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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For information on the United States animation industry, see <a href="History_of_animation#History_of_United_States_animation" title="History of animation">History of animation § History of United States animation</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">VirtualMagic Animation, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Whitney/Demos Productions (1986–88)<br>Optomystic (1988–90)<br>Digital Animation Laboratories (1991)<br>USAnimation (1992–96)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Private_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Private company">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Digital <a href="2D_animation" class="mw-redirect" title="2D animation">2D animation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Digital_Productions" title="Digital Productions">Digital Productions</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">July 14, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1986-07-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">John Whitney Jr.<br>Gary Demos</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">2003<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="dtend">2003</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a>, <a href="Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> (1986–88, 1991–97)<br><a href="Culver_City%2C_California" title="Culver City, California">Culver City, California</a>, <a href="United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> (1988–90)<br><a href="North_Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles" title="North Hollywood, Los Angeles">North Hollywood, Los Angeles</a>, <a href="California" title="California">California</a>, <a href="United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> (1997–2003)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Don Spielvogel (president)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data">VirtualMagic Asia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020402132655/http://www.virtualmagicusa.com/">Official website (archived)</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>VirtualMagic Animation, Inc.</b> (previously known as <b>USAnimation, Inc.</b>) was an American <a href="Traditional_animation" title="Traditional animation">traditional animation</a> studio and software development company based out of <a href="Los_Angeles%2C_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>. The studio produced animation for <a href="Television_series" class="mw-redirect" title="Television series">television series</a> and <a href="Television_commercial" class="mw-redirect" title="Television commercial">commercials</a>, and provided <a href="Traditional_animation#ink_and_paint" title="Traditional animation">ink and paint</a> services to animated TV series such as <i><a href="The_Ren_and_Stimpy_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ren and Stimpy Show">The Ren and Stimpy Show</a></i> and <i><a href="The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> and films such as <i><a href="We're_Back!_A_Dinosaur's_Story_(film)" title="We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film)">We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story</a></i>. Its software division was best known for developing <b>USAnimation</b>, a high-end software package designed to facilitate the traditional animation process using digital technologies.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>John Whitney Jr. and Gary Demos worked at <a href="Digital_Productions" title="Digital Productions">Digital Productions</a>, which was bought out by Omnibus Computer Graphics in June 1986. Whitney and Demos filed a complaint against Digital, Omnibus, Ramtek, and others in June, claiming that their rights as minority shareholders of DP were breached in the Omnibus sale. In July, they were locked out of their offices and founded Whitney/Demos Productions. Omnibus alleged to a court that Whitney and Demos, who were still paid under their contracts, founded a new competitor, hired at least three Omnibus employees, and used software and other property that belonged to Omnibus. The court temporarily ordered Whitney and Demos to return certain property to Omnibus.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Tom McMahon from Symbolics' Graphics Division and other private investors provided funding assistance for W/D. The following year, W/D purchased the <a href="Thinking_Machines_Corporation" title="Thinking Machines Corporation">Thinking Machines</a> <a href="Connection_Machine" title="Connection Machine">Connection Machine</a> 2, fronted by Symbolics workstations with programming done in LISP. W/D's first project had them work with Symbolics' Graphics Division to produce the short film <i>Stanley and Stella: Breaking the Ice</i>. Before they could collect the rest of an initial $5 million loan, much of the CG production industry collapsed because of Omnibus's failed growth plan, and investors balked. After W/D declared bankruptcy in June 1988, Demos formed his own research company, DemoGraFX, while Whitney stayed and took the company through bankruptcy proceedings. Whintey continued the company with <a href="Karl_Sims" title="Karl Sims">Karl Sims</a> as Optomystic. When another company was found to have a similar name, Optomystic's name was changed to Digital Animation Laboratories.

</p><p>Whitney developed a "paperless" animation process where animation drawn on paper was scanned into a computer to be colored and composited. He founded USAnimation in early 1992 with David Lipman as vice president and executive producer after he decided to use his technology to change how animation was produced. The animation industry was immediately receptive to this concept since digital capabilities were a powerful creative tool for the animation producer to improve the look of shows and do it more efficiently. USAnimation completed episodic projects such as <i><a href="Beavis_and_Butt-Head" title="Beavis and Butt-Head">Beavis and Butt-Head</a></i>, <i><a href="The_Ren_%26_Stimpy_Show" title="The Ren & Stimpy Show">The Ren & Stimpy Show</a></i> and the first digitally colored episodes of <i><a href="The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, as well as commercial projects ranging from <a href="Lucky_Charms" title="Lucky Charms">Lucky Charms</a> cereal to <a href="Levi's" class="mw-redirect" title="Levi's">Levi's</a> jeans. In 1995, USAnimation began offering its digital animation system to other customers.

</p><p>In 1996, USAnimation sold its software development business to <a href="Canada" title="Canada">Canadian</a> competitor <a href="Toon_Boom_Technologies" class="mw-redirect" title="Toon Boom Technologies">Toon Boom Technologies</a> and its animation production services were renamed VirtualMagic USA.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Toon Boom continues development of the USAnimation software, today known as Harmony. VirtualMagic International Productions, Inc., founded in Vancouver a year prior, signed a letter of intent to acquire USAnimation's Production Services Division on August 30 and closed the deal on October 31.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> VirtualMagic would continue to operate the company while expanding its production capacity to include CGI animation and significantly increasing employment. With resources now dedicated solely to its production expertise, VirtualMagic USA diversified itself by taking on a significant amount of interactive CD-ROM work for clients such as <a href="Disney_Interactive" title="Disney Interactive">Disney Interactive</a>, <a href="Broderbund" title="Broderbund">Broderbund</a>, and <a href="Digital_Domain" title="Digital Domain">Digital Domain</a>.

</p><p>In late-1997, the company completed changing its name to VirtualMagic Animation and moved into a new production space in the San Fernando Valley. In order to economically compete in the animated episodic series and motion picture market, VirtualMagic Animation evaluated potential affiliate foreign animation companies with digital capabilities as well as joint venture possibilities. In 1999, VirtualMagic Animation and ImagineAsia Studio formed VirtualMagic Asia, a digital ink, paint and compositing service based in <a href="Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>, <a href="Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. In 2003, Don Spielvogel and the company's investors put up VirtualMagic Animation for sale due to the changing dynamics of the United States' animation industry and its non-animation industry investors wishing to move on.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> VirtualMagic Animation and VirtualMagic Asia closed the same year.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2></div>

<ul><li>Various commercials for Acme Filmworks, <a href="Noble_(company)" title="Noble (company)">Duck Soup Produckions</a>, <a href="J.J._Sedelmaier" class="mw-redirect" title="J.J. Sedelmaier">J.J. Sedelmaier</a> Productions, <a href="Klasky_Csupo" title="Klasky Csupo">Klasky/Csupo, Inc.</a>, <a href="MTV_Animation" title="MTV Animation">MTV Animation</a>, <a href="Renegade_Animation" title="Renegade Animation">Renegade Animation</a>, Spaff Animation Incorporated, <a href="Spumco" class="mw-redirect" title="Spumco">Spumco</a>, <a href="Warner_Bros._Animation" title="Warner Bros. Animation">Warner Bros. Animation</a>, and <a href="Wild_Brain" class="mw-redirect" title="Wild Brain">Wild Brain</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Stanley_and_Stella_in%3A_Breaking_the_Ice" title="Stanley and Stella in: Breaking the Ice">Stanley and Stella in: Breaking the Ice</a></i> (1987) (short film co-produced with Symbolics)</li>

<li><i><a href="The_Earth_Day_Special" title="The Earth Day Special">The Earth Day Special</a></i> (1990) (special effects)</li>

<li><i><a href="Captain_Planet_and_the_Planeteers" title="Captain Planet and the Planeteers">Captain Planet and the Planeteers</a></i> (1990) (main title digital scene simulation)</li>

<li><i><a href="The_Ren_%26_Stimpy_Show" title="The Ren & Stimpy Show">The Ren & Stimpy Show</a></i> (5 episodes)</li>

<li><i><a href="Beavis_and_Butt-Head" title="Beavis and Butt-Head">Beavis and Butt-Head</a></i> (29 episodes)</li>

<li><i><a href="We're_Back!_A_Dinosaur's_Story_(film)" title="We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film)">We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story</a></i> (additional electronic ink & paint/digital compositing)</li>

<li><i><a href="David_Macaulay" title="David Macaulay">David Macaulay: Roman City</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> ("<a href="Radioactive_Man_(The_Simpsons_episode)" title="Radioactive Man (The Simpsons episode)">Radioactive Man</a>" and "<a href="The_Simpsons_138th_Episode_Spectacular" title="The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular">The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular</a>")</li>

<li><i><a href="The_Nanny_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Nanny (TV series)">The Nanny</a></i> ("Oy to the World")</li>

<li><i><a href="The_Real_Adventures_of_Jonny_Quest" title="The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest">The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest</a></i> ("In the Realm of the Condor")</li>

<li><i><a href="Gargoyles%3A_The_Goliath_Chronicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles">Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles</a></i> (main title)</li>

<li><i><a href="Jumanji_(TV_series)" title="Jumanji (TV series)">Jumanji</a></i> (main title)</li>

<li><i><a href="Hey_Arnold!" title="Hey Arnold!">Hey Arnold!</a></i> (main title)</li>

<li><i><a href="Love_Rollercoaster#Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers_cover" title="Love Rollercoaster">Love Rollercoaster</a></i> (music video)</li>

<li><i><a href="Extreme_Ghostbusters" title="Extreme Ghostbusters">Extreme Ghostbusters</a></i> (main title)</li>

<li><i><a href="One_Saturday_Morning" class="mw-redirect" title="One Saturday Morning">One Saturday Morning</a></i> ("Great Minds Think for Themselves" shorts)</li>

<li><i><a href="Channel_Umptee-3" title="Channel Umptee-3">Channel Umptee-3</a></i> (main title)</li>

<li><i><a href="Men_in_Black%3A_The_Series" title="Men in Black: The Series">Men in Black: The Series</a></i> (main title)</li>

<li><i><a href="Cartoon_Sushi" title="Cartoon Sushi">Cartoon Sushi</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Oh_Yeah!_Cartoons" title="Oh Yeah! Cartoons">Oh Yeah! Cartoons</a></i> ("Planet Kate")</li>

<li><i><a href="Godzilla%3A_The_Series" title="Godzilla: The Series">Godzilla: The Series</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="CatDog" title="CatDog">CatDog</a></i> ("Fetch")</li>

<li><i><a href="Big_Guy_and_Rusty_the_Boy_Robot" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot">Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot</a></i> (main title)</li>

<li><i><a href="The_Tigger_Movie" title="The Tigger Movie">The Tigger Movie</a></i> (additional ink and paint)</li>

<li><i><a href="Joseph%3A_King_of_Dreams" title="Joseph: King of Dreams">Joseph: King of Dreams</a></i> (digital painting)</li>

<li><i><a href="Freddy_Got_Fingered" title="Freddy Got Fingered">Freddy Got Fingered</a></i> (animation coloring and compositing)</li>

<li><i><a href="The_Cartoon_Cartoon_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cartoon Cartoon Show">The Cartoon Cartoon Show</a></i> ("Captain Sturdy: Back in Action!")</li>

<li><i><a href="Harvey_Birdman%2C_Attorney_at_Law" title="Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law">Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law</a></i> (episodes 2-6; digital composite)</li>

<li><i><a href="The_Powerpuff_Girls_Movie" title="The Powerpuff Girls Movie">The Powerpuff Girls Movie</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Lenny_%26_Sid" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenny & Sid">Lenny & Sid</a></i> ("Love Thy Neighbor/All Hands on Deck"; color styling)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Wanna Be A Dino Finder</i></li>

<li><i><a href="Disney's_Animated_Storybook%3A_101_Dalmatians" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney's Animated Storybook: 101 Dalmatians">Disney's Animated Storybook: 101 Dalmatians</a></i> (sing-along digital ink and paint)</li>

<li><i><a href="Nightmare_Ned" title="Nightmare Ned">Nightmare Ned</a></i> (ink and paint)</li>

<li><i><a href="101_Dalmatians%3A_Escape_from_DeVil_Manor" class="mw-redirect" title="101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor">101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor</a></i> (graphics)</li>

<li><i><a href="Carmen_Sandiego_Word_Detective" title="Carmen Sandiego Word Detective">Carmen Sandiego Word Detective</a></i> (ink and paint)</li>

<li><i><a href="Disney's_Hercules_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney's Hercules (video game)">Disney's Hercules</a></i> (ink and paint)</li>

<li><i><a href="Living_Books" title="Living Books">Living Books</a>: Arthur's Computer Adventure</i> (ink and paint)</li>

<li><i><a href="The_Rugrats_Movie" title="The Rugrats Movie">Rugrats Adventure Game</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Curse_of_Monkey_Island" title="The Curse of Monkey Island">The Curse of Monkey Island</a></i> <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="VirtualMagic_Asia">VirtualMagic Asia</h3></div>

<ul><li><i><a href="God%2C_the_Devil_and_Bob" title="God, the Devil and Bob">God, the Devil and Bob</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Adventures_from_the_Book_of_Virtues" title="Adventures from the Book of Virtues">Adventures from the Book of Virtues</a></i> ("Humility" and "Compassion: Part 1")</li>

<li><i><a href="Harvey_Birdman%2C_Attorney_at_Law" title="Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law">Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law</a></i> (episodes 2-6; digital ink and paint)</li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Toon_Boom_Technologies" class="mw-redirect" title="Toon Boom Technologies">Toon Boom Technologies</a>, which acquired USAnimation's software development business</li>

<li><a href="Cambridge_Animation_Systems" title="Cambridge Animation Systems">Cambridge Animation Systems</a></li>

<li><a href="Toonz" title="Toonz">Toonz</a>, another prolific animation software used by the 2D industry in the 1990s and 2000s</li>

<li><a href="Computer_Animation_Production_System" title="Computer Animation Production System">Computer Animation Production System</a> (CAPS), used by Disney from the 1990s to the mid-2000s</li>

<li><a href="Adobe_Flash" title="Adobe Flash">Adobe Flash</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_2D_animation_software" title="List of 2D animation software">List of 2D animation software</a></li></ul>

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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFJonathan_Ackley2022" class="citation web cs1">Jonathan Ackley [@ackley_jonathan] (May 4, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/ackley_jonathan/status/1521916448909660160">"A new art path had to be developed for Curse of #MonkeyIsland. 2D #games of the time scanned drawings straight to raster, causing heavy aliasing. We used U.S. Animation. It vectorized the line art before compositing and color/resolution reduction, creating smoother art. #gamedev"</a> (<a href="Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>) – via <a href="Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite></span>

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</th>

<th style="background:#ddddff; width:30%">2D (<a href="List_of_2D_animation_software" title="List of 2D animation software">list</a>)

</th>

<th style="background:#ddddff; width:30%">3D (<a href="List_of_3D_animation_software" title="List of 3D animation software">list</a>)

</th>

<th style="background:#ddddff; width:30%">Mix

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th colspan="2" style="background:#ddddff; text-align:center"><a href="Free_and_open-source_software" title="Free and open-source software">Free and<br>open-source</a>

</th>

<ul><li><a href="Ajax_Animator" title="Ajax Animator">Ajax Animator</a></li>

<li><a href="Animator_Pro" class="mw-redirect" title="Animator Pro">Animator Pro</a></li>

<li><a href="TupiTube" title="TupiTube">TupiTube</a></li>

<li><a href="SWFTools" title="SWFTools">SWFTools</a></li>

<li><a href="Synfig" title="Synfig">Synfig</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenToonz" class="mw-redirect" title="OpenToonz">OpenToonz</a></li>

<li><a href="Papagayo_(software)" title="Papagayo (software)">Papagayo</a></li>

<li><a href="Pencil2D" title="Pencil2D">Pencil2D</a></li>

<li><a href="Krita" title="Krita">Krita</a></li>

<li><a href="Glaxnimate" title="Glaxnimate">Glaxnimate</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="3D_Movie_Maker" title="3D Movie Maker">3D Movie Maker</a></li>

<li><a href="Art_of_Illusion" title="Art of Illusion">Art of Illusion</a></li>

<li><a href="OpenFX_(software)" title="OpenFX (software)">OpenFX</a></li>

<li><a href="Seamless3d" title="Seamless3d">Seamless3d</a></li>

<li><a href="Toonloop" title="Toonloop">Toonloop</a></li></ul>

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</td>

<ul><li><a href="Blender_(software)" title="Blender (software)">Blender</a></li></ul>

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<th rowspan="3" style="background:#ddddff"><a href="Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Closed-<br>source</a>

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<th style="background:#e6e6ff"><a href="Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a>

</th>

<ul><li><a href="FlipaClip" title="FlipaClip">FlipaClip</a></li>

<li><a href="Pivot_Animator" title="Pivot Animator">Pivot Animator</a></li></ul>

</div>

</td>

<ul><li><a href="Clara.io" title="Clara.io">Clara.io</a></li>

<li><a href="Daz_Studio" title="Daz Studio">Daz Studio</a></li>

<li><a href="MikuMikuDance" title="MikuMikuDance">MikuMikuDance</a></li>

<li><a href="Source_Filmmaker" title="Source Filmmaker">Source Filmmaker</a></li></ul>

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<th style="background:#e6e6ff"><a href="Commercial_software" title="Commercial software">Commercial</a>

</th>

<ul><li><a href="Adobe_Animate" title="Adobe Animate">Adobe Animate</a></li>

<li><a href="Adobe_Character_Animator" title="Adobe Character Animator">Adobe Character Animator</a></li>

<li><a href="Antics_2-D_Animation" title="Antics 2-D Animation">Antics 2-D Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Clip_Studio_Paint" title="Clip Studio Paint">Clip Studio Paint</a></li>

<li><a href="DigiCel_FlipBook" title="DigiCel FlipBook">DigiCel FlipBook</a></li>

<li><a href="Moho_(Anime_Studio)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moho (Anime Studio)">Moho (Anime Studio)</a></li>

<li><a href="ParticleIllusion" title="ParticleIllusion">ParticleIllusion</a></li>

<li><a href="CrazyTalk" title="CrazyTalk">CrazyTalk</a></li>

<li><a href="Toonz" title="Toonz">Toonz</a></li>

<li><a href="TVPaint_Animation" title="TVPaint Animation">TVPaint</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Autodesk_3ds_Max" title="Autodesk 3ds Max">Autodesk 3ds Max</a></li>

<li><a href="Autodesk_Maya" title="Autodesk Maya">Autodesk Maya</a></li>

<li><a href="Autodesk_MotionBuilder" title="Autodesk MotionBuilder">Autodesk MotionBuilder</a></li>

<li><a href="IClone" title="IClone">iClone</a></li>

<li><a href="Bryce_(software)" title="Bryce (software)">Bryce</a></li>

<li><a href="Carrara_(software)" title="Carrara (software)">Carrara</a></li>

<li><a href="Cinema_4D" title="Cinema 4D">Cinema 4D</a></li>

<li><a href="Houdini_(software)" title="Houdini (software)">Houdini</a></li>

<li><a href="LightWave_3D" title="LightWave 3D">LightWave 3D</a></li>

<li><a href="MASSIVE_(software)" title="MASSIVE (software)">MASSIVE</a></li>

<li><a href="Moviestorm" title="Moviestorm">Moviestorm</a></li>

<li><a href="Shark_3D" title="Shark 3D">Shark 3D</a></li>

<li><a href="Strata_3D" title="Strata 3D">Strata 3D</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Adobe_After_Effects" title="Adobe After Effects">Adobe After Effects</a></li>

<li><a href="Adobe_Photoshop" title="Adobe Photoshop">Adobe Photoshop</a></li>

<li><a href="Autodesk_Flame" class="mw-redirect" title="Autodesk Flame">Autodesk Flame</a></li>

<li><a href="Blackmagic_Fusion" title="Blackmagic Fusion">Blackmagic Fusion</a></li>

<li><a href="Motion_(software)" title="Motion (software)">Motion</a></li>

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<th style="background:#e6e6ff"><a href="End-of-life_product" class="mw-redirect" title="End-of-life product">Discontinued</a>, legacy

</th>

<ul><li><a href="Autodesk_Animator" title="Autodesk Animator">Autodesk Animator</a></li>

<li><a href="Cambridge_Animation_Systems" title="Cambridge Animation Systems">Animo</a></li>

<li><a href="DrawPlus" title="DrawPlus">DrawPlus</a></li>

<li><a href="Fantavision" title="Fantavision">Fantavision</a></li>

<li><a href="Gryphon_Software_Morph" class="mw-redirect" title="Gryphon Software Morph">Gryphon Software Morph</a></li>

<li><a href="IAd_Producer" title="IAd Producer">iAd Producer</a></li>

<li><a href="SWiSH_Max" title="SWiSH Max">SWiSH Max</a></li>

<li><a href="RETAS" title="RETAS">RETAS</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Autodesk_Softimage" title="Autodesk Softimage">Autodesk Softimage</a></li>

<li><a href="Dynamation_(software)" title="Dynamation (software)">Dynamation</a></li>

<li><a href="Messiah_(software)" title="Messiah (software)">Messiah</a></li>

<li><a href="Softimage_3D" title="Softimage 3D">Softimage 3D</a></li>

<li><a href="Swift_3D" title="Swift 3D">Swift 3D</a></li></ul>

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</td>

<ul><li><a href="Adobe_Director" title="Adobe Director">Adobe Director</a></li>

<li><a href="Avid_Elastic_Reality" title="Avid Elastic Reality">Avid Elastic Reality</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="DreamWorks_Animation" title="DreamWorks Animation">DreamWorks Animation</a>

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<li><a href="DreamWorks_Classics" title="DreamWorks Classics">DreamWorks Classics</a>

<ul><li><a href="Big_Idea_Entertainment" title="Big Idea Entertainment">Big Idea Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Harvey_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey Films">Harvey Films</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Illumination_(company)" title="Illumination (company)">Illumination</a></li>

<li><a href="Universal_Animation_Studios" title="Universal Animation Studios">Universal Animation Studios</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="CBS_Eye_Animation_Productions" title="CBS Eye Animation Productions">CBS Eye Animation Productions</a>

<ul><li><a href="CBS_Eye_Animation_Productions#Late_Night_Cartoons,_Inc." title="CBS Eye Animation Productions">Late Night Cartoons</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="MTV_Animation" title="MTV Animation">MTV Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Nickelodeon_Animation_Studio" title="Nickelodeon Animation Studio">Nickelodeon Animation Studio</a>

<ul><li><a href="Nickelodeon_Digital" title="Nickelodeon Digital">Nickelodeon Digital</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Nickelodeon_Movies" title="Nickelodeon Movies">Nickelodeon Movies</a></li>

<li><a href="Paramount_Animation" title="Paramount Animation">Paramount Animation</a>

<ul><li><a href="Miramax_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="Miramax Films">Miramax Animation Studios</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Skydance_Animation" title="Skydance Animation">Skydance Animation</a></li></ul>

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</div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="Walt_Disney_Studios_(division)" title="Walt Disney Studios (division)">Walt Disney Studios</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="20th_Century_Animation" title="20th Century Animation">20th Century Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="20th_Television_Animation" title="20th Television Animation">20th Television Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Disney_Television_Animation" title="Disney Television Animation">Disney Television Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Lucasfilm_Animation" title="Lucasfilm Animation">Lucasfilm Animation</a>

<ul><li><a href="Industrial_Light_%26_Magic" title="Industrial Light & Magic">Industrial Light & Magic</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Marvel_Animation" title="Marvel Animation">Marvel Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Marvel_Studios_Animation" title="Marvel Studios Animation">Marvel Studios Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Pixar" title="Pixar">Pixar Animation Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios" title="Walt Disney Animation Studios">Walt Disney Animation Studios</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Cartoon_Network_Studios" title="Cartoon Network Studios">Cartoon Network Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Warner_Bros._Animation" title="Warner Bros. Animation">Warner Bros. Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Warner_Bros._Pictures_Animation" title="Warner Bros. Pictures Animation">Warner Bros. Pictures Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Warner_Bros._Television_Studios#Warner_Bros._Animation" title="Warner Bros. Television Studios">Warner Bros. Television Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Williams_Street" title="Williams Street">Williams Street</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Aniplex_of_America" title="Aniplex of America">Aniplex of America</a></li>

<li><a href="Crunchyroll%2C_LLC" title="Crunchyroll, LLC">Crunchyroll</a></li>

<li><a href="Sony_Pictures_Animation" title="Sony Pictures Animation">Sony Pictures Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Sony_Pictures_Imageworks" title="Sony Pictures Imageworks">Sony Pictures Imageworks</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="41_Entertainment" title="41 Entertainment">41 Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="AMC_Networks" title="AMC Networks">AMC Networks</a>

<ul><li><a href="Sentai_Filmworks" title="Sentai Filmworks">Sentai Filmworks</a></li>

<li><a href="Section23_Films" title="Section23 Films">Section23 Films</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Augenblick_Studios" title="Augenblick Studios">Augenblick Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Awesome_Inc" title="Awesome Inc">Awesome Inc</a></li>

<li><a href="Fox_Corporation" title="Fox Corporation">Fox Corporation</a>

<ul><li><a href="Bento_Box_Entertainment" title="Bento Box Entertainment">Bento Box Entertainment</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Bandera_Entertainment" title="Bandera Entertainment">Bandera Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Billionfold_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Billionfold Inc.">Billionfold Inc.</a></li>

<li><a href="Blur_Studio" title="Blur Studio">Blur Studio</a></li>

<li><a href="Cartuna" title="Cartuna">Cartuna</a></li>

<li><a href="CHRLX" title="CHRLX">CHRLX</a></li>

<li><a href="Cloudco_Entertainment" title="Cloudco Entertainment">Cloudco Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Craig_McCracken" title="Craig McCracken">CMCC Cartoons</a></li>

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<li><a href="Film_Roman" title="Film Roman">Film Roman</a>

<ul><li><a href="Phil_Roman_Entertainment" title="Phil Roman Entertainment">Phil Roman Entertainment</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Floyd_County_Productions" title="Floyd County Productions">Floyd County Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Fred_Wolf_Films" title="Fred Wolf Films">Fred Wolf Films</a></li>

<li><a href="Fuzzy_Door_Productions" title="Fuzzy Door Productions">Fuzzy Door Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Hasbro_Entertainment" title="Hasbro Entertainment">Hasbro Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Jay_Ward_Productions" title="Jay Ward Productions">Jay Ward Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Joe_Murray_(animator)" title="Joe Murray (animator)">Joe Murray Productions</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Wow_Unlimited_Media" title="Wow Unlimited Media">Wow Unlimited Media</a>

<ul><li><a href="Bolder_Media" title="Bolder Media">Bolder Media</a></li>

<li><a href="Frederator_Studios" title="Frederator Studios">Frederator Studios</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>

<li>Kinofilm</li>

<li><a href="Klasky_Csupo" title="Klasky Csupo">Klasky Csupo</a></li>

<li><a href="Kurtz_%26_Friends" title="Kurtz & Friends">Kurtz & Friends</a></li>

<li><a href="Laika%2C_LLC" title="Laika, LLC">Laika, LLC</a></li>

<li><a href="Lee_Mendelson_Film_Productions" title="Lee Mendelson Film Productions">Lee Mendelson Films</a></li>

<li><a href="Lionsgate_Studios" title="Lionsgate Studios">Lionsgate</a>

<ul><li><a href="Lionsgate_Canada" title="Lionsgate Canada">Lionsgate Canada</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Melendez_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="Melendez Films">Melendez Films</a></li>

<li><a href="Man_of_Action_Entertainment" title="Man of Action Entertainment">Man of Action Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Mattel_Television" title="Mattel Television">Mattel Television</a></li>

<li><a href="Media_Blasters" title="Media Blasters">Media Blasters</a></li>

<li><a href="Mexopolis" title="Mexopolis">Mexopolis</a></li>

<li><a href="Mondo_Media" title="Mondo Media">Mondo Media</a>

<ul><li><a href="6_Point_Harness" title="6 Point Harness">6 Point Harness</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Netflix_Animation" title="Netflix Animation">Netflix Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Noble_(company)" title="Noble (company)">Noble</a></li>

<li><a href="Parallax_Studio" title="Parallax Studio">Parallax Studio</a></li>

<li><a href="Powerhouse_Animation_Studios" title="Powerhouse Animation Studios">Powerhouse Animation Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Psyop_(company)" title="Psyop (company)">Psyop</a></li>

<li><a href="Reel_FX_Animation" title="Reel FX Animation">Reel FX Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Renegade_Animation" title="Renegade Animation">Renegade Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Rough_Draft_Studios" title="Rough Draft Studios">Rough Draft Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Rovio_Animation" title="Rovio Animation">Rovio Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Screen_Novelties" title="Screen Novelties">Screen Novelties</a></li>

<li><a href="Scholastic_Corporation" title="Scholastic Corporation">Scholastic</a>

<ul><li><a href="Weston_Woods_Studios" title="Weston Woods Studios">Weston Woods Studios</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="SD_Entertainment" title="SD Entertainment">SD Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="ShadowMachine" title="ShadowMachine">ShadowMachine</a></li>

<li><a href="SpindleHorse_Toons" class="mw-redirect" title="SpindleHorse Toons">SpindleHorse Toons</a></li>

<li><a href="Splash_Entertainment" title="Splash Entertainment">Splash Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Sprite_Animation_Studios" title="Sprite Animation Studios">Sprite Animation Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Stoopid_Buddy_Stoodios" title="Stoopid Buddy Stoodios">Stoopid Buddy Stoodios</a></li>

<li><a href="Stretch_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="Stretch Films">Stretch Films</a></li>

<li><a href="Studiopolis" title="Studiopolis">Studiopolis</a></li>

<li><a href="Tau_Films" title="Tau Films">Tau Films</a></li>

<li><a href="Threshold_Entertainment" title="Threshold Entertainment">Threshold Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Titmouse%2C_Inc." title="Titmouse, Inc.">Titmouse, Inc.</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Kerner_Entertainment_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The Kerner Entertainment Company">The Kerner Entertainment Company</a></li>

<li><a href="The_ULULU_Company" title="The ULULU Company">The ULULU Company</a></li>

<li><a href="Toei_Animation_Inc." title="Toei Animation Inc.">Toei Animation Inc.</a></li>

<li><a href="Stephen_Hillenburg#Other_pursuits" title="Stephen Hillenburg">United Plankton Pictures</a></li>

<li><a href="Vanguard_Animation" title="Vanguard Animation">Vanguard Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Wild_Canary_Animation" title="Wild Canary Animation">Wild Canary Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Events_Productions" title="World Events Productions">World Events Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Worker_Studio" title="Worker Studio">Worker Studio</a></li>

<li><a href="WWE_Studios" title="WWE Studios">WWE Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Walden_Media" title="Walden Media">Walden Media</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="4Kids_Entertainment" title="4Kids Entertainment">4Kids Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="70/30_Productions" title="70/30 Productions">70/30 Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Adelaide_Productions" title="Adelaide Productions">Adelaide Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Adventure_Cartoon_Productions" title="Adventure Cartoon Productions">Adventure Cartoon Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Allspark" title="Allspark">Allspark</a></li>

<li><a href="Amblimation" title="Amblimation">Amblimation</a></li>

<li><a href="Animation_Collective" title="Animation Collective">Animation Collective</a></li>

<li><a href="Animation_Lab" title="Animation Lab">Animation Lab</a></li>

<li><a href="Animation_Magic" title="Animation Magic">Animation Magic</a></li>

<li><a href="Blue_Sky_Studios" title="Blue Sky Studios">Blue Sky Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="BVS_Entertainment" title="BVS Entertainment">BVS Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Cartoon_Pizza" title="Cartoon Pizza">Cartoon Pizza</a></li>

<li><a href="Chorion_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chorion (company)">Chorion</a></li>

<li><a href="Circle_Seven_Animation" title="Circle Seven Animation">Circle 7 Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="Cookie_Jar_Group" title="Cookie Jar Group">Cookie Jar</a></li>

<li><a href="Crest_Animation_Productions" title="Crest Animation Productions">Crest Animation Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Curious_Pictures" title="Curious Pictures">Curious Pictures</a></li>

<li><a href="DePatie%E2%80%93Freleng_Enterprises" title="DePatie–Freleng Enterprises">DePatie–Freleng Enterprises</a></li>

<li><a href="DIC_Entertainment" title="DIC Entertainment">DIC Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Disneytoon_Studios" title="Disneytoon Studios">Disneytoon Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="DNA_Productions" title="DNA Productions">DNA Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Famous_Studios" title="Famous Studios">Famous Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Filmation" title="Filmation">Filmation</a></li>

<li><a href="Fleischer_Studios" title="Fleischer Studios">Fleischer Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Format_Films" title="Format Films">Format Films</a></li>

<li><a href="Fox_Animation_Studios" title="Fox Animation Studios">Fox Animation Studios</a></li>

<li>Frederator Films</li>

<li><a href="Golden_Films" title="Golden Films">Golden Films</a></li>

<li><a href="Hanna-Barbera" title="Hanna-Barbera">Hanna-Barbera</a></li>

<li><a href="HIT_Entertainment" title="HIT Entertainment">HIT Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Jetlag_Productions" title="Jetlag Productions">Jetlag Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Justin_Roiland's_Solo_Vanity_Card_Productions!" title="Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!">Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!</a></li>

<li><a href="Kroyer_Films" title="Kroyer Films">Kroyer Films</a></li>

<li><a href="Laugh-O-Gram_Studio" title="Laugh-O-Gram Studio">Laugh-O-Gram Studio</a></li>

<li><a href="Little_Airplane_Productions" title="Little Airplane Productions">Little Airplane Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Marvel_Productions" title="Marvel Productions">Marvel Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer_Animation" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation</a></li>

<li><a href="MGM_Animation/Visual_Arts" title="MGM Animation/Visual Arts">MGM Animation/Visual Arts</a></li>

<li><a href="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer_cartoon_studio" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio">MGM Cartoons</a></li>

<li><a href="Mirari_Films" title="Mirari Films">Mirari Films</a></li>

<li><a href="MoonScoop" title="MoonScoop">MoonScoop</a></li>

<li><a href="Steve_Oedekerk" title="Steve Oedekerk">O Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Steve_Oedekerk" title="Steve Oedekerk">Omation Animation Studio</a></li>

<li><a href="Pacific_Data_Images" title="Pacific Data Images">Pacific Data Images</a></li>

<li><a href="PorchLight_Entertainment" title="PorchLight Entertainment">PorchLight Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Prana_Studios" title="Prana Studios">Prana Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Radical_Axis_(studio)" title="Radical Axis (studio)">Radical Axis</a></li>

<li><a href="Rankin/Bass_Animated_Entertainment" title="Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment">Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Rhythm_and_Hues_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythm and Hues Studios">Rhythm and Hues Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Rooster_Teeth" title="Rooster Teeth">Rooster Teeth</a></li>

<li><a href="Ruby-Spears" title="Ruby-Spears">Ruby-Spears</a></li>

<li><a href="Screen_Gems" title="Screen Gems">Screen Gems</a></li>

<li><a href="Skellington_Productions" title="Skellington Productions">Skellington Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Sp%C3%BCmc%C3%B8" title="Spümcø">Spümcø</a></li>

<li><a href="John_Hubley" title="John Hubley">Storyboard, Inc./Hubley Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Sullivan_Bluth_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Sullivan Bluth Studios">Sullivan Bluth Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Sunbow_Entertainment" title="Sunbow Entertainment">Sunbow Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Terrytoons" title="Terrytoons">Terrytoons</a></li>

<li><a href="Total_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Total Television">Total Television</a></li>

<li><a href="United_Productions_of_America" title="United Productions of America">United Productions of America</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Van_Beuren_Corporation" title="The Van Beuren Corporation">Van Beuren Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Walter_Lantz_Productions" title="Walter Lantz Productions">Walter Lantz Productions</a></li>

<li><a href="Warner_Bros._Cartoons" title="Warner Bros. Cartoons">Warner Bros. Cartoons</a></li>

<li><a href="Wildbrain_Entertainment" title="Wildbrain Entertainment">Wildbrain Entertainment</a></li>

<li><a href="Will_Vinton#Will_Vinton_Studios" title="Will Vinton">Will Vinton Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Zodiac_Entertainment" title="Zodiac Entertainment">Zodiac Entertainment</a></li>

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</div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Industry_associations21" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Industry associations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="The_Animation_Guild%2C_IATSE_Local_839" class="mw-redirect" title="The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839">The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839</a></li>

<li><a href="ASIFA-Hollywood" title="ASIFA-Hollywood">ASIFA-Hollywood</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Other_topics216" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other topics</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a>

<ul><li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Animated_Feature" title="Academy Award for Best Animated Feature">Best Animated Feature</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Annie_Awards" title="Annie Awards">Annie Awards</a></li>

<li><a href="Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy Awards</a>

<ul><li><a href="Children's_and_Family_Emmy_Awards" title="Children's and Family Emmy Awards">Children's and Family</a></li>

<li><a href="Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Nickelodeon_Kids'_Choice_Awards" title="Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards">Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards</a>

<ul><li><a href="Kids'_Choice_Award_for_Favorite_Cartoon" title="Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cartoon">Favorite Cartoon</a></li>

<li><a href="Kids'_Choice_Award_for_Favorite_Animated_Movie" title="Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie">Animated Movie</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="NAACP_Image_Awards" title="NAACP Image Awards">NAACP Image Awards</a>

<ul><li><a href="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Animated_Motion_Picture" title="NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Animated Motion Picture">Motion Picture</a></li>

<li><a href="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Animated_Series" title="NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Animated Series">Series</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="GLAAD_Media_Award" title="GLAAD Media Award">GLAAD Media Awards</a>

<ul><li><a href="GLAAD_Media_Award_for_Outstanding_Kids_and_Family_Programming" title="GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids and Family Programming">Kids and Family Programming (Animated)</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="Writers Guild of America Awards">Writers Guild of America Awards</a>

<ul><li><a href="Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Television%3A_Animation" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation">Television Animation</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Animation_in_the_United_States_during_the_silent_era" title="Animation in the United States during the silent era">Silent era</a></li>

<li><a href="Golden_age_of_American_animation" title="Golden age of American animation">Golden age</a>

<ul><li><a href="World_War_II_and_American_animation" title="World War II and American animation">World War II</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Animation_in_the_United_States_in_the_television_era" title="Animation in the United States in the television era">Television era</a></li>

<li><a href="Modern_animation_in_the_United_States" title="Modern animation in the United States">Modern era</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Animated_sitcom" title="Animated sitcom">Animated sitcom</a></li>

<li><a href="American_comic_book" title="American comic book">American comics</a>

<ul><li><a href="History_of_American_comics" title="History of American comics">History of American comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Tijuana_bible" title="Tijuana bible">Tijuana bible</a></li></ul></li>

<li><i><a href="Humorous_Phases_of_Funny_Faces" title="Humorous Phases of Funny Faces">Humorous Phases of Funny Faces</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Flash_animation" title="Flash animation">Flash animation</a></li>

<li>Labor strikes

<ul><li><a href="1937_Fleischer_Studios_strike" title="1937 Fleischer Studios strike">Fleischer Studios</a> (1937)</li>

<li><a href="Disney_animators'_strike" title="Disney animators' strike">Disney</a> (1941)</li>

<li><a href="1982_animators'_strike" title="1982 animators' strike">Multiple studios</a> (1982)</li></ul></li></ul>

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