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Consider this a sister thread to my "Upcoming Animation" discussion.

Here I'm attempting to list past and present animation studios (of western origin) which are notable for a number of reasons, aswell as the theatrical features they produced. The information has taken me time to compile, and as usual suggestions in the form of other studios and animated features, the pointing out of omitted information as well as errors is greatly appreciated!

Here goes ...

Aardman Animations

Completed Projects

2000 - Chicken Run
2005 - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006 - Flushed Away

Upcoming Films

2010 - Operation Rudolph
2010 - The Cat Burglars
???? - The Pirates!

Amblimation

Completed Projects

1991 - An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1993 - We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story
1995 - Balto

Animal Logic

Completed Projects

2006 - Happy Feet

Upcoming Films

2010 - Guardians of Ga'Hoole

Arnold Leibovit Entertainment

Completed Projects

1987 - The Puppetoon Movie

Blue Sky Studios

Completed Projects

2002 - Ice Age
2005 - Robots
2006 - Ice Age: The Meltdown
2008 - Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!

Upcoming Films

2009 - Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

BUF Compagnie

Animation Contributions

2006 - Arthur and the Invisibles

C.O.R.E. Feature Animation

Completed Projects

2006 - The Wild

DisneyToon Studios

Completed Projects

1990 - DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1995 - A Goofy Movie
1999 - Doug’s 1st Movie
2000 - The Tigger Movie
2001 - Recess: School’s Out
2002 - Return to Never Land
2003 - The Jungle Book 2
2003 - Piglet’s Big Movie
2004 - Teacher’s Pet
2005 - Pooh’s Heffalump Movie

DNA Productions

Completed Projects

2001 - Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2006 - The Ant Bully

Don Bluth Productions

Completed Projects

1982 - The Secret of NIMH

DreamWorks Animation SKG

Completed Projects

1998 - Antz
1998 - The Prince of Egypt
2000 - The Road to El Dorado
2001 - Shrek
2002 - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2003 - Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2004 - Shrek 2
2004 - Shark Tale
2005 - Madagascar
2006 - Over the Hedge
2007 - Shrek the Third
2007 - Bee Movie
2008 - Kung Fu Panda
2008 - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Upcoming Films

2009 - Monsters vs. Aliens
2010 - How to Train Your Dragon
2010 - Shrek Goes Fourth
2010 - Master Mind
2011 - Kung Fu Panda 2
2011 - Crood Awakening
2011 - Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer
2012 - Madagascar 3
2013 - Shrek 5

Film Roman

Completed Projects

1993 - Tom and Jerry: The Movie
2007 - The Simpsons Movie (co-production with Rough Draft Studios, Inc.)

Upcoming Films

2009 - The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

Fleischer Studios

Completed Projects

1939 - Gulliver’s Travels
1941 - Mr. Bug Goes to Town

Fox Animation Studios

Completed Projects

1998 - Anastasia
2000 - Titan A.E.

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Completed Projects

1964 - Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!
1966 - The Man Called Flintstone
1973 - Charlotte’s Web
1982 - Heidi’s Song
1986 - GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1990 - Jetsons: The Movie
1993 - Once Upon a Forest

Hollywood Animation Studios

Completed Projects

1992 - Freddie as F.R.O.7

ImageMovers Digital

Completed Projects

2004 - The Polar Express
2006 - Monster House
2007 - Beowulf

Upcoming Films

2009 - A Christmas Carol

James Baxter Animation

Completed Projects

2006 - Curious George

Animation Contributions

2007 - Enchanted (Walt Disney Pictures)
2008 - Kung Fu Panda (DreamWorks SKG)

Kanbar Animation

Completed Projects

2005 - Hoodwinked!

Upcoming Films

2010 - Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil

Klasky Csupo, Inc.

Completed Projects

1998 - The Rugrats Movie
2000 - Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2002 - The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2003 - Rugrats Go Wild!
2008 - Immigrants

Laika

Completed Projects

2009 - Coraline

Omation Animation

Completed Projects

2006 - Barnyard

Pixar Animation Studios

Completed Projects

1995 - Toy Story
1998 - a bug’s life
1999 - Toy Story 2
2001 - Monsters, Inc.
2003 - Finding Nemo
2004 - The Incredibles
2006 - Cars
2007 - Ratatouille
2008 - Wall-E

Upcoming Films

2009 - Up
2010 - Toy Story 3
2011 - Cars 2
2011 - The Bear and the Bow
2012 - newt

Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.

Completed Projects

1965 - Willy McBean and his Magic Machine
1966 - The Daydreamer
1966 - The Wacky World of Mother Goose
1967 - Mad Monster Party?
1982 - The Last Unicorn

Rich Animation Studios

Completed Projects

1994 - The Swan Princess
1999 - The King and I

RichCrest Animation Studios

Completed Projects

2004 - Muhammad: The Last Prophet

Rough Draft Studios, Inc.

Completed Projects

1996 - Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
2004 - The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2007 - The Simpsons Movie (co-production with Film Roman)

Snee-Oosh, Inc.

Completed Projects

2002 - Hey Arnold! The Movie

Sony Pictures Animation

Completed Projects

2006 - Open Season
2007 - Surf’s Up

Upcoming Films

2009 - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
2010 - The Smurfs
2011 - Hotel Transylvania

Sparx*

Completed Projects

2008 - Igor

Starz Animation

Completed Projects

2006 - Everyone's Hero
2008 - The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie

Upcoming Films

2009 - 9

Sullivan Bluth Studios

Completed Projects

1986 - An American Tail
1988 - The Land Before Time
1989 - All Dogs go to Heaven
1992 - Rock-A-Doodle
1994 - Thumbelina
1994 - A Troll in Central Park
1995 - The Pebble and the Penguin

The Secret Lab

Completed Projects

2000 - Dinosaur

Turner Feature Animation

Completed Projects

1997 - Cats Don’t Dance

Vanguard Animation

Completed Projects

2005 - Valiant
2006 - Happy N'Ever After
2008 - Space Chimps

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Completed Projects

1937 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1940 - Pinocchio
1940 - Fantasia
1941 - Dumbo
1942 - Bambi
1943 - Saludos Amigos
1945 - The Three Caballeros
1946 - Make Mine Music
1947 - Fun and Fancy Free
1948 - Melody Time
1949 - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1950 - Cinderella
1951 - Alice in Wonderland
1953 - Peter Pan
1955 - Lady and the Tramp
1959 - Sleeping Beauty
1961 - One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1963 - The Sword in the Stone
1967 - The Jungle Book
1970 - The AristoCats
1973 - Robin Hood
1977 - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977 - The Rescuers
1981 - The Fox and the Hound
1985 - The Black Cauldron
1986 - The Great Mouse Detective
1988 - Oliver & Company
1989 - The Little Mermaid
1990 - The Rescuers Down Under
1991 - Beauty and the Beast
1992 - Aladdin
1994 - The Lion King
1995 - Pocahontas
1996 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1997 - Hercules
1998 - Mulan
1999 - Tarzan
2000 - Fantasia 2000
2000 - The Emperor’s New Groove
2001 - Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2002 - Lilo & Stitch
2002 - Treasure Planet
2003 - Brother Bear
2004 - Home on the Range
2005 - Chicken Little
2007 - Meet the Robinsons
2008 - BOLT

Animation Contributions

1941 - The Reluctant Dragon
1943 - Victory Through Air Power
1946 - Song of the South
1949 - So Dear to my Heart
1964 - Mary Poppins
1971 - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1977 - Pete’s Dragon

Upcoming Films

2009 - The Princess and the Frog
2010 - Rapunzel
2012 - King of the Elves

Warner Bros. Feature Animation

Completed Projects

1998 - Quest for Camelot
1999 - The Iron Giant

Animation Contributions

1996 - Space Jam
2001 - Osmosis Jones
2003 - Looney Tunes: Back in Action

UPA (United Productions of America)

Completed Projects

1959 - 1001 Arabian Nights
1962 - Gay Purr-ee

Studio Ghibli, please!

I don't know if these were listed anywhere, if not perhaps these should/could be added as well?

- Freddie the Frog (Universal)
- Tom and Jerry The Movie (F.H.E, Family Home Entertainment)
- Snow Queen (Readers Digest)
- Secret of NIMH 2 (MGM)
- The Secret of the Hunchback (UAV Entertainment)
- The Princess and the Goblin (Hemdale Home Video)
- The Magic Voyage (The Dove Foundation)
- G.I Joe: The Movie (Sunbow/Marvel/Celebrity Just For Kids)
- Fern Gully The Last Rainforest (20th Century Fox)

You might want to double check the studios I listed in brackets, that was just the name that I saw on the dvd/vhs cover

I see a few missing:
The Corpse Bride
James & the Giant Peach
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Coraline
Dark Crystal
The Last Unicorn
The Puppetoon Movie
Transformers
Arthur and the Invisibles
The Ant Bully
Everyone's Hero
Happily N'Ever After
Happily N'Ever After 2
Happy Feet
Hoodwinked
Open Season 2
Robots
Valiant
The Wild


The various Nickelodeon movies: Wild Thornberries, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Barnyard, etc.

magicalwands wrote:Studio Ghibli, please!

Well, he did say of Western origin... That would exclude Ghibli.


I wanted to add a couple more: Igor, Space Chimps, and Fly Me to the Moon.

Upcoming Aardman (through Sony)

http://www.timeout.com/film/news/1957/a ... slate.html

Operation Rudolf
The Pirates!
The Cat Burglers

You also forgot the two Veggietales movies.

The Pirates who don't do anything

and....(pause for thought)
Jonah

So ...

2099net, I just updated the list with the three films you found out about.

littlefuzzy and Chernabog_Rocks, I just researched most of the films you listed (and discovered new ones in the process ) and will be adding them shortly to the list under their respective studio names.

In fact, I'll be adding a ton of new animation studios:

Laika
BUF Compagnie
DNA Productions
Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.
Starz Animation
Vanguard Animation
C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Klasky Csupo, Inc.
Film Roman
Hollywood Animation Studios
Rough Draft Studios, Inc.
Omation Animation
Snee-Oosh Inc.
Sparx*
Animal Logic
Arnold Leibovit Entertainment
Kanbar Animation

Phew! That's a lot! But it makes my head spin to think of the others and others that must remain to be added, as well as independent animators, past and present.

One more thing. I've not been able to find out the studio/s that animated the following:

1991 - The Nightmare Before Christmas
1992 - Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
1996 - James and the Giant Peach
2006 - Corpse Bride
2008 - Fly Me to the Moon

Can anybody help? Thanks!

Also, I'm not including Transformers: The Movie since it was produced by the Japanese Toei. Studio Ghibli will not be mentioned for now either, magicalwands. Perhaps in the future I'll attempt to list Japanese Studios, but I've got enough to do for now.

As for Dark Crystal, it appears to be a Jim Henson production featuring puppets, which is, however, not animated.

Other films Chernabog_Rocks listed that I've yet to look up:

The Snow Queen (is this the Russian version?)
The Secret of the Hunchback
The Princess and the Goblin
The Magic Voyage
G.I. Joe: The Movie

(I'm not including DTV productions. The list is only for theatrical animated films, be they crappy or magnificent).

See ya!

EDIT: ajm, I can't find out where Jonah was animated ... Apparently the 2nd film was done at a different studio, though.

I remember owning a version of the Snow Queen on VHS. Can't remember what studio, though.

Nice idea Julian. Keep the lists updated!

sotiris2006 wrote:Nice idea Julian. Keep the lists updated!

Thanks!

Any help re Corpse Bride, TNBC, Coraline, etc?

Have you tried IMDB, and click on Company Credits (under Overview) for each?

I don't know if that has everything, but for instance:
Coraline shows - Laika Entertainment and Pandemonium as the production companies.

Corpse Bride has a handful:
* Warner Bros. Pictures
* Tim Burton Animation Co.
* Laika Entertainment
* Patalex Productions
* Tim Burton Productions
* Will Vinton Studios

I'm not really sure which would be the primary animation company...

I don't have time for a large reply, but I listed (I think) any studios that were mentioned on the vhs covers of the movies I listed to help you out Julian I suggest trying those studio names first maybe you'll find more info from there.

Also, Siren might be able to help you out with Fern Gully, I recall she's a fan of the movie.

Oh yeah, I totally kept this updated.

*runs before making physical contact with flying fruit and vegetables*

Casting news for live-action Fairly Oddparents movie
http://animatedviews.com/2010/casting-n ... nts-movie/


Looney Tunes are back on the big screen
http://animatedviews.com/2010/looney-tu ... ig-screen/

llumination Entertainment ... is developing a new version of "Curious George." ...
http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... ge_30.html

I have a friend over at Blue Sky and found out that their will be an "Ice Age 4" coming out soonish. Just FYI.

milojthatch wrote:I have a friend over at Blue Sky and found out that their will be an "Ice Age 4" coming out soonish. Just FYI.

Babar heads to the big screen
http://animatedviews.com/2010/babar-hea ... ig-screen/


Picture of the live-action Farily Oddparents:

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-cult ... y-odd.html

Here's hoping they don't make Babar a real (CGI) elephant.

blackcauldron85 wrote:Babar heads to the big screen
http://animatedviews.com/2010/babar-hea ... ig-screen/

Oh, gosh. That's going to be awful. Poor Babar.

blackcauldron85 wrote:Picture of the live-action Farily Oddparents:

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-cult ... y-odd.html

And so is that.