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HISTORY
| 1994 | Sep | Digital Frontier established as a new section of TYO Image Enterprise. |
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| 1997 | Apr | Digital Frontier moved to Daikanyama. |
| 2000 | May | Digital Frontier became subsidiary company of TYO Corporation. Initial capital: 20 million JPY. |
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| 2005 | Dec | One of Asia’s largest motion capture studio “OPAKIS” opened in Tokyo, Odaiba. (motion capture studio at Meguro closes) |
| 2006 | Apr | Acquisition and incorporation of Saruchin, Ltd. as a subsidiary (80% capital injection). Company renamed to Saruchin, Co. GEMBA, Co. established (85% capital injection) |
| 2007 | Jan | Facial Capture Studio established. |
| Jun | Meguro headquarter moved to Daikanyama Office. | |
| 2008 | Aug | Capital increased to 31,458,000 JPY. |
| 2009 | Oct | Saruchin, Co. merges with Digital Frontier. |
| 2010 | May | Parent company changes from TYO Inc. to Fields Corporation. |
| 2011 | Jul | Taiwan subsidiary "Digital Frontier Taiwan Inc." established. (share: 85%) |
| Oct | Headquarter moved to Shibuya-ku, Sakuragaoka-cho. | |
| Dec | Acquired CG production company “Fly Studio SDN, BHD” in Malaysia. (share: 79%) | |
| 2013 | May | Digital Frontier acquires 100% of the shares of Digital Frontier Taiwan Inc. |
| 2015 | Jan | Osaka office established. |
| 2018 | Feb | Osaka office moved. |
AWARDS
| 2000 | Jul | Game movie "Art Kamion Geijyutsuden" won the award for SIGGRAPH 2000 Electronic Theatres. |
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| 2001 | Jul | TV commercial “Wing” won the award for SIGGRAPH 2001 Animation Theatres. |
| 2002 | Aug | 3DCG animation film "Bono Bono Kumono no Ki no Koto" won the "Jury Recommended Works" at Japan Media Arts Festival. |
| 2004 | May | Roppongi Hills event movie "Tokyo Scanner".awarded Bronze Prize at the One Show Interactive 2004. |
| 2005 | Apr | "Appleseed" won CG Technology Prize at Fourth Image Technology Prize 2004. |
| 2011 | Aug | Game movie "Tekken Tag Tournament 2" was selected at Animation Festival at Siggraph 2011. |
| 2012 | Jul | Animation film "Wolf Children" was selected for Siggraph Animation Festival Daytime Selects. |
| Aug | Full CG feature film "Tekken Blood Vengeance" was accepted for the Siggraph 2012 Computer Animation Festival in LA, California. | |
| Oct | Full CG film "Tekken Blood Vengeance" won 3D Creative Arts International Award for film at 3D Creative Arts International Awards in Japan | |
| 2013 | Feb | Full CG film "Tekken Blood Vengeance" won International Jury Prize at 4TH ANNUAL 3D CREATIVE ARTS AWARDS in Beverly Hills, California. |
| Apr | Film "Tabidachi no Shimauta ~Jyugo no Haru ~" (Leaving on the 15th Spring) was nominated for Best Children's Feature Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2013.~ | |
| 2014 | Dec | Panasonic's 4K Promotional Video "Liberación" won the 4K Good Practice Award 2014. |
| 2015 | Jan | Panasonic's 4K Promotional Video "Liberación" won the Best 4K Advertising 2015 at International 3D & Advanced Imaging Society (USA). |
| Feb | Film "Aooni" was selected for the competition at Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto. | |
| Oct | Film "I AM A HERO" won the Audience Award and Best Special Effects at the 48th Stiges Catalonia International Film Festival. | |
| 2016 | Mar | Film "I AM A HERO" won the Audience Award and Oriental Express Special Award at the 36th Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto and the Audience award in the Midnighters category at theSouth by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival |
| Apr | Film "I AM A HERO" won the Grand Prix at the 34th Brussels International Film Festival. | |
| Sep | Full CG feature film "GANTZ:O" was selected for the Out of competition at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. | |
| Dec | Digital Frontier won The Grand Prize and "GANTZ:O" won The Best Picture/CGI animation of The 2nd CGWORLD AWARDS. | |
| 2018 | Apr | Film "INUYASHIKI" won the Grand Prix(Golden Raven) at the 36th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. |
| Oct | Film "INUYASHIKI" won the Best Special Effects at the 51th Stiges Catalonia International Film Festival. |