Universal Animation Studios

"Cartoon Studios" redirects here. For other meanings, see Cartoon studio.

Universal Animation Studios logo (2006-present)

Universal Animation Studios (formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios), is an American animation studio which is a division of Universal Studios, part of NBCUniversal, subisidiary of Comcast.

It is best known for producing sequels to Universal-released feature films, such as The Land Before Time, An American Tail, Balto, as well as other films and television series, using traditional animation and CGI animation techniques.

The actual animation production is done overseas, most notably by either Wang Film Productions or Rough Draft Studios, with pre-production and post-production is United States-based.

Universal Animation Studios also manages its parent company's rights to various other animation works that were produced at other studios but they're not copyrighted and distributed by NBC or Universal.

Filmography [edit]

Universal Cartoon Studios [edit]

Direct to Video/DVD Feature Films

Title	Release Date
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure	December 23, 1994	Universal Cartoon Studios
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving	December 15, 1995	Universal Cartoon Studios
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists	December 10, 1996	Universal Cartoon Studios
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island	December 9, 1997	Universal Cartoon Studios
Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus	January 6, 1998
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock	December 1, 1998
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein	September 28, 1999	Universal Studios Home Entertainment	Bagdasarian Productions, LLC
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island	February 15, 2000
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster	July 25, 2000
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman	August 29, 2000
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire	December 5, 2000
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze	December 4, 2001
Balto II: Wolf Quest	February 19, 2002
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water	December 10, 2002	Universal Cartoon Studios
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure	March 18, 2003	Paramount Pictures	Nickelodeon Network
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration	December 2, 2003
Van Helsing: The London Assignment	May 11, 2004
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses	January 11, 2005
Balto III: Wings of Change	February 1, 2005
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit	March 21, 2006