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Sony Pictures Animation
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<p>Sony Pictures Animation Inc. (also referred to as Sony Animation Studios and abbreviated to SPA) is an American <a href="/facts/Animation_studio/9AUg9v8W">animation studio</a> owned by <a href="/facts/Sony_Entertainment/XdQbClK7">Sony Entertainment</a>'s <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures/YxC3IxrW">Sony Pictures Entertainment</a> through their <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures_Motion_Picture_Group/KHCFyzya">Motion Picture Group</a> division and founded on May 9, 2002. The studio is based in <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles%2c_California/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles, California</a>. Most of the studio's films either theatrical or streaming-service exclusive are distributed worldwide by <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures_Motion_Picture_Group/KHCFyzya">Sony Pictures Releasing</a> under their <a href="/facts/Columbia_Pictures/J35aASat">Columbia Pictures</a> label, while direct-to-video releases are released by <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures_Home_Entertainment/yPJt0tlx">Sony Pictures Home Entertainment</a>. </p><p>The studio has produced <a href="/facts/List_of_Sony_Pictures_Animation_productions/waPFGEq9">28 feature films</a>, the first being <i><a href="/facts/Open_Season_(2006_film)/K8R9Fawf">Open Season</a></i>, which was released on September 29, 2006, and the most recent being <i><a href="/facts/Spider-Man%3a_Across_the_Spider-Verse/65yHbQ1J">Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</a></i>, which was released on June 2, 2023; their upcoming slate of films includes <i><a href="/facts/KPop_Demon_Hunters/tgDJ97GS">KPop Demon Hunters</a></i> on June 20, 2025, <i><a href="/facts/Fixed_(film)/YI9bITju">Fixed</a></i> on August 13, 2025, <i><a href="/facts/Goat_(2026_film)/X8tu1cUN">Goat</a></i> on February 13, 2026, and <i><a href="/facts/Spider-Man%3a_Beyond_the_Spider-Verse/HS73ADg1">Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse</a></i> on June 4, 2027. </p>