Imagi Animation Studios

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Imagi Animation Studios
Type	Public SEHK
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Chai Wan, Hong Kong
Key people	Francis Kao, Founder and Co-CEO & Co-Chief Officer Felix Ip, Creative Director
Industry	CGI animation
Employees	450 in Hong Kong, 50 in the U.S.
Website	http://www.imagi.com.hk/

Imagi Animation Studios (SEHK: 0585) was established in 2000 by Imagi International Holdings Limited, a listed company on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Contents 1 Background 2 Works 2.1 Feature Films 2.2 TV Series 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Background

The company has a studio in Chai Wan, Hong Kong, as well as a creative development and production facility in Los Angeles, California and a satellite office in Tokyo.

The company's first major CG-animated theatrical movie, TMNT was released March 23, 2007 by Warner Bros. in the U.S. and Canada, opening No. 1 at the box office, and is being distributed internationally by The Weinstein Company. Imagi's focus is to create high-quality CG-animated feature films with superhero themes to entertain global audiences, which the company achieves by combining Hollywood storytelling with Hong Kong high-tech animation.

[edit] Works

[edit] Feature Films

• TMNT (2007)
• Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007)
• Gatchaman (2009) ^[1]
• Astro Boy (2009) ^[2]

[edit] TV Series

• Zentrix (2001)
• Father of the Pride (2004)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Imagi Website
• TMNT Website