EST. 2017 — YOKOHAMA / REMOTE
We craft title sequences, brand films, and motion systems.
An independent animation studio for editors, agencies, and brands that won't accept a placeholder cut as the final.
✶ Title Design
✶ 3D Animation
✶ Brand Films
✶ Motion Identity
✶ Music Videos
✶ Interactive
[ STUDIO ETHOS ]
Motion is the language of attention. We design it like architecture — every frame load-bearing, every cut earning the next one. Stories aren't pitched here. They're animated, weighed, and shipped.
2.4M+
Frames Rendered
64
Sequences Shipped
11
Festival Selections
[ Trusted by ]
[ CAPABILITIES ]
BTS — 044
2025
Five disciplines. One studio. Each capability is led in-house — no farming out, no agency-of-record middlemen, no Slack relays between time zones.
[ 001 ]
[ 002 ]
[ 003 ]
[ 004 ]
[ 005 ]
[ METHODOLOGY — 04 BEATS ]
[ 01 / DISCOVER
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Discover
& Audit
Brief intake, references, target frame language.
[ 02 / STORYBOARD
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Storyboard
& Pre-vis
Frame-accurate boards, animatics, timing locked.
[ 03 / ANIMATE
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Animate
& Composite
2D / 3D / VFX, scored to picture, color-graded.
[ 04 / DELIVER
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Deliver
& Master
Broadcast specs, social cutdowns, archival package.
[ THE ADVANTAGE ]
An independent studio for directors and brands who refuse the temp track as the final cut.
Motion Canon HQ — YKO
Built in-house.
Color suite · render farm · screening room
EST. 2017
"They didn't deliver a film — they delivered the version of our brand we'd been failing to describe in pitches for two years."
— Maren Hass, Creative Director
Halcyon Co.
96%
Sequences delivered on first review
14d
Average turnaround from boards to broadcast master.
[ SELECTED WORK — 2024 / 25 ]
Eight sequences from a long roster. Each one shipped, scored, and signed off.
[ NEXT SCENE ]
Have a brief that
deserves motion?
Start a Sequence
or write to hello@motioncanon.studio
Studio
Minatomirai 2-3-5
Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012
Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012
Hours
Mon–Fri, 10–19 JST
By appointment
By appointment
Contact
hello@motioncanon.studio
© Motion Canon Studios LLC, 2017–2026. All frames reserved.
Currently booking Q3 2026