Universal Animation Studios (formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios) is an American animation studio which is a division of Universal Studios. It is best known for producing sequels to Universal-released feature films, such as An American Tail, The Land Before Time, Balto, and Curious George, as well as other films and television series.
The actual animation production has done overseas, most notably by either Wang Film Productions or Rough Draft Studios, with pre-productions and post-productions is United States-based.
On August 22, 2016, the television animation division of Universal and DreamWorks merged after completing the acquistion of DreamWorks Animation.
Filmography[]
Feature films[]
Theatrical feature films[]
| # | Title | Release date | Co-production with |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curious George | February 10, 2006 | Imagine Entertainment |
| 2 | The Tale of Despereaux | December 19, 2008 | Relativity Media, Framestore Feature Animation |
| 3 | Woody Woodpecker | October 5, 2017 | Universal 1440 Entertainment |
| 4 | The Legend Of Spyro 3D | Unreleased | The Animation Picture Company |
| 5 | The Bad Guys | April 22, 2022 | DreamWorks Animation |
| 6 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | April 5, 2023 | Illumination Nintendo OLM, Inc. |
| 7 | The Billion Brick Race | 2023 | Lego System A/S Mexopolis |
- Not released theatrically in the United States
Direct-to-video/Streaming feature films[]
- An adult animated production.
Television series[]
Short films[]
- Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box, & the Lox (1999)
Franchises[]
| Titles | Release dates | Movies | TV Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Woodpecker | 1940–present | 2 | 6 |
| An American Tail | 1986–1999 | 4 | 1 |
| The Land Before Time | 1988–2016 | 14 | 2 |
| Balto | 1995–2005 | 3 | 0 |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks | 1999–2000 | 2 | 0 |
| Curious George | 2006–2022 | 6 | 15 |
Television specials[]
- A Wish for Wings That Work (1991)
- Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (2009)
- Curious George Swings Into Spring (2013)
- Curious George A Halloween Boo Fest (2013)
- How Murray Saved Christmas (2014)
- 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas (2021)
Miscellaneous work[]
- 63rd Academy Awards (1991) - animation for Woody Woodpecker presenting the award for Best Animated Short Film
- Kids' WB! promos - Earthworm Jim segments.
- The Incredible Hulk Coaster (1999-2015 version) - traditionally animated introduction.
- The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (1999) - traditionally-animated introduction
- Dudley-Do Right’s RipSaw Falls (1999) - traditionally-animated queue video.
Cancelled projects[]
- Escape from Jurassic Park, an animated TV series that takes place after the first Jurassic Park movie and before The Lost World: Jurassic Park. While a pitchfilm was made and character designs, outlines and backgrounds had been created, Steven Spielberg never saw it and cancelled it after the storyboards were finished.
- Crash Bandicoot cut scenes, cut scenes that were unused for the first Crash Bandicoot video game due to Sony wanting to push the 3D graphics. It has been theorized that these were going to be used as the basis for a Crash Bandicoot animated series.
- Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect, another animated Jurassic Park TV series which takes place after The Lost World and before Jurassic Park III. It would also be accompanied by the toy series under the same name by Kenner Toys. It would've involved a group of scientists having created dinosaur hybrids consisting of DNA from different creatures. However, like its predecessor series, its production was cancelled.
Video Games[]
| Title | Release Date | Platform[s] | Publisher | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | 1991 | SNES | Shimada Kikadu | Hudson Soft |
| The Land Before Time: Return to the Great Valley | 2000 | PlayStation | Realtime Associates | Sound Source Interactive |
| The Land Before Time: Great Valley Racing Adventure | 2001 | TDK Mediactive | Vision Scape Interactive | |
| The Land Before Time: Big Water Adventure | 2002 | Digital Illusions | ||
| Curious George | 2006 | Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC | Namco | Monkey Bar Games |
See Also[]
- Illumination Entertainment
- DreamWorks Animation
- Universal Interactive Studios
- Amblin Entertainment
- Amblimation
References[]
- ^ "Registration Certificate". United States Patent and Trademark Office. October 6, 1992. Retrieved September 25, 2014. First use 4-5-1991, in commerce 4-5-1991.
- ^ http://variety.com/2016/film/news/dreamworks-animation-new-mangement-structure-1201842942/
- ^ "Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle". Universal Studios Entertainment. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ "Rawr: Reba’s Voice Will Be In The Next Land Before Time Movie". US99.5. August 18, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
External links[]
- Universal Cartoon Studios at Internet Movie Database
- Universal Animation Studios on IMDb
- Universal Animation Studios at Wikipedia
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