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Universal Animation Studios

Universal Animation Studios (formerly know 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 The Land Before Time, An American Tail, Balto, 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
Curious George February 10, 2006 Imagine Entertainment
The Tale of Despereaux December 19, 2008 Relativity Media, Framestore Feature Animation
Woody Woodpecker October 5, 2017 Universal 1440 Entertainment
The Legend Of Spyro 3D Unreleased The Animation Picture Company
Not released theatrically in the United States

Direct-to-video feature films

Title Release date Co-production with
as Universal Cartoon Studios
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure December 13, 1994
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving December 12, 1995
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists December 10, 1995
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island December 9, 1997
Hercules and Xena: The Battle For Mount Olympus January 6, 1997 Renaissance Pictures
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island February 15, 1998
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock December 1, 1998
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein September 28, 1999 Bagdasarian Productions, LLC.
An American Tail: The Mystery of The Night Monster July 25, 2000
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman August 29, 2000 Bagdasarian Productions, LLC.
Balto II: Wolf Quest February 19, 2000 Wang Film Productions
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire December 5, 2000
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze December 4, 2001
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water December 10, 2002
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure March 18, 2003 Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration December 2, 2003
Van Helsing: The London Assignment May 11, 2004
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury June 15, 2004
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses January 11, 2005
Balto III: Wings of Change February 1, 2005 Wang Film Productions
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit March 21, 2006
as Universal Animation Studios
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers February 27, 2007
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends November 27, 2007
Curious George 2: Follow that Monkey July 10, 2009 Imagine Entertainment, Toon City Animation
The Little Engine That Could March 22, 2011 Crest Animation Productions
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle June 23, 2015 Imagine Entertainment, Universal 1440 Entertainment
The Land Before Time: Journey of the Brave February 2, 2016 Universal 1440 Entertainment
Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You November 14, 2017 Universal 1440 Entertainment, Splash Entertainment, Telegael and Magic Carpet Productions
Curious George: Royal Monkey September 10, 2019 Imagine Entertainment, Universal 1440 Entertainment
An adult animated production.

Television series

Title Creator(s) / Developer(s) Original run Network Co-production with
Back to the Future: The Animated Series Robert Zemeckis
Bob Gale
1991–1992 CBS Amblin Television
Zaloom/Mayfield Productions
BIG Pictures
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories Shelley Duvall 1992–1993 Showtime
Fievel's American Tails Characters:
David Kirschner
Series:
David Kirschner
1992 CBS
Cartoon Network
Amblin Television
Nelvana
Exosquad Jeff Segal 1993–1994 Syndication
Problem Child Characters:
Robert Simonds
Scott Alexander
Larry Karaszewski
Series:
Scott Alexander
Larry Karaszewski
USA Network Imagine Television
D'Ocon Films Productions (Season 1)
Lacewood Productions (Season 2)
Monster Force 1994 Syndication Lacewood Productions
Beethoven 1994–1995 CBS
Cartoon Network
Northern Lights Entertainment
Earthworm Jim Doug TenNapel 1995–1996 Kids' WB!
Nickelodeon
Shiny Entertainment
The Savage Dragon USA Network Lacewood Productions
(Season 1)
Studio B Productions
(Season 2)
P3 Entertainment
USA Studios
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper Characters:
Seymour Reit
Joe Oriolo
Series:
Sherri Stoner
Deanna Oliver
1996–1998 Fox Kids
Kids' WB!
Amblin Television
Wing Commander Academy Universal Cartoon Studios 1996 USA Network
Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad Syndication
The New Woody Woodpecker Show Characters:
Walter Lantz
1999–2002 Fox Kids
Kids' WB!
The Mummy: The Animated Series Characters:
Stephen Sommers
Series:
Thomas Pugsley
Greg Klein
2001–2003 Kids' WB Studios USA Television (Season 1)
The Sommers Company
Rough Draft Studios
Sunwoo Entertainment
Curious George Characters:
Margret Rey
H.A. Rey
Alan J. Shalleck
Series:
Joe Fallon
2006–2015 PBS Kids Imagine Television
WGBH Boston
The Land Before Time Characters:
Charles Grosvenor
Judy Freudberg
Tony Geiss
Series:
Ford Riley
2007–present Cartoon Network Amblin Television
Woody Woodpecker Characters:
Walter Lantz
2018–present YouTube Universal 1440 Entertainment
Splash Entertainment

Short films

Television specials

Miscellaneous work

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.

See Also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ http://variety.com/2016/film/news/dreamworks-animation-new-mangement-structure-1201842942/
  3. ^ "Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle". Universal Studios Entertainment. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  4. ^ "Rawr: Reba’s Voice Will Be In The Next Land Before Time Movie"US99.5. August 18, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

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Films: The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley AdventureThe Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great GivingThe Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious IslandHercules and Xena: The Battle For Mount OlympusThe Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus RockAlvin and the Chipmunks Meet FrankensteinAn American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan IslandAn American Tail: The Mystery of The Night MonsterAlvin and the Chipmunks Meet the WolfmanThe Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold FireThe Land Before Time VIII: The Big FreezeBalto II: Wolf QuestThe Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big WaterCharlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great AdventureThe Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck MigrationVan Helsing: The London AssignmentThe Chronicles of Riddick: Dark FuryThe Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the TinysaurusesBalto III: Wings of ChangeThe Adventures of Brer RabbitCurious GeorgeThe Tale of DespereauxThe Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the FlyersThe Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of FriendsCurious George 2: Follow that MonkeyThe Little Engine That CouldCurious George 3: Back to the JungleThe Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the BraveWoody WoodpeckerMariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is YouCurious George: Royal Monkey

TV Shows: Back to the Future: The Animated SeriesShelley Duvall's Bedtime StoriesFievel's American TailsExosquadProblem ChildMonster ForceBeethovenEarthworm JimThe Savage DragonThe Spooktacular New Adventures of CasperVor-Tech: Undercover Conversion SquadWing Commander AcademyThe New Woody Woodpecker ShowThe Mummy: The Animated SeriesCurious GeorgeThe Land Before TimeWoody Woodpecker


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TV Series: Fievel's American Tails
Video Games: An American TailAn American Tail: Fievel Goes WestAn American Tail: Fievel's Gold Rush
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TV Series: The Land Before Time
Albums: The Land Before TimeThe Songs from The Land Before TimeThe Best Songs from The Land Before Time
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Films: BaltoBalto II: Wolf QuestBalto III: Wings of Change
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Curious GeorgeCurious George 2: Follow that MonkeyCurious George 3: Back to the JungleCurious George (TV Series)Curious George (Video Game)
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Locations
Songs
Upside DownBrokenPeople WatchingWrong TurnTalk of the TownJungle GymWe're Going to Be FriendsThe Sharing SongThe Three R'sLullabyWith My Own Two HandsQuestionsSupposed to Be

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Films: Back to the FutureBack to the Future Part IIBack to the Future Part IIIBack in Time

Music: Back to the FutureBack to the Future Part IIIThe Back to the Future Trilogy (soundtrack)
Video games: Back to the Future (1985 video game)Back to the Future (1989 video game)Back to the Future Part IIBack to the Future Part IIIBack to the Future Part II & IIIUniversal Studios Theme Park AdventureBack to the Future: The GameLego Dimensions
Other media: Back to the Future: The RideBack to the Future: The Animated SeriesBack to the Future (musical)Back to the Future: The Pinball

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