The Sky Crawlers (film)

2008 Japanese film

The Sky Crawlers

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Mamoru Oshii
Screenplay by| Chihiro Itō
Based on| The Sky Crawlers
by Hiroshi Mori
Produced by| Tomohiko Ishii
Hideyuki Saitō (3DCG Producer)
Starring|

* Rinko Kikuchi
* Ryo Kase
* Shōsuke Tanihara
* Chiaki Kuriyama

Cinematography| Hisashi Ezura
Edited by| Junichi Uematsu
Music by| Kenji Kawai

Production
companies

NTV
Production I.G
Polygon Pictures (3DCG)

Distributed by| Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date

* August 2, 2008 (2008-08-02) (Japan)

Running time

| 122 minutes
Country| Japan
Languages| Japanese
English
Budget| $3 million
Box office| $5.8 million[1]

The Sky Crawlers (スカイ・クロラ, Sukai Kurora) is a 2008 Japanese adult animated war film, directed by Mamoru Oshii. It is an adaptation of Hiroshi Mori's novel of the same name. It was released across Japanese theatres by Warner Bros. Japan on August 2, 2008.[2][3][4] Animated by Production I.G, the film was written by Chihiro Itō, featuring character designs by Tetsuya Nishio and music by Kenji Kawai.[2][3] The 3D CG animation for the movie was produced by the Polygon Pictures studio, who also produced the 3D CG for Oshii's previous film Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.

## Plot

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The Sky Crawlers is set in an alternate history timeline where although the world is at peace, in order to ease the tension of a populace accustomed to war and aggression, two rival private corporations, the Poland-based Rostock and the Ireland-based Lautern, contract fighter pilots to engage in actual combat operations against each other. The film introduces characters known as Kildren (キルドレ, Kirudore, "kill-dolls") \- humanoids genetically engineered in a way that enables them to live eternally in adolescence.

Fighter pilot Yūichi Kannami is reassigned to Area 262. He is immediately assigned a new plane but is not told why he cannot keep the one he has been flying or what became of the previous pilot of his new plane. He meets the base's commanding officer, Suito Kusanagi, who names the previous pilot as Kurita Jinroh but refuses to say what happened to him. Shortly afterward, he meets the rest of the base's pilots: Aizu Yudagawa, Yuriyuki Shinota and his roommate, Naofumi Tokino.

The next morning Tokino and Kannami embark upon a reconnaissance mission and down three enemy fighters. That evening, Tokino takes him to a local spot, Daniel's Diner, where they meet two women named Kusumi and Fuuko. They all go to the brothel where the ladies work and Kannami has sex with Fuuko. She tells Kannami that she had a relationship with Jinroh and that Kannami's existence must mean that Jinroh is no longer alive.

The pilots talk about the enemy company's most feared ace, called The Teacher, who flies a plane with the silhouette of a black jaguar painted on its side. They discuss his legendary status and comment that, although he is a fighter pilot, he's said to be not a Kildren but an adult man.

Returning from a sortie early, Kannami meets Mizuki Kusanagi, who introduces herself as Suito's younger sister, but Tokino informs him that she is actually Suito's daughter. Suito comments to Kannami that she wonders what will happen when Mizuki and she are the same age, implying that Suito is a Kildren.

A sponsor tour of the base is interrupted by the downing of a friendly plane from a neighbouring area. Kusanagi angrily berates a group of civilian observers for pitying the killed pilot. Later, Kannami visits the diner again, during which he spots enemy bombers and warns the base. Kusanagi sorties the pilots, taking Kannami's plane in his absence. The two visit theatre command, where an officer bars them from meeting with Kusanagi's superior. The two later visit an isolated lodge, which, according to Kusanagi, "no-one visits twice". Kannami asks Kusanagi if she killed Jinroh, to which Kusanagi asks if Kannami "wants to be killed as well".

During a later sortie, Yudagawa and Kannami spot several enemy bombers with fighter escorts. Rushing ahead to engage the enemy alone, Yudagawa is shot down by the Teacher, and his plane sinks into the sea. Kusanagi orders all the remaining pilots to sortie to hunt down the Teacher, taking Kannami's plane personally. Tokino and Yuri return without Kusanagi, who rushed off alone after spotting the Teacher. Kannami's crashed plane is later found by Fūko, and the injured Kusanagi is brought back to base for treatment. Fūko reveals that Kusanagi once visited one of her clients, and had sex with him.

The pilots are called out to March-Hare base in preparation for a major operation against an enemy airbase. Tokino and Kannami meet with Midori Mitsuya, March-Hare's ace pilot, who seeks out Kannami, having heard about his reputation. The pilots are briefed on the operation and sortie, which ends with heavy casualties on both sides, including Yuri as well as a few heavy Rostock bombers downed by kamikaze strikes by damaged Lautern fighters. Later that evening, after returning to base, Tokino, Kannami and Kusanagi go bowling together. After Tokino leaves, Kannami asks Kusanagi about her relation to the Teacher, to which she replies that the Teacher is her former superior officer. Kusanagi contemplates how the perpetual existence of their war mandates an undefeatable enemy, which exists in the form of the Teacher. Later, a drunken Kusanagi puts a gun to Kannami's head before asking him to kill her, lest "nothing change" for them.

The pilots return to 262, with the pilots from March-hare reinforcing them. Kannami encounters a new pilot, Aihara, who looks and behaves extremely similarly to Yudagawa. Midori visits Kannami, and suffers a nervous breakdown, wondering if she is a Kildren, and realizing that she cannot recall any memories of her childhood. She asserts that Kannami is Jinroh's reincarnation, implanted with Jinroh's memories to maintain his skills as a pilot. Later that evening, Midori tries to shoot Kusanagi. Kannami, woken by the gunshot, intervenes and takes the gun from her. Kusanagi admits to killing Jinroh on his own request, before asking Kannami to shoot her. Kannami refuses, insisting that she must continue to live until she can change things.

The pilots leave on patrol as Kannami contemplates how one can find new experiences even if one has travelled the same path before, and regains his memories as Jinroh. Midori sights the Teacher's plane, which Kannami engages alone, resolving to "kill his father". The two engage in a dogfight and Kannami is killed. One by one, the base personnel accept that Kannami is not coming back.

In a post-credits scene, pilot Isamu Hiragi arrives at 262. His face is not shown, but his physical mannerisms in exiting his plane are identical to Kannami's, as is his voice. Hiragi is greeted by Kusanagi in a much warmer fashion, telling him that she's "been waiting for him to arrive".

### Aircraft

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Rostock

* Sanka Mk.B: Standard fighter of Rostock Iron Works. It resembles the Kyushu J7W Shinden.
* Someaka: A twin engine pusher canard fighter with forward-swept wings. Cockpit canopy and nose somewhat resemble the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, while the tail is reminiscent of the Dornier Do-335, and the overall configuration resembling the Miles M.39B Libellula.
* Senryu: Two-seat radar equipped fighter resembling the Bolton Paul P99, SNCASO SO.8000 Narval, and Junkers Ju 388.
* Whale: Flying boat Tanker Aircraft
* Bomber: Heavy bomber in a flying wing pusher configuration resembling the Northrop XB-35.

Lautern

* Rainbow: Standard fighter of Lautern with two pusher propeller engines. It resembles the blend of Gloster Meteor and Supermarine Spitfire.
* Fortune: A six-engined pusher-prop heavy bomber. Likely modelled after the Victory Bomber.
* Skyly J2: The fighter flown by 'Teacher'. Its design is an amalgamation of various WWII fighters, such as the North American P-51 Mustang, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, Supermarine Seafire FR.47, Nakajima Ki-87, Fisher P-75 Eagle, and Focke-Wulf Ta 152. Also referred to as the "J-Zwei," zwei being German for two. Often misheard as J5.
* Prop 4: This is actually just the shortened term "prop forward." It refers to aircraft with a tractor propeller configuration, such as the Skyly.

## Cast

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### Japanese

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* Yūichi Kannami: Ryō Kase
* Suito Kusanagi: Rinko Kikuchi
* Naofumi Tokino: Shōsuke Tanihara
* Midori Mitsuya: Chiaki Kuriyama
* Mizuki Kusanagi: Megumi Yamaguchi
* Aizu Yudagawa: Daisuke Hirakawa
* Uroyuki Shinoda: Takuma Takewaka
* Towa Sasakura: Yoshiko Sakakibara
* Kyoku Yama: Mugihito
* Honda: Hōchū Ōtsuka
* Kusmi: Mako Hyōdō
* Fūko: Mabuki Andō
* Yuri: Yuriko Hishimi
* Bus guide: Yukari Nishio (Nippon TV announcer)
* Master: Naoto Takenaka

### English

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* Michael Sinterniklaas \- Yūichi Kannami
* Stephanie Sheh \- Suito Kusanagi
* Troy Baker \- Naofumi Tokino
* Bryce Hitchcock - Mizuki Kusanagi
* Doug Erholtz \- Aizu Yudagawa, Blond-Haired Children
* Kirsten Potter - Fūko
* Mari Devon \- Towa Sasakura
* Paul St. Peter \- Mission Briefer

## Crew

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### Japanese

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* Director: Mamoru Oshii
* Original Creator: Hiroshi Mori
* Screenplay: Chihiro Itō
* Music: Kenji Kawai
* Executive Producers: Seiji Okuda, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
* Producer: Tomohiko Ishii
* Sequence Director: Toshihiko Nishikubo
* Character Design and Chief Animation Director: Tetsuya Nishio
* Mechanical Design: Atsushi Takeuchi
* Art Director: Kazuo Nagai
* Art Settings: Takashi Watanabe
* Color Designs: Kumiko Yusa
* Visual Effects: Hisashi Ezura
* CGI Supervisor: Hiroyuki Hayashi
* Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
* Line Producer: Tōru Kawaguchi
* Animation Production: Production I.G
* Production: Sky Crawlers Production Committee (Nippon Television Network Corporation, Production I.G, Bandai Visual, Warner Brothers, D-Rights, VAP, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, D.N. Dream Partners, Yomiuri Shimbun, Chūōkōron-shinsha, Hochi Shimbun)
* Distribution: Warner Bros. Japan

Sources:[4]

### English

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* Ezra Weisz \- Voice Director

## Production

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Author Mori said he felt The Sky Crawlers was the "most difficult" of his works to adapt, and only consented to its filming after learning of Oshii's directorial involvement.[2][3]

## Soundtrack

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The Sky Crawlers

Soundtrack album by

Kenji Kawai

Released| July 27, 2008
Label| VAP

All music by Kenji Kawai.

1. "Main Theme (Opening)"
2. "First Sortie"
3. "Sail Away (Vocal)"
4. "Foo-Ko"
5. "Main Theme (Memory)"
6. "Mizuki"
7. "Surprise Attack"
8. "Drive-By-Wire"
9. "Main Theme - Affair (Harp)"
10. "Main Theme - Blue Fish (Orgel)"
11. "Private Sortie"
12. "Second Sortie"
13. "Night Sortie"
14. "March Hare"
15. "Adler Tag"
16. "Krakow"
17. "Main Theme (Affair)"
18. "Main Theme (Blue Fish)"
19. "Final Sortie"
20. "Teacher"
21. "Main Theme (Ending)"

The song used in the end credits, "Konya mo Hoshi ni Dakarete", sung by Ayaka, was not included in the soundtrack.

## Distribution

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The Sky Crawlers was distributed in Japan by Warner Bros. Japan. It was subsequently distributed internationally by Sony Pictures, who initially announced their plans on the film's North American premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.[5][6][7] They consequently sent this film as their entry for Best Animated Feature at the 81st Academy Awards.[8]

The American release of the film differs from the Japanese release in that the song used during the ending credits of the Japanese version, "Konya mo Hoshi ni Dakarete", by Ayaka, is not used in the American release.

## Reception

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The film was an official selection of the 65th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Future Film Festival Digital Award, and the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. Later, the film competed officially at the famed Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival, where it won three separate awards: the Jose Luis Guarner Critic Award, Best Original Soundtrack (for Kenji Kawai) and an award given by the Carnet Jove Jury for "the best motion picture for a youth audience."[9] The film was also in the official selection at the Helsinki International Film Festival and Stockholm International Film Festival.[10] The International Press Academy nominated it for the Best Motion Picture.[11] It won Best Animation Film at the 63rd Mainichi Film Awards.[12]

The film received positive reviews from film critics. It holds an 80% approval rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 10 reviews with an average score of 6.86 out of 10.[13] Anime News Network gave the film a B+.[14]

## Video game

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A tie-in game for and prequel to the film,[15] The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, was released for the Wii in October 2008 in Japan, before being localized for the Western world in early 2010. Both Mamoru Oshii and Hiroshi Mori were involved in consulting development for the game.[16]

## References

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1. ^ "Sukai kurora (The Sky Crawlers) (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
2. ^ a b c "The Sky Crawlers: Mamoru Oshii's New Film Unveiled!". Production I.Gan distributed internationally by Sony Pictures Entertainment. June 20, 2007. Archived from the original on June 25, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2007.(in English)
3. ^ a b c "Oshii's Latest Film, The Sky Crawlers, Set for 2008". Anime News Network. June 20, 2007. Archived from the original on June 25, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2007.
4. ^ a b "Sukai Kurora". Big Cartoon DataBase. September 8, 2007. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2007.(in English)
5. ^ "Sony Pictures Licenses Oshii's Sky Crawlers Film". Anime News Network. September 8, 2008. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
6. ^ Siegel, Tatiana (September 7, 2008). "Sony picks up 'Sky Crawlers'". Variety. Archived from the original on September 11, 2008.
7. ^ "Sony Acquires SKY CRAWLERS". September 8, 2008. Archived from the original on March 17, 2009.
8. ^ "Latest Academy News". oscars.org. September 10, 2014. Archived from the original on February 28, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
9. ^ "Oshii's Sky Crawlers Picks Up 3 Awards at Sitges Fest". Anime News Network. November 10, 2008. Archived from the original on October 15, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
10. ^ Blu-ray cover artwork
11. ^ Sky Crawlers trailer
12. ^ "Ponyo, Sky Crawlers Win at 63rd Mainichi Film Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
13. ^ "The Sky Crawlers". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
14. ^ Sevakis, Justin (May 26, 2009). "Sky Crawlers, The (Blu-ray) - Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
15. ^ Jones, James (January 12, 2010). "The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
16. ^ "押井 守監督の最新劇場映画「スカイ·クロラ The Sky Crawlers」がWiiで登場 「スカイ·クロラ(仮題)」【映像インタビューつき】". Famitsu.com. March 21, 2008. Archived from the original on March 24, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2008.

## External links

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* (in Japanese) Official website
* The Sky Crawlers at IMDb
* The Sky Crawlers (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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* Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983)
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* MAROKO (1990)
* StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991)
* Talking Head (1992)
* Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
* Ghost in the Shell (1995)
* Avalon (2001)
* Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
* Tachiguishi-Retsuden (2006)
* The Sky Crawlers (2008)
* Assault Girls (2009)
* The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014–2015)
* Garm Wars: The Last Druid (2014)
* Tōkyō Mukokuseki Shōjo (2015)

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* Killers (".50 Woman"; 2003)
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* Dallos (1983)
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* Happy Feet Two (2011)
* Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King (2012)
* Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II – The Battle for Doldrey (2012)
* The Life of Budori Gusuko (2012)
* Top Cat: The Movie (2012)
* Miffy the Movie (2013)
* Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III – The Advent (2013)
* Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part III: Rebellion (2013)
* A Certain Magical Index: The Movie – The Miracle of Endymion (2013)
* Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya (2013)
* A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (2013)
* No-Eared Bunny and Two-Eared Chick (2013)
* Giovanni's Island (2014)
* Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible (2014)
* Top Cat Begins (2015)
* Accel World: Infinite Burst (2016)
* Monster Strike The Movie (2016)
* Napping Princess (2017)
* Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1 (2017)
* Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 (2018)
* White Snake (2019)
* The Wonderland (2019)
* NiNoKuni (2020)
* Gintama: The Very Final (2021)
* Bubble (2022)
* Mummies (2023)
* Maboroshi (2023)
* Buffalo Kids (2024)

| Upcoming|

* Grand Prix of Europe (2025)

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Franchises|

* Looney Tunes (since 1979)
* Batman (since 1993)
* Pokémon (1999–2019)
* Scooby-Doo (since 2002)
* Happy Feet (2006–2011)
* Top Cat (2012–2015)
* The Lego Movie (2014–2019)

Related lists|

* Unproduced films
* Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography

* * Previously Warner Animation Group

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Sony theatrical animated features

Sony Pictures
Animation|

* Open Season (2006)
* Surf's Up (2007)
* Open Season 2 (2008)IR
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
* Open Season 3 (2010)IR
* The Smurfs (2011)
* Arthur Christmas (2011)
* The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
* Hotel Transylvania (2012)
* The Smurfs 2 (2013)
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
* Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
* Goosebumps (2015)
* Open Season: Scared Silly (2015)IR
* Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
* The Emoji Movie (2017)
* The Star (2017)
* Peter Rabbit (2018)
* Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
* Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
* Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
* The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
* The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)LR
* Wish Dragon (2021)IR
* Vivo (2021)LR
* Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)IR
* Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Upcoming|

* Goat (2026)
* Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027)

Madhouse|

* Memories (1995)
* Metropolis (2001)
* Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
* Paprika (2006)

Aniplex /
Funimation /
Crunchyroll|

* Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture (1997)
* Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
* Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
* Your Name (2016)
* Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017)
* Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2018)
* My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019)
* Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)
* Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (2020)
* Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020)
* Sing a Bit of Harmony (2021)
* My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)
* Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night (2021)
* Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
* Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night (2021)
* Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village (2022)
* The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie (2022)
* Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022)
* One Piece Film: Red (2022)
* Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends (2022)
* That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie – Scarlet Bond (2023)
* Suzume (2023)
* Psycho-Pass Providence (2023)
* Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training (2024)
* Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out (2024)
* Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2024)
* Spy × Family Code: White (2024)

Live-action/
animated|

* Stuart Little (1999)
* Stuart Little 2 (2002)
* Pixels (2015)
* Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)
* Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)
* Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
* Paddington in Peru (2025)

Co-productions|

* 1001 Arabian Nights (1959)
* The Magic World of Topo Gigio (1961)
* The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963)
* Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (1964)
* The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
* Jack and the Beanstalk (1974)
* American Pop (1981)
* Heavy Metal (1981)
* Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)
* Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988)
* The Swan Princess (1994)
* Manuelita (1999)
* Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
* The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)
* Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
* Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
* Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
* The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
* Steamboy (2004)
* Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)
* Monster House (2006)
* Persepolis (2007)
* The Sky Crawlers (2008)
* Waltz with Bashir (2008)
* Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)IR
* First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009)IR
* Planet 51 (2009)
* The Illusionist (2010)
* Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2011)
* The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
* Adventures in Zambezia (2012)
* Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012) IR
* Resident Evil: Damnation (2012) LR
* The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
* Sausage Party (2016)
* The Red Turtle (2016)
* Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017)LR
* Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017)LR
* Ruben Brandt, Collector (2019) LR
* Tabaluga (2019)LR
* The Barkers: Mind the Cats! (2020) IR
* Secret Magic Control Agency (2021)IR
* Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness (2022)IR
* Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)IR
* The Garfield Movie (2024)

Franchises|

* The Swan Princess (1994–2023)
* Stuart Little (1999–2005)
* Final Fantasy (2001–2016)
* Open Season (2006–2015)
* Resident Evil (since 2008)
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009–2013)
* The Smurfs (2011–2017)
* Starship Troopers (2012–2017)
* Hotel Transylvania (2012–2022)
* Marvel Anime (2013–2014)
* Goosebumps (2015–2018)
* The Angry Birds Movie (2016–2019)
* Sword Art Online (since 2017)
* Peter Rabbit (2018–2021)
* My Hero Academia (since 2018)
* Spider-Verse (since 2018)
* Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (since 2021)
* Dragon Ball (since 2022)

See also|

* Sony Pictures Animation
* Unproduced projects
* Sony Pictures Imageworks
* Crunchyroll, LLC
* Madhouse
* Sony Pictures Television Kids
* Adelaide Productions
* Screen Gems Cartoons
* United Productions of America

* IR International release
* LR Limited release

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