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| 3 | Film Roman, LLC is an American animation studio based in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles and founded on October 26, 1984 by former Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer animator and [[Creator/BillMelendez Bill Melendez Productions]] director Phil Roman. Its first work includes [[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials the animated specials]] based on ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', as well as ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''. Since then, they have worked on a number of other animated media, listed below. In 1999, Roman left the company, and formed another animation studio called Phil Roman Entertainment, which has produced ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer''. For a time in the 2000s, the studio became known as DPS Film Roman, after a merger with the IDT-owned Digital Production Solutions; the name was reverted back to simply Film Roman later on. From 2006 to 2015, Film Roman was owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium TV group, which acquired the previous owner, IDT Entertainment, in 2006 (IDT had acquired Film Roman in 2003); Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany had also owned a stake in FR. However, in 2015, Starz was dissatisfied with the studio's performance and sold the studio to producer Steve Waterman that year. Although Starz no longer owns the company, they still retained the rights for some of their catalog up to that point. |
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| 6 | !!Main production company for the following series/movies: |
| 7 | [[index]] |
| 8 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' (with Creator/MarvelAnimation and Ingenious Media) |
| 9 | * ''Animated Classic Showcase'' |
| 10 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/BabyHuey The Baby Huey Show]]'' (with Harveytoons; season 2 only) |
| 11 | * ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'' (with Alevy Productions and [[Creator/FoxKids Fox Children's Productions]]) |
| 12 | * ''WesternAnimation/BrunoTheKid'' |
| 13 | * ''C Bear and Jamal'' |
| 14 | * ''Camp WWE'' (with Wrestling/{{WWE}} and Creator/StoopidBuddyStudios) |
| 15 | * ''Charlie's Angels Animated Adventures'' shorts |
| 16 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Cro}}'' (with Creator/SesameWorkshop) |
| 17 | * ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' (with The Hatchery) |
| 18 | * ''VideoGame/DantesInferno: An Animated Epic'' (with Creator/ElectronicArts and [[Creator/{{Starz}} Starz Media]]) |
| 19 | * ''WesternAnimation/DeadSpaceDownfall'' (with Electronic Arts and Starz Media) |
| 20 | ** ''WesternAnimation/DeadSpaceAftermath'' |
| 21 | * ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'' (''Klutter'' segments only; with Creator/{{Nelvana}} and Fox Children's Productions) |
| 22 | * ''Free For All'' (with IDT Entertainment) |
| 23 | * ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials'' (except the first two; with Paws, Inc.) |
| 24 | ** ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' (with United Media[[note]]seasons 1 to 6; joint co-production with Lee Mendelson Productions for seasons 2 to 6[[/note]], Lee Mendelson Productions[[note]]previously known as Mendelson for seasons 2 and 3[[/note]] and Paws, Inc.) |
| 25 | * ''Hairballs'' (pilot) |
| 26 | * ''The Happy Elf'' (with IDT Entertainment) |
| 27 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheHauntedWorldOfElSuperbeasto'' (with Starz Media) |
| 28 | * ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated'' (with Creator/RevolutionStudios and Starz Media) |
| 29 | ** ''Sword of Storms'' |
| 30 | ** ''Blood and Iron'' |
| 31 | ** ''The Iron Shoes'' (short film released as BonusMaterial to the DVD release of ''Blood and Iron'') |
| 32 | * ''Izzy's Quest For the Olympic Gold'' (TV special) |
| 33 | * ''Johnny Tsunami'' (a Disney Channel Original Movie) |
| 34 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' (with Sunbow Entertainment, [[Creator/DarkHorseComics Dark Horse Entertainment]] and [[Creator/NewLineCinema New Line Television]]) |
| 35 | * ''[[Literature/{{Eloise}} Me, Eloise!]]'' (with [=HandMade=] Films and Starz Media) |
| 36 | * ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' (with Bohbot Entertainment and Canal+) |
| 37 | * ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm'' (with Threshold Entertainment and New Line Television) |
| 38 | * ''ComicStrip/MotherGooseAndGrimm'' (with Tribune Entertainment, Grimmy, Inc., Lee Mendelson Productions and [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM Television]]) |
| 39 | * ''Motocrossed'' (a Disney Channel Original Movie) |
| 40 | * ''Series/TheMrPotatoHeadShow'' |
| 41 | * ''WesternAnimation/NickAndNoel'' (made-for-video) |
| 42 | * ''WesternAnimation/RichieRich1996'' (with Jeffrey A. Montgomery Productions and Harveytoons) |
| 43 | * ''WesternAnimation/SlackerCats'' (with Creator/{{Laika}} and [[Creator/{{Freeform}} ABC Family Original Productions]]) |
| 44 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheStoryOfSantaClaus'' |
| 45 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' (with Marvel Animation and Ingenious Media[[note]]episodes 13 to 26[[/note]]) |
| 46 | * ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'' (with Turner Entertainment) |
| 47 | * ''WesternAnimation/TrippingTheRift'' (not Film Roman specifically, but IDT Entertainment. Season 2 only.) |
| 48 | * ''[[ComicBook/{{Turok}} Turok: Son of Stone]]'' (with Classic Media and Starz Media) |
| 49 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheTwistedTalesOfFelixTheCat'' |
| 50 | * ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' (with Marvel Animation) |
| 51 | * ''Weebles: Welcome to Weebleville'' (made-for-video) |
| 52 | ** ''Weebles: Sharing in the Fun!'' |
| 53 | * ''WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy'' (with Six Point Harness, [[Creator/FrederatorStudios Bolder Media]][[note]][[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] Creator/BoulderMedia[[/note]] and IDT Entertainment[[note]]later Starz Media[[/note]]) |
| 54 | * ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' (with Creator/MarvelStudios) |
| 55 | * ''Zazoo U'' (with Fox Children's Productions) |
| 56 | [[/index]] |
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| 58 | |
| 59 | !!Animation studio for other production companies: |
| 60 | [[index]] |
| 61 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' (season 8) |
| 62 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' |
| 63 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (all 15 episodes in the season 1 production order; starting with "Brian in Love", production switched over to [[Creator/TwentiethTelevisionAnimation Fox/20th Television Animation]]) |
| 64 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodeFamily'' |
| 65 | * ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' |
| 66 | * ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' |
| 67 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'' |
| 68 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (seasons 4-27, after the animation production was moved from Creator/KlaskyCsupo. Starting with the WABF production season, [[http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2016/02/al-jean-speaks.html the production duties have been transferred to Fox/20th Television Animation.]]) |
| 69 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' (with Creator/RoughDraftStudios) |
| 70 | * ''[[Film/{{Spaceballs}} Spaceballs: The Animated Series]]'' (animation services for Fantasy Prone Interactive for the episode "Grand Theft Starship") |
| 71 | [[/index]] |
| 72 | ---- |
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| 74 | !!Visual effects for: |
| 75 | [[index]] |
| 76 | * ''Film/{{Daredevil|2003}}'' |
| 77 | * ''Film/DateMovie'' |
| 78 | * ''Film/IRobot'' |
| 79 | * ''Film/SpeedRacer'' |
| 80 | [[/index]] |
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| 83 | !! Tropes associated with Film Roman include: |
| 84 | * AnimationBump: |
| 85 | ** Many of their feature films tend to looks miles better than their television work. |
| 86 | ** Their run of ''The Simpsons'' reduced the amount of OffModel animation that plagued the Klasky-Csupo produced episodes. |
| 87 | * CreatorsOddball: Although Film Roman primarily produced cartoons, ''Johnny Tsunami'' and ''Motocrossed'' are some of the company's only live-action work. They also provided some visual effects services for some Hollywood movies as well. |
| 88 | * DerangedAnimation: ''The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat'' and ''The Haunted World of El Superbeasto'' have this type of animation. |
| 89 | * HowTheMightyHaveFallen: They were once the biggest pre-production animation studios in America during the '90s to the early 2010s. Once they cut ties with parent Starz Media, their work input had all but been nonexistent, with Fox/20th Television Animation later being the current producers of ''The Simpsons'' starting with season 28. |
| 90 | * LimitedAnimation: Any of their series animated in Flash and/or aimed at adult audiences are this, although their adult-animated series don't go to the extent as [[Creator/SethMacFarlane Fuzzy Door Productions]], [[Creator/AdultSwim Williams Street]] and Creator/BentoBoxEntertainment. |
| 91 | * ProductionPosse: |
| 92 | ** Creator/{{AKOM}}, Creator/PlusOneAnimation, Creator/{{Saerom}} and Rough Draft are their most common contractors for their adult-animated series. |
| 93 | ** Creator/MikeJudge used them to do the pre-production work on ''King of the Hill'', ''The Goode Family'', and the 2011 revival of ''Beavis and Butt-Head''. |
| 94 | ** Gracie Films used them for ''The Simpsons'' for most of that series run and ''The Critic''. |
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