Studio 4°C

1986 – Japan 18 cartoons

Founded by Eiko Tanaka and Koji Morimoto in 1986. The studio name reflects the temperature at which water is the most dense. The studio produces \feature films, OVAs, and animated shorts.

Cartoons

  1. Arite-Hime

    July 21, 2001 Theatrical Studio 4°C, Omega Project

    Featuring Princess Arite, Boax, Ample, Grovel, The Witch

  2. Suchîmubôi

    July 17, 2004 Theatrical Steamboy Committee, Studio 4°C, Sunrise VAP

    Young Mancunian Ray Steam's late father and grandfather created an inexhaustible power source that can be harnessed within a small sphere. Soon, Ray finds himself at the center of a war bet…

  3. Mind Game

    July 28, 2004 Theatrical Studio 4°C, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Beyond C., Rentrack Ja…

    A stream-of-consciousness, surreal succession of sight gags, shifting art styles, and lifelife animation, Mind Game is all about life, and how to live it. Nishi is a young loser who bumps i…

  4. Tekkon Kinkreet

    October 21, 2006 Theatrical Asmik Ace Entertainment, Aniplex, Beyond C., Shogakukan, St…

    Treasure City is truly an urban jungle –- dense and overgrown with life, a riot of clutter and color, but a certain rot is creeping in. Sinister characters are making their presence known,…

  5. Baby Blue

    July 7, 2007 (estimated) Theatrical Studio 4°C

    The director of "Cowboy Bebop," "Samurai Champloo," and two segments of "The Animatrix" turns in a finely wrought story of young love unrequited.

  6. Deathtic 4

    July 7, 2007 Theatrical Studio 4°C

    Life's tough even for the undead, particularly one zombie boy trying to get a live frog safely home from the underworld. It's the Addams Family meets the Fantastic Four with a healthy dose…

  7. Door Bell

    July 7, 2007 Theatrical Studio 4°C

    A teenager comes home from school, only to discover that he's already there. An existential spin on the doppelganger mythos.

  8. Genius Party

    July 7, 2007 Theatrical Studio 4°C

  9. Happy Machine

    July 7, 2007 Theatrical Studio 4°C

    It's cozy. It's comforting. It's inflatable. It's the Happy Machine, but what is baby to do when the timer runs out?

  10. Limit Cycle

    July 7, 2007 Theatrical Studio 4°C

    Pascal, the Kabbalah, William Gibson.... It's a stream of consciousness metaphysics with trippy visual accompaniment.

  11. Shanghai Dragon

    July 7, 2007 Theatrical Studio 4°C

    It's just a normal day at school. Teasing. Bullying. And then a high-tech crayon falls from the sky, and a pair of six-year-olds become the focal point of an intergalactic time war.

  12. Dimension Bomb

    February 15, 2008 Theatrical Studio 4°C

    A surreal epic, beautiful and disturbing in equal measure, sumptuously drawn and animated, and loaded with stunning imagery.

  13. Gala

    February 15, 2008 Theatrical Studio 4°C

    An enormous meteor crashes into a distant world, sending the local villagers into a frenzy. Only a small band can sense that what appears to be nothing but rock actually contains life insid…

  14. Moondrive

    February 15, 2008 Theatrical Studio 4°C

    An anarchic blend of 2D and 3D animation follows a gang of down-and-out treasure hunters on a remote moon.

  15. Tou Jin Kit

    February 15, 2008 Theatrical Studio 4°C

    Steam punk in sepia tone, a post-industrial dictatorship where the cops are mobile brains in jars, and alien viruses are used to bring life to teddy bears.

  16. Wanwa the Doggy

    February 15, 2008 Theatrical Studio 4°C

    Words fail utterly. Expose a small child to this and their head will explode.

  17. Fâsuto Sukuwaddo

    May 13, 2009 Theatrical Studio 4°C

    It is 1942. The Red Army is putting up a violent and effective resistance against the German invaders. Fourteen-year-old Nadya is a medium. In a deadly air raid the girl is shell-shocked. R…

  18. Mutafukaz

    2017 (estimated) In Development Ankama Animation, Studio 4°C

    Angelino is just one of the thousands of deadbeats living in Dark Meat City, a ruthless megalopolis in sunny California. At day, he runs the streets of the city delivering pizzas; at night,…