Anima Studios
Encyclopedia
Anima Studios is a Mexican
animation studio
founded in 2002 by Guillermo Cañedo White, Fernando De Fuentes, Fernando Pérez Gavilán, José Carlos García De Letona and Federico Unda. It produces animated content distributed mainly in Mexico
and Latin America
.
, and "El Chavo" (animated TV series), which is distributed worldwide by Televisa
. It is based on the Mexican series, El Chavo del Ocho, which was produced in the 1970s and created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños
. Other current productions include "Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred" http://www.agente00p2.com/, "Kung Fu Magoo
", "A Martian Christmas" and "Triple A, The Movie". Currently it is Latin America's biggest animation studio. Top Cat is the newest movie of the studio and broke the opening day and opening weekend box office record for a Mexican production. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mexican-animated-film-top-cat-237740
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
animation studio
Animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals of the media produced...
founded in 2002 by Guillermo Cañedo White, Fernando De Fuentes, Fernando Pérez Gavilán, José Carlos García De Letona and Federico Unda. It produces animated content distributed mainly in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
.
Activities
Their most important projects are "Magos y Gigantes" (Wizards and Giants), which was distributed in Latin America by 20th Century Fox20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
, and "El Chavo" (animated TV series), which is distributed worldwide by Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
. It is based on the Mexican series, El Chavo del Ocho, which was produced in the 1970s and created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Roberto Gómez Bolaños is a Mexican writer, actor, director, comedian, humorist, songwriter, poet and philosopher. He is best known by his stage name Chespirito .-Life and work:...
. Other current productions include "Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred" http://www.agente00p2.com/, "Kung Fu Magoo
Kung Fu Magoo
Kung Fu Magoo is a 2010 direct-to-video animated film from Anima Studios and Classic Media, and written by Emmy Laybourne, Sam Laybourne, Rob Sosin, and Bob Mittenthal and directed by Andrés Couturier...
", "A Martian Christmas" and "Triple A, The Movie". Currently it is Latin America's biggest animation studio. Top Cat is the newest movie of the studio and broke the opening day and opening weekend box office record for a Mexican production. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mexican-animated-film-top-cat-237740
Movies
- Magos y Gigantes (Wizards & Giants) (November 2003)
- Imaginum (August 2005)
- "El Agente 00P2" (Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred) (2008)
- A Martian Christmas" (2008)
- AAA, the movie (2009)
- Kung Fu MagooKung Fu MagooKung Fu Magoo is a 2010 direct-to-video animated film from Anima Studios and Classic Media, and written by Emmy Laybourne, Sam Laybourne, Rob Sosin, and Bob Mittenthal and directed by Andrés Couturier...
(2010) - GaturroGaturroGaturro is the title of a famous Argentine comic strip created by cartoonist Cristian Dzwonik . The comic has been published in more than 30 books, magazines and comic volumes. A 3D computer-animated film Gaturro: The Movie was released theatrically in Argentina on September 9, 2010...
(2010) - Top CatTop CatTop Cat is a Hanna-Barbera prime time animated television series which ran from September 27, 1961 to April 18, 1962 for a run of 30 episodes on the ABC network. Reruns are played on Cartoon Network's classic animation network Boomerang.-History:...
(2011) - La Leyenda de la Llorona (2011)
TV shows
- Cascaritos - Chuta, Remata y Gol (2003)
- Cascaritos - En sus marcas, listos, fuera (2006)
- Espinito produced with TelevisaTelevisaTelevisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
(2005-2006) - Poncho Balón produced with Estación Espacial (2005-2006)
- "El chavo (animated series)El Chavo (animated series)El Chavo is an animated series based on a live-action TV series of the same name, created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños.After several years of successful reruns of the original Live series, Televisa launched simultaneously in Mexico and the rest of Latin America an animated version of the program made...
" produced with TelevisaTelevisaTelevisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
(2005–present) - Trepsi with Centro de Alternativas Infantiles (2008)
Web
- Official site of Chespirito http://www.chespirito.com/
- Animations for the official Trollz site http://www.trollz.com
Official links
- Official site of Anima Studios
- Official site of Top Cat
- Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred
- Official site of Chespirito
- Poncho Balón
- Cascaritos
- Magos y Gigantes
- Imaginum
- Fortunetas
See also
- List of animation studios
- El Chavo (animated series)El Chavo (animated series)El Chavo is an animated series based on a live-action TV series of the same name, created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños.After several years of successful reruns of the original Live series, Televisa launched simultaneously in Mexico and the rest of Latin America an animated version of the program made...
- El Chavo
- Kung Fu MagooKung Fu MagooKung Fu Magoo is a 2010 direct-to-video animated film from Anima Studios and Classic Media, and written by Emmy Laybourne, Sam Laybourne, Rob Sosin, and Bob Mittenthal and directed by Andrés Couturier...