After Nintendo announced the acquisition of CG production company Dynamo Pictures in mid-July this year and renamed it “Nintendo Pictures”, it officially announced the completion of the acquisition today.
Dynamo Pictures was established on March 18, 2011 and is currently headquartered in Kanda-Awaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, with 105 employees, and Hirokawa ひろし serves as the president. In addition to the original Shirokawa Atsushi, the board members also include those that were later acquired by Nintendo After joining Koizumi, Imamoto Ren and Hatayama Junzhi, the company changed its name to Nintendo Pictures after becoming a 100%-owned subsidiary of Nintendo.
Before that, Dynamo Pictures was involved in the post-production of visual content for games including Death Stranding, Persona 5 character action, and Metroid: Another M. In addition to games, Dynamo Pictures has also participated in the production of a number of films, animations and other visual content.
With the announcement of the acquisition of Dynamo Pictures, it is expected that Nintendo will use its technology to produce visual content of game works, and may also extend its game works to create content such as movies and animations, such as the live-action movie “Super Mario Bros.”, which is expected to be released in 2023. , may be post-processed by Dynamo Pictures technology, but mainly by Illumination.