List of animation studios
The following list of animation studios presents past and present organizations similar to artists studios but principally dedicated to the production and distribution of animated films. Such studios may be actual production facilities or corporate entities. Most are based in North America, particularly the United States of America, but some are to be found in Asia and Europe.
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[edit] Active animation studios
- A. Film
- A Squared Entertainment
- Aardman Animations
- Ace&Son
- Act3animation
- Adelaide Productions
- AKOM
- Anima Studios
- Animafilm
- Animal Logic
- Animation Collective
- Animax Entertainment
- Anzovin Studio
- Arc Productions
- Atomic Cartoons
- Augenblick Studios
- Bagdasarian Productions
- Bee Train
- Bent Image Lab
- Big Idea Productions
- Blue Sky Studios
- Blue-Zoo
- bolexbrothers
- BONES
- BRB International
- Brown Bag Films
- BUG
- Buzzco Associates
- Bullwinkle Studios
- Cartoon Pizza/Jumbo Pictures
- Cartoon Network Studios
- Cartoon Saloon
- Charlex
- CinéGroupe
- Clockwork Zoo Animation
- Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment
- Cookie Jar Group
- Cosgrove Hall Films
- Cosmic Toast Studios
- Creative Capers Entertainment
- Crest Animation Studios
- Crew972
- Cuckoo's Nest Studio
- Cuppa Coffee Studio
- The Curiosity Company
- Curious Pictures
- Def2shoot
- Digital Domain
- DisneyToon Studios
- Don Bluth Films, Inc.
- DreamWorks Animation
- DR Movie
- Dong Woo Animation
- Eiken
- EMation
- Fatkat
- Felix the Cat Productions
- FFAKE
- Film Roman, Inc.
- Fine Arts Films
- Folimage
- Fox Animation Studios
- Fred Wolf Films Dublin
- Frederator Studios
- Future Thought Productions
- Gainax
- Global Mechanic
- Gonzo
- Group TAC
- Guru Studios
- H5
- Hanho Heung-Up
- Head-Gear Animation
- Hong Ying Animation
- House of Cool
- Ilion Animation Studios
- Illumination Entertainment
- Imagi Animation Studios
- Industrial Light & Magic
- J.C.Staff
- Jetix Animation Concepts
- JibJab
- John Lemmon Films
- Kandor Graphics
- Klasky Csupo
- Koko Enterprises
- Kyoto Animation
- LAIKA
- Lambie-Nairn
- Les' Copaque Production
- Littlenobody
- Lucasfilm Animation
- Mac Guff
- Madhouse
- March Entertainment
- Marvel Animation
- Marwah Films & Video Studios
- Melnitsa Animation Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
- Mike Young Productions
- Millimages
- Mirari Films
- Mondo Mini Shows
- MoonScoop Group
- National Film Board of Canada
- Nelvana
- Nickelodeon Animation Studios
- Nippon Animation
- O Entertainment/Omation Animation Studio
- Pacific Data Images
- PannóniaFilm
- Paramount Animation
- Pentamedia Graphics
- The People's Republic of Animation
- Pixar
- Plus One Animation
- Post Amazers
- Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc.
- Premavision/Clokey Productions
- Production I.G
- Production Reed
- Radicial Axis
- Rainmaker Digital Effects
- Renegade Animation
- Richard Williams Animation
- RingTales
- Rubicon Group Holding
- Rhythm and Hues Studios
- Rough Draft Studios
- Sae Rom
- Savage Studios Ltd.
- Se-ma-for
- Six Point Harness
- Skycron
- Smallfilms
- ŠAF
- Shademaker Productions
- SHAFT
- Sony Pictures Animation
- Soup2Nuts
- Soyuzmultfilm
- Sparx*
- Spectrum Animation
- Spy Pictures
- Start Anima
- Stretch Films
- Studio 4°C
- Studio B
- Studio DEEN
- Studio Comet
- Studio Gallop
- Studio Ghibli
- Studio Pierrot
- Sumo Dojo
- Sunrise
- Sunwoo Entertainment
- Tatsunoko Productions
- Tim Burton Animation Co.
- Titmouse
- Toei Animation
- Teletoon Canada
- TMS
- Toon City
- Toondra
- Toonz
- Tradition Studios
- Universal Animation Studios
- Varga Studio
- Vanguard Animation
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Walt Disney Television Animation
- Wang Film Productions
- Warner Bros. Animation
- W!LDBRAIN
- Williams Street Studios
- Xebec
- Xilam
- Xyzoo Animation
- Yowza! Animation
- Zagreb school of animated films
- Zinkia Entertainment
[edit] Defunct animation studios
- Adventure Cartoon Productions
- Alphanim (the French independent animation production and distribution company)
- Amblimation (the animation production arm of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment)
- Androscoggin Animation (1988-2001)
- Barré Studio (1914–1923) (after 1917 called Bud Fisher Films Corporation)
- Bakshi Productions/Ralph's Spot
- Bill Melendez Productions
- Bird Studios
- Bray Productions
- Burbank Films Australia (1981–1988)
- (Colossal) Pictures (1976-2000, absorbed into W!ILDBRAIN)
- Chuck Jones Productions
- CINAR Films (1976-2004, now Cookie Jar Entertainment)
- DiC (1971-2008, now Cookie Jar Entertainment)
- Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio (1924–1928)
- DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (1963–1981)
- DNA Productions
- Ellipse Programme
- Filmation (1963–1989)
- FilmFair
- Fleischer Studios (1921–1942), Famous Studios (1942–1956) and Paramount Cartoon Studios (1956–1967) (see also The Harveytoons Show)
- Format Films
- Games Animation
- Gaumont British Animation (1946–1950)
- George Pal Studio
- Ghost Planet Industries
- Grantray-Lawrence Animation (1954–1967)
- Golden Films
- H-Gun (1988-2001)
- Halas and Batchelor
- Hanna-Barbera (1957–2001)
- Harman-Ising Productions
- ImageMovers Digital
- International Film Service (1915–1918)
- Jack Kinney Productions
- Jay Ward Productions (1958–1984)
- Jetlag Productions (1992–1996)
- Kroyer Films
- Kurtz & Friends (1981-2007)
- Lacewood
- Laugh-O-Gram Studio (1921–1923)
- Mathematical Applications Group, Inc. (MAGI)
- Leon Schlesinger Productions/Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. (a.k.a. "Termite Terrace" (1933–1953, 1953–1964 and 1967–1969), subcontracted to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises 1964-1967, re-opened as Warner Bros. Animation in 1980)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio (1937–1957) and MGM Animation/Visual Arts/Sib Tower 12 Productions (1962–1970) (see also contemporary studio MGM Animation)
- Mushi Production
- Noyes & Laybourne (1978-1991)
- Phoenix Animation Studios
- Rankin-Bass
- Rembrandt Films
- Richard Williams Studio Ltd. (1958-1992)
- Ruby-Spears Productions
- Skellington Productions
- Spümcø (1988-2004)
- Sullivan-Bluth Studios
- Sunbow
- Terrytoons (1928–1968)
- Total Television (1960-1968)
- Turner Feature Animation
- TVC Cartoons (1961-1979, 1988-1997)
- Ub Iwerks Studio (1930–1936)
- United Productions of America (UPA) (1944–1964)
- Van Beuren Studios (1928–1936)
- Varga TVC Productions
- Walt Disney Productions (1928-1984)
- Will Vinton Studios (1979-2005) (became LAIKA)
- Walter Lantz Studio (1929–1940, 1940–1948 and 1950–1972)
- Winkler Pictures (1921–1940) (also known as M.J. Winkler Productions, Charles Mintz Studios and Robert Winkler Productions), see also Screen Gems Studio (1940–1946)
[edit] Distribution companies
- 4Kids Entertainment
- Classic Media
- Cake Entertainment
- Funimation Entertainment
- Harmony Gold USA
- HiT Entertainment
- Nest Family Entertainment
- Nihon Ad Systems
- PorchLight Entertainment
- Saban Entertainment
- Scholastic Entertainment
- Taffy Entertainment
- Viz Media
- World Events Productions
[edit] Defunct
[edit] See also
- List of animated feature-length films
- List of animated shorts available on DVD
- List of animated short series
- List of movie genres
- Motion graphic design
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