Sanzigen

Native name	株式会社サンジゲン
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Sanjigen
Company type	Kabushiki-gaisha
Industry	CGI animation studio
Founded	3 March 2006; 18 years ago (3 March 2006)
Founders	Hiroaki Matsuura Daisuke Suzuki Hiroshi Adachi Shunsaku Nagura Kentaro Shiga
Headquarters	Suginami, Tokyo , Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Hiroaki Matsuura (representative director) Daisuke Suzuki (director)
Owner	Ultra Super Pictures (75.4%) Hiroaki Matsuura (16.4%) Bushiroad (8.2%)
Number of employees	320 (as of June 2022)[1]
Divisions	Sanzigen Photography Department
Subsidiaries	eDITz (2013–)
Website	sanzigen.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]

Television series

• Black Rock Shooter (2012; co-production with Ordet)
• Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life (2012)
• Miss Monochrome (2013–2015; co-production with Liden Films)
• Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova- (2013)
• Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life: Kakusei-hen (2014; co-production with Liden Films)
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015; co-production with Liden Films)
• Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life: Mugen-hen (2015)
• Heavy Object (2015–2016; 3DCG; animation production by J.C. Staff)
• Bubuki Buranki (2016)
• Bubuki Buranki 2: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy (2016)
• ID-0 (2017)
• BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico (2018–2022, co-production with DMM.futureworks)
• BanG Dream! (2019–2020; second and third seasons)
• Sakura Wars the Animation (2020)
• Argonavis from BanG Dream! (2020)
• D4DJ First Mix (2020–2021)
• D_Cide Traumerei the Animation (2021)
• BanG Dream! Morfonication (2022)
• D4DJ All Mix (2023)
• BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! (2023)
• Ishura (2024; CG; animation production by Passione)^[5]
• BanG Dream! Ave Mujica (2025)
• Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers (TBA)^[6]

OVA/ONAs

• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2016, with Liden Films)
• Sorcery in the Big City (2017)
• D4DJ Double Mix (2022)

Animated films

• 009 Re:Cyborg (2012; co-production with Production I.G)
• Initial D Legend 1: Awakening (2014; co-production with Liden Films)
• Initial D Legend 2: Racer (2015; co-production with Liden Films)
• Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova DC (2015)
• Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova Cadenza (2015)
• Initial D Legend 3: Dream (2016; co-production with Liden Films)
• Promare (2019; 3DCG work for Studio Trigger)
• BanG Dream! Film Live (2019)
• BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia: Promise (2021)
• BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia: Song I am. (2021)
• BanG Dream! Film Live 2nd Stage (2021)
• Gekijōban Argonavis: Ryūsei no Obligato (2021)
• BanG Dream! Poppin' Dream! (2022)
• Gekijōban Argonavis Axia (2023)
• BanG Dream! Spring Sunshine, Lost Cat (2024)
• BanG Dream! Sing, Songs That Become Us & Film Live (2024)

Video games

• Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) – CGI Animation
• Sakura Wars (2019) – CGI Animation
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2020) – CGI Animation (Byleth Reveal Trailer)

Music videos

• Find Your One Way (from Guilty Gear =STRIVE=) (2022) - CGI Animation
• SAIKYOUTICPOLKA (2022) – CGI Animation
• What an amazing swing (2023) – CGI Animation

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Sanzigen at Anime News Network's encyclopedia