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:

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"Big Six" Major Film Studios

Columbia Pictures (A Sony Company)
- TriStar Pictures
- Screen Gems
- Sony Pictures - Manages the film division of Sony
- Sony Pictures Animation: Sony's main animation studio. Best known for Open Season, Surf's Up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and the Hotel Transylvania trilogy.
- Sony Pictures Imageworks - Sony's visual effects and digital animation production studio, best known for the Sam Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy (as well as The Amazing Spider-Man Series and most of Spider-Man: Homecoming), the Stuart Little duology, Green Lantern, and Zathura. The company also animated most of Sony Pictures Animation's theatrical films^note, and would also provide animation services for non-SPA movies including The Polar Express, Beowulf^note, and Storks^noteproduced by the Warner Animation Group, among others.
- A-1 Pictures: The animation studio owned by Sony's Japanese record label group. Best known for the adaptations of Blue Exorcist, Fairy Tail (co-produced with Satelight), and Sword Art Online. It has also occasionally made original works, such as Night Raid 1931 and Occult Academy.
- Sony Pictures Studios: Sony's film/TV studio lot (previously owned by MGM and Lorimar-Telepictures), notable as the taping location for Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!; it also serves as an audio post-production unit.
- Sony Pictures Television
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 Fox (Sale pending to Disney after approval from regulators)
- Blue Sky Studios: An animation studio in Greenwich, Connecticut, they also have a unit in China.
- Four Star Television (defunct) - an independent production company created by four/five Hollywood stars that was later bought in 1993.
Paramount (A Viacom Company)
Universal (A Comcast Company)
Warner Bros. (A Time Warner Company)
- 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.

Minor Studios

Allied Artists
Amicus Productions
Blumhouse Productions
Burbank Films Australia
CBS Films (distribution handled by Lionsgate)
Daiei
DreamWorks/Amblin Partners (partially owned by Universal)
Ealing Studios
Film Cow
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
Golden Films
Happy Madison Productions
Jetlag Productions
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 current Big Six) during the 1980s and 1990s
- The Cannon Group
- Orion Pictures
- United Artists
Miramax Films (owned by Disney until 2010)
- The Weinstein Company
- Dimension Films
Mondo TV
Oats Studios
Pure Flix Entertainment
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (long defunct but resurrected in 2017 as Universal Music Group's film division^note)
Republic Pictures (library owned by Paramount)
StudioCanal
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.
Toho
Tsuburaya Productions
UAV Entertainment
Village Roadshow: Australian studio known for its work for Warner Bros..
Vivid Entertainment Group

Production Houses

Indie Production Companies

Non-Asian Animation, Visual Effects and Post-Production Studios

Major:

Aardman Animations
BUF
Cartoon Network Studios
Cinesite
Cosgrove Hall
Digital Domain
Walt Disney Animation Studios (formerly Walt Disney Feature Animation)
- Disney Television Animation
Dolby Laboratories
Double Negative VFX
Film Roman
Framestore
Hydraulx
Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Klasky-Csupo
Lacewood Productions
Lola Visual Effects - Sister studio to Hydraulx
Method Studios
The Mill
- Milk VFX - Spun off from the company.
Moving Picture Company and Technicolor SA
Nelvana
Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Rhythm & Hues - Has an Indian studio.
Soyuzmultfilm
Tippett Studio
WETA - located in New Zealand

Minor

4-Ward Productions
Aaron Sims Creative
A. Film
Animal Logic
Atomic Cartoons
Bardel Entertainment
Blur Studio
Boulder Media
Cartoon Saloon
Composite Image Systems (CIS)
Digic Pictures
Digital Dimension
Digiscope
D'Ocon Films Productions
Eden FX
Elliott Animation
Engine Room
Entity FX
Fantasy II Film Effects
FotoKem
Furious FX
fx3x
Ghost VFX
Global Mechanic
Hammerhead Production
House Of Cool
- Red Rover Studios
Hybride Technologies - Bought by game company Ubisoft.
Image Engine
Imaginary Forces
Jam Filled Entertainment
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
LOOK Effects
Luma Pictures
Modern Video Film
Mercury Filmworks
MFX
MrX
New Deal Studios
Nitrogen
Pacific Ocean Post
Pannonia Film Studio - Hungary's biggest animation studio.
Perpetual Motion Pictures
Phoenix Animation Studios
PiP Animation Services
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
Rainmaker Entertainment
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.
Studio B Productions
Telescreen - A studio in The Netherlands (They did have a unit in Japan, but the unit went out of business).
Threshold Entertainment
Titmouse
Todd-AO Studios
Wild Brain
Yowza Animation
Zoic Studios

Chinese/Hong Kong animation studios

Agogo Media: Formerly known as Animation Services, Hong Kong.
Base FX
Enzo Animation - Owned by Mook DLE.
Colorland Animation
Dragon Cartoon
East Animation
Fantasia Animation - Not to be confused with Studio Fantasia.
Feitong Cartoon
Flying Dragon
GDC
Guang Dong - Also known as Alpha Animation.
Hong Ying - Its headquarters are in Taiwan.
Hong Guang - Spin-off from Wang Film Productions.
Hosem Animation Studio
Jiang Toon Animation
Menfond Electronic Art And Computer Design Company
Nendai Animation - Also known as Niandai Animation.
Net Giant
Original Force
Shanghai Animation Film Studio
- 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.
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

Philippines 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 - 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 Enterprise
Boxfish
Cyber Chicken
Dai Won: currently known as Dae Won.
DesignStorm
Digital eMation
Dong Woo Animation: Owned by Studio Gallop.
DR Movie: A studio owned by Madhouse, originally independent.
Echo
G And 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
Heewon Entertainment
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.
Mizo Planning: Another South Korean studio owned by TMS.
MOI Animation: Works with Madhouse, like DR Movie.
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 Anime Studios

The major animation studios in Japan.

A.C.G.T. - Also known as OB Planning.
AIC - stands for Anime International Company.
Aniplex
Arms Corporation
Bandai Namco Pictures: 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.
Bee Train - Once a unit of Production I.G but has split off.
Studio BONES
Brains Base
Diomedea - formerly known as Studio Barcelona.
Eiken
Feel - formed by ex-Pierrot employees.
Gainax
Studio Ghibli: Hayao Miyazaki's studio.
GONZO
JCStaff
Kyoto Animation: Established in 1981 as a outsourcing company.
Madhouse
Mushi Productions/Tezuka Productions
Nippon Animation
P. A. Works
Pony Canyon
Studio Pierrot
Production I.G: Founded by Ex-Tatsunoko staff.
Production Reed: Formerly known as Ashi Productions.
Satelight
Seven Arcs
Studio Shaft
Shin-Ei Doga - A spin-off from TMS.
Silver Link.
Sunrise
Studio DEEN
Studio Khara - Hideaki Anno's studio after he left Gainax.
Studio Trigger: - A newer studio founded by Ex-Gainax staff.
Tatsunoko Production: One of the older Japanese studios.
TMS Entertainment/Telecom Animation Film: One of the most (if not the most) famous and well-respected studio(s) in Japan.
TNK
ufotable
White Fox
Xebec - A unit of Production I.G.
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
Animal Ya/Studio Comet
The Answer Studio - Founded by Motoyoshi Tokunaga after Walt Disney Animation Japan went out of business.
APPP - a.k.a. Another Push Pin Planning.
Artland
Bridge
C-Station - 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
Dogakobo
Hoods Entertainment
Kinema Citrus
Lerche
Liden Films
Magic Bus: A studio founded by Satoshi Dezaki (Osamu Dezaki's brother).
MAPPA - Formed by former Madhouse staff.
Mook DLE
OLM Incorporated
Ordet - Formed by ex-Kyoto Animation staff.
Passione - Formed in 2011. Known for Rail Wars!, Haitai Nanafa, and the fourth season of High School DXD.
Polygon Pictures
Production IMS - Formed by ex-AIC staff.
REMIC
Science SARU
Studio 4°C
Studio Fantasia
Studio Gallop
Studio Gokumi - Formed by former GONZO members.
Studio Hibari
Studio Nue
Studio Ponoc
Synergy SP
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
Ajia-Do/Asia-Do
Angle
Anime R/Anime Roman
Asahi Production
asread
C2C
Daume
FAI International: Formerly Studio Junio.
Half HP Studio
Graphinica
Imagica
Jumondo
Kamikaze Douga
Kino Production
Kobayashi Production
Kusanagi
M.S.J. Musashino Production
Nakamura Productions
Oh Production
Q Tec
RIC
Sanzigen Animation Studio
Seigasha
Studio Bihou
Studio Cockpit
Studio Cosmos
Studio Dub
Studio Easter
Studio Elle
Studio Jack
Studio Live
Studio Mark
Studio Mu
Studio Pastoral
Studio Takuranke
Studio Twinkle
Sunshine Corporation/SCC
Takahashi Production/T2 Studio
Tokyo Laboratory
Triple A
WaoWorld
Wish
Wombat

Others:

Acca Effe
Ad Cosmo/Studio Cosmo
Albion
AMGA/IMG
Anime Torotoro
Anime Workshop Basara
Anitus Kobe
Arcturus
Asterism
Asunaro Studio
AZETA Pictures
Azuhata Production
Baku Productions
Beat Frog
Beep
BeStack
Big Owl
Buyu
CLC (aka CL Corporation)
Code
Core
C-Station
Cube Emotion
Dangun Pictures
D-Motion
DCI
DEF.C
Delta Peak Production
Design Office MECHAMAN
Digicrafts
Dream Force
Eagle Nest
Fan Out
Gingaya
GoHands
Group ZEN
Hayashi
Headworks
I&S Factory
ingresA
Ishigaki Production
Japan Vistec
Jinbun
Lightfoot
Marvy Jack
Meta Studio
Mouse
Ogura Kobo
PEACE
Peace & Kindness
PRA
Production AI
Raretrick
Rocket Vision
Sanko Production
Seethrough Studio
Shogakukan Music And Digital Entertainment: Shogakukan's music publishing arm and CGI unit.
Soratia
Studio Add
Studio Blanc
Studio Boomerang
Studio Fuga
Studio Gash
Studio Giants
Studio Gimlet
Studio Izena
Studio Kelmadick
Studio Liberty
Studio Peacock: Also just known as Peacock.
Studio Ribla
Studio Road
Studio Victory
Studio Who
Studio Zaendou
Tanto
Wafu Animation
Xenron
Yuhodo

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.
Studio SEK - 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:

Animation Associates - Worked on Q.T. Hush and nothing more.
Animation Collective
Apogee Productions - Also made Sewer Shark, no really.
Arc Productions
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
CORE Digital Pictures - A Canadian visual effects studio co-founded by William Shatner (we are not making this up).
De Patie Freleng Enterprises
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
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
Manex Visual Effects - Formerly known as Mass Illusions.
Matte World Digital
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
Metrolight Studios
Natterjack Animation - A studio in Canada.
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 - Canadian animation studio; formerly Mainframe Entertainment
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.
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 The Magic Adventures of Mumfie, the first season of Chucklewood Critters, and the intro to The Wacky World of Tex Avery.
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 and Stimpy. Its last work was on Fairy Tale Police Department in 2002.
Gabah Studio
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. That's. About. It.
Dong-Seo - The Spiritual Predecessor to Hanho Heung-Up.
Enemes
GIMC - aka Gangwon Information and Multimedia Corporation.
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
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. Yeah.
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
Anime Friend
Anime Spot
Araki Productions
Bebow
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.
Decoloco
E&G Films
EIV Pro - Worked on Burn Up!.
EMUAI - Succeeded by Wish.
Frontier Enterprises - A Tokyo-based English-dubbing house.
Frontline
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.
Marcus
Min Pro - Worked on Burn Up!.
Miyuki Production
MOE: Hasn't been credited on a series since 2005.
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.
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
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 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
Studio Kuma - Shut down in 2017 after the death of its founder.
Studio Line
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 - Became Drop
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.
Youmex

Other:

Anima 3 GmbH - Based in Germany. Worked on The Ketchup Vampires & Little Monsters: The Adventures of Koby & the Oakey Dokeys and nothing more.
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.
Animation Works - An Australian studio that worked on The Silver Brumby and Dogstar.
Borisfen-Lutece - An animation studio in the Ukraine. May still be active, but its website is offline.
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.
The Computer Film Company - A British firm that was later bought out, then absorbed by Framestore.
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.
Freelance Animators New Zealand - A studio in New Zealand (obviously).
Guimaraes Productions - Based in Brazil. Worked on four of the Disney Afternoon shows (Gummi Bears, Goof Troop, Bonkers, Aladdin) before closing.
ICA - Based in Hungary. Worked on The Ketchup Vampires and Carland Cross.
Jamie Diaz Productions - Based in Argentina. Worked on Fish Police, one episode of Aladdin ("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.
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.
Rabbit Ears Productions
Slightly Off Beat Productions - Based in New Zealand.
Studio 100 - Based in Belgium. Worked on Samson En Gert, Kabouter Plop, and the 2012 Maya the Bee reboot.
Toonz Animation - Based in New Zealand. Worked on Timon & Pumbaa, Quack Pack, and The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show (with Wang Film Productions), among other projects.
Varga Studio - Based in Hungary. Did animation for Baby Blues, one short of Animaniacs, and many other shows.
Walt Disney Animation Australia - Folded in 2006.
Walt Disney Animation France - Folded in 2003.
Walt Disney Animation U.K. - Worked on a few episodes of TaleSpin.

Anime Distributors

Active

4Licensing Corporation (The Spiritual Successor to 4Kids Entertainment.)
Animeigo (Rarely distributes anime anymore)
Anime Limited
Anime Network
Aniplex USA
Crunchyroll
Discotek Media
Funimation
Madman Entertainment (though anime is just one out of many genres that they distribute)
Manga Entertainment
Media Blasters
MVM Entertainment
NIS America
The Ocean Group (A Canadian dubbing company)
Ponycan USA (Pony Canyon's U.S. distributor)
Right Stuf:
- Lucky Penny Entertainment
- Nozomi Entertainment
Section23 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 Section23 Films).
- Switchblade Pictures (Licenses new Asian live-action drama for broadcast by the Anime Network and media sold by Section23 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)
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
Tokyopop (Used to distribute anime, but only distributes manga today- Gone completely.)
US Renditions

Manga and Comic Book publishing houses

See Comic Book Companies

Knockoff Makers

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