*Special Hours*Saturday March 21st: Gallery Nucleus will be open to ticket holders only all day for The Art of Knights of Guinevere Panel & Exhibition. We will reopen to the public on Sunday 3/22. Thank you!
Own a piece of Anime history! Nucleus and ACALI proudly present a retrospective art exhibition of legendary Japanese animation studio: STUDIO4°C. (founded 1986.)
ON DISPLAYIN OUR GALLERY (February 6 - 21) This will be the first time these works will be seen in the US and available for sale. Works include select animation drawings, background paintings, concept art, cells and reproductions from the following titles:
*all artwork will include a certificate of authenticity.
IN PERSON OPENING RECEPTION (Saturday, February 6)
FREE admission (5:00PM - 9:00PM)
Please RSVP to reserve a time block for your visit go HERE
Go HERE to review our COVID protocols for gallery guests.
VIRTUAL PANEL / Q&A (Feb 7, 6pm - 7pm PST)
Moderated by Charles Solomon, this workshop features Ayumu Watanabe (Director of Children Of The Sea), Ms. Eiko Tanaka (CEO / Founder of STUDIO4°C) and Ayumi (translator)
FREE with purchase of any STUDIO4°C art book.
OR $5 per guest, tickets for Virtual Panel available below.
Please make your book purchases no later than Feb 7, 10am PST for zoom access.
Zoom access will be sent no later than Feb 7, 1pm PST
FREE DVD GIVEAWAY Our friends at GKIDS, are giving away a copy of Children of the Sea and Mind Game Blue Ray / DVD to 2 winners
1st winner: Purchase a virtual panel or any Studio4°C related merchandise from below by Feb 21 11:59pm and automatically be entered to win. 2nd winner: Stay tuned to our Instagram where we will post instructions to enter the second giveaway.
*Winners will be announced Feb 23
ABOUT STUDIO4°C STUDIO4°C is a creative studio consistently creating high quality film and video work. Its distinctive outputs traverse genre and are highly acclaimed worldwide. STUDIO4°C has been creating cutting edge visual works for various media from short films, music clips to commercials. For their distinctive animation style and quality, STUDIO4°C has received many awards from Japan and around the world. Taken from the fact that water is at its densest at 4°C, the companies name represents its creative manifesto: "Always create works that are dense with substance and quality."
Major works are theatrical movies such as MEMORIES (1995), Spriggan (1998), MIND GAME (2004), Tekkonkinkreet (2006), Genius Party (2007), BERSERK The Golden Age Arc Trilogy (2012), Harmony (2015), MUTAFUKAZ (2017), Children of the Sea (2020). There are also many co-production titles with international companies such as The Animatrix, Batman: Gotham Knight, game HALO Legends, TV series THUNDERCATS.
