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Screen Gems (animation studio)
Screen Gems was a cartoon studio of Columbia Pictures, descending from Charles Mintz's studio. It produced theatrical shorts until 1946, closing after years of operating in the red.
Shaft (シャフト) (company)
Shaft (株式会社シャフト, SHAFT) is a Japanese animation studio in Suginami, Tokyo, founded September 1, 1975 by Hiroshi Wakao as a cel-painting subcontractor, later known for the Akiyuki Shinbo era, the Monogatari series, and Madoka Magica, with a Shizuoka studio AOI since 2022.
Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation, also known as Sony Animation, is an American animated film studio founded in 2002 as part of Sony Pictures. Its films include the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) is Sony's Academy Award-winning VFX and animation studio, founded 1992; based in Vancouver, Montreal, and Los Angeles; known for Spider-Verse films, KPop Demon Hunters, and tools like Katana and OpenColorIO.
Soyuzmultfilm (Союзмультфильм)
Soyuzmultfilm (Союзмультфильм), the Soviet and Russian state animation studio in Moscow founded June 10, 1936 as Soyuzdetmultfilm, produced over 1,000 films including Cheburashka, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Hedgehog in the Fog, and was restructured as FGUP in 1999.
SpindleHorse
SpindleHorse (SpindleHorse Toons) is the independent, women-led Burbank, California animation studio founded in 2018 by Vivienne Medrano (VivziePop), producer of Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, unionized with IATSE in 2025.
Studio 4°C (スタジオよんどしい)
Studio 4°C (スタジオよんどしい) is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1986 by producer Eiko Tanaka and animator Koji Morimoto; known for Mind Game, Tekkonkinkreet, Memories, Children of the Sea, CGI innovation, and international co-productions like The Animatrix.
Studio Deen (スタジオディーン)
Studio Deen (スタジオディーン), Japanese animation studio founded March 14, 1975 by ex-Sunrise finisher Hiroshi Hasegawa; IMA Group subsidiary since 2011; known for Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½, Kenshin, KonoSuba.
Studio Ghibli (スタジオジブリ)
Studio Ghibli (スタジオジブリ) is the Japanese animation studio founded in 1985 by Miyazaki, Takahata, and Suzuki after Nausicaä; maker of Totoro, Spirited Away, and The Boy and the Heron, a Nippon Television subsidiary since 2023.
Studio Mir
Studio Mir (스튜디오미르) is a Seoul-based South Korean animation studio founded in October 2010 by Yoo Jae-myung, listed on KOSDAQ in February 2023; known for The Legend of Korra, Voltron, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, and Netflix's Devil May Cry.
Studio Ponoc (スタジオポノック)
Studio Ponoc (スタジオポノック) is a Tokyo animation studio founded April 15, 2015 by ex-Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura; name from Croatian ponoć (midnight). Known for Mary and the Witch's Flower, Modest Heroes, Tomorrow's Leaves, and The Imaginary on Netflix.
Studio Trigger (株式会社トリガー)
Studio Trigger (株式会社トリガー, TRIGGER Inc.) is a Japanese anime studio founded August 22, 2011 by ex-Gainax staff Otsuka, Imaishi, and Masumoto, known for Kill la Kill, Little Witch Academia, Promare, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and Delicious in Dungeon, and for its single-line, original-work production model.
Sunrise (株式会社サンライズ) (studio)
Sunrise (株式会社サンライズ), also Nippon Sunrise, was a Japanese animation studio founded in 1972 by ex-Mushi Production staff, known for Mobile Suit Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, and Love Live!, merged into Bandai Namco Filmworks in 2022.
Superprod Group
Superprod Group is an independent European production and distribution company founded in Paris in 2010 by Clément Calvet and Jérémie Fajner, producing animated and live-action films and series.
The Answer Studio
The Answer Studio (株式会社アンサー・スタジオ) is a Tokyo animation studio founded June 2004 by ex-Walt Disney Animation Japan staff under Motoyoshi Tokunaga; producer of Golgo 13, Flag, and Anne Shirley, and support contractor on Suzume and Dragon Ball Daima.
The Van Beuren Corporation
The Van Beuren Corporation, also known as Van Beuren Studios, was a New York City animation studio active from 1928 until its closure in 1936.
Titmouse, Inc.
Titmouse, Inc. is an independent American animation studio founded in 2000 by Chris and Shannon Prynoski as a T-shirt company, known for Metalocalypse, Big Mouth, Star Trek: Lower Decks, The Legend of Vox Machina, and hand-drawn Street Fighter movie sequences.
TMS Entertainment (株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント)
TMS Entertainment (株式会社トムス・エンタテインメント), the former Tokyo Movie and Tokyo Movie Shinsha, is a Japanese animation studio in Nakano, Tokyo, owned by SEGA. Known for Lupin the 3rd, Anpanman, and Detective Conan, it absorbed subsidiary Telecom Animation Film in April 2026.
Toei Animation (東映アニメーション)
Toei Animation (東映アニメーション), formerly Toei Doga, is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1956 in Tokyo and generally described as Japan's first full-fledged animation company.
Toho Animation Studio (株式会社TOHO)
TOHO animation STUDIO (株式会社TOHO animation STUDIO) is TOHO Co., Ltd.'s in-house anime production company, formed from TIA Inc. in 2022 under the TOHO animation label (est. 2013); it specializes in cel-look 3D CG and produced the Apothecary Diaries film.
Ufotable
Ufotable (ユーフォーテーブル有限会社) is a Japanese animation studio founded October 2000 by president Hikaru Kondo, known for the Fate series and Demon Slayer, in-house digital compositing, and Mugen Train, Japan's highest-grossing film.
Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
Unicorn: Warriors Eternal is a Genndy Tartakovsky animated series (Adult Swim, May 2023) about heroes Melinda, Seng, and Edred, reincarnated into teenage bodies in 1890s London; 10 episodes, 20 years in development.
Universal Animation Studios
Universal Animation Studios LLC is Universal Pictures' in-house animation unit under NBCUniversal, tied to Universal 1440 Entertainment's direct-to-video and TV output, best known for the Daytime Emmy-winning Curious George series, alongside Universal's theatrical labels Illumination and DreamWorks Animation.
Vídeo Brinquedo
Vídeo Brinquedo (Toyland Video) is a São Paulo animation studio, founded 1994 as a distributor, known for low-budget direct-to-DVD mockbusters like Os Carrinhos, Ratatoing and Ursinho da Pesada, later rebranded toward educational YouTube content as Crianças Inteligentes.
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Animation Studios is a filmmaker-driven American studio, a division of The Walt Disney Company, founded by Walt and Roy Disney and headquartered in Burbank and Vancouver.
Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida, a Disney satellite animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios, Orlando, operated 1989-2004, produced Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, and Brother Bear, and closed as Disney moved to computer animation.
Walt Disney Television
Walt Disney Television: name for Disney's television production, distribution and network businesses, from the 1954 Disneyland series and Walt Disney Television Animation (1984) to today's Disney Entertainment Television under Debra OConnell.
Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation, also called WB Animation, is Warner Bros.' television animation studio, distinct from Warner Bros. Pictures Animation; its Looney Tunes legacy began in 1930, and both units now sit under Skydance after the 2026 merger.
Warner Bros. Cartoons
Warner Bros. Cartoons: American animation studio producing Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for Warner Bros. Pictures, 1930–1969; founded by Leon Schlesinger, sold to Warner Bros. in 1944 for $700,000, home of Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck.
WildBrain
WildBrain Ltd. (formerly DHX Media), Toronto-based Canadian kids and family entertainment company on the TSX (WILD); owns Strawberry Shortcake, Teletubbies, Degrassi; runs WildBrain Studios Vancouver, WildBrain CPLG licensing, and 1,000+ YouTube/FAST/AVOD channels; sold its Peanuts stake to Sony in 2026.