Universal Animation Studios

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Universal Animation Studios (formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios), is the animation production arm of movie studio and Universal Studios.

It is best-known for producing sequels to Amblimation and Sullivan-Bluth feature films, such as The Land Before Time, An American Tail, Balto and other films and television series, using traditional and computer animation techniques.

The actual animation and visual effects stage is done overseas, most notably by Wang Film Productions, but the rest of production is US-based.

Contents 1 Animated films 1.1 Theatrical animated films 1.1.1 Produced or distributed alone 1.1.2 Produced by Amblin Entertainment 1.1.3 Produced by other studios 1.2 Direct-to-video animated films 1.2.1 The Land Before Time 1.2.2 Other films 2 TV series 3 TV special 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Animated films

[edit] Theatrical animated films

[edit] Produced or distributed alone

• Various Woody Woodpecker films
• Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box & the Lox (1999)

[edit] Produced by Amblin Entertainment

• An American Tail (1986)
• The Land Before Time (1988)
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
• We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
• Balto (1995)

[edit] Produced by other studios

• Jetsons: The Movie (1990, with Hanna-Barbera Productions)
• Curious George (2006, with Imagine Entertainment)
• The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008, distributor and co-producer with Big Idea Productions)

[edit] Direct-to-video animated films

[edit] The Land Before Time

• The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994)
• The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995)
• The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996)
• The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997)
• The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998)
• The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000)
• The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001)
• The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002)
• The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003)
• The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2004)
• The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers (2007)

[edit] Other films

• Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus (1998)
• An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
• An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000)
• Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000)
• Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002)
• Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2003, with Paramount Pictures)
• Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)
• Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004)
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004)
• The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006)
• Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006)
• PollyWorld (2006)

[edit] TV series

• Back to the Future: The Animated Series (1991-92)
• Fievel's American Tails (1992)
• Exosquad (1993-95)
• Beethoven (1994)
• Earthworm Jim (1995-96)
• Wing Commander Academy (1996)
• The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999)
• The Mummy: The Animated Series (2001-03)
• Curious George (2006-)
• The Land Before Time (2007-)

[edit] TV special

• A Wish for Wings That Work (1991)

[edit] See also

• Walter Lantz

[edit] External links

• Universal Animation Studios at the Internet Movie Database