Creator / Studio 4°C

Studio 4°C is an animation studio located in Japan. Their name refers to the temperature in which water is most dense.

Established in 1986, the company has mainly done work for various anime and North American-related projects. Particularly Transformers: Animated, ThunderCats (2011) and Tekkonkinkreet.

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Major projects:

• Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies (inter-mission cutscenes)
• Amazing Nuts! (includes Kung Fu Love)
• The Amazing World of Gumball (Nicole and Yuki's fight on the season four episode "The Fury")
• The Animatrix ("Beyond", "Detective Story", "Kid's Story", "Second Renaissance" segments, with Madhouse and Square Pictures)
• Asura's Wrath (DLC episodes set in between episodes 11-12 and 15-16)
• Ballmastrz: 9009 (special episode "Ballmastrz: Rubicon")
• Batman: Gotham Knight. ("Have I Got a Story for You" and "Working Through Pain")
• Berserk: The Golden Age Arc
• Catherine (cutscenes)
• Children of the Sea
• Detroit Metal City
• First Squad
• Genius Party
• Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (with JM Animation)
• Halo Legends ("The Babysitter and "Origins")
• Hard Corps: Uprising (cutscenes)
• Harmony
• Jeanne d'Arc (cutscenes)
• Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (with Moi Animation)
• Kamikaze Girls (The movie's animated sequence)
• Kid Icarus: Uprising (Medusa's Revenge)
• Macross 7 (Opening, series) ^note reused for "The Galaxy's Calling Me!" and Encore
• Memories
• Mind Game
• Mutafukaz
• My Last Day
• Poupelle of Chimney Town
• Princess Arete
• Rogue Galaxy (cutscenes)
• Spriggan (1998)
• Steamboy (with Sunrise)
• Street Fighter IV (cutscenes)
• Summon Night 3
• Sweat Punch (Includes Kigeki)
• Tekkonkinkreet
• ThunderCats (2011) ^note Head animation studio, with Telecom Animation Film (Key Animation on episodes 1, 5 & 26), The Answer Studio (Production Assistance on episode 7), Asahi Production, Moi Animation, Nakamura Productions (Key Animation on episodes 11 & 20) and Studio Wanpack (Key Animation on episodes 20 & 26)
• Transformers: Animated (Stock Footage, American opening and internet shorts, uncredited)
• Tweeny Witches

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Other projects:

• The Asterisk War (2nd Key Animation)
• Atom: The Beginning ((Finish & In-Between Animation)
• Attack on Titan: Junior High (In-Between Animation)
• B: The Beginning (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Corpse Princess (In-Between Animation)
• D.Gray-Man Hallow (2nd Key Animation)
• DIVE!! (Paint)
• Doodle Champion Island Games (Character Design & Animation Services)
• Earth Maiden Arjuna (Key & In-Between Animation; Digital Coloring; CGI)
• Fairy Tail (In-Between Animation)
• FLCL Progressive & Alternative (In-Between Animation)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2nd Key and In-Between Animation)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (In-Between Animation)
• Gamers! (2015) (Finish & In-Between Animation)
• GATE (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Gate Keepers 21 (Key Animation)
• Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Gosick (In-Between Animation)
• Granblue Fantasy: The Animation (In-Between Animation; Paint)
• Haikyuu!! (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Heroman (In-Between Animation)
• House of Five Leaves (In-Between Animation)
• Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (2nd Key Animation)
• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (In-Between Animation)
• Kids on the Slope (Backgrounds)
• Knight's & Magic (Finish Animation)
• Koi to Uso (in-Between Animation)
• Loups=Garous (Backgrounds)
• Lupin III: The Italian Adventure (In-Between Animation)
• Mazinger Z: Infinity (In-Between Animation)
• Major (In-Between Animation)
• Metropolis (2001) (CGI)
• Mob Psycho 100 (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (In-Between Animation)
• My Hero Academia (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
  • My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
• New Game! (Finish & In-Between Animation)
• Noir (In-Between Animation)
• Oreimo (Key Animation for the first series)
• Persona 5 (In-Between Animation)
• Plastic Memories (In-Between Animation)
• Princess Principal (In-Between Animation)
• Punch Line (2nd Key Animation)
• Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (In-Between Animation Assistance)
• Pumpkin Scissors (In-Between Animation)
• Re:CREATORS (In-Between Animation)
• Rurouni Kenshin (In-Between Animation; Production Advancement)
• Sora no Manimani (In-Between Animation)
• Summer Time Rendering (Opening Animation)
• Time Bokan 24 (Key, 2nd Key, Finish & In-Between Animation)
• Toradora! (In-Between Assistance)
• Vexille (Special Effects)
• Your Lie in April (In-Between Animation)
• Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (Paint)

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Tropes associated with Studio 4°C:

• Design Student's Orgasm: A few of their more zany short films fall into this category.
• Scenery Porn: Almost everything they've ever made.

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