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Universal Animation Studios
Formerly called
 Universal Cartoon Studios (1991–2006)
Division
Industry Animation
Predecessors Racal Airstream (1982-1985)
U-Drive Productions (1985-1991)
Walter Lantz Productions (1935-1973, with Continued Successor RKF)
Founded 1991; 34 years ago (1991)[1]
Headquarters Glendale, California, United States
Number of locations
 2
Key people
 Margie Cohn (Head of DWA Television)
Products Animated films
Animated television shows
Owner NBCUniversal
Parent Universal Pictures

Universal Animation Studios, formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios, is an American animation studio and a division of Universal Pictures. It has produced 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 is done overseas, usually by either Wang Film Productions or Rough Draft Studios, while pre-production and post-production is United States-based.

On August 22, 2016, the television animation divisions of Universal and DreamWorks merged after Universal completed its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation.[2]

Filmography[]

Feature films[]

Theatrical feature films[]

Title Release date Co-production with
Curious George February 10, 2006 (2006-02-10) Imagine Entertainment
The Tale of Despereaux December 19, 2008 (2008-12-19) Relativity Media, Framestore Feature Animation
Woody Woodpecker[R] October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05) Universal 1440 Entertainment
The Legend Of Spyro 3D Unreleased The Animation Picture Company
Other Co-productions[]

Racal Airstream and U-Drive Productions are the Cancelled Companies of Universal Pictures.

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) co-production with Amblin Entertainment
  • Back to the Future (1985) co-production with Amblin Entertainment
  • The Money Pit (1986) co-production with Amblin Entertainment
  • An American Tail (1986) co-production with Bagdasarian Productions, LLC., Pacific Bay Entertainment and Amblin Entertainment
  • Harry and the Hendersons (1987) co-production with Amblin Entertainment and William Dear Productions
  • The Land Before Time (1988) co-production with 20th Century Fox Animation, Pacific Bay Entertainment, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Amblin Entertainment
  • Back to the Future Part II (1989) co-production with Amblin Entertainment
  • Always (1989) co-production with Amblin Entertainment
  • Back to the Future Part III (1990) co-production with Amblin Entertainment
Association with Good Story Productions[]
R 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 (1994-12-13)
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving December 12, 1995 (1995-12-12)
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists December 10, 1996 (1996-12-10)
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island December 9, 1997 (1997-12-09)
Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus January 6, 1998 (1998-01-06) Renaissance Pictures
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock December 1, 1998 (1998-12-01)
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein September 28, 1999 (1999-09-28) Bagdasarian Productions, LLC.
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island February 15, 2000 (2000-02-15) Bagdasarian Productions, LLC.
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25) Bagdasarian Productions, LLC.
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman August 29, 2000 (2000-08-29) Bagdasarian Productions, LLC.
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire December 5, 2000 (2000-12-05)
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze December 4, 2001 (2001-12-04)
Balto II: Wolf Quest February 19, 2002 (2002-02-19) Wang Film Productions
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water December 10, 2002 (2002-12-10)
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure March 18, 2003 (2003-03-18) Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration December 2, 2003 (2003-12-02)
Van Helsing: The London Assignment

[A]||May 11, 2004 (2004-05-11)||

The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury

[A]||June 15, 2004 (2004-06-15)||

The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses January 11, 2005 (2005-01-11)
Balto III: Wings of Change February 1, 2005 (2005-02-01) Wang Film Productions
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit March 21, 2006 (2006-03-21)
as Universal Animation Studios
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends November 27, 2007 (2007-11-27)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

[R]||July 10, 2009 (2009-07-10)||Imagine Entertainment, Toon City Animation

The Little Engine That Could March 22, 2011 (2011-03-22) Crest Animation Productions
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

[3]||June 23, 2015 (2015-06-23)||Imagine Entertainment, Universal 1440 Entertainment, Tycoon Animation, BV Animation Studio

The Land Before Time: Journey of the Brave

[4]||February 2, 2016 (February 2, 2016)||Universal 1440 Entertainment

Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14) Universal 1440 Entertainment, Splash Entertainment, Telegael and Magic Carpet Productions
Curious George: Royal Monkey

[5]||September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10)||Imagine Entertainment, Universal 1440 Entertainment, Atomic Cartoons

A 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 Amblin Television
Nelvana
Bagdasarian Productions, LLC.
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 Northern Lights Entertainment
Earthworm Jim Doug TenNapel 1995–1996 Kids' WB Shiny Entertainment
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 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
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		 2007–2008 Cartoon Network Amblin Television
Woody Woodpecker Characters:
Walter Lantz		 2018–present YouTube Universal 1440 Entertainment
Splash Entertainment

Short films[]

  • Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box, & the Lox (1999)

Television specials[]

  • A Wish for Wings That Work (1991)
  • Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (2009)
  • How Murray Saved Christmas (2014)

Miscellaneous work[]

  • 63rd Academy Awards (1991) - animation for Woody Woodpecker presenting the award for Best Animated Short Film[6]
  • 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[7]
  • 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.

See also[]

  • Illumination Entertainment
  • DreamWorks Animation
  • Universal Interactive Studios
  • List of Universal Pictures theatrical animated features
  • List of unproduced Universal Pictures animated projects

References[]

  1. ↑ "Registration Certificate". United States Patent and Trademark Office. October 6, 1992. http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn74233673&docId=ORC20080305111933#docIndex=8&page=1. Retrieved September 25, 2014. "First use 4-5-1991, in commerce 4-5-1991."
  2. ↑ Rainey, James; Rainey, James (23 August 2016). "NBCUniversal Sets New DreamWorks Animation Chain of Command". https://variety.com/2016/film/news/dreamworks-animation-new-mangement-structure-1201842942/.
  3. ↑ "Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle". Universal Studios Entertainment. http://www.universalstudiosentertainment.com/curious-george-3-back-to-the-jungle/. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Rawr: Reba’s Voice Will Be In The Next Land Before Time Movie". US99.5. August 18, 2015. http://us995.cbslocal.com/2015/08/18/rawr-rebas-voice-will-be-in-the-next-land-before-time-movie/. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Curious George: Royal Monkey - Trailer". YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXPhwcLLWkg. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  6. ↑ Oscars (7 July 2015). "Short Film Winners: 1991 Oscars". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX7pyzjOHHQ.
  7. ↑ "The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (1999) - IMDb". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211194/companycredits.

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