Awards
2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Polygon Pictures
The Animation Magazine’s Hall of Fame Awards (Shuzo John Shiota)
The 25th Japan Media Arts Festival (2022) : Special Acheivement Award (Won) (Shuzo John Shiota)
WIRED Audi INNOVATION Award 2016 (Won) (Shuzo John Shiota)
FileMaker Excellence Award 2014 : Development of the Year (Won)
Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2010 (Won)
MECH CADETS
Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2023
Films de Télévision en Compétition (TV Films in Competition) (Nominated)
LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS VOLUME 3 “The Very Pulse of the Machine”
50th Annie Awards(2023)
Best Music - TV/Media (Nominated)
Best Storyboarding - TV/Media (Won)
2023 BFE Cut Above Award
Best Edited Series: Animation (Won)
Winning Editors
Love, Death & Robots Volume 3
Kirk Baxter, ACE, Julian Clarke, Dave Conte, Matt Mariska, Jim May, Alberto Mielgo, Stephen Mulholland BFE, ISE, Tyler Nelson, Sabrina Pitre, CCE, Todd Raleigh and Hiroaki Sasa (Polygon Pictures)
Stillwater
The 1st Ever Children’s and Family Emmy Awards (2022)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM (Won)
OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM (Nominated)
2022 Kidscreen Awards
Creative Talent: Best Design (Won)
The 49th Annie Awards (2022)
Best TV/Media - Preschool (Nominated)
The 48th Daytime Emmy Awards(2021)
Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Series (Nominated)
Outstanding Writing Team for a Preschool Animated Program (Nominated)
Outstanding Directing Team for a Preschool Animated Program (Nominated)
Outstanding Editing for a Preschool Animated Program (Won)
The 81st George Foster Peabody Awards (2021)
Children's & Youth (Won)
The 48th Annie Awards (2021)
Best TV/Media - Preschool (Nominated)
Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy - Siege
The 48th Annie Awards (2021)
Best FX for TV/Media (Nominated)
HUMAN LOST
VFX - JAPAN Award 2021
Animated Film Category Award of Excellence (Won)
32nd Tokyo International Film Festival - Special Entry
2019 Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Official Screening
23rd Fantasia International Film Festival
Animation Category, Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation (Won)
SciFi Film Festival 2019 - Special Screening
Bucheon International Animation Festival - Feature Film Category - Competition Entry
Sitges Film Festival - Animated Feature Film Category - Competition Entry
DRIFTING DRAGONS
VFX - JAPAN Award 2021
TV CG animation programs Category Award of Excellence (Won)
Star Wars Resistance
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020)
Outstanding Children's Program (Nominated)
The 45th Saturn Awards (2019)
Best Animated Series on Television (Won)
The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019)
Outstanding Children's Program (Nominated)
GODZILLA：City on the Edge of Battle
VFX - JAPAN Award 2019
Animated Film Category Award of Excellence (Won)
GODZILLA：The Planet Eater
31st Tokyo International Film Festival
Closing Screening
Lost in Oz
The 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2018)
Outstanding Children’s Animated Series (Nominated)
Outstanding Sound Mixing – Animation (Nominated)
The 45th The Annie Awards (2017)
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children (Nominated)
VFX - JAPAN Award 2018
TV CG animation programs Category Award of Excellence (Won)
The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2017)
Outstanding Children’s Animated Program (Won)
Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series or Special (Nominated)
Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program (Nominated)
Outstanding Sound Mixing – Animation (Won)
Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation (Won)
BLAME!
VFX - JAPAN Award 2018
Animated Film Category top Awards of Excellence (Won)
21st Japan Media Arts Festival
Animation Category, Jury Selection
2017 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Special Screening
Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter
The 4th International Emmy Kids Awards(2016)
The Animation category (Won)
The 8th DEG Japan Awards Blu-Ray Prize(2016)
The Juror's Special Award (Won)
The 20th Asian Television Awards(2015)
Bset 2D Animated Programme (Won)
The 17th WorldMediaFestival
The 2015 intermedia-globe GRAND AWARD/Category Animation (Won)
The 2015 intermedia-globe Gold/Animation (Won)
The Chicago International Film (2015)
Animated Series Gold Plaque (Won)
The 20th Annual International Family Film Festival(2015)
BEST ANIMATION-FOREIGN (Finalist)
TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE
The 43th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2016)
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program (Nominated)
AJIN - DEMI-HUMAN -Compel
Featured at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival
Number 1 in opening day rankings at Pia Cinemas!
Knights of Sidonia The Movie
VFX - JAPAN Award 2016
Animated Film Category Award of Excellence (Won)
Knights of Sidonia
Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF) 2015
Television Category(Nominated)
The 7th Blu-ray Prize DEG Japan Award (2015)
Highest Image Quality Award, Animation Category (Won)
VFX-JAPAN Awards 2015
Outstanding Performance Award, Television Program Category (Won)
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2014: Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater Screening
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The 41th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2014)
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program
(Nominated)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing - Animation (Nominated)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Animation (Nominated)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation:
Christopher Voy, Color (Won)
The 41th Annie Awards (2014)
Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production (Nominated)
Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Nominated)
The 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2013)
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program (Won)
Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program:
David Tennant as Huyang (Won)
Jim Cummings as Hondo Onaka (Nominated)
Sam Witwer as Darth Maul (Nominated)
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program (Nominated)
Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition (Nominated)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing - Animation (Nominated)
The 40th Annie Awards (2013)
Animated Effects in an Animated Production (Joel Aron) (Nominated)
Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Keith Kellogg, “Revenge”) (Nominated)
Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Sam Witwer as Darth Maul, “Revenge”) (Nominated)
Editorial in an Animated Television Production (Jason Tucker, “Revival”) (Nominated)
Transformers Prime
The 41th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2014)
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program (Nominated)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation:
Jose Lopez, Character Design (Won)
Yasuhiro Motoda, Character Animator (Won)
Program: Transformers Prime Beast Hunters, HUB Network
The 41th Annie Awards (2014)
Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production (Nominated)
The 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2013)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation:
Jason Park, Background Designer, “Orion Pax -- Part 3” (Won)
Arato Kato, Character Animator, “Hard Knocks” (Won)
Kirk Van Wormer, Storyboard Artist, “Nemesis Prime” (Won)
The 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2013)
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program (Won)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation - Christophe Vacher (Won)
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program (Nominated)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Animation (Nominated)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing - Animation (Nominated)
The 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2011)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: Vince Toyama (Won)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: Christophe Vacher (Won)
Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program: Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime (Nominated)
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program (Nominated)
Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition (Nominated)
Tron: Uprising
The 41th Annie Awards (2014)
Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production (Nominated)
The 40th Annie Awards (2013)
Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Robert Valley, “The Renegade, Part I”) (Won)
Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Alberto Mielgo, “The Stranger”) (Won)
Best Animated Special Production (“Beck’s Beginning”) (Nominated)
Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production (Robert Valley, Calvin Lee, “The Reward”) (Nominated)
Muybridge's Strings
14th International Animation Festival Hiroshima: Special Prize
36th Hong Kong International Film Festival: Firebird Award, Short Film Competition
15th Japan Media Arts Festival: Excellence Award, Animation Division
54th Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film: Honorary Mention
35th CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival: Special Jury Prize, Prize RTP2: Onda Curta
15th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival: NFB Best Canadian Film or Video Award
53rd International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao: Silver Mikeldi for Animation
14th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Animated Dreams: Jury’s Special Mentioning II
18th International Film Festival Etiuda ＆ Anima: The Great (Under)estimated, awarded by the Director of the Festival Bogusław Zmudziński
32nd Annual Genie Awards: Best Animated Short(Nominated)
Accepted for competition at 7 other international film festivals, and presented by special invitation at 22 more around the world.
Nissan x dwarf “PLUG,THe NeW WORLD”
15th Japan Media Arts Festival: Jury Selection Work
Ottawa International Animation Festival: Competition
Selection, Short Promotional Animation
60th Melbourne International Film Festival: Animation Shorts (Official Selection)
Sapporo Short Fest 2011: Japan Off Theater, Animation Program
Se-ma-for Film Festival : Competition Selection, International Competition for Best Stop Motion Animation
Cine Eco 2011: Competition Seleciton, Children's Pictures
15th Seoul International Cartoon ＆ Animation Festival: Special Program Selection
21st International Animated Film Festival Les Nuits Magiques: High School Student Prize
Hifana "HANABEAM"
SIGGRAPH 2010: Electronic Theater Screening
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2010: Animation Theater Screening
Oblivion Island -HARUKA AND THE MAGIC MIRROR-
2009 Japan Media Arts Festival: Jury Recommended Work
2010 Japan Academy Prizes: Animation Film of the Year
Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan, Inc.: 2009 Visual Technology Award
10th Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival: Nippon Cinema Award
14th Seoul International Cartoon ＆ Animation Festival (SICAF 2010): Feature Films Competition Special Jury Prize
FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL 2010: Jury's Special Mention
2010 Digital Content Grand Prix: DCAJ Chairman Prize
Expotoons International Animation Festival 2010: Jury's 1st Mention
The Sky Crawlers
2008 Venice Film Festival: The Future Film Festival Digital Award
2008 Sitges International Film Festival: Best Original Soundtrack Jose Luis Guarner Critic Award
Best Motion Picture award from the Carnet Jove Jury
2008 Mainichi Film Awards: Animation Film Award
BLUEBERRY-EYE 'Bru Bru Dance'
Ottawa 2008 International Animation Festival: Promotional Animation Category
Bump of Chicken 'Hana no na' PV
SPACE SHOWER Music Video Awards 08: Best Video of the Year, Best Your Choice1, Best Group Video
Disney My Friends Tigger ＆ Pooh
The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2007)
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program (Nominated)
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program (Nominated)
Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Design (Nominated)
Street Fighter IV
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2007: Screening
2007 Japan Media Arts Festival: Jury Recommended Work
Boneheads
SIGGRAPH 2007: Animation Theater Screening
2007 Japan Media Arts Festival: Jury Recommended Works
Samuroid Zero
SIGGRAPH 2005: Animation Theater Screening
ORF Prix Ars Electronica 05: Screening
Anima Mundi 2005: Screening
Winning Eleven Tactics
ORF Prix Ars Electronica 2004: Computer Animation Honorary Mention
Polygon Family 2
SIGGRAPH 2002: Electronic Theater Screening
Mr. Digital Tokoro
The New York Festivals: Finalist Certificate
US International Film and Video Festival: Gold Camera Award
The 29th Annie Awards (2001)
Best Animated Short Subject (Nominated)