantastique |
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A Letter To Momo
| Japan | 15th Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division | Excellence Award |
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| Canada | 16th Fantasia International Film Festival | Audience Award |
| Italy | 14th Future Film Festival | Pratinum Grand Prize |
| U.S.A. | 2012 New York International Children’s Film Festival | Grand Prize:Feature Film |
| Mexico | 2012 AniFest | Best Animation Feature Film |
| Australia | 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Best Animated Feature Film |
| France | 8th Mon Premier Festival | Jury Award |
| Japan | 20th Tokyo Kinder Film Festival | Grand Prize:Feature Film |
ONE PIECE FILM Strong World
| Japan | 34th Japan Academy Film Prize | Excellent Animation Award |
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| Spain | 12th Barcelona Asian Film Festival | Audience Award |
| Japan | 28th Golden Gross Award | Excellence Silver Prize |
Oblivion Island -Haruka and the Magic Mirror-
| Japan | 33th Japan Academy Film Prize | Excellent Animation Award |
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| Japan | MPTE AWARDS 2009 | Technical Prize |
| Japan | 13th Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division | Jury Selections |
| Japan | 25th Digital Content Grand Prix | DCAJ Chairman Award |
| Argentina | 4th Expotoons Internatinal Animation Festival | Expotoons Special Award:Feature Film |
| Canada | 14th Fantasia International Film Festival | Animated Feature Film Jury Award |
| Germany | 10th Nippon Connection | Nippon Cinema Award |
| Germany | 18th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film | AniMovie Special Mention feature-length animated film |
| Australia | 4th Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Nominated for Best Animated Feature Film |
| South Korea | 14th Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival(SICAF) | Animated Feature Film Jury Award |
| Argentina | 10th International Film Festival "Nueva Mirada" for Children and Youth | "GOLDEN KITE" THE BEST FEATURE FILM SIGNIS ARGENTINA JURY AWARDS |
Origin
Origin of the corporate name
Our corporate name came from flower, dendelion. In French, "dandelion" has a meaning of "lion’s teeth(dent-de-lion)", also.
Dandelion is the small flower which bloom partically anywhere, consisting one flower with bunch of flower petal.
Even more, green leaves look like teeth of lion.
Also, when blooming season finishes, puff will fly on the wind. It has vital energy, and can bloom flower wherever it’s seed lands. With an adult’s perspective, it is too small and not gorgeous flower, but as a child, it is a flower you see daily.
DandeLion Animation Studio is production studio which make TV and theatical series CG animation which strongly bloom to children’s point of view.
Origin of the company logo
We have renewed our company logo for 10th year anniversary. Motif of the logo is our former logo, which was illustration of lion and our original character "Kenta". We created simple character logo which can be widespread and popular, as well as easy to read but playful.
