Universal Animation Studios
Logo used since 2006 | |
| Formerly | Universal Cartoon Studios (1990–2005) |
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| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Animation |
| Predecessor | Studio: Walter Lantz Productions Library: Sullivan Bluth Studios Amblimation |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Jeff Segal |
| Headquarters |
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Number of locations | 2 |
Key people | Margie Cohn (president) |
| Products | Animated films Animated television shows |
| Parent | Universal 1440 Entertainment |
| Website | uphe |
Universal Animation Studios LLC, formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios, is an American animation studio and a unit of Universal 1440 Entertainment, a home entertainment division of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, which in turn is owned by NBCUniversal, the entertainment and mass media division of Comcast. It has produced direct-to-video sequels to Universal-released feature films, such as An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), Balto (1995), and Curious George (2006), as well as other films and television series. This studio rarely made theatrically-released films, focusing instead on direct-to-video/streaming films and TV shows.
The actual animation production is mostly done overseas, usually by foreign animation studios such as AKOM, Wang Film Productions, and Rough Draft Studios, while pre-production and post-production are United States–based. On August 23, 2016, after Universal completed its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, the division was merged with DreamWorks Animation Television, which began producing a majority of Universal Pictures' family-friendly TV shows. The studio is one of Comcast's three animation studios, alongside DreamWorks Animation and Illumination.