Sprite Animation Studios

{{Short description|Animation Studio}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Sprite Animation Studios

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| type = Privately held

| foundation = 2002

| location = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| key_people = Motonori Sakakibara
Junichi Yanagihara

| industry = CG Animation

| products =

| revenue =

| owner = Imagica Group

| parent = OLM (studio)

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| num_employees = 4 (March 2023)

| homepage = [http://www.spriteanimation.com www.spriteanimation.com]

}}

Sprite Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio founded in 2002 by former members of Square USA led by Motonori "Moto" Sakakibara, co-director of Square Pictures and Columbia Pictures’ 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 Annecy International Animated Film Festival,[http://www.annecy.org/home/index.php?Page_ID=752&film_id=20061182&back_page=231&code_categfilm=CM&titre=&realisateur=&PHPSESSID=f3ef0146a4c3440e2dc8285540d604b7 Monster Samurai - Annecy 2007 Official Selection] the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater,[http://www.siggraph.org/s2005/pda/sun1-6.html Journey to the West - SIGGRAPH 2005 Electronic Theater] the Ottawa International Animation Festival,[http://ottawa.awn.com/archives/OIAF06Archive/index.php?option=com_oiaf&task=showevent&i=34&Itemid=382 Monster Samurai - Ottawa 2006 Official Selection] and other venues.

In 2009, Sprite entered into a partnership with OLM, Inc., a famous Japanese animation studio, producer of the Pokémon anime.[http://www.spriteanimation.com/company/ Who We Are - Company - Sprite Animation Studios]