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20th Century Animation[3] (originally known as Fox Family Films, Fox Animation Studios, and 20th Century Fox Animation and sometimes referred to as Fox Animation) is an American animation studio located in Century City, Los Angeles. Formed in 1994, it is organized as a division and label of 20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox), a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios, and is tasked with producing animated feature-length films.[4] At one point, 20th Century Animation had two subsidiaries: Fox Animation Studios, which was shut down on June 26, 2000, and Blue Sky Studios (the latter became the primary unit of 20th Century Animation), which was closed on April 10, 2021. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment distributes the films produced by 20th Century Animation in home media under the 20th Century Home Entertainment banner.[5]

The studio has produced a total of 30 feature films (six films as Fox Family Films, three films from Fox Animation Studios, thirteen feature films from Blue Sky Studios, and eight original films), most of them being distributed by 20th Century Studios. Their first film was Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and their first animated film was Anastasia, with the most recent release being Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever.

Anastasia (1997–1999), Ice Age (2002–present) and Rio (2011–present) are the studio's most commercially successful franchises, while Robots (2005), The Simpsons Movie (2007), Horton Hears a Who! (2008), The Book of Life (2014), The Peanuts Movie (2015), Spies in Disguise (2019), Ron's Gone Wrong (2021) and The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022) are among its most critically praised films.

Background[]

Before 20th Century Fox started its animation division, Fox released its first seven animated films, such as Hugo the Hippo (1975), Wizards, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977), Fire and Ice (1983), FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)[6] Once Upon a Forest (1993) and The Pagemaster (1994).

In May 1993, Fox agreed to a two-year first-look deal with Nickelodeon for family films.[7] The deal would mostly include original material, though a Nickelodeon executive did not rule out the possibility of making films based on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rugrats and Doug.[8] However, no films came out of the deal due to the 1994 acquisition of Paramount Pictures by Nickelodeon's parent company, Viacom, and they would distribute the film projects instead.[9]

History[]

1994–1998: Formation and early years[]

The division initially started in February 1994 as Fox Family Films, as one of four film divisions of 20th Century Fox under executive John Matoian. The division was planned to produce six feature films a year as part of a plan to produce more films per year overall.[7] Fox senior vice president of production Chris Meledandri was transferred into the unit as executive vice president in March 1994 after having been hired the previous year.[10] The week of May 6, 1994, Fox Family announced the hiring of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman for a new $100 million animation studio[11] which began construction that year in Phoenix, Arizona. In three years, the animation studio would produce and release its first film, Anastasia.[4] In September 1994, Matoian was promoted by Rupert Murdoch to head up the Fox network.[12] Meledandri was selected to head up the unit in 1994.[13]

It produced live-action films such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), Dunston Checks In (1996) and Home Alone 3. By August 1997, Fox Family had decreased the number of live films.[4] R.L. Stine agreed with Fox Family Films in January 1998 for a film adaptation of the Goosebumps book franchise with Tim Burton producing.[14]

1997–2020: 20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios and success with Blue Sky Studios[]

In August 1997, Fox's Los Angeles-based visual effects company, VIFX, acquired majority interest in Blue Sky Studios to form a new visual effects and animation company, temporarily renamed "Blue Sky/VIFX".[15] Blue Sky had previously did the character animation of MTV Films' first film Joe's Apartment. Following the studio's expansion, Blue Sky produced character animation for the films Alien Resurrection, A Simple Wish, Mouse Hunt, Star Trek: Insurrection and Fight Club.[16] VIFX was later sold to another VFX studio Rhythm and Hues Studios in March 1999.[17] According to Blue Sky founder Chris Wedge, Fox considered selling Blue Sky as well by 2000 due to financial difficulties in the visual effects industry in general.

In 1998, following the success of Anastasia, the division was renamed to Fox Animation Studios, refocusing on animated feature films, including stop-motion, mixed media and digital production. The division's live action films in development at the time included Marvel Comics' Silver Surfer, the disaster film spoof Disaster Area, Fantastic Voyage[4] and Goosebumps.[14] The 1998 film Ever After, a Cinderella adaptation, was the division's last live action film.[4] At this time, there were several animated films on the company's development slate: Dark Town with Henry Selick, Chris Columbus and Sam Hamm, Santa Calls at Blue Sky, and Matt Groening (The Simpsons), Steve Oedekerk and Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) projects. The Phoenix studio at the time was producing Planet Ice expected in 1999 and directed by Art Vitello and Anastasia producer/directors Don Bluth and Gary Goldman's then soon to be announced project.[18] Chris Meledandri remained as the president of the division,[4][19] which was known by 1999 as 20th Century Fox Animation.[20] The only television series that the Phoenix studio produced was Adventures from the Book of Virtues, which was a co-production between Fox Animation Studios and PorchLight Entertainment; that series would air on PBS between 1996 and December 2000.[21][22]

20th Century Fox Animation

Logo used as 20th Century Fox Animation from 1999 to 2020

20th Century Fox Animation vice president of physical production Chuck Richardson was sent in early December 1999 to Fox subsidiary Blue Sky Studios as general manager and senior vice president. Richardson was sent to prepare Blue Sky for feature animation production.[23]

The Phoenix studio, which kept the Fox Animation Studios name, laid off 2/3 of its employee workforce in February 2000 before its closure in late June of that year, ten days after Titan A.E. was released and six months before Adventures from the Book of Virtues aired its final episode. Fox Animation looked to produce films at Blue Sky and its Los Angeles headquarters.[24]

Chris Wedge, film producer Lori Forte, and Meledandri presented Fox with a script for a comedy feature film titled Ice Age.[25] Studio management pressured staff to sell their remaining shares and options to Fox on the promise of continued employment on feature-length films. The studio moved to White Plains NY and started production on Ice Age. As the film wrapped, Fox, having little faith in the film, feared that it might bomb at the box office, terminated half of the production staff, and tried unsuccessfully to find a buyer for the film and the studio.[citation needed]

Instead, Ice Age, Blue Sky's first feature film, was released by Fox in conjunction with 20th Century Fox Animation on March 15, 2002, with financial success and critical acclaim, receiving a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003.[26] Ice Age would subsequently spawn a successful franchise and launch Blue Sky into producing feature films and into becoming a household name in feature animation.

In January 2007, Meledandri left for Universal Pictures to set up Illumination there with Vanessa Morrison as his replacement while answering to newly appointed 20th Century Fox Film Group vice chairman Hutch Parker. Morrison moved from the live action division where she handled family-children fare as senior vice president of production.[27] Morrision was making deal with outside producers like she approved a stop-motion adaptation of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox.[28]

In September 2017, Locksmith Animation formed a multi-year production deal with 20th Century Fox, who would distribute Locksmith's films, with Locksmith aiming to release a film every 12–18 months. Fox Animation was later brought on to oversee the deal, which was to bolster Blue Sky's output and replace the loss of distributing DreamWorks Animation films, which are now owned and distributed by Universal Pictures.[29]

On October 30, 2017, Morrison was named president of a newly created 20th Century Fox division, Fox Family, which has a mandate similar to Fox Animation when it was called Fox Family Films.[30] Andrea Miloro and Robert Baird were named co-president of Fox Animation the same day and would also have direct oversight of Blue Sky and oversee the Locksmith Animation deal and grow Fox Animation with other partnerships and producer deals.[31]

2019–present: Disney era, renaming and closure of Blue Sky Studios[]

On October 18, 2018, it was announced that Fox Animation would be added alongside 20th Century Fox to the Walt Disney Studios following their acquisition, with co-presidents Andrea Miloro and Robert Baird retaining leadership while reporting to Walt Disney Studios Chairman, Alan Horn and Twentieth Century Fox vice chairman Emma Watts.[32]

On March 21, 2019, Disney announced that Fox Animation (including Blue Sky Studios) would be integrated as new units within the Walt Disney Studios, with Co-presidents Andrea Miloro and Robert Baird continuing to lead the studio and reporting directly to Alan Horn.[33] Miloro stepped down as co-president in late July 2019.[34] In August 2019, Walt Disney Animation Studios head Andrew Millstein was named co-president of Blue Sky for day-to-day operations alongside Baird, while Pixar Animation Studios president Jim Morris would also be taking on a supervisory role over Millstein.[2] With the Disney takeover, the Locksmith deal left 20th Century Fox for Warner Bros. in October 2019, except for the first and now only film under the deal, Ron's Gone Wrong.[35]

With the August 2019 20th Century Fox slate overhaul announcement, projects from 20th Century Fox franchises such as Night at the Museum, Diary of the Wimpy Kid, and Ice Age were announced for the then-upcoming Disney+ streaming service.[36] These projects would later be announced during Disney's Investor Day in December 2020 as animated feature films for the aforementioned streaming service.[37] The first of these projects was an animated reboot of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which was released on December 3, 2021, under Walt Disney Pictures.

On January 17, 2020, Disney dropped the "Fox" name from the two main film studio units acquired from 21st Century Fox—20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures.[38] Fox Animation took on its current name with its incorporation on January 28, 2020, to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation.[3]

On February 9, 2021, Disney announced that it was shutting down Blue Sky Studios in April 2021, the main unit of 20th Century Animation.[5][39] It closed on April 10, 2021.

Process[]

Unlike animation studios such as Pixar or Walt Disney Animation Studios, 20th Century Animation does not act as a typical animation studio, but rather as a division and somewhat of a distribution label for animated films that are made under or acquired by 20th Century Studios. An example of this is with Fox Animation Studios and Blue Sky Studios' films; both of which were subsidiaries of the company. Another example of this is Fantastic Mr. Fox.[40][41] Additionally, Ron's Gone Wrong was the first and only film made under a deal between 20th Century and Locksmith Animation.[35]

However, the animation production of 20th Century Animation's films (except for Blue Sky Studios) is outsourced to other studios. For example, The Simpsons Movie was animated at Film Roman alongside AKOM and Rough Draft Studios, while Ron's Gone Wrong was animated by DNEG. The Book of Life was developed outside of 20th Century Animation at Reel FX, with the studio co-producing the film later on.[42] Diary of a Wimpy Kid and The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild were animated by Bardel Entertainment.

Fox Animation Studios (headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona) and Blue Sky Studios (headquartered in White Plains, New York and later Greenwich, Connecticut) animated their respective films internally, however Anastasia and Titan A.E. were outsourced to multiple animation studios, including Bardel Entertainment, Reality Check Studios, and Blue Sky,[43][44] when the latter of the three was still a VFX studio.

Both Fox Animation Studios and Blue Sky had their own unique animation style, with the former having the same animation style as Don Bluth.

Filmography[]

Fox Family Films[]

Title Release Date Notes
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie June 30, 1995 co-production with Saban Entertainment and Toei Company
Dunston Checks In January 12, 1996
Jingle All the Way November 22, 1996 co-production with 1492 Pictures
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie March 28, 1997 co-production with Saban Entertainment and Toei Company
Home Alone 3 December 12, 1997 co-production with Hughes Entertainment
Ever After July 31, 1998

Fox Animation Studios[]

FASlogo by Greg Chin

Fox Animation Studios

Main article: Fox Animation Studios

From 1994 to 2000,[45][46] Fox operated Fox Animation Studios, a traditional animation studio which was started to compete with Walt Disney Animation Studios, which was experiencing great success with films such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King. The Fox studio, however, was not as successful. Their first feature Anastasia made nearly $140 million at the worldwide box office on a $53 million budget in 1997,[47] but their next feature, Titan A.E., was a large financial loss, losing $100 million for 20th Century Fox in 2000.[48] The lack of box office success, coupled with the rise of computer animation, led Fox to shut down the studios.[46]

Blue Sky Studios[]

Blue Sky Studios 2013 logo

Blue Sky Studios

Main article: Blue Sky Studios

From 1997 until 2021, Fox owned Blue Sky Studios, a computer animation company known for the Ice Age franchise.[49] Fox has had much more success with the studio, with the box office receipts of their films becoming competitive with the likes of Pixar and DreamWorks Animation. On March 21, 2019, Blue Sky Studios was integrated as a separate unit within Walt Disney Studios, yet they would continue to report to Fox Animation presidents Andrea Miloro and Robert Baird.[50][51] In February 2021, Disney had announced that Blue Sky would cease all operations and close sometime within April 2021, eventually shuttering on April 10, 2021.[5][39]

Co-productions and original films[]

Starting in 2007, 20th Century Animation occasionally produces their own films without Blue Sky Studios' involvement while also co-producing films from other studios. The company is not credited on these films like how they are with Blue Sky's films and Fox Animation Studios' Anastasia and Titan A.E. As of 2022, The Simpsons Movie remains their highest-grossing original film.

All films listed are produced and or distributed by 20th Century Studios unless noted otherwise.

Theatrical[]

No. Title Release date Director(s) Co-production with Distributor Budget Gross RT
The Simpsons Movie July 27, 2007 David Silverman Gracie Films 20th Century Fox $75 million $536.4 million 88% 80
The Book of Life October 17, 2014 Jorge R. Gutierrez Reel FX Animation Studios
Chatrone[52]
Mexopolis (uncredited)
$50 million $99.8 million 82% 67
Ron's Gone Wrong October 22, 2021 Sarah Smith
Jean-Philippe Vine
TSG Entertainment
Locksmith Animation
20th Century Studios[lower-alpha 1] N/A $60.7 million 80% 65
The Bob's Burgers Movie May 27, 2022 Loren Bouchard
Bernard Derriman
20th Century Studios
Wilo Productions
20th Century Studios[lower-alpha 2] $38 million $34.2 million 87% 75

Direct-to-Streaming (VOD)[]

No. Title Release date Director(s) Co-production with Distributor Budget RT
Diary of a Wimpy Kid December 3, 2021 Swinton Scott 20th Century Studios[lower-alpha 3] Disney+ N/A 73% 50
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild January 28, 2022 John C. Donkin 17% 30
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules December 2, 2022 Luke Cormican 20th Century Studios[lower-alpha 4] N/A TBA
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again December 9, 2022 Matt Danner 20th Century Studios[53][lower-alpha 3]
21 Laps Entertainment
Alibaba Pictures
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever December 8, 2023 Luke Cormican 20th Century Studios[lower-alpha 5][54][55]

S Combines live-action with animation.

In development[]

Title Notes
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw [56][57][58]
Untitled Family Guy film co-production with Fuzzy Door Productions[59]
Untitled seventh Ice Age film [60]
Untitled The Simpsons Movie sequel [61][62]
Untitled third Rio film [60]

S Combines live-action with animation.

Television specials[]

# Title Release date Notes
1 Olive, the Other Reindeer December 17, 1999 co-production with The Curiosity Company, DNA Productions, Flower Films, and Fox Television Studios[6]
2 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas November 24, 2011 co-production with Blue Sky Studios and Reel FX Creative Studios
3 Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade March 20, 2016 co-production with Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Television and Arc Productions

Short films[]

# Title Release date Notes
1 Gone Nutty November 26, 2002 co-production with Blue Sky Studios
2 Inside the CIA April 8, 2005 co-production with Fox Television Animation and Fuzzy Door Productions; released with Fever Pitch
3 Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty September 27, 2005 co-production with Blue Sky Studios and Reel FX Creative Studios
4 No Time for Nuts November 21, 2006 co-production with Blue Sky Studios
5 Surviving Sid December 9, 2008
6 Scrat's Continental Crack-Up[63] December 25, 2010
7 Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2[63] December 16, 2011
8 The Longest Daycare July 13, 2012 co-production with Gracie Films, AKOM Studios, and Film Roman; released with Ice Age: Continental Drift
9 Umbrellacorn[64][65] July 26, 2013 co-production with Blue Sky Studios
10 Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe[66] November 6, 2015
11 Scrat: Spaced Out[67][68] October 11, 2016
12 Playdate with Destiny March 6, 2020 co-production with Gracie Films; released with Onward; first short film produced under Disney
13 Ice Age: Scrat Tales April 13, 2022 uncredited; co-production with Blue Sky Studios; distributed by Disney+
14 My Butt Has a Fever May 6, 2022 co-production with 20th Century Family, Bento Box Entertainment, and Wilo Productions; released with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness at Alamo Drafthouse only

Unproduced films[]

Main article: List of unproduced 20th Century Studios animated projects

Franchises[]

This list does not include follow-up films not produced by 20th Century Animation

Years Title Films TV Seasons Shorts Studio
1997–1999 Anastasia 2 0 0 Fox Animation Studios
2002–present Ice Age 6 0 7 Blue Sky Studios
2007–present The Simpsons 1 15 5 Gracie Films
2011–present Rio 2 0 0 Blue Sky Studios
2021–present Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3 0 0 Bardel Entertainment

Accolades[]

Academy Awards[]

Year Film Category Recipient(s) Result
1998 Anastasia Best Music, Original Song "Journey to the Past" by Stephen Flaherty (music), Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) Nominated
Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and David Newman
2002 Ice Age Best Animated Feature Chris Wedge
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson
2011 Rio Best Original Song "Real in Rio" by Carlinhos Brown & Sérgio Mendes (music); Siedah Garrett (lyrics)
2017 Ferdinand Best Animated Feature Carlos Saldanha and Lori Forte

Annie Awards[]

Year Film Category Recipient(s) Result
1997 Anastasia Best Animated Feature 20th Century Fox, Fox Animation Studios Nominated
2000 Titan A.E. 20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios, David Kirschner Productions
2002 Ice Age 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios
2007 The Simpsons Movie 20th Century Fox Animation
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox 20th Century Fox
2011 Rio Blue Sky Studios
2014 The Book of Life 20th Century Fox, Reel FX Animation Studios
2015 The Peanuts Movie 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios
2021 Ron's Gone Wrong Outstanding Achievement for
Character Design in a Feature Production
Julien Bizat
Outstanding Achievement for
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Aurélien Predal, Till Nowak and Nathan Crowley

British Animation Awards[]

Year Film Category Recipient(s) Result
2022 Ron's Gone Wrong Best Long Form Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine and Octavio E. Rodriguez Won
Best Design
Writers Award Sarah Smith and Peter Baynham Nominated

Golden Globe Awards[]

Year Film Category Recipient(s) Result
2015 The Peanuts Movie Best Animated Feature Film Steve Martino Nominated
2017 Ferdinand Carlos Saldanha
Best Original Song "Home" Music by: Nick Jonas, Nick Monson & Justin Tranter, Lyrics by: Jonas & Tranter

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. under Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures & distribution only
  2. under Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  3. 3.0 3.1 The film was originally produced by 20th Century Studios, but was released under 20th Century Studios.
  4. While the film is released under the 20th Century Studios banner, the film’s copyright is credited to 20th Century Studios.
  5. While the film is released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner, the film's copyright is credited to 20th Century Studios.

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A subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company.
Feature films Fox Animation Studios Anastasia (1997) • Bartok the Magnificent (1999, direct-to-video) • Titan A.E. (2000)
Blue Sky Studios Ice Age (2002) • Robots (2005) • Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) • Robots 2 (2007) • Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) • Rio (2011) • Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) • Epic (2013) • Rio 2 (2014) • The Peanuts Movie (2015) • Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) • Ferdinand (2017) • Spies in Disguise (2019) • Spanish Empire (2020)
Other The Simpsons Movie (2007) • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) • The Book of Life (2014) • Bob's Burgers: The Movie (2020)
Television specials Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
Short films Amazon Adventure (2007) • The Longest Daycare (2012)
Co-productions Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996-2000) • FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue (1998) • Monkeybone (2001) • Isle of Dogs (2018)
Related Fox Television AnimationBlue Sky StudiosWalt Disney Animation StudiosPixarIndustrial Light & MagicDisney Television AnimationList of unproduced 20th Century Animation Studios projects
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Television production 20th Television20th Television AnimationSearchlight Television Other assets 20th Century Games20th Century Comics9Star StudiosGenting SkyWorldsDisney Studios Australia
Defunct 20th Century Fox VideoFox Video20th Century Fox SelectionsMagnetic VideoRegency Television2CBS/Fox Video3CBS/Fox Children's Video3Playhouse Video3Key Video3Fox West PicturesFox AtomicFox 2000 PicturesFox Family FilmsFoxNextHeron CommunicationsHeron Home EntertainmentMedia Home EntertainmentHi-Tops VideoThe Nostalgia MerchantFox Hills VideoMTM Enterprises (Others) • MTM Television DistributionMTM Home Video3Fox WorldFox LabFoxstar Productions20th Television20th Century Fox Television Distribution20th Century Fox International Television20th Century-Fox RecordsFox Records4Fox MusicFox EuropeFox FaithFox Television Studios20th Century Fox Games20th Century Fox Consumer Products7Fox 21Fox International ProductionsFox Interactive20th Century Fox: Games of the CenturyFox Digital EntertainmentFox Entertainment GroupFoxConnectFox-Paramount Home Entertainment5Touchstone TelevisionPremium Large FormatFox StudiosBlue Sky StudiosFox Pathé EuropaHoyts-Fox-Columbia TriStar Films820th Digital Studio
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A subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company.
Feature films Released Ice Age (2002) • Robots (2005) • Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) • Horton Hears a Who! (2008) • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) • Rio (2011) • Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) • Epic (2013) • Rio 2 (2014) • The Peanuts Movie (2015) • Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) • Ferdinand (2017) • Spies in Disguise (2019)
Cancelled AnubisNimona
Short films Bunny (1998) • Gone Nutty (2002) • Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty (2005) • No Time for Nuts (2006) • Surviving Sid (2008) • Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe (2015) • Scrat: Spaced Out (2016)
Television specials Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011) • Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016)
Franchises Ice Age (2002–2019) • Rio (2011–present)
People Chris WedgeCarlos Saldanha
See also 20th Century AnimationFox Animation StudiosPixarWalt Disney Animation StudiosIndustrial Light & Magic

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Animation industry in the United States
Animation industry in the United States
Companies/studios Active DreamWorks AnimationDreamWorks Animation TelevisionDreamWorks ClassicsBig Idea EntertainmentHarvey EntertainmentJay Ward ProductionsIlluminationUniversal Animation StudiosCBS Eye Animation ProductionsLate Night CartoonsMTV AnimationNickelodeon Animation StudioNickelodeon DigitalParamount AnimationMiramax Animation (49%) • Cartoon Network StudiosRooster Teeth AnimationWarner Animation GroupWarner Bros. AnimationWilliams Street20th Century Animation20th Television AnimationDisney Television AnimationLucasfilm AnimationIndustrial Light & MagicMarvel AnimationPixar Animation StudiosWalt Disney Animation StudiosCrunchyrollSony Pictures AnimationSony Pictures ImageworksAugenblick StudiosAwesome Inc.Fox CorporationBento Box EntertainmentBillionfold Inc.Blur StudioCartunaCharlexCMCC CartoonsDNEGDigital DomainFilm RomanPhil Roman EntertainmentFloyd County ProductionsFred Wolf FilmsFuzzy Door ProductionsGenius BrandsWow Unlimited MediaFrederator Studios • Frederator Films • HasbroEntertainment OneJoe Murray ProductionsJustin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!KinofilmKlasky CsupoLaikaLee Mendelson FilmsMelendez FilmsLittle Airplane ProductionsMan of Action EntertainmentMattelMexopolisMirari FilmsMondo Media6 Point HarnessNetflix AnimationNobleOmation Animation StudioParallax StudioPowerhouse Animation StudiosPsyopRadical AxisReel FX Creative StudiosRenegade AnimationRough Draft StudiosRovio AnimationScreen NoveltiesScholasticWeston Woods StudiosSD EntertainmentShadowMachineSkydance AnimationSnee-Oosh, Inc.Splash EntertainmentSprite Animation StudiosStretch FilmsStoopid Buddy StoodiosTau FilmsThreshold EntertainmentTitmouse, Inc.The ULULU CompanyUnited Plankton PicturesVanguard AnimationWildBrainWild Canary AnimationWorld Events ProductionsWorker Studio
Defunct 41 Entertainment4Kids Entertainment70/30 ProductionsAdelaide ProductionsAdventure Cartoon ProductionsAllsparkAmblimationAnimation CollectiveAnimation LabAnimation MagicBlue Sky StudiosBolder MediaCambria ProductionsCartoon PizzaChorionCircle 7 AnimationCookie Jar • Copernicus Studios • Crest Animation ProductionsCurious PicturesDePatie–Freleng EnterprisesDIC EntertainmentDisneytoon StudiosDNA ProductionsFamous StudiosFilmationFleischer StudiosFormat FilmsFox Animation StudiosFunimationGolden FilmsHanna-BarberaHIT EntertainmentJetlag ProductionsKanbar AnimationKroyer FilmsLaugh-O-Gram StudioMarvel ProductionsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer AnimationMGM Animation/Visual ArtsMGM CartoonsMoonScoopPacific Data ImagesPorchLight EntertainmentPrana StudiosRankin/Bass Animated EntertainmentRhythm and Hues StudiosRuby-SpearsSaban EntertainmentScreen GemsSkellington ProductionsSoup2NutsSpümcøSullivan Bluth StudiosSunbow EntertainmentTerrytoonsUnited Productions of AmericaVan Beuren StudiosWalter Lantz ProductionsWarner Bros. CartoonsWill Vinton StudiosZodiac Entertainment
Industry associations The Animation Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839ASIFA-Hollywood
Awards Academy AwardsAnnie AwardsDaytime Emmy AwardNickelodeon Kids' Choice AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award
History Silent eraGolden age (World War II) • Television eraModern era
Genres Animated InfomercialAnimated sitcomBuddy filmComedy-dramaSuperhero fictionWestern
Related topics American comics (History of American comicsTijuana bible) • Humorous Phases of Funny FacesFlash animation
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