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Shanghai Hippo Animation is the largest computer animation film studio in China.〔Screen Producers Australia (Profile: Kerr Xu ), 2013〕 Founded in Shanghai in 2003, Hippo Animation specializes in the creation of original content, as well as software development and the development of CG animation technologies.〔(Parinama Foundation ), official website〕 The company has also built a nationwide distribution infrastructure. The studio’s first animated feature film, ''Animen'', was released in China in 2010, and internationally in 2011.〔IMDb (''Animen'' )〕 Since this release, the studio has released four animated films in theaters across China and internationally. ==History== Kerr Xu founded Hippo Animation in 2003 with five people and $35,000.〔Screen Producers Australia (Profile: Kerr Xu ), 2013〕 The company was issued a Certificate of Video Production by the People's Republic of China State Administration of Radio, Film and Television,〔("Boxin Capital Investments" )〕 and is supported by the Shanghai government.〔(Shanghai Aims to Support Animation ), ''China Screen News'', 07/27/2012〕 As of October 2014, the studio's growing workforce is approaching 1,000 employees,〔Kim Macdonald (Asian Hollywood in Bunbury ), ''The West Australian Newspaper'', 10/29/2014〕 and the studio has the capacity to produce 4-5 films annually.〔Screen Producers Australia (Profile: Kerr Xu ), 2013〕 Xu also is the founder and CEO of Hippo's parent company, SJS Computer Science and Technology, a solutions and tool development company for CG film making. SJS's proprietary patents and plug-ins for commercial CGI platforms, including Autodesk Maya and Nuke, are used in-house at Hippo. Animators at Hippo are able to complete 6–7 seconds of quality facial animation per day, versus the industry standard of 1–2 seconds per day.〔Screen Producers Australia (Profile: Kerr Xu ), 2013〕 In 2013, Hippo struck feature film co-production deals with two Australian companies, announcing that almost $90 million worth of animated films will be produced in Western Australia as part of the deal,〔Jillian McHugh, (WA Strikes $90 Million Deal with China's New Walt Disney ), ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 12/12/2013〕 including plans to launch a $50 million China-Australia co-production film fund.〔Patrick Frater, (China’s Hippo Munches up Pair of Australian Animation Deals ), ''Variety'', 12/12/2013〕 One of the partnerships saw Australia's VUE Group, including VFX supervisor Gyuri Kiss (''Matrix Reloaded'', ''Watchmen''),〔IMDb (''Gyuri Kiss'' )〕 collaborate on ''Farmhouse II'' and ''Kung Fu Style''.〔Don Groves (Oz VFX House Readies 3D Chinese Animated Features ), ''Inside Film'', 08/19/2014]〕〔Don Groves, (Wide Release for Chinese-Australian Animated Co-pro ),''Inside Film'', 05/30/2014〕 In 2014, Xu announced plans to build the Asian Hollywood, complete with a training facility for Chinese students, in Western Australia.〔Kim Macdonald (Asian Hollywood in Bunbury ), ''The West Australian Newspaper'', 10/29/2014〕 Hippo has also licensed its content to Netflix, the first deal of its kind between Netflix and a Chinese studio.〔(Netflix Buys Chinese Sci-fi Cartoon's Online Copyright ), ''China Daily'', 01/11/2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shanghai Hippo Animation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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