Producers

"A producer is the guy that tells the artist what to do and later makes all the changes, and then, when the cartoon's done, he takes all the credit!"

—Stimpy, The Ren & Stimpy Show

The producer is the "commander in chief" of a given project. What does that mean? Well...

Quite simply, the producer is/are the person/persons that makes the project "happen". "No producer" equals "no film". They are the financial and creative backbone of a given project — they secure funding (or fund the work themselves), hire key personnel, arrange for distributors, and manage the day-to-day operations of the production (such as writing up shooting schedules, booking off-set filming locations, and keeping the project as a whole within budget and on-schedule).

There are many different varieties of "producer", and each has its own responsibility in the film industry. A consulting producer will usually be a specialist in a particular field of study, and will assist the writers with technical accuracy. An executive producer is usually a studio representative, providing the majority of the funding that keeps the project going (and reporting any cost overruns to the studio heads). An assistant producer is exactly that. An associate producer is a title used to cover a variety of duties, such as being liaison when two production companies are involved in a filming.^note.

Not to be confused with The Producers, which is a film.

What follows is an incomplete list of production houses and individual producers that have had an impact on modern filmmaking:

Akon
Steve Albini
Babyface
Sean Combs
Simon Cowell
Dr. Dre
DROELOE
The Dust Brothers
Ansel Elgort
Missy Elliott
Brian Eno
Ahmet Ertegün
David Guetta
Quincy Jones
DJ Khaled
Lenny Kravitz
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
John Leckie
Jeff Lynne
Jay-Z
PC Music
- A.G. Cook
- Danny L. Harle
- EASYFUN
- Lil Data
Marshmello
George Martin
Jimmy Miller
Ne-Yo
Sam Phillips
LA Reid
Mark Ronson
Rick Rubin
Todd Rundgren
The RZA
San Holo
Sia
Skrillex
Sophie
Phil Spector
Jim Steinman
Robin Thicke
Timbaland
Uffie
Tony Visconti
Kanye West
Pharrell Williams
will.i.am
Brian Wilson
Zedd

"Big Five" major film studios

Disney
- Walt Disney Animation Units - The main unit is in Burbank (Still active), but there were units in Florida, Canada, Japan, Australia, France and the UK.
- Disney Television Animation
- Disneytoon Studios (defunct)
- Touchstone Pictures (defunct)
- Hollywood Pictures (defunct)
- Pixar
- Marvel Comics (acquired by Disney in 2009)
- Lucasfilm (acquired by Disney in 2012)
  - Industrial Light and Magic - Has a Singaporean studio.
  - Skywalker Sound - Sister studio of the above.
  - Lucasfilm Animation - Has a division in Singapore.
- 20th Century Studios (sale to Disney completed on March 20, 2019)
  - Searchlight Pictures
  - Blue Sky Studios: An animation studio in Greenwich, Connecticut, they also have a unit in China. Scheduled to close by Disney in April 2021.
  - Four Star Television (defunct) - an independent production company created by four/five Hollywood stars that was later bought in 1993.
  - 20th Television (formerly 20th Century Fox Television)
  - Touchstone Television (formerly Fox Television Studios, and later Fox 21 Television Studios; no relation to the unit now called ABC Signature)
- ABC Signature (formerly Touchstone Television, and later ABC Studios; ABC Signature originally operated as a separate unit of ABC Studios until both were merged in August 2020)
- It's a Laugh Productions
- FX Productions (FXP)
Paramount (a ViacomCBS company)
- Paramount Animation
- Paramount Television Studios
- MTV Films
- Comedy Central Films
- Nickelodeon Movies
- Desilu Studios (defunct)
- Republic Pictures (defunct) - A film production company acquired in 1999 in the Viacom purchase of Spelling Entertainment.
- CBS Films (defunct) - A film studio that was owned by Viacom's then sister company CBS Corporation, the distribution was handled by Lionsgate. The studio stopped releasing theatrical films in 2019, before the Viacom/CBS re-merger was finalized.
- Miramax (acquired a 49% stake from beIN Media Group in 2019)
Sony Pictures (a Sony company)
- Columbia Pictures
  - TriStar Pictures
- Screen Gems
- Stage 6 Films
- Sony Pictures Animation
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Sony Pictures Imageworks - Sony's visual effects and digital animation production studio.
- Sony Pictures Studios - Sony's film/TV studio lot and audio post-production unit (previously owned by MGM and Lorimar-Telepictures).
- Sony Pictures Television
NBCUniversal
- Universal
- Universal Content Productions
- Universal Animation Studios
- DreamWorks Animation
  - Pacific Data Images (defunct) - Also known as PDI/DreamWorks, this served as DWA's northern California branch. The studio was shut down in 2015 as part of a restructuring.
- Illumination Entertainment
  - Illumination Mac Guff
- Focus Features
  - Gramercy Pictures
  - Savoy Pictures (library acquired in the USA Networks acquisition in 2002)
  - FilmDistrict
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (defunct, resurrected in 2017 as Universal Music Group's film division^noteWhile Universal Music Group was formerly co-owned with the movie studio of that name and still uses their logo, UMG is currently owned by Vivendi, owners of StudioCanal.)
  - ITC Entertainment (defunct, shut down in 1999 after the sale of the library to Carlton/Granada/ITV)
WarnerMedia
- Warner Bros.
- DC Films
- New Line Cinema
- Castle Rock Entertainment
- Hanna-Barbera - Technically defunct, living on as the copyright holder of Scooby-Doo works and in spirit as Cartoon Network Studios.
- Warner Independent Pictures (defunct)
- First National Pictures (defunct)
- Lorimar (defunct)
  - Allied Artists (defunct)
- HBO Films
  - Talent Associates (defunct, a production company acquired by Time-Life Films, a predecessor to HBO)
- Warner Bros. Animation

Minor studios

Amicus Productions
Bevanfield Films
Bleecker Street
Blumhouse Productions
Burbank Films Australia
Daiei
DreamWorks/Amblin Partners (partially owned by Universal)
- DreamWorks Television
- Amblin Entertainment
  - Amblimation
  - Amblin Television
Ealing Studios
Entertainment One
FilmCow
Film4 Productions
Fizz Sound Creation: A sound effects company in Japan known for providing many of the sound effects you hear in anime (and early tokusatsu) both past and present, to the point where even productions they aren't involved in use their sound library ^note
Fox Entertainment
Golden Films
GoodTimes Entertainment
Happy Madison Productions
Jetlag Productions
Kidtoon Films
Legendary Pictures (distribution handled by Warner Bros. from 2005 to 2014 and Universal from 2014 to 2019)
Lionsgate
- After Dark Horrorfest
- Summit Entertainment
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — currently a "minor", but once the greatest film studio of them all; considered one of the so-called "seven sisters" (along with the former Big Six) during the 1980s and 1990s
- The Cannon Group
- Orion Pictures
  - Filmways
  - American International Pictures
- United Artists
Mondo TV
Oats Studios
Pure Flix Entertainment
The Rank Organisation
StudioCanal
STX Entertainment
Swara Productions: A sound effects company founded by legendary Japanese sound designer Katsumi Ito, a former employee of Fizz Sound Creation
Tigon British Film Productions
Toei Company
- Toei Animation: Mostly known for their art films made between 1958 to 1972 (namely their Puss in Boots adaptation made in 1969), all of the Dragon Ball series, most of the 80s Transformers series, One Piece, Sailor Moon , and their Anime First magical girl shows (Ojamajo Doremi, Pretty Cure).
Toho
Tsuburaya Productions
UAV Entertainment
Village Roadshow: Australian studio known for its work for Warner Bros..
Vivid Entertainment Group
The Weinstein Company (defunct) - Asseets sold to Lantern Capital after the Harvey Weinstein scandal
- Dimension Films: Formerly a label of Miramax until 2005
WWE Studios
Yoram Gross

Aardman Animations
Bento Box Entertainment
Blur Studio
BUF
Cartoon Network Studios
Cinesite
Cosgrove Hall
Digital Domain
Walt Disney Animation Studios (formerly Walt Disney Feature Animation)
- Walt Disney Television Animation
Dolby Laboratories
Double Negative VFX
Film Roman
Framestore
Hydraulx
Image Engine
Imaginary Forces
Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Klasky-Csupo
Lola Visual Effects - Sister studio to Hydraulx
Method Studios
The Mill
- Milk VFX - Spun off from the company.
Moving Picture Company and Technicolor SA
Nickelodeon Animation Studios (part of Viacom)
Rainbow S.r.l. (also part of Viacom)
Rhythm & Hues - Has an Indian studio.
Soyuzmultfilm
Tippett Studio
Titmouse
Titra Studios
WETA - located in New Zealand

Minor

Aaron Sims Creative
A. Film
Animal Logic
Boulder Media
Cartoon Saloon
Composite Image Systems (CIS)
Digic Pictures
Digital Dimension
Digiscope
D'Ocon Films Productions
Eden FX
Engine Room
Entity FX
FotoKem
Furious FX
fx3x
Ghost VFX
Global Mechanic
Hammerhead Production
Hybride Technologies - Bought by game company Ubisoft.
Lapiz Azul - aka Blue Pencil, a studio in Spain that is mostly known for doing two episodes of Batman: The Animated Series. When many people were thinking that the studio went out of business during the making of "Day Of The Samurai", well, they're still in business. The studio also did 6 episodes of TaleSpin under contract for Walt Disney Animation France as well.
Liquid Animation - An Australian studio. Best known for the CG in Duck Dodgers
Luma Pictures
Modern Video Film
MFX
MrX
New Deal Studios
Pacific Ocean Post
Pannonia Film Studio - Hungary's biggest animation studio.
Perpetual Motion Pictures
Pixel Magic - Formerly known as OCS/Freeze Frame/Pixel Magic
Pixomondo - Despite the Latin sounding name, they're a series of studios originating from Germany.
Powerhouse Animation Studios
Prologue Films
PRPVFX
Reel FX Creative Studios/Radium
Rainbow Animation Group
Renegade Animation
Rising Sun Pictures
Rubicon Group Holding
Scanline
Spark Plug Entertainment
Stargate Studios - Also known as Stargate Films and Stargate Digital.
Stoopid Buddy Studios
Studio 352 - A studio in Luxembourg. Has done pre-production work for many DiC series.
Telescreen - A studio in The Netherlands (They did have a unit in Japan, but the unit went out of business).
Threshold Entertainment
Todd-AO Studios
Zoic Studios

Canadian

9 Story Media Group
- Brown Bag Films
Atomic Cartoons - Based in Vancouver.
Bardel Entertainment - Based in Vancouver.
Collideascope Digital Productions
Copernicus Studios - Based in Halifax.
Elliott Animation
Guru Studio
House of Cool
- Red Rover Studios
Jam Filled Entertainment
Lacewood Productions
Mercury Filmworks
Nelvana
Oasis Animation - Based in Montreal.
Phoenix Animation Studios
Pipeline Studios
PiP Animation Services
Portfolio Entertainment
Rainmaker Entertainment - Based in Vancouver.
Tonic DNA - A relatively new studio located in Montreal.
WildBrain
Yowza Animation

Chinese/Hong Kong animation studios

Agogo Media: Formerly known as Animation Services, Hong Kong.
Alpha Group Co., Ltd. - Also known as Guangdong.
Base FX
Danni Animation - Owned by Studio DEEN.
Enzo Animation - Owned by Mook DLE.
Colorland Animation
Creative Power Entertaining
Dragon Cartoon
East Animation
Fantasia Animation - Not to be confused with Studio Fantasia.
Feitong Cartoon
Feng Animation Design
Flying Dragon
GDC
Hong Ying (鴻鷹世界股份有限公司) - Its headquarters are in Taiwan.
- Nanjing Hong Ying (南京鴻鷹)
- Shanghai San Ding (上海三県)
- Suzhou Hong Yang (蘇州鴻揚)
Hong Guang - Spin-off from Wang Film Productions.
Hosem Animation Studio
Jiang Toon Animation
Maliang Animation
Menfond Electronic Art And Computer Design Company
Nendai Animation - Also known as Niandai Animation.
Net Giant
Original Force
Shanghai Animation Film Studio (上海美術映画製作所)
- Shanghai Yi Li Mei Animation - Frequent collaborator on Shanghai Animation Film Studio's projects.
Shift Future Animation - Made up of many former Hong Ying animators.
Sichuan Top Animation - Mainly known for its co-production with Nelvana for Corduroy, but also did some uncredited work on other series.
Studio Taishan
Synergy Animation
Tiger Paws Animation Co., Ltd.

Indian animation studios

Colorchips
- Millitoon (a subsidiary of Colorchips)
DQ Entertainment
Future Thought Productions - Has worked on The Buzz on Maggie.
Prana Studios - Also owns Rhythm & Hues.
Prime Focus - An effects studio. Also has divisions in the UK and North America.
Tata Elxsi
Technicolor India
Toonz Animation India - Not to be confused with the New Zealand-based Toonz Animation.
UTV Toons
Xentrix Studios

Philippine animation studios

Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
Seventoon
Snipple Animation
Sunwoo Animation Philippines
Toei Animation Philippines - Toei's Philippines division.
Toon City
Toon Manila
Top Draw
Top Peg
Tycoon Animation

Taiwanese animation studios

Bicycle Animation Studio
DOYOPINS Animation Co.,Ltd
H.C.Studio Animation Co., Ltd.
Joy-Team Animation Production Co., Ltd. - Formally known as Joy-Team Anime Production Co., Ltd.
Nada Anime
SOFA Studio
Spring House Entertainment Inc.
Wang Film Productions (宏廣股份有限公司) - A studio in Taiwan, as well as one the biggest overseas studios in the world.
- CGCG - Their CG division.
Yu-Sheng Animation Studio - A studio in Taiwan.

South Korean animation studios

AKOM
ANIK
Artplusm
Atoonz
B.I. Group
Big Star
Boxfish
Cyber Chicken
Dai Won: currently known as Dae Won.
DesignStorm
DEXS
Digital eMation
Dong Woo Animation: Owned by Studio Gallop.
DR Movie: A studio owned by Madhouse, originally independent.
Echo
G&G Entertainment
Golden Bell
GK Entertainment: A South Korean studio owned by GONZO as GK stands for "GONZO Korea".
Hanho Heung-Up
Han Il Animation - Often works for Magic Bus, among other studios.
Hanjin Animation
Hebaraki
Hyoin Animation
Jiwoo Animation
JM Animation: Was founded to outsource for Japanese studios.
K Production: Oldest South Korean studio in existence.
Kyung Kang
Lotto Animation
Magic Image Co., Ltd.: Also known as MICO Animation Studio. Ltd.
Maven Image Platform
Mizo Planning: Another South Korean studio owned by TMS.
Mua Film
NE4U - A new studio.
NARA Animation Studio
NAMU Animation
Neon Pumpkin
Nic Entertainment
Pak Production
Rough Draft Studios / Orange: Headquartered in Los Angeles but the studio has a unit in South Korea as well.
SAMG
Saerom
Soul Creative: The Spiritual Successor to Seoul Movie.
Spinart
Studio Blue: Formally known as AniVillage, Studio Blue is a South-Korean subsidiary owned by Kyoto Animation.
Studio Goindol
Studio Mir: A newer studio founded by Ex-JM staff.
Studio Reve
Sugarcube
Sung San: Also known as Hoshiyama Planning.
Sunmin Animation
Sunwoo Entertainment / Sunwoo Asia Pacific: Has also distributed many Transformers toys since 2007.
Synod
Toiion
Toonzone Studios: Headquartered in Los Angeles but the studio has a unit in Canada and South Korea as well.
White Line
Yearim Productions
Yeson Entertainment

Major Japanese animation studios

The major animation studios in Japan.

A.C.G.T. (エー・シー・ジー・ティー): Owned by OB Planning.
AIC (アニメ・インターナショナルカンパニ) - stands for Anime International Company.
Aniplex: Owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
- A-1 Pictures (株式会社A-1 Pictures)
Arms Corporation (アームス)
Ashi Productions (葦プロダクション): Founded by ex-Tatsunoko staff, known as Production REED from 2007 to 2018, but then changed their name back to Ashi Pro in 2019
Bandai Namco Pictures (バンダイナムコピクチャーズ): Formed as a spin off from Sunrise to handle all of Bandai Namco's internal IP animations and kid shows that Sunrise used to handle, as well as the forth season of Gintama.
Studio BONES (ボンズ)
Brains Base (ブレインズ・ベース)
Diomedea ((ディオメディア)) - formerly known as Studio Barcelona.
Eiken (エイケン)
Feel (フィール) - formed by ex-Pierrot employees.
Studio Gainax (ガイナックス)
Studio Ghibli (スタジオジブリ): Hayao Miyazaki's studio.
GONZO (ゴンゾ)
Happinet Pictures (株式会社ハピネット)
JCStaff (ジェー・シー・スタッフ)
Knack (ナック)
Kyoto Animation (京都アニメーション): Established in 1981 as an outsourcing company.
Madhouse (マッドハウス)
Marine Entertainment (マリン・エンタテインメント)
Mushi Productions (虫プロダクション)/Tezuka Productions (手塚プロダクション)
Nippon Animation (日本アニメーション)
P. A. Works (ピーエーワークス)
Pony Canyon
Studio Pierrot (ぴえろ)
Production I.G (プロダクション・アイジー): Founded by Ex-Tatsunoko staff.
Satelight (サテライト)
Seven Arcs (セブン・アークス)
Studio Shaft (シャフト)
Shin-Ei Animation (シンエイ動画) - A spin-off from TMS.
SILVER LINK. (シルバーリンク)
Sunrise (サンライズ)
Studio DEEN (スタジオディーン)
Studio Khara (株式会社カラ) - Hideaki Anno's studio after he left Gainax.
Studio Trigger (トリガー): - A newer studio founded by Ex-Gainax staff.
Tatsunoko Production (竜の子プロダクション ): One of the older Japanese studios.
TMS Entertainment (トムス・エンタテインメント)/Telecom Animation Film (テレコムアニメーションフィルム): One of the most (if not the most) famous and well-respected studio(s) in Japan.
TNK
ufotable (ユーフォーテーブル)
White Fox
ZEXCS

Minor Japanese animation studios

While not as big as the major animation studios in Japan. These animation studios still mostly do their own productions and tend not to rely on outsourcing from bigger studios.

8bit
Actas (アクタス)
Animal Ya (あにまる屋)/Studio Comet (スタジオコメット)
The Answer Studio (アンサー・スタジオ) - Founded by Motoyoshi Tokunaga after Walt Disney Animation Japan went out of business.
APPP - a.k.a. Another Push Pin Planning (アナザープッシュピン・プランニング).
Bridge (ブリッジ)
C-Station (シーステイション) - Once a unit of Bee Train it has since split off. Mostly focusing on sub-contracting for other studios but is now getting into full animation production.
David Production (デイヴィッドプロダクション )
Dogakobo (動画工房)
Gaina
Hoods Entertainment (フッズエンタテインメント)
Kinema Citrus (キネマシトラス)
Lerche (ラルケ)
Liden Films (ライデンフィルム)
Magic Bus (マジックバス): A studio founded by Satoshi Dezaki (Osamu Dezaki's brother).
MAPPA - Formed by former Madhouse staff.
OLM Incorporated (オー・エル・エム)
Ordet - Formed by ex-Kyoto Animation staff.
Passione - Formed in 2011. Known for Rail Wars!, Haitai Nanafa, the fourth season of High School D×D and the 2020 remake of Higurashi: When They Cry.
Polygon Pictures (ポリゴン・ピクチュアズ)
REMIC
Science SARU (サイエンスSARU)
Studio 4°C (スタジオよんどしい)
Studio Fantasia (スタジオ・ファンタジア)
Studio Gallop (ぎゃろっぷ)
Studio Gokumi (Studio五組) - Formed by former GONZO members.
Studio Hibari (スタジオ雲雀)
Studio Nue (スタジオぬえ)
Studio Ponoc (スタジオポノック)
Synergy SP (シナジーSP)
TROYCA (トロイカ)
TYO - A Japanese studio with ownership over Tsuburaya Productions^notethe company behind Ultraman, Hal Film Maker and Yumeta Company. As of 2017, the animation department was acquired by Graphinica.

Supporting Japanese animation studios

Animation studios that tend to do mostly do outsourcing for bigger animation studios in Japan. With only a handful of productions, if that.

Major/notable sub-contractors:

A-Line (エー・ライン)
Ajia-Do/Asia-Do (亜細亜堂)
Angle (アングル)
Anime R/Anime Roman (アニメアール/アニメ浪漫)
Asahi Production (旭プロダクション)
asread (アスリード)
Atelier Musa (アトリエムサ)
Bibury Animation Studio (バイブリーアニメーションスタジオ)
C2C
Dragon Production (ドラゴンプロダクション)
ENGI
FAI International: Formerly Studio Junio.
Graphinica (グラフィニカ)
Imagica
Jumondo (寿門堂)
Kamikaze Douga (神風動画)
Kino Production(きのプロダクション)
Kusanagi (草薙)
M.S.J. Musashino Production (MSJ武蔵野制作所)
Nakamura Productions (中村プロダクション)
Nexus
Oh Production (オープロダクション)
Q Tec (キュー・テック)
RIC (リバース·イメージ·クリエイション)
Sanzigen Animation Studio (サンジゲン)
Seigasha (菁画舎)
Shirogumi (白組)
Studio Bihou (美峰)
Studio Cosmos (スタジオコスモス)
Studio Dub (スタジオダブ)
Studio Easter (スタジオイースター)
Studio Elle (スタジオエル)
Studio Jack (スタジオじゃっく)
Studio Live (スタジオライブ)
Studio Mark (スタジオマーク)
Studio Mu (スタジオムー)
Studio Pastoral (スタジオパストラル)
Studio Takuranke (スタジオたくらんけ)
Studio Twinkle (スタジオトゥインクル)
Sunshine Corporation/SCC (サンシャイン・コーポレーション)
Takahashi Production/T2 Studio (高橋プロダクション/T2 スタジオ)
Tokyo Laboratory
Triple A
Creator/Tripod (トライパッド) - A spiritual successor to T Nishimura.
WaoWorld (ワオワールド)
Wish
Wombat (ウォンバット)

Others:

Acca Effe
ACCEL/Axel
Ad Cosmo/Studio Cosmo
Albion
AMGA/IMG
Anime Torotoro (アニメトロトロ)
Anime Workshop Basara (アニメ工房婆娑羅)
Anitus Kobe (アニタス神戸)
Arcturus
Asterism
Asunaro Studio (あすなろスタジオ)
Asura Film
AZETA Pictures
Azuhata Production
Baku Productions
Beat Frog
Beep
BeStack
Big Owl
Buyu
Chiptune (チップチューン)
CLC (aka CL Corporation)
Code
Core
Creators in Pack (also has an Indonesian branch)
C-Station
Cube Emotion
Dangun Pictures
D-Motion
DCI
DEF.C
Delta Peak Production
Design Office MECHAMAN
Digicrafts
Eagle Nest
Fan Out
Gingaya
GoHands
Group ZEN (グループゼン)
Hayashi (ハヤシ株式会社)
Headworks
I&S Factory
ingresA
Ishigaki Production (石垣プロダクション)
Japan Vistec
Jinbun
Lightfoot
Marvy Jack
Meta Studio
Mouse
Ogura Kobo
PEACE
Peace & Kindness
PRA
Production AI (プロダクション･アイ)
Raretrick (レアトリック)
Rocket Vision
Sanko Production (三晃プロダクション)
Seethrough Studio (シースルースタジオ)
Shogakukan Music And Digital Entertainment: Shogakukan's music publishing arm and CGI unit.
Soratia
Studio Add (スタジオアド)
Studio Blanc
Studio Boomerang (スタジオブーメラン)
Studio Core: Also known as Studio COA.
Studio Fuga (スタジオ風雅)
Studio Gash (スタジオガッシュ)
Studio Giants (スタジオジャイアンツ)
Studio Gimlet (スタジオギムレット)
Studio Izena
Studio Kelmadick
Studio Liberty (スタジオリバティ)
Studio Lings
Studio Myu (スタジオミュウ; AKA Studio μ)
Studio Peacock (スタジオピーコック): Also just known as Peacock.
Studio Ribla (スタジオりぶら)
Studio Road (スタジオロード)
Studio Victory (st.ビクトリー)
Studio Who (スタジオ WHO)
Studio Zaendou (スタジオ座円洞)
Tanto
Wafu Animation
Xenron (also has a branch in Thailand)
Yuhodo (遊歩堂)

Other Asian animation studios

Major:

Armada TMT - A studio in Vietnam.
Infinite Frameworks - A studio in Singapore, with a sister studio in Indonesia.
Inspidea - A studio in Malaysia.
Oktobor Animation - A studio in New Zealand which has mostly worked on Nick's CGI series.
Pitchi Poy - A studio in Israel.
Scrawl Studios - A studio in Singapore.
Sparky Animation Studio - A studio in Singapore.
Studio Paek-ho - A studio in North Korea.
Sao Sang - A studio in Vietnam.
Nam Hai Art - A studio in Vietnam
SEK Studio - A studio in North Korea that mostly does contract work for South Korean studios, which said studios get their contracts from the United States. The studio has also done shows for Europe as well.
Vision Animation - Based in Malaysia.

Defunct/dormant animation studios

Animation studios that are either out of business or out of work.

North American:

4-Ward Productions
Animation Associates - Worked on Q.T. Hush and nothing more.
Animation Collective
Apogee Productions - Also made Sewer Shark.
Arc Productions - Absorbed into Jam Filled Entertainment.
Asylum Visual Effects
Atkinson Film-Arts - Canadian animation studio.
Available Light Productions
Boss Film Studios
Cafe FX
Canuck Creations
Carbunkle Cartoons
Character Builders - An animation studio owned by Bone creator Jeff Smith
Cinema Research
Cinesite's American branch.
Columbia Cartoons
Cookie Jar Entertainment - Absorbed into DHX Media (now WildBrain).
C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures - A Canadian visual effects studio co-founded by William Shatner (we are not making this up).
De Patie Freleng Enterprises
DiC Entertainment - Absorbed into DHX Media (now WildBrain).
DNA Productions
Dream Quest Images - Best known for National Lampoon's Vacation and being bought out by Disney
Encore Cartoons - Worked on 3 episodes of Tiny Toon Adventures and nothing more.
Famous Studios
Fantasy II Film Effects
Filmation
Fleischer Studios
Fred Calvert Productions
Funbag Animation
The Howard Anderson Company
Illusion Arts - Best known for their contributions in the Star Trek franchise.
Imagi Animation Studios
Light Matters Inc/Pixel Envy
LOOK Effects
Manex Visual Effects - Formerly known as Mass Illusions.
Matte World Digital
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
Metrolight Studios
Natterjack Animation - A studio in Canada.
Nerd Corps Entertainment - Absorbed into DHX Media (now WildBrain).
Nitrogen - Rebranded into Cinesite Vancouver
The Orphanage
Pacific Title
The Post Group
R/Greenberg Associates - Left the film industry in the mid-1990s, currently known as R/GA Media, Inc.
Rainmaker Entertainment - The original Mainframe Entertainment incarnation; Still exists in its present day form as Rainmaker.
Rankin/Bass Productions
Red Apple Group - Worked on 2 episodes of Peter Pan & the Pirates and nothing more.
Ruby-Spears
Santa Barbera Studios - Famous for Star Trek, infamous for An American Werewolf in Paris.
Soup2Nuts - Responsible for Home Movies, WordGirl, and O'Grady, among many others.
Spumco
StarToons - Its last work was in 2000.
Studio B Productions - Absorbed into DHX Media (now WildBrain).
Terrytoons
Toon Us In
Total Television
Van Beuren Studios
Video House Inc. - Worked on made-for-TV Out of the Inkwell shorts and nothing more.
VIFX
VisionArt
Visual Concept Engineering
Will Vinton Studios - Became Laika.
XAM! Productions

Asian - Non-South Korean or Japanese:

Animasia - A studio in Singapore. Did Magic Adventures of Mumfie, the first season of Chucklewood Critters, and the intro to The Wacky World of Tex Avery.
Animation Studio Taishan - A studio in China who's mainly done some very obscure European cartoons, one of them being Blanche.
Anitime - A studio in Taiwan that did a few episodes of ¡Mucha Lucha! and uncredited work on many other shows.
Bang On Animation - Merged into Tycoon Animation.
Banyu Bening Studio
Chinese Cartoon Production Co., Ltd. - A studio in Taiwan.
Crest Animation Productions - Headquartered in America but has a Unit in India.
DOT Production
Far Eastern - A studio in Taiwan.
Form Toonworks Manila
Fil-Cartoons - A studio in The Philippines that's best known for working with Hanna-Barbera during The '90s, and working on the first season of Ren & Stimpy. Its last work was on Fairy Tale Police Department in 2002.
Gabah Studio Yogayakarta - A studio in Indonesia. Worked on Ali Baba & the Gold Raiders and seemingly not much else.
Island Animation - A studio in The Philippines. Hasn't worked on a production since 1992.
Jade Animation - A studio in China. Hasn't worked on a production since 2009.
Jadooworks - A studio in India. Worked on ¡Mucha Lucha! and Higglytown Heroes.
Kennedy Cartoons - Based in Canada, but the studio has a unit in the The Philippines as well. Its last work under its old name was in 1997. It is now known as Kennedy Animation.
Morning Sun - A studio in China. Hasn't worked on a production since 2002.
Moving Images International - Sort of a precursor to Toon City, sharing many of the same staff members. Went down in the late '90s.
New Dawn Studios - A studio in The Philippines. Worked on Hoze Houndz, Simsala Grimm, and a few other shows. Last credits listed are well over a decade ago.
One Shot Pro - A studio in The Philippines, operated by Glen Kennedy. Seemingly, its only credits were for Hoze Houndz.
Optifex - Based in the Philippines. Mostly worked on Hanna-Barbera series, uncredited.
Pacific Rim Animation - A studio in China, with a sister studio in the Philippines. Hasn't been credited on a show since 1995.
Pan Sang East Co.
PT Asiana Wang - A division of Wang Film Productions based in Indonesia. It worked on the second season of Chucklewood Critters, and apparently did uncredited work on Doraemon, Sailor Moon, and Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures, according to this article.
Rainbow Animation - See Rainbow Group below.
Rash Animation Production - A studio in Iran.
SMEC Media and Entertainment - Based in Taiwan. Last activity was in 2005.
Thai Wang Film Productions - A division of Wang Film Productions based in Thailand. Hasn't worked on a show since 2003.
Tradewinds - Based in The Philippines. Last work was in 2002.
Wissta Animation Team

South Korean:

A-1 Productions - Hasn't been credited on a show since 1995.
A.C. Productions - Worked on the sixth season of The Real Ghostbusters with Sei Young. Something of a precursor to Plus One Animation, since Choon Man Lee was an animation director there.
A.D. Productions - Worked on the first season of Wild West COW Boys Of Moo Mesa, with no other credits to its name.
Amisong Production - Mostly worked on direct-to-video features based on fairy tales, but also worked on James Bond Jr. and King Arthur & the Knights of Justice.
Andre Lee Productions / Neurones Coree
Anima Sam Won - Last activity was in the late '90s.
Animagic Studio - Worked on The Ripping Friends, Roboroach, and a few Pausoka series.
Animax Enterprise
Anirom Films - Worked on Bureau of Alien Detectors with Big Star.
Anitec Animation Production - Worked on Red Planet with Sunwoo Animation.
Anivision & Grimsaem - Both absorbed into Sunwoo.
Bon Art: Defunct since the early '90s.
C-Ne Group: An obscure studio whose only work appears to be the Thugaboo TV specials.
Chaung Sul Media - An obscure company whose only work seems to be seasons 3 and 4 of Cyberchase.
Click Ani
Da Vinci Animation - Worked on Mr. Bogus, Widget the World Watcher and The Legend of Korra.
Dinosaur Animation Production - Worked on Denver the Last Dinosaur, Mr. Bogus, Fairy Pink and Widget the World Watcher.
Dong-Seo - The Spiritual Predecessor to Hanho Heung-Up.
Enemes
GIMC - aka Gangwon Information and Multimedia Corporation; worked on Danger Rangers and several anime titles such as Glass Fleet and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS during the mid-late 2000s.
Hahn Shin Corporation - Hasn't been credited on a production since 2004.
Hana Animation - Sort of a spin-off of Sunwoo Entertainment (it featured many of the same staff members).
Han Yang
Heewon Entertainment
Holy Viva - Worked on the first episode of Vytor: The Starfire Champion and nothing more.
Hyun Young - Hasn't been credited on a production since 2007.
Interior Designers
Ji-Reh Animation - Hasn't been credited on a show since 2002.
Koko Enterprises/Dong Yang: South Korean studios owned by TMS Entertainment, mostly known for working for Bruce Timm on the DCAU. It is listed here because the studio hasn't been credited for anything since 2005.
K-Land Animation Production
KBS Media Enterprises - Worked on Widget the World Watcher.
KMC Films - Worked on Free For All, Nine Dog Christmas, and The Legend of the Three Trees, and did layouts for a few The Oblongs episodes.
KP Animation
Luk Film - Infamous for making black and white cartoons into color back in the 60's; the studio also did the ink and pant for Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings and StarToons's "Henny Youngman Day".
Mi-Hahn Productions
Mirinae Production - Worked on Denver the Last Dinosaur.
MOI Animation
My Plan - Possibly an off-shoot of Toon Us In (see article).
New Millennium - Worked on Spawn, Mission Hill and Godzilla: The Series.
New Vision International - Worked on the second season of The Mask, a few episodes of Jumanji, and The Kids From Room 402.
Nightstorm Media - Worked on Wunschpunsch with AKOM and Jason & the Heroes of Mount Olympus.
Noxxon Enterprise - Was briefly busy with Wolverine and the X-Men, Marvel Super Hero Squad, and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes!, but seemingly hasn't worked on anything since then.
P&A Animation Production - Seemingly only worked on Extreme Dinosaurs.
Plus One Animation - Mostly known for working for Mike Judge's shows, but also a client for Disney during the late '90s. Hasn't been credited on a show since 2011.
Point Animation - Worked on DiC shows. Hasn't been credited since 2001.
Rainbow Group - Also has a unit in China (Rainbow Animation) and The Philippines. Became Galaxy World, which itself hasn't been credited on a show since the early 2000s.
- Rainbow Animation Korea
RG Prince Films - Hasn't been credited on a production since the mid-2000s.
Sae Hahn Productions - Hasn't been credited on a show since 2007.
Samil Animation - Hasn't been credited on a show since 1997.
Sam Young Animation - Hasn't been credited on a production since 1989.
San Ho Studio - Responsible for the infamous "yashigani" episode of Lost Universe. Also worked on Trigun.
Sei Young - Mostly known for the first two Super Mario Bros. cartoons. Became Animagic Studio.
SEM Animation - Worked on Sky Dancers, Creepy Crawlers (season 2), and X-Men.
Seoul Movie: Like Koko Enterprises, Dong Yang and Mizo Planning, Seoul Movie is another Korean Studio owned by TMS.
Starburst Animation - Mostly known for Kim Possible. Hasn't been credited on a show since 2007.
Steven Hahn Productions - Last work was in 1992.
Studio Tae Sang - Worked on Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Little Dracula, and Peter Pan & the Pirates before folding.
Take One - A studio founded by Jerry Smith, who also founded Fil-Cartoons. Folded into Hyun Young.
Team's Art
Toon Town Animation - Worked on Baby Looney Tunes and did some uncredited layouts for other shows.
Toonzone Entertainment - Only worked on ChalkZone, The Simpsons and King of the Hill from 2002-2003.
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Woo Nam Animation - Worked on Stunt Dawgs and The Hurricanes.
Y.R. Studio - Hasn't been credited on a show since 2003.
Yoon Sang
Young Woo Production - Hasn't been credited on a production since 2000.

Japanese:

ACC Production
Animation 21
Anime Friend
Anime Spot - Asorbed into Studio Elle in 2012.
Araki Productions
Artland
Aubec
Bebow
Bee Train - Once a unit of Production I.G but has split off.
Canvas Inc. - Did the openings for Super Mario World and ProStars, and a few episodes of Real Story Of....
DAST Corparation - also known as Dust.
Daume
Decoloco
Dream Force
E&G Films - Originally known as Easy World Pro.
EIV Pro - Worked on Burn Up!.
EMUAI - Succeeded by Wish.
Frontier Enterprises - A Tokyo-based English-dubbing house.
Frontline - Several of its staff would go on to form SILVER LINK..
Green Box
Green Bunny: No productions since 2006.
Group TAC - Mostly known for Tama and Friends and Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.
Hal Film Maker - Became TYO in 2009.
Hoso Doga Seisaku
Japan Tele-Cartoons: Currently known as "Fuji TV Enterprise".
Jec.E - Became Studio Elle's animation department in 2005.
Jin Productions
J.O. Studio: Later renamed "Toho Eiga Kyoto Satsueijo".
Kamenari World - Worked on Burn Up!.
Kaname Productions
Kitahara Production
Kitty Films: Established in 1972 and best known for Ranma ½. Not technically defunct, but majorly shifted gears in the 2000s to become a talent agency.
KK C&D Asia - Founded by Tetsuo Katayama and Shigeru Akagawa after they left TMS, the studio is mostly known for The Real Ghostbusters
Kobayashi Production
KSS
Maki Pro
Manglobe - Filed for bankruptcy on September 30, 2015.
Märchen-Sha
Marcus
Min Pro - Worked on Burn Up!.
Miyuki Production
MOE: Hasn't been credited on a series since 2005.
Mook DLE
Movie International Co.Ltd.
Nihon Manga Film Kenkyu-jo
Nippon TV Doga
Otogi Productions
Pacific Animation Corporation: Sometimes known as Pacific Animation Company, the studio is mostly known for Thunder Cats and SilverHawks. They were shortly bought by Disney and became Walt Disney Animation Japan and was mostly ran by Ex-Sanrio and TMS staff members. There is also another studio with the same name in Japan as well.
Pastel - Owned by OB Planning.
Picture Magic
Po10tial: Was a unit of TMS, worked on Lupin II The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, merged with Telecom Animation Film in 2013 and has since worked on ZX Ignition and episode 2 of Space Dandy for Bones after the merger.
P Productions
Production IMS - Formed by ex-AIC staff.
Public & Basic
Radix - Known for Kikaider.
Sanrio Animation: At one point, Sanrio had a animation studio that made art films, but went out of business in the mid 80's
Shochiku Doga Kenkyujo: Formerly known as "Shochiku Kamata Satsueijo".
Spectrum Animation - A studio founded by Ex-TMS staff members. Its most well-known project was some episodes of Batman: The Animated Series.
Studio Bogey
Studio Cockpit - Shut down in 2016, exists in name only.
Studio G 1 Neo: Formerly Studio G1, Masami Obari's former studio.
Studio Galapagos
Studio Junio - Became FAI International
Studio Jungle Gym
Studio Kikan
Studio Korumi - Hasn't been credited since 1996.
Studio Kuma - Shut down in 2017 after the death of its founder.
Studio Line
Studio Look
Studio Matrix
Studio MIN
Studio PIA
Studio Rong
Studio Take One (aka Studio Take)
Studio Wanpack - Ceased operations with the founder and CEO's passing.
Studio Wood
Studio Zero
T Nishimura
Tama Productions/drop - Tama shut down in 2011 due to bankruptcy, drop would follow suit in 2018.
Teleimage
Telescreen Japan - Telescreen's former Japanese unit.
Tokyo Kids
Topcraft - Rankin/Bass's unit in Japan, the studio also did Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
Trans Arts - A company known mainly by being a support studio and The Prince of Tennis.
Triangle Staff: Best known for Serial Experiments Lain.
Trinet Entertainment
Tsuchida Production
Viewworks
Visual 80
Wako Pro
Walt Disney Animation Japan - Folded in 2004. Many of its employees formed The Answer Studio.
Xebec - Sold off to Sunrise.
Youmex

European

Anima 3 GmbH - Based in Germany. Worked on The Ketchup Vampires & Little Monsters: The Adventures of Koby & the Oakey Dokeys and nothing more.
Alfonso Productions S.A. - Based in Spain and mostly known for Count Duckula. Last credit was in 2001.
Borisfen-Lutece - An animation studio in the Ukraine. May still be active, but its website is offline.
The Computer Film Company - A British firm that was later bought out, then absorbed by Framestore.
Estudios Filman - Based in Spain.
Estudios Moro - Based in Spain.
ICA - Based in Hungary. Worked on The Ketchup Vampires and Carland Cross.
Milimetros Dibujos Animados S.A. - Based in Spain. Mostly worked for DiC Entertainment and MGM Animation.
Studio 100 - Based in Belgium. Worked on Samson En Gert, Kabouter Plop, and the 2012 Maya the Bee reboot.
Varga Studio - Based in Hungary. Did animation for Baby Blues, one short of Animaniacs, and many other shows.
Walt Disney Animation France - Folded in 2003.
Walt Disney Animation U.K. - Worked on a few episodes of TaleSpin.

Oceanian (excluding Indonesia):

Animation Works - An Australian studio that worked on The Silver Brumby and Dogstar.
Freelance Animators New Zealand - A studio in New Zealand.
Mr. Big Cartoons - A studio in Australia that worked on various Hanna-Barbera shows, as well as several Games Animation episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show.
Project X Animation - Based in New Zealand.
Slightly Off Beat Productions - Based in New Zealand.
Toonz Animation - Based in New Zealand. Worked on Timon & Pumbaa, Quack Pack, and The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show (with Wang Film Productions), among other projects.
Walt Disney Animation Australia - Folded in 2006.

Other:

Anima Studios - An animation studio in Israel. It did the Sniz & Fondue short "A Toxic Tail" and the 1998 version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame for Mondo TV.
Chile Animación - Worked on What's with Andy? and The Kids From Room 402, and did additional animation on Chile's first animated film, Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui.
Denge Animation - Based in Turkey. Worked on Baydog and Albert sagt... Natur - aber nur!.
Eastman Kodak: Yes, the camera company. Also owned Cinesite until 2012.
Gamma Productions S.A. de C.V. - A studio in Mexico. Worked on Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Guimaraes Productions - Based in Brazil. Worked on four of the Disney Afternoon shows (Gummi Bears, Goof Troop, Bonkers, Aladdin) before closing.
Jamie Diaz Productions - Based in Argentina. Worked on Fish Police, one episode of Aladdin: The Series ("Snowman is an Island"), one episode of Timon & Pumbaa ("Can't Take a Yolk"), and did storyboards for Capitol Critters, among a few other projects. Hasn't been active since 1996.
Rabbit Ears Productions

Anime distributors

Active

Animeigo (Rarely distributes anime anymore)
Anime Limited
Anime Network
Aniplex USA
Crunchyroll
Discotek Media
Funimation
GKIDS (primarily releases anime films, although they also distribute several other international animated films as well)
Madman Entertainment (though anime is just one out of many genres that they distribute)
Manga Entertainment
Media Blasters
NIS America
The Ocean Group (A Canadian dubbing company)
Ponycan USA (Pony Canyon's U.S. distributor)
Right Stuf:
- Lucky Penny Entertainment
- Nozomi Entertainment
Section 23 Films (Distributor of former ADV Films properties and new stuff)
- A Esir Holdings (Owns library formerly held by ADV Films)
- Sentai Filmworks (Licenses and releases new anime for broadcast by the Anime Network and media sold by Section 23 Films).
- Switchblade Pictures (Licenses new Asian live-action drama for broadcast by the Anime Network and media sold by Section 23 Films).
VIZ Media

Defunct or no longer distributing anime

4Kids Entertainment (Shut down all but their licensing units after bankruptcy; certain properties split between Konami and Saban Brands)
4Licensing Corporation (The Spiritual Successor to 4Kids Entertainment. Later shut down also due to bankruptcy)
ADV Films (split into separate companies: Section 23 Films, AEsir Holdings, The Anime Network, and Seraphim Digital Studios)
American National Enterprises (Among other films, distributed several anime, including a bunch of Frontier Enterprises English dubs)
Bandai Entertainment
Central Park Media
Crimson Star Media (Only licensed Looking Up at the Half-Moon and nothing more.)
Geneon
Kidpix
Kiseki Films
Star Anime Enterprises (Only licensed Dragon League & Homeroom Affairs and nothing more.)
Streamline Pictures
Synch-Point
Tokyopop (Used to distribute anime, but only distributes manga today- Gone completely.)
US Renditions