Could Nintendo intend to create some kind of animated Nintendoverse? The Japanese gaming giant has just announced that it is buying the CG animation and motion capture studio Dynamo Pictures, which will now be known as Nintendo Pictures.
Tokyo-based Dynamo Pictures has been offering CG and motion capture work for games and anime for 30 years. He recently worked on motion capture for Persona 5, Nier Replicant and Death Stranding, while creating computer graphics for Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045, Studio Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch and Nintendo’s own Pikmin Short Movies.
Nintendo, of course, is currently making its first big-screen adaptation in decades, the Super Mario Bros. animated film, recently delayed to 2023. While there are no public details to suggest that Dynamo has been involved in the production of Illumination Entertainment, the timing of the purchase is certainly interesting.
The deal is a full-fledged purchase, which is expected to be completed on Oct. 3, Nintendo says it is buying “100 percent of the outstanding shares,” so Dynamo becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary to strengthen visual content planning and production in the Nintendo group “. . ” The company also, quite coldly, adds: “The acquisition will only have a minor effect on Nintendo’s results for this fiscal year.” Poor Dynamo, I’m sure it’s a big problem for your fiscal year.
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It is worth noting that Nintendo told Fast Company last year that it was considering more animated content after the still-untitled Mario movie, and a month later it added Chris Meledandri of Illumination to its board of directors. .
Now, of course, this could be purely a way to bring the production and motion capture of Nintendo game presentation animations, movie scenes, and promotional material in-house. (We contacted Nintendo to ask.) But it’s tempting to expect it to be part of a greater ambition for film releases, perhaps even some TV shows based on the extraordinary character range of the game. company.
Because, and I’ve checked it out, there’s never been a Metroid anime. What’s crazy, right? (Adi Shankar certainly thinks so. And Dynamo did post-production work on Other M.) There’s also no animated series based on the Fawful misadventures of Superstar Saga, which is the biggest oversight in the universe. .
Maybe now this can be fixed. Hey, Nintendo?