Shirogumi Inc.

Shirogumi Inc. (stylized as 白組 Shirogumi Inc. Animation x Special Effect) is a Japanese animation and visual effects production studio. It works in numerous industries, including film, television, commercials, music videos and video games. Shirogumi was part of Project M, a collaboration between multiple companies to produce Metroid: Other M. Their other works include the live-action Super Mario Run commercial and game cinematics in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Resident Evil Revelations 2 and NieR: Automata.

Staff involved with Other M

 * Producer: Hiromasa Inoue
 * Line Producer: Masayo Ohno
 * Digital Art: Shuhei Yamagata, Tomoyoshi Yasuno, Yuta Sano, Masahito Honda, Saw Takeyama and Tomomi Sakuma

Shingo Nakanishi, who animated and designed for Other M as part of N-Design, is a former Shirogumi employee. Dwight Hwang, a former Nintendo Software Technology employee who worked on Metroid Prime Hunters, has worked for Shirogumi as a freelancer. Takashi Yamazaki is a director at Shirogumi, and shares his name with an N-Design artist for Other M; whether they are one and the same cannot currently be determined.