Sonic Studio
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Sonic Studio, formerly known as Sonic Pillar, is a division of Sega of America dedicated to handling the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.[2] Headed by Chief Brand Officer and Sega of America Senior Vice President Ivo Gerscovich[2], and managed by Sonic Team veterans Takashi Iizuka and Kazuyuki Hoshino [3], the studio ensures the brand is presented consistently[2], handles marketing, merchandise, and press releases[2], and has a significant hand in the planning of new Sonic the Hedgehog games.[3] It also produced the award-winning television series Sonic Boom.[2]
While the studio employs its own producers and artists, Sonic Studio does not develop video games.[3]
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Office
Sonic Studio shares its Burbank, California offices with Marza Animation Planet USA[4], the United States branch of Japanese Sammy subsidiary Marza Animation Planet.[5]
Softography
Nintendo 3DS
- Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (2014) (as Sonic Pillar)
- Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (2016) (as Sonic Pillar)
Wii U
- Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014) (as Sonic Pillar)
PlayStation 4
- Sonic Forces (2017) (as Sonic Pillar)
Xbox One
- Sonic Forces (2017) (as Sonic Pillar)
Nintendo Switch
- Sonic Forces (2017) (as Sonic Pillar)
Steam
- The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2023) (as Sonic Pillar)
List of staff
- Matthew Allen
- Ellen Alsop
- Evan Bader
- Cheyenne Bosworth
- Alexa Bowers
- John Choon
- Katie Chrzanowski
- Marcella Churchill
- Michael Cisneros
- Ian Drazen
- Ivo Gerscovich
- Judy Gilbertson
- Alan Hadaya
- Ryan Hamlyn
- Chris Hernandez
- Jasmin Hernandez
- Tyson Hesse
- Kazuyuki Hoshino
- Takashi Iizuka
- Hiroshi Kadowaki
- Austin Keys
- Kohei Kondo
- Petia Koutzarova
- Cindy Lin
- Hiroyuki Miyazaki
- Sergio Montealegre
- Ian Mutchler
- Thu Nguyen
- Yumiko Nishi
- Hiroshi Nishiyama
- Hitoshi Okuno
- Derrek Peel
- Thalia Piedra
- Patrick Riley
- Nathan Shabazi
- Michal Miexriir Shafrir
- Lola Shiraishi
- Justin Thormann
- Kenneth Washington
- Aaron Webber
External links
References
- ↑ https://www.sega.com/content/sega-america-inc-sonic-pillar-head-office
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://clios.com/clio_juror/nojs/1154
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://zippospeaks.blogspot.com/2021/02/sonics-30th-anniversary-and-what-to.html
- ↑ https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C3409566
- ↑ https://www.sammy.co.jp/japanese/company/group/overseas.html