Creator / Pacific Rim Animation

Pacific Rim Animation was a rather unknown animation studio in China. Its manager was Randall M. Chaffe, and its vice president was Milt Vallas. According to animator Royce Ramos, it also had a unit in the Philippines. The company closed in 1995 because of financial problems.

Not to be confused with the movie of a similar name.

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Shows and films worked on by Pacific Rim:

• Aladdin: The Series (additional animation for Jaime Diaz Productions; 1 episode)^List "Snowman is an Island"
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (trace & paint, uncredited)
• David Copperfield (the 1993 Animated Adaptation)
• The Dinky Dis
• Double Dragon (season 1, minus first episode)
• DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (ink & paint and camera)
• G.I. Joe (DiC series, season 2) (with A-Line, Cartooneurs, Hung Long, Point Animation and Take One)
• Goof Troop (ink & paint for Walt Disney Television Animation Australia; 4 episodes)^List "Midnight Movie Madness", "Meanwhile, Back at The Ramp" (with Freelance Animators New Zealand), "Slightly Dinghy", "Great Egg-Spectations"
• Hammerman
• The Little Mermaid (additional painting services)
• Magical Super Trolls (TV special)
• The Magic Voyage (ink & paint and camera; with Alfonso Productions S.A., Slovenská Filmová Tvorba and Alexandrow & Glauert Film & AV Production)
• Peter Pan & the Pirates (10 episodes)^List "Stupid Smee", "Eternal Youth", "The Footrace", "All Hallow's Eve" (with AKOM), "Tootles and The Dragon" (with AKOM), "Tootles The Bold", "Dr. Livingstone and Captain Hook" (with AKOM), "Play Ball", "Seven League Boots", "The Letter"
• Rock-A-Doodle (cel painting)
• The Smoggies
• Super Mario World
• TaleSpin (ink & paint for Walt Disney Animation France, 2 episodes)^List "Plunder and Lightning Part 1 & 2", "The Time Bandit" (both with Lápiz Azul Animación)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series, some episodes from seasons 3-7)
• The Wizard of Oz

Unconfirmed:

• Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
• Darkwing Duck (this page lists Pacific Rim as having involved, likely providing uncredited ink & paint, camera services for Disney Australia and Freelance)
• The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (ink & paint for Disney Australia; uncredited)

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Tropes associated with Pacific Rim:

• Limited Animation: Their DIC work in general, e.g. Super Mario World, Hammerman, Double Dragon.
• Troubled Production: Disney sent the animation of the bubbles for The Little Mermaid to the studio, which just so happened to be located near Tiananmen Square just as the Beijing student uprising occurred. Everything ultimately went according to plan, but the labor was what convinced the studio to make the full transition to Pixar's CAPS digital ink-and-paint for future films.

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