Sony Pictures Animation

Sony Pictures Animation is an American animated film production and distribution company owned by Sony Pictures, founded in May 9, 2002. It works closely with Sony Pictures Imageworks, which handles digital production. All theatrical releases are distributed worldwide by Columbia Pictures, and direct-to-video releases are distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

They are well known for their franchises Open Season, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Smurfs and Hotel Transylvania, and the Oscar nominated 2007 film Surf's Up.

Variants

 * Surf's Up (2007) - The logo fades into a scene with snowflakes.
 * Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) - The logo is black background.
 * Hotel Transylvania (2012) and Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015): After the logo, it's surrounded by mist.
 * Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018): The Sony Pictures Animation logo fades out to white, and the blue letters "Celebrating 22 Years (2006-2018)" fades in white. This variant is expected to appear on Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as well.
 * Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018): R.L. Stine (James Corden) sits onto the "A" in Animation.
 * Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): After the Columbia Pictures logo, it abruptly cuts in from black. Gene (from The Emoji Movie) is waving a sparkler and says "Sony Pictures Animation", then an Internet Troll (from The Emoji Movie) comes down and says, "YEAH! SONY PICTURES ANIMATION!", Firework fountains light up, which scares Gene. The water sprinklers go off, which douse the fountains, and Gene walks up to an Internet Troll, hugging him and giving him the sparkler. The New Sony Pictures Animation logo then glows to white and dims to the new black letters "Celebrating 22 Years (2006-2018)" fades in white, which continues into the extended Studio 8 logo.
 * Mario: You Like Retards (2020): the logo onto a mario sit on A the Animation
 * Frosty the Snowman (2020): Frosty the Snowman onto the "A" the "Animation".
 * The Emoji Holiday (2018) and The Tommy & Ruth Movie (2020): After the logo, the white background turns into snowy weather, The New Sony Pictures Animation logo freezes and dissolves into snow in only this christmas.
 * Gene Breaks the Internet: The Emoji Movie 2 (2019): The logo onto Gene sits on "A" the "Animation".
 * Mario: Be A Spaghetti (2020): The logo onto the "O" with Spaghetti
 * Tiny Tim (2020): With After the logo was surrounded by mist in only this christmas.
 * Thomas & Friends: The lsland of Halloween Engine (2020): Pumpkin onto the "I" the "Sony".
 * Pikmin (2020) - The logo, seems already finished, is getting carried by blue, purple and winged Pikmin.