List of animation studios

The following lists of animation studios presents current and former organizations similar to artists studios but principally dedicated to the production and distribution of animated films. Such studios may be actual production facilities or corporate entities. The countries with the most listed, active studios, are Japan, United States, Canada, United Kingdom and South Korea, but studios are found across all continents.

Active studios
Studio Country Founded Notes and sources
20th Century AnimationUnited States1997Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
8-BitJapan2008
A Squared EntertainmentUnited States2009
A-1 PicturesJapan2005[1]
A. FilmDenmark1988
A.C.G.TJapan2001
A.P.P.P.Japan1984
Aardman AnimationsUnited Kingdom1972
Act3animationAustralia1992
Ajia-doJapan1978
AKOMSouth Korea1985
Allspark AnimationUnited States2014Division of Allspark, a subsidiary of Hasbro
Ánima EstudiosMexico2002
Animaccord Animation StudioRussia2008
AnimafilmRomania1964
Animal LogicAustralia1991
Animax EntertainmentUnited States2001
AICJapan1982
Animex ProduccionesMexico2000
Animonsta StudiosMalaysia2009
AnimusicUnited States1995
AnkamaFrance2001
Arms CorporationJapan1996
ArtlandJapan1978
Asahi ProductionJapan1973
Assemblage EntertainmentIndia2013
Astley Baker DaviesUnited Kingdom1994
Atomic CartoonsCanada1999
Augenblick StudiosUnited States1999
Bagdasarian ProductionsUnited States1961
Bardel EntertainmentCanada1987
Bee TrainJapan1997
Bent Image LabUnited States2002
Bento Box EntertainmentUnited States2009
Big Bad BooCanada2005
Big Idea EntertainmentUnited States1989Formerly GRAFx Studios
Bird StudiosUnited Kingdom2003
BlacknorthUnited Kingdom2009
Blue Sky StudiosUnited States1987Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
Blur StudioUnited States1995
Blue-ZooUnited Kingdom2000
bolexbrothersUnited Kingdom1991
BONESJapan1998
Boulder Media LimitedIreland2000
Brain's BaseJapan1996
BRB InternationalSpain1972
Brown Bag FilmsIreland1994
BUGNorway1984
Bullwinkle StudiosUnited States1948
Buzzco AssociatesUnited States1974Founded as Perpetual Motion Pictures in 1968 renamed Buzzco by Buzz Potamkin in 1982
C2CJapan2006
Cake EntertainmentUnited Kingdom2002
CarburadoresChile2003[2]
CartobalenoItaly2001[3]
Cartoon PizzaUnited States2001Currently dormant
Cartoon Network StudiosUnited States1994Started as sub-division of Hanna-Barbera; Subsidiary of AT&T
Cartoon Network Studios EuropeUnited Kingdom2007
Cartoon SaloonIreland1999
CharlexUnited States1979
China Film AnimationChina1999
CinéGroupeCanada1974Also has offices in Los Angeles, California, United States.
CinesiteCanada/United Kingdom1991
Collingwood & Co.United Kingdom1988
Cookie Jar GroupCanada1976Formerly Cinar, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Copa StudioBrazil2009
Creative Capers EntertainmentUnited States1989
Crest Animation StudiosIndia1990
Crew972Israel2005
Cuckoo's Nest StudioTaiwan1978Also known as Hong Guang (宏廣) and Wang Film Productions.
Cuppa Coffee StudioCanada1992
The Curiosity CompanyUnited States1999
DaumeJapan1986
David ProductionJapan2007
Def2shootFrance2002
Digital DomainUnited States1993Purchased by Galloping Horse Studio in China
Digital FrontierJapan2000
DiomedeaJapan2005
DogakoboJapan1973
Floyd County ProductionsUnited States2009
Dong Woo AnimationSouth Korea1991
DR MovieSouth Korea1990
DreamWorks AnimationUnited States1994Subsidiary of Comcast
Dygra FilmsSpain1987
EikenJapan1969Formerly known as Television Corporation of Japan.
Eric Miller Animation StudiosUnited States2014
Estudio HainiMexico2003
Exceptional MindsUnited States2011
FeelJapan1999
Felix the Cat ProductionsUnited States1953
Film Roman, Inc.United States1984
Fine Arts FilmsUnited States
United Kingdom		1955
Flying Bark ProductionsAustralia1967
FolimageFrance1981
Fred Wolf Films DublinIreland
United States		1967
Frederator StudiosUnited States1997
Future Thought ProductionsIndia1997
Fuzzy Door ProductionsUnited States1996
G&G EntertainmentSouth Korea
Japan		2000
GainaxJapan1984
Gaumont AnimationFrance1997Formerly known as Alphanim until 2009
Global MechanicCanada1995
GoHandsJapan2008
GonzoJapan1992
GraphilmItaly1988[4]
Green Gold AnimationIndia2001
Guru StudiosCanada2000
H5France1994
Hanho Heung-UpSouth Korea1984
Hong Ying AnimationTaiwan1986
Hoods EntertainmentJapan2009
Ilion Animation StudiosSpain2002
Illuminated Film CompanyUnited Kingdom1993
IlluminationUnited States2007Subsidiary of Comcast
ImaginJapan1992
IoM Media VenturesCanada2018
IoM Media Ventures HalifaxCanada2004Formerly Halifax Film Company, DHX Media Halifax and DHX Studios Halifax.
InlayFilmRussia2007
Industrial Light & MagicUnited States1975Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
Jam Filled TorontoCanada1985Formerly Dan Krech Productions, DKP Studios, Starz Animation, Arc Productions
JanimationUnited States1993
J.C.StaffJapan1987
JibJabUnited States1999
John Lemmon FilmsUnited States1984
Kandor GraphicsSpain1992
KharaJapan2006
KharabeeshJordan2008
Kinema CitrusJapan2008
King Rollo FilmsUnited Kingdom1978
Klasky CsupoUnited States1982
Koko EnterprisesSouth Korea1990
KRU StudiosMalaysia2005
Kurtz & FriendsUnited States1981
Kyoto AnimationJapan1981
LAIKAUnited States2005
LastregoItaly1997
Lay-duceJapan2013
LercheJapan2011
Les ArmateursFrance1994
Liden FilmsJapan2012
Light Chaser Animation StudiosChina2013
LittlenobodyUnited Kingdom2004
Locksmith AnimationUnited Kingdom2014
LTL ProductionUnited Kingdom?
Lucasfilm AnimationUnited States2003Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company; have overseen products in Singapore
Lumicel Animation StudiosIndia2009
Mac GuffFrance
United States		1988
Mad EntertainmentItaly2010[5]
MadhouseJapan1972
Maga Animation StudioItaly1996[6]
Magic BusJapan1977
Magic Light PicturesUnited Kingdom2003
Makuta VFXIndia2010
MAPPAJapan2011
March EntertainmentCanada1996
Marvel AnimationUnited States2008Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
Marza Animation PlanetJapan2005
Melnitsa Animation StudioRussia1999
Mercury Filmworks Canada 1997
MillimagesFrance1990
Mirari FilmsUnited States1999
Mondo MediaUnited States1988
Mondo TVItaly1985
Mook AnimationJapan1986
Moonbug EntertainmentUnited Kingdom2018
MTV AnimationUnited States1986Subsidiary of Viacom
National Film Board of CanadaCanada1939
NelvanaCanada1971
Nexus StudiosUnited States
United Kingdom		2000
Nickelodeon Animation StudioUnited States1990Subsidiary of Viacom; Formerly known as Games Animation.
Nitrogen StudiosCanada2003
Nippon AnimationJapan1962
NomadJapan2003
Omation Animation StudioUnited States1990
Oh! ProductionJapan1970
OLM, Inc.Japan1995
OrdetJapan2007
P.A. WorksJapan2000
Pannónia Film StudioHungary1951
Paramount AnimationUnited States2011Subsidiary of Viacom; Paramount's return to having its own animated division for the first time since 1967, when Paramount Cartoon Studio was closed.
Passion PicturesUnited States
United Kingdom		1987
PassioneJapan2013
Pearl StudioChina2012Formerly Oriental DreamWorks.[7]
Pentamedia GraphicsIndia1998
Petersburg Animation StudioRussia2003
The People's Republic of AnimationAustralia2003
Piranha NYCUnited States2009
PixarUnited States1986Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company; made the first computer animated feature film, Toy Story
Plastic WaxAustralia1997
Plus One AnimationSouth Korea1991
Polygon PicturesJapan1983
Possible WorldsUnited States1996
Post AmazersPakistan2002
Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc.United States2001
Premavision/Clokey ProductionsUnited States1955
Production I.GJapan1987
Production ReedJapan1975Formally known as Ashi Production
PsyopUnited States2000
Punkrobot StudioChile2008[8]
Radicial AxisUnited States2000
Ragdoll ProductionsUnited Kingdom1984
Rainbow S.r.l.Italy1994
Rainmaker EntertainmentCanada1991Formerly Mainframe Entertainment
Red Kite AnimationUnited Kingdom1997
Reel FX Creative StudiosUnited States1993
Renegade AnimationUnited States1992
Renga MediaUnited Kingdom1995
Rhythm and Hues StudiosUnited States1987
RingTalesUnited States2006
Rooster TeethUnited States2003Film and animation studio that produces animated shows in 2D, 3D and machinema for predominantly online audience; Subsidiary of AT&T
Rough Draft StudiosUnited States
South Korea		1991
Rubicon Group HoldingJordan2004
Saerom AnimationSouth Korea1987
SanzigenJapan2006
SatelightJapan1995
Sav! The World ProductionsFrance1998
Savage Studios Ltd.United States1992
Se-ma-forPoland1947
SEK StudioNorth Korea1957
Seven ArcsJapan2002
Silver LinkJapan2007
SkycronCanada2001
Shademaker ProductionsUnited States2010
ShadowMachineUnited States1999
SHAFTJapan1975
Shanghai Animation Film StudioChina1957
Shin-Ei AnimationJapan1976
Six Point HarnessUnited States2003
Slap Happy CartoonsCanada2004
SLR ProductionsAustralia2002[9]
SmallfilmsUnited Kingdom1959
Sony Pictures AnimationUnited States2002Subsidiary of Sony
Sony Pictures ImageworksUnited States1992Subsidiary of Sony; visual effects & animation studio; provides animation for most of Sony Pictures Animation's films
SoyuzmultfilmRussia1936
Sparky AnimationSingapore2006
Sparx*China
Vietnam		1995HQ in France.
Spider Eye ProductionsUnited Kingdom?
Spite Your Face ProductionsUnited Kingdom?
Splash EntertainmentUnited States1992Formerly Mike Young Productions, and MoonScoop US.
SpümtwoUnited States2016Formerly known as Spümcø, which shut down in 2005, but was later revived in 2016 as Spümtwo.[10]
Spy PicturesUnited Kingdom1999
StraandlooperUnited Kingdom?
Stretch FilmsUnited States1991
Studio 4°CJapan1986
Studio AKAUnited Kingdom1989
Studio B ProductionsCanada1988Acquired by DHX Media in 2007 and renamed: DHX Media Vancouver.
Studio ChizuJapan2011
Studio CometJapan1986
Studio DEENJapan1975
Studio DurgaIndia2017
Studio FantasiaJapan1983
Studio GallopJapan1972
Studio GhibliJapan1984
Studio GokumiJapan2010
Studio HibariJapan1979
Studio LiddellUnited Kingdom1996
Studio MirSouth Korea2010
Studio PierrotJapan1979
Studio PonocJapan2015
SunriseJapan1972
Sunrise ProductionsSouth Africa2003
Sunwoo EntertainmentSouth Korea1974
SynergySPJapan1998
Tatsunoko ProductionsJapan1962
Tau FilmsUnited States2014
Tezuka ProductionsJapan1968
The Animation BandItaly1996[11]
The Animation Picture CompanyUnited States2006
The Line (animation studio)United Kingdom2013
TitmouseUnited States1999
TMS EntertainmentJapan1946
TNKJapan1999
Toei AnimationJapan1948
Toon City AnimationPhilippines1993
ToonBanglaBangladesh2005
ToonBox EntertainmentCanada2008
ToondraRussia2001
ToonzIndia1999
ToposodoItaly2005[12]
TRIGGERJapan2011
Triggerfish Animation StudiosSouth Africa1996
TroycaJapan2013
TV PinGuimBrazil1989
TYO AnimationsJapan2009
UfotableJapan2000
Universal Animation StudiosUnited States1991Formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios; Subsidiary of Comcast
Vanguard AnimationUnited States2002
Varga StudioHungary1988
Vasoon AnimationChina1992
Video BrinquedoBrazil1994
Walt Disney Animation StudiosUnited States1923Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company; founded after Disney's earlier venture Laugh-O-Gram went bankrupt.
Walt Disney Television AnimationUnited States1985Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney Television International JapanJapan2008Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
Wang Film ProductionsTaiwan1978
Warner Bros. AnimationUnited States1980Subsidiary of AT&T
Warner Animation GroupUnited States2013Subsidiary of AT&T
White FoxJapan2007
WildBrain Ltd.Canada2006Formerly DHX Media Ltd.
WildBrain Spark StudiosUnited Kingdom2016Formerly WildBrain Studios. Division of WildBrain Spark
WildBrain StudiosCanada2016Formerly DHX Studios Vancouver. Merger of former Studio B Productions and Nerd Corps Entertainment assets.
Williams Street StudiosUnited States1994Formerly Ghost Planet Industries; Subsidiary of AT&T
Wit StudioJapan2012
Wizart AnimationRussia2007
Worker StudioUnited States2009
XebecJapan1995
XilamFrance1999
Xyzoo AnimationSouth Africa1991
Yowza! AnimationCanada1996
Zagreb school of animated filmsCroatia1956
ZexcsJapan1998
Zinkia EntertainmentSpain2001

Defunct studios
Studio Country Founded Notes and sources
Adelaide ProductionsUnited States1993–2019Formerly named Columbia TriStar Children's Television and Columbia TriStar Animation. Currently dormant.
Adventure Cartoon ProductionsUnited States1962(?)–1966(?)
AmblimationUnited Kingdom1989–1997The animation production arm of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. Folded into DreamWorks Animation. Vacant studio became Access Self-Storage.
Animation CollectiveUnited States2003–2014
Bakshi Productions/Ralph's SpotUnited States????
Barré StudioUnited States1914–1923After 1917 called Bud Fisher Films Corporation.
BelvisionBelgium1956–2005
Bill Melendez ProductionsUnited States1969
Bird StudiosUnited Kingdom????
Bray ProductionsUnited States1913–1927
Burbank Films AustraliaAustralia1981–1988
Jumbo PicturesUnited States1988–2000Folded into Walt Disney Television Animation
Chuck Jones ProductionsUnited States????
Cinar CorporationCanada1976–2004Reincorporated as Cookie Jar Entertainment.
Circle 7 AnimationUnited States2004–2006Defunct subdivision of Walt Disney company
Clockwork Zoo AnimationSouth Africa2008-2010Formerly Octagon CSI.
Colossal PicturesUnited States1976–1999
Cosgrove Hall FilmsUnited Kingdom1976–2009ITV owners wound down after purchase.
Créativité & DéveloppementFrance1987-1996Assets purchased by Saban Entertainment.
Curious PicturesUnited States1978–2014Formerly Stowmar Enterprises and Broadcast Arts.
Decode EntertainmentCanada1997-2010'sMerged with Halifax Film. Later renamed to DHX Media Toronto before closure of animation division.
DePatie-Freleng EnterprisesUnited States1963–1981Re-organized as Marvel Productions.
DIC AudiovisuelFrance1971–1987Separated when Andy Heyward purchased DIC's operations from RTL and made their US offices the main base of operations. French offices re-incorporated into Créativité & Développement
DIC EntertainmentUnited States1982–2008Founded as DIC Enterprises and later named DIC Productions. Purchased and folded by Cookie Jar Entertainment in 2008
Dingo PicturesGermany1993–2006
DisneyToon StudiosUnited States1988–2018defunct subdivision of Walt Disney Company
DisneyToon Studios AustraliaAustralia1988–2006Also known as Walt Disney Animation Australia
DNA ProductionsUnited States1987–????
DUCK StudiosUnited States1972–2015Folded into Noble Animation.
EllipsanimeFrance1987–2014
FatkatCanada1999–????
FilmationUnited States1963–1989Folded by L'Oreal, assets now owned by DreamWorks Animation through DreamWorks Classics
FilmFairUnited States
United Kingdom		1968-1996US operations purchased by the Altschul Group Corporation in 1992, UK operations purchased by Cinar in 1996
Fleischer Studios
(Inkwell Studios/Famous Studios/Paramount Cartoon Studios)		United States1921–1967Name changed in 1928, 1942, 1956.
Format FilmsUnited States1959
Fox Animation StudiosUnited States1994–2000See also: 20th Century Fox Animation above
Games AnimationUnited States1990
George Pal StudioUnited States????Stop-motion animation only.
Golden FilmsUnited States1988
Grantray-Lawrence AnimationUnited States1954–1967
Group TACJapan1968–2010
Gaumont British AnimationUK1946–1950
H-GunUnited States1988–2001
Hal Film MakerJapan1993–2009Merged with Yumeta Company into TYO Animations.
Halas and BatchelorUnited Kingdom????
Hanna-BarberaUnited States1957–2001Folded into Cartoon Network Studios; defunct subdivision of AT&T
Harman-Ising ProductionsUnited States1930–1960
ImageMovers DigitalUnited States2009–2011Joint-venture between ImageMovers and The Walt Disney Company. Folded after Mars Needs Moms bombed at the box office
Imagi Animation StudiosUnited States / China / Japan2000–2010
International Film ServiceUnited States1915–1918
Jack Kinney ProductionsUnited States1960–1963
Jay Ward ProductionsUnited States1958–1984
Larry Harmon PicturesUnited States1958–1962
Jetix Animation ConceptsUnited States2004-2009Label of Walt Disney Television Animation
Jetlag ProductionsUnited States
Japan		1992–1996
KievnauchfilmUSSR1941–????
Kroyer FilmsUnited States1986–1994Studio inactive as of 1994.
LacewoodCanada????
Laugh-O-Gram StudioUnited States1921–1923Walt Disney's first animation venture, which didn't last long.
Leon Schlesinger Productions/Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc./Warner Bros Seven ArtsUnited States1933–1964
1967–1969		Schlesinger sold the studio to Warner Bros in 1944, in 1964 the studio closed down, and reopened briefly in 1967 to close down in 1969.
ManglobeJapan2002–2015
Marathon Media GroupFrance1990-2016Subsidiary of Zodiak Entertainment, folded after Zodiak Media merged with the Banijay Group
Mathematical Applications Group, Inc.United States1966Also known as MAPI
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studioUnited States1937–1957
MGM AnimationUnited States1993–1999Dormant since 1999
MGM Animation/Visual Arts/Sib Tower 12 ProductionsUnited States1962–1970
MoonScoop GroupFrance2003Filed for administration in 2013. Assets now owned by Dargaud, while US operations were separated as Splash Entertainment
Mushi ProductionJapan1961–1973A new studio with the same name was established in 1977 and is still active.
Nerd Corps EntertainmentCanada2002-2016Purchased by DHX Media in 2014, folded into DHX Studios Vancouver in 2016
Noyes & LaybourneUnited States1978–1991Folded into Colossal Pictures.
Pacific Data ImagesUnited States1980–2015Closed by DreamWorks Animation.
Perpetual Motion PicturesUnited States1968-1982Renamed Buzzco Associates by Buzz Potamkin in 1982
Phoenix Animation StudiosUnited States1966
Pilot StudioRussia1988–????
Radix Ace EntertainmentJapan????
Rankin/Bass Animated EntertainmentUnited States1960–1987Founded as VideoCraft International. Folded by Telepictures Corporation. Pre-1974 library owned by DreamWorks Animation through DreamWorks Classics, Post-1974 library owned by Warner Bros.
Rembrandt FilmsCzechoslovakia????Operated in Prague by Americans.
Richard Williams Studio Ltd.United Kingdom1958–1992
Ruby-Spears ProductionsUnited States1977–1996Studio inactive as of 1996.
Saban EntertainmentUnited States-Israel1983–2002Purchased by Disney in 2001 as part of the Fox Family Worldwide purchase. Currently legally known as BVS Entertainment
SIP AnimationFrance1977–2009Founded as Saban International Paris. Separated from Saban in 2001 after Disney buyout, stake purchased by Disney in 2002 and renamed to SIP Animation in the same year. Filed for liquidation and closed in 2009
Skellington ProductionsUnited States1986–1996(?)Renamed as Skellington in 1992.
Soup2NutsUnited States1993–2015Formerly named Tom Snyder Productions
Spectrum AnimationJapan????
Studio B ProductionsCanada1988-2016Purchased by DHX Media in 2007, renamed to DHX Media Vancouver in 2010, folded into DHX Studios Vancouver in 2016.
Studio EkranRussia1968–????
Sullivan-Bluth StudiosIreland
United States		1985–1995
Sunbow EntertainmentUnited States1980-2004Purchased by Sony Wonder in 1998 and then TV Loonland-AG in 2000, folded into the latter in 2004
TerrytoonsUnited States1928–1968
TopcraftJapan1971-1985Became Studio Ghibli
Total TelevisionUnited States1960–1968
Tradition StudiosUnited States1912–2009
Turner Feature AnimationUnited States1991–1996Folded into Warner Bros. Feature Animation
TV Loonland-AGGermany1989–2009First known as TMO-Loonland. Filed for bankruptcy in 2009, majority of former assets now owned by M4E AG
TVC CartoonsCanada

UK

 1961–1979
1988–1997
Ub Iwerks Studio/Cartoons Films IncUnited States1930–1936Iwerks sold the studio in 1936, but the studio continued to produce animation commercials into the mid-1940s.
United Productions of AmericaUnited States1943–2000Also known as UPA
Van Beuren StudiosUnited States1928–1936
Walt Disney Animation CanadaCanada1996–2000Defunct subdivision of Walt Disney Television Animation
Walt Disney Animation FranceFrance1986–2003Founded as Brizzi Films, Defunct subdivision of Walt Disney Television Animation
Walt Disney Animation JapanJapan1984–2004Founded as Pacific Animation. Defunct subdivision of Walt Disney Television Animation
Walt Disney Feature Animation FloridaUnited States1989–2004Became a general satellite studios of Walt Disney Animation Studios, founded after earlier venture Disney's Hollywood Studios went bankrupt and for additional output.
Walter Lantz ProductionsUnited States1929–1948
1950–1972		Universal now owns the library.
WildBrain EntertainmentUnited States1994-2015Folded into DHX's other operations, name reused for a streaming service and eventually the rebranding of DHX
Will Vinton StudiosUnited States1979–2005Became LAIKA.
Winkler Pictures*/Charles Mintz Studios**/Screen Gems Studio***United States1921–1946*Also known as M.J. Winkler Productions and Robert Winkler Productions
**Re-organization in 1929
***Re-organization in 1940

See also

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