Marza Animation Planet

Marza Animation Planet Inc.

Native name	株式会社マーザ・アニメーションプラネット
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Māza Animēshonpuranetto
Formerly	Sega VE Animation Studio (2005–2009) Sega Sammy Visual Entertainment (2009–2010)[1]
Company type	Division
Industry	CGI animation for film, CGI animation for television, CGI animation for video games
Founded	January 21, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-01-21) (as Sega VE Animation Studio/Visual Entertainment R&D Dept.) June 2009 (as Sega Sammy Visual Entertainment)
Headquarters	Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Yukio Sugino (chairman) Akira Sugano (president & CEO)
Number of employees	150
Parent	Sega
Website	marza.com/en/

Marza Animation Planet Inc. (株式会社マーザ・アニメーションプラネット, Kabushiki gaisha Māza Animēshonpuranetto) is a Japan-based CGI animation studio dedicated to making full-length feature films and video game cutscenes. Their extensive résumé includes CGI add-ins for television series and video games. Their head office is located on the 18th floor of the Tennoz Ocean Square (天王洲オーシャンスクエア, Tennōzu Ōshan Sukuea) in Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa, Tokyo near Tennozu Isle Station.^[2]

The company was formed through Sega spinning off its CGI division, and is best known for making the cutscenes for the Sonic the Hedgehog game. Marza Animation Planet is also known for being one of the production companies for the film Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and its sequel.