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Aug 22, 2016 · With children and their parents pouring money into the already lucrative animated world, every studio with a gift for the imaginative is taking a risk to bring the latest animated ideas to an ever-growing audience. You may know some of these studios by name already, while some may be new. Either way, it’s likely you’ve heard of their creations.
- 10 Paramount Animation
- 9 Aardman Animations
- 8 Warner Bros. Animation
- 7 Netflix Animation
- 6 Sony Pictures Animations
- 5 Blue Sky Animation Studios
- 4 Illumination
- 3 Dreamworks Animation
- 2 Pixar
- 1 Walt Disney Studio Animation
The animation division of the long-running Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, was founded in 2011 following the success its parent company saw with Rango. It has found success working in a variety of animated genres. For fans of the more mature and adult side of things, Anomalisa is a thought-provoking and heart-rending adult stop-motion psyc...
When done right, stop-motion and clay animation is an artform that can be truly beautiful. Combine this with a very "British" sense of quirky humor based on hilarious sight gags, weirdly relatable characters, and plenty of puns and clever quips, and you’ve got animation magic. Known best in Britain for its man and dog duo Wallace and Gromit, Aardma...
After several closures and re-opening since dating way back to 1933, Warner Bros. Animation is mainly known for its TV shows and direct to video/DVD movies, and has certainly left quite the mark on the industry and has dropped a few classic, theatrically released movies along the way including the incredibly underrated The Iron Giant andCats Don’t ...
As Netflix’s focus has shifted towards producing more original and exclusive content in recent years, Netflix Animation burst onto the scene in 2019 (the same year Disney+ became available, coincidentally) with the release of the critically acclaimed Christmas feature Klaus. Klaus was a runaway success and was, alongside I Lost My Body,the first an...
Starting as a visual effects facility, Sony quickly decided to expand it into a full-scale animation studio after noting the success that Disney/Pixar and DreamWorks was seeing with the likes of Toy Story, Monster’s Inc, and Shrek. Sony Pictures Animations' first release Open Season may have failed to set the world alight like the aforementioned, b...
Blue Sky Studios was an animation studio that was formed in 1987 by Chris Wedge and initially primarily focused on creating CGI rendering and graphics for television commercials. It wasn’t until 2002 that it made its feature-length debut with the now iconic Ice Agemovie franchise. As a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox, all of Blue Sky's movies now be...
One of the industry’s biggest success stories in recent years, Illumination burst onto the scene in 2010 with the smash hit Despicable Me that, along with its Minions spin off movies, has become one of world’s most successful movie franchises. Since then, they’ve created successful franchises out of Sing and The Secret Life of Pets. The studio show...
Since its inception, when competing head-to-head with Disney with its earliest releases, such as Antz, The Prince of Egypt and The Road to El Dorado, to its work in creating some of the world’s most successful movie franchises including Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, Boss Baby, Trolls, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda, DreamWorks Animationhas managed...
Since teaming up with Disney and releasing its ground-breaking feature movie debut Toy Story in 1995, Pixar has become one of most celebrated and beloved animation studios in the world responsible for the happiness of millions of families worldwide, as well as being one of the leading pioneers in cutting-edge computer-generated imagery. Its animati...
1937 was the year that changed the world of animation forever; it was the year the first ever feature length animated picture hit the big screen. The movie in question was Disney’sSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Years in the making, the end result was such an impressive feat, with its stunning animation, well-developed characters, and beautiful so...
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Jan 7, 2020 · 1. Cartoon Saloon. StudioCanal. Notable works: The Breadwinner, Song of the Sea, The Secret of Kells. This Irish independent animation studio's breathtaking visual style and gift for...
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- My Neighbors the Yamadas. 1999’s My Neighbors the Yamadas takes a singular family and puts their stories into a series of vignettes. Some of the stories deal with the mother and the father, and others with the daughter, son, or family dog.
- Princess Mononoke. Released in 1997, Princess Mononoke weaves together Japanese history with fantasy. Taking place in the Muromachi era, an Emishi prince must deal with a curse a demon inflicts upon him after attacking the village.
- The Cat Returns. The Cat Returns is a spinoff of Whisper of the Heart: the character of the Baron returns as one of the protagonists. Haru, a Japanese high schooler, can talk to cats.
- My Neighbor Totoro. My Neighbor Totoro is another staple in the Studio Ghibli lineup, and the character Totoro has become a symbol of the company. When a university professor moves into a new home with his two daughters in the 1950s to be closer to their ailing mother, the one daughter, Mei, realizes the house has many spirits in it.
The Children's Film Unit was a unique British film production unit which offered children from the ages of 10 to 16 the opportunity to learn about all aspects of filmmaking, and to participate as part of the crew in the making of professional-quality feature films.
Official Site of DreamWorks Animation. For 25 years, DreamWorks Animation has considered itself and its characters part of your family.
