T2 Studio
T2 Studio, formerly known as Takahashi Production (高橋プロダクション), is a Japanese company that specializes in composite, effects, CGI and paint services. Established in 1977 by former Toei employee Hirokata Takahashi; the studio has contributed their services to hundreds of anime, cartoon and video game productions, including Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, The Testament of Sister New Devil, Steamboy, Vinland Saga, Gargoyles, Season 2 of Kidd Video, Sgt. Frog, Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon and Fuuto P.I.. along with a lot of titles animated by regular contracting partners TMS Entertainment, P.A. Works and White Fox.
The T2 Studio moniker was introduced in 1993 as a subsidiary, and used interchangeably until the mid-2000s when it became the defacto credit for the company.
Relevant to the franchise, the studio would provide uncredited photography services for The Answer Studio on a handful of Season 1 Transformers Animated episodes (sharing duties with Tama Production and Studio Gallop, similarly uncredited) through employee Kentaro Nakamura. Before returning as a studio for the Transformers 40th Anniversary Special Movie for Studio Trigger on paint duties, with credit given to painters Akiko Shimizu and Maki Ikeda.
Animated episodes composited
[edit]- Ep.4 - Home Is Where the Spark Is
- Ep.8 - Nanosec
- Ep.10 - Sound and Fury