Hot Animation

HOT Animation was a British stop motion animation, 2D cel animation & computer animation studio, established on 1 April 1998 by Jackie Cockle, Brian Little, and Joe Dembinski.

HOT Animation
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryMedia, Television Production
Founded1 April 1998 (1 April 1998)[1][2]
FounderJackie Cockle
Brian Little
Joe Dembinski
Defunct2011 (2011)
HeadquartersManchester, England, UK
Key people
Jackie Cockle
Brian Little
Joe Dembinski
ProductsChildren's Television, Stop motion
Total assets$1,119 million
Number of employees
67 (2007)
ParentHIT Entertainment
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20110720114530/http://www.hotanimation.com

Their worldwide success followed with Bob the Builder, a show for pre-school children about a builder and his talking machines. In 2000, the theme tune was released as a single, Can We Fix It? with an accompanying promo produced at HOT, which beat Kylie Minogue's "Please Stay", Eminem's Stan and Westlife's "What Makes a Man" to become the Christmas number-one single.

The company then made a reboot of Brambly Hedge, a series of 30-minute specials based on the illustrated books for children by Jill Barklem, and Rubbadubbers, a series about bath toys that come alive. Pingu, a British-Swiss animated series about a family of penguins, was recreated with great success in 2003.

HOT ceased to produce the main series of Bob the Builder after 2007 when the studio announced jobs would be cut, and opted to produce a direct to DVD series called Bob the Builder: On Site, using stop-motion from Bob's World and live action from real world construction sites. The studio closed sometime before HIT was purchased by Mattel in 2012.

List of Productions

TV

Feature-Length Specials

Direct-to-Home Video

Music Videos

Other

  • Dinosaur Roar (1999, pilot for HIT Entertainment)
  • Gina and Stella (2001, short film)
  • Bitziboos (2004, pilot for HIT Entertainment)
  • Life on Mars (2007, Camberwick Green parody sequence for Series 2: Episode 5)

References

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