Nelvana Limited
Type	Subsidiary
Founded	1971
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people	Founders: Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith Current CEO: Paul Robertson
Industry	Animation, franchise licensing
Products	Comprising mainly of children's animation; see also List of Nelvana franchises
Revenue	C$600 million (2001)[1]
Employees	600-700+ (2000-01)[2][3]
Parent	Corus Entertainment
Website	nelvana.com

Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company, founded in 1971, that is well-known for its work in children's animation, among many things. A subsidiary, in business matters is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity See also 1970 in Canada, other events of 1971, 1972 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Michael Hirsh (born 1948 was one of the three men who helped found Canada 's Nelvana studio in 1971 Patrick Loubert was one of the founders of the Canadian animation studio Nelvana Limited along with Clive A Clive A Smith (often credited as Clive Smith) was one of three men who helped found Canada's animation studio Nelvana in the 1970s A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Paul Robertson is the current CEO of the Canadian animation company Nelvana. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need This is a list of feature films TV shows and specials involving production and/or distribution by the Canadian Animation company, Nelvana. In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. Corus Entertainment Inc () is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames It was named by its founders—Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith—after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s. Michael Hirsh (born 1948 was one of the three men who helped found Canada 's Nelvana studio in 1971 Patrick Loubert was one of the founders of the Canadian animation studio Nelvana Limited along with Clive A Clive A Smith (often credited as Clive Smith) was one of three men who helped found Canada's animation studio Nelvana in the 1970s Nelvana of the Northern Lights is a Canadian Comic book character and the first Canadian national Superhero, debuting in Hillborough Studio's Corus Entertainment, a spin-off from Shaw Communications, has owned the company since September 2000. Corus Entertainment Inc () is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company Shaw Communications is a Canadian Telecommunications company that provides telephone internet and television services

Most of its films, shows and specials are based on licensed properties, mainly children's literature. But, as with most companies of its kind, original programming is also part of its roster. In spite of its status as a cartoon company, it ventured into the world of live action from its establishment up until the late 1990s.

Well-known franchises from Nelvana include Care Bears, Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend, Babar, Tintin, Rupert, Fievel's American Tails, Little Bear, Eek! The Cat, Franklin and 6teen, along with the North American dubs of the anime series Beyblade, Cardcaptor Sakura and Medabots. The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on Greeting cards. Mythic Warriors (full title Mythic Warriors Guardians of the Legend) was a Canadian -produced Animated television series that Babar is an animated television series produced in Canada by Nelvana Limited and The Clifford Ross Company The Adventures of Tintin is an Animated Television series based on The Adventures of Tintin, a series of books by Hergé Rupert is an Animated television series based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, produced by Nelvana, Fievel's American Tails is an animated Television series, produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblimation animation studio Nelvana Little Bear is a Children's television series Originally produced by Nelvana for Nickelodeon, it currently airs on Noggin. Eek! The Cat (retitled Eek! Stravaganza in 1994 is an American / Canadian Animated series, created by Savage Steve Holland Franklin is a Canadian children's television series, based on a series of books by Brenda Clark (illustrator and Paulette Bourgeois (writer 6teen is an animated Canadian sitcom created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis for Teletoon as one of its (anime in Japanese, is an Anime and Manga series about a group of kids battling with highly powerful Spinning tops enchanted with sacred bit-beasts or spirits of mythical also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space and often abbreviated as CCS, is a Magical girl Manga series from the well-known was originally an Imagineer Video game released in 1997 The game was later adapted into a Japanese Anime television series produced by Bee Train. It also distributes the Nicktoons such as: The Fairly OddParents Chalkzone and Danny Phantom, and the Cartoon Network original series My Gym Partner's a Monkey, outside the United States. Nicktoons are animated television programs airing on the children's television channel Nickelodeon and its many spin-offs ChalkZone is an American Animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon. Danny Phantom was an American animated television show created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios My Gym Partner's a Monkey is an American Animated television series created by Timothy and Julie McNally Cahill and produced by Cartoon Network Studios As of 2008, its library comprises more than 1,650 cumulative half-hours of original programming. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[1]

Contents 1 History 1.1 1970s 1.2 1980s 1.3 1990s 1.4 2000s 2 Franchises 3 Around the world 4 Notable personnel 5 Influence in popular culture 6 Logos 7 See also 7.1 Related topics 7.2 Related Canadian companies 8 Footnotes and references 9 Bibliography 10 External links

History

1970s

Nelvana started in 1971 when two graduates of York University, Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert, teamed up with a British animator-designer by the name of Clive A. York University (Université York is a public Research university located in Toronto, Ontario. Smith in Toronto, Ontario. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Hirsh and Loubert, who had a passion for underground filmmaking, had founded a small company called Laff Arts in the late 1960s. An underground film is a film that is out of the mainstream either in its style genre or financing Smith, whose interest was in rock n' roll music, had previously been among the crew for the Beatles' animated series and their 1968 film, Yellow Submarine. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 The Beatles was an American Animated television series featuring the fanciful and musical misadventures of the extraordinarily popular British Yellow Submarine is a 1968 animated Feature film based on the music of The Beatles. Hirsh has commented on the background of Nelvana's founding:

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Clive is an animator, and Patrick and I became interested in animation when we were in university together. At the time, there was no production industry per se in Canada, either in animation or in television production. There were stations making local shows, but you didn’t have people making programs for sale around the world. So, blissfully unaware of all it would involve, we decided to start a company in Toronto.

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Soon after they stumbled upon a collection of local comic books from the 1940s, the trio acquired the ownership rights. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative In turn, they made a half-hour television documentary for the CBC focusing on Canadian comics. Their two-year travelling tour of the art from the National Gallery of Canada, "Comic Art Traditions in Canada, 1941-45", gave locals a chance to revisit the country's past heritage in that field. The National Gallery of Canada ( Musée des beaux arts du Canada) located in the capital city Ottawa Ontario, is one of Canada 's premier Art ^[4] Meanwhile, Hirsh and Loubert collaborated on a related primer from Peter Martin and Associates, The Great Canadian Comic Books. The Great Canadian Comic Books (ISBN 0-88778-065-2 is a 1971 book from Peter Martin Associates. Amid all this success, Hirsh, Loubert and Smith named their new enterprise Nelvana—after a Canadian comic book superheroine from World War II, Nelvana of the Northern Lights, who was one of the characters in the Canadian Whites canon. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Nelvana of the Northern Lights is a Canadian Comic book character and the first Canadian national Superhero, debuting in Hillborough Studio's

A derelict apartment in downtown Toronto served as the company's first building, and a homemade wooden stand mounted over a toilet was among its first camera equipment. "To create zooms," Hirsh recalls his early experience with this machine, "we would pile up phone books under the art work. " During their first year and a half, the trio lived off a superfluous Chargex credit card that Loubert received at university, spending up to C$7,500 on it before they reclaimed double that cost as their first ever transaction. ^[1] Under those conditions, Nelvana was involved in the production of documentaries and live-action films. In the area of part-time animation work, they made ten C$1,500 fillers for the CBC. In media filler is material that is combined with material of greater relevance or quality to "fill out" a certain volume

Among the studio's first productions was a low-budget CBC short subject series, Small Star Cinema, which combined live-action and animation to tell stories of ordinary life from a child's point of view. Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema. Small Star Cinema was a mid-1970s series of live-action/animated shorts made by Canada's Nelvana Limited and broadcast on the CBC It was followed by 1975's Christmas Two Step, a similarly-styled special in which a girl tries to be a lead dancer at a Christmas pageant. Christmas Two Step is a 1975 live-action/animated television special made by Nelvana Limited and broadcast on the CBC.

Then, thanks to new talent from Sheridan College, all of whom were graduates of the institution, Nelvana worked on their first television specials: A Cosmic Christmas (1977), The Devil and Daniel Mouse (1978), Please Don't Eat the Planet (better known by its subtitle, Intergalactic Thanksgiving) (1979), Romie-0 and Julie-8 (1979), Easter Fever (1980) and Take Me Up to the Ball Game (1980). The year 1978 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1978. Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with campuses in Oakville Ontario and A Cosmic Christmas is the first television special produced by the Canadian animation company Nelvana. The Devil and Daniel Mouse is an Animated Halloween television special from Canada 's Nelvana animation studio Intergalactic Thanksgiving (also known by its on-screen title Please Don't Eat the Planet) is the fourth television special from the Canadian animation Romie-0 and Julie-8 is the third animated television special made by Nelvana Limited inspired by William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet This article is about a television special Distinguish the name from " Take Me Out to the Ball Game " a well-known baseball song During that time, George Lucas, an aficionado of their work, commissioned the company to work on a 10-minute sequence for the CBS TV film, The Star Wars Holiday Special. George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The Star Wars Holiday Special was a two-hour Television special (including commercials set in the ''Star Wars'' galaxy. This short scene, officially entitled "The Faithful Wookiee", would introduce audiences to the villainous bounty hunter Boba Fett, who would make his first theatrical appearance in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back. Boba Fett is a Fictional character and Anti-hero from the Star Wars universe. The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 Space opera Film directed by Irvin Kershner.

1980s

At the start of the 1980s, Nelvana was offered the chance to work on Heavy Metal, an animated anthology of science fiction stories that studios in Canada and other countries were working on. Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian Animated film from executive producer Leonard Mogel who was also the publisher of Heavy Metal Nelvana declined this opportunity, instead going on to concentrate on the production of its first feature film, Rock & Rule. Rock & Rule is a 1983 Animated film from the Canadian animation studio Nelvana.

Based heavily on the earlier special The Devil and Daniel Mouse, and originally titled Drats!, the film was produced for five years using all of the studio's resources, totalling $8 million. Upon its release by MGM/UA in 1983, it received little promotion in the United States and quickly disappeared at the box office. Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York

The financial demise of Rock & Rule would have ended Nelvana's operations altogether, had the company not saved themselves from debt by working full-time on children's television series. On its agenda at that time were its first three live-action franchises, The Edison Twins, 20 Minute Workout and Mr. Microchip. The Edison Twins was a Canadian Television program which aired on CBC Television from 1982 to 1986; the Disney Channel 20 Minute Workout was a Canadian -produced Aerobics -based television program that ran from 1983 to 1984 in which three young women would Exercise Mr Microchip is a live-action children's television series and one of the first three of its kind produced by Canadian animation studios Nelvana Limited With DiC Entertainment, Nelvana worked on the first season of Inspector Gadget, and animated the pilot episode of The Get-Along Gang. Inspector Gadget is an Animated television series about a clumsy absent-minded and oblivious Detective, Inspector Gadget who is a human being with The Get Along Gang were characters created in 1984 by American Greetings ' toy design and licensing division Those Characters from Cleveland (now American Greetings Properties

Early in the decade, the company worked on four television specials based on American Greetings properties. American Greetings Corporation Inc is the world's largest publicly-traded Greeting card company They were The Magic of Herself the Elf, based on Mattel's toy line; Strawberry Shortcake's Housewarming Surprise; Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name; and Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins, the last three of which featured the eponymous doll. The Magic of Herself the Elf (also known by its on-screen title The Special Magic of Herself the Elf) is a 1983 animated Television special Mattel Inc ( is the world's largest Toy importing company based on revenue Herself the Elf was a franchise line for young girls similar to Strawberry Shortcake. Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name is an Animated television special from 1984 produced by Nelvana Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins is a 1985 animated Television special from Canada's Nelvana Limited and the last one until Strawberry Shortcake is a licensed character owned by American Greetings, originally used in Greeting cards and expanded to include Dolls There were two shows from Nelvana based on the AmToy properties, Madballs and My Pet Monster. AmToy was the toy division of American Greetings Corporation Its most notable products were the mid-1980s lines Madballs and My Pet Monster, both of which Madballs were a series of toy rubber balls with strange and disgusting faces created by AmToy, a subsidiary company of American Greetings in the mid-1980s My Pet Monster is a Plush Doll first produced by American Greetings in 1986

But perhaps its greatest success at the time came in the form of the Care Bears, thanks to its acquisition of the character rights from American Greetings, the franchise owners. The Care Bears are a set of characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on Greeting cards. In early 1985, the first movie based on the toy line turned the company's fortunes around, grossing $23 million in the U. Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films The Care Bears Movie is a 1985 animated Feature film. It was the first film to feature the popular Care Bears toy characters and The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been S. , and another $1. 5 million in its native Canada. Its tremendous success gave way to two more big-screen movies, A New Generation and Adventure in Wonderland, as well as a television series. Care Bears Movie II A New Generation is an animated film produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana Limited The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland is the third and last theatrical installment of the Care Bears animated franchise The Care Bears was a Canadian-produced Television series based on the best-selling Toy line the Care Bears. ^[5]

In the area of science fiction, Nelvana produced Droids and Ewoks, two Saturday-morning series based on Star Wars. Star Wars Droids, also known as Droids The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO, was an Animated television series that featured the exploits of R2-D2 Star Wars Ewoks ( September 7, 1985 - January 10, 1987) is an American / Canadian Animated television series Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded At one point, there was talk of an animated CBS show from the studio, based on the BBC's Doctor Who; the plan never came to fruition,^[6] but concept art was created by Ted Bastien. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. ^[7]

For Orion Pictures' 1986 live-action western comedy, ¡Three Amigos!, the company made use of animatronics in one scene with a talking turtle. Orion Pictures Corporation was an American company that produced movies from 1978 until 1998 Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries ¡Three Amigos! is a 1986 comedy western Film, produced by George Folsey Jr In 1987, Michael Hirsh produced Nelvana's first self-made film of this calibre, the Whoopi Goldberg comedy Burglar. Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, and television Burglar is a 1987 American comedy Film directed by Hugh Wilson and distributed by Warner Bros

The company's fourth live-action series, T. and T., premiered in 1988 on Canada's Global network. T and T is a Canadian-produced television series in production from 1987 to 1990 Global Television Network (more commonly called Global TV or just Global) is a Canadian English language privately owned Television network The show's title duo comprised of Mr. T of A-Team fame, playing a former boxer named T. Mr T (born Laurence Tureaud; May 21 1952) is an American Actor known for his roles as Sgt The A-Team is an American action Adventure Television series about a fictional group of ex- United States Army Special Forces S. Turner, and Canadian actress Kristina Nicoll as an East Coast lawyer by the name of Terri Taler. Nelvana faced bankruptcy for the second time when the show's original American distributor was going out of business; in six weeks, they were saved when they found a replacement. ^[3] Also that year, Nelvana established BearSpots, a facility for producing television commercials that lasted until 1993. ^[1]

As the decade came to a close, the revived Nelvana had its next big success with a movie and an HBO television show based on Jean de Brunhoff's Babar book series. Babar The Movie is an animated film made by Canada's Nelvana Limited and France's Ellipse Programme, and distributed by New Line Cinema. Babar is an animated television series produced in Canada by Nelvana Limited and The Clifford Ross Company Jean de Brunhoff ( December 9, 1899 &ndash October 16, 1937) was a French writer and illustrator known for co-creating Babar This franchise, its first international co-production, won many ACE Awards in the U. In filmmaking an international co-production is a film made by production companies from different countries S. and Geminis in Canada. The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry Awards in Canada. In September 1989, ABC began to air one of the company's products: an animated series based on Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice is an Animated television series loosely based on the like-titled film it aired from September 9 1989 to December 6 1991 Timothy "Tim" William Burton (born August 25 1958 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and Set designer, notable for the quirky Beetlejuice is a 1988 comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton.

1990s

Following Babar's success, the studio acquired the rights to animated series based on Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin, Maurice Sendak's Little Bear, Joanna Cole's The Magic School Bus and the British comic strip Rupert the Bear. Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi Maurice Bernard Sendak (born June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn New York) is an American Writer and Illustrator of Children's literature Little Bear is a series of children's books primarily involving the interaction of Little Bear (a small cub and Mother Bear (Little Bear's Mother Joanna Cole (born August 11, 1944 in Newark New Jersey) who also writes under the pseudonym B The Magic School Bus is a series of Children's books, intended to teach scientific concepts to children Rupert Bear is a children's Comic strip character who features in a series of books based around his adventures Nelvana had self-made successes of its own during the 1990s, such as Eek! The Cat, Dog City (with Jim Henson Productions) band Ned's Newt. Dog City is a Television series that aired on FOX from 1992 to 1995, and in Canada on Global in 1993, then on The Jim Henson Company is an American company founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. Ned's Newt is a Canada Cartoon series produced by Nelvana for Teletoon. Less successful was its animated series for children, Little Rosie featuring the voice of Roseanne Barr for the American Broadcasting Corporation, which was cancelled in 1991, after its first season. Little Rosie was Roseanne Barr 's first attempt at a cartoon. Roseanne Cherrie Barr, aka Roseanne Barr, aka Roseanne Arnold, aka Roseanne Thomas, aka Roseanne (born November 3 1952 is an Emmy The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network.

In autumn 1993, Nelvana signed a multi-year project to produce five feature films for Paramount Pictures, with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall producing; the first two began production the following summer, at a cost of over US$20 million each. Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren ( Née Ericsson 14 November 1907 &ndash 28 January 2002 was a Swedish children's book author and Screenwriter Pippi Longstocking ( Swedish Pippi Långstrump) is a Fictional character in a series of children's books created by Swedish author Astrid Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Kathleen Kennedy (b 5 June 1953 in Berkeley California) is a five-time Academy Award nominated American movie industry executive Frank James Marshall ( August 10 1877 &ndash November 9 1944) was the U ^[8][9] Three of the projects were based on books by E.B. White (The Trumpet of the Swan), Clive Barker (The Thief of Always) and Graeme Base (The Sign of the Seahorse); an original production called Mask Vision was also in the works. Elwyn Brooks "E B" White ( July 11, 1899 – October 1 1985) was an American writer This article refers to the children's novel For the animated film see The Trumpet of the Swan (film The Trumpet of the Swan Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author film director and visual artist The Thief of Always is a novel by Clive Barker that was published in 1992. Graeme Rowland Base (born 6 April 1958) is a successful Australian Author and Artist of picture books that have been sold internationally The Sign of the Seahorse is an illustrated children's book by Graeme Base. ^[10]

However, none of those films ever made it past the finishing stage. During the 1990s, another set of features from Nelvana was distributed by different companies. A 1993 live-action thriller called Malice came out under the Columbia Pictures banner; 1997 saw the studio's retelling of Pippi Longstocking from Legacy Releasing; and Babar: King of the Elephants was released in Canada by Alliance Atlantis in 1999. The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages Malice is a film written by Aaron Sorkin, Jonas McCord and Scott Frank. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace Pippi Longstocking is a 1997 animated film from AB Svensk Filmindustri and Nelvana, based on the eponymous children's books by Legacy Releasing was an Independent film distribution company based in California Babar King of the Elephants is a 1999 animated film made by Nelvana Limited and released in Canada by Alliance Atlantis. Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc (formerly traded as TSX:AAC was a Toronto -based media company that operated primarily as a Specialty service Among them, only Malice would go on to achieve box-office success in North America. Its US$46 million gross was the highest ever attained by a Nelvana production,^[11] doubling what the first Care Bears Movie received during its original release.

In September 1996, Golden Books Family Entertainment was in talks to acquire the company for US$102 million, just after becoming the owners of Broadway Video. Broadway Video is an American independent entertainment company started by Lorne Michaels. ^[12] Many of the company's staff members, including Smith and Loubert, expressed interest in the proposition. But Hirsh went up against it, arguing with then-COO Eleanor Olmstead about its possible effects on his institution. A chief operating officer or chief operations officer ( COO) is a Corporate officer responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the Corporation Two months later, possibly with this situation to blame, Golden Books withdrew from the deal without giving any explanation, and stated that they would concentrate more on children's entertainment, an ironic twist of fate given Nelvana's established expertise in that field. ^[3][13]

In 1997, a small computer animation company called Windlight Studios was absorbed into Nelvana's assets. Computer-generated imagery Computer animation is the art of creating moving images with the use of Computers It is a subfield of Computer graphics Windlight Studios was a computer animation and visual effects company established in 1993 and based in Minneapolis Minnesota. Its co-founder, Scott Dyer, became Nelvana's senior vice president in charge of production in late 2001. ^[14][15]

In late 1997, Nelvana and Britain's Channel 4 began work on Bob and Margaret, the company's first animated franchise for adults since Rock & Rule. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Bob and Margaret was a Canadian / UK Animated Television series that was also shown in the United States and all over It was based on the National Film Board of Canada's Bob's Birthday, an Academy Award winner for Best Short, which Channel 4 also produced. The National Film Board of Canada (usually National Film Board or NFB) is Canada's public film producer and distributor "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year ^[14]

In August 1998, Nelvana acquired Kids Can Press, publishers of the Franklin children's books upon which the television series was based. Franklin is a Canadian children's television series, based on a series of books by Brenda Clark (illustrator and Paulette Bourgeois (writer This turned them into an "integrated company"—in which Kids Can's subsequent publications would begin with Nelvana's franchising of those works. ^[16]

The company's first two computer-animated shows, Donkey Kong Country and Rolie Polie Olie (with Paris-based Sparx*) premiered on American TV in 1998. Donkey Kong Country is a French 7 d'Or Award -winning computer-generated Animated Television series based on Rolie Polie Olie is a CGI Television Cartoon based on the books by William Joyce (the creator of George Shrinks Sparx* is a computer animation company based in Paris. It is most notable for its work on the Disney Channel / Nelvana series Rolie Polie Olie That same year, it held a monopoly on CBS' Saturday-morning schedule; the deal included Franklin, Flying Rhino Junior High, Anatole, Birdz and Mythic Warriors as part of the package. Flying Rhino Junior High is a Canadian Animated television series produced by Nelvana Limited. Anatole is the title character in a series of children's books written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone. History BIRDZSK was launched on 4 December 2000 as a student's Ezine. Mythic Warriors (full title Mythic Warriors Guardians of the Legend) was a Canadian -produced Animated television series that In January 1999, Franklin (on the CBS line-up) and Rupert (a part of Nick Jr. since 1991) swapped networks. This article is about the US television block of programming on Nickelodeon. ^[17]

In August 1999, Nelvana made a US$40 million deal with the Public Broadcasting Service to produce its first ever Saturday morning shows, all of them based on popular children's books. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the ^[18] The six series—Timothy Goes to School, Seven Little Monsters, Corduroy, Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse, George Shrinks and Elliot Moose—were launched the following September as part of the Bookworm Bunch line-up. Timothy Goes to School is a Cartoon series based on the books by Rosemary Wells. Seven Little Monsters is a kids ' Television program about a family of seven monsters and their mother Corduroy is a 1968 book written by Don Freeman, and published by Viking Press. Marvin The Tap-Dancing Horse is an animated television show produced by Nelvana. George Shrinks is a Animated television series based on the children's book by William Joyce, produced in Canada by Nelvana. PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch was a three-hour Saturday morning lineup of shows produced by Nelvana and based on the popular children's books George Shrinks, ^[19] That same month, it acquired the North American rights to its first anime property, Clamp's Cardcaptor Sakura (renamed Card Captors). is a Japanese Mangaka group The group's Manga series are often made into Anime after release also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space and often abbreviated as CCS, is a Magical girl Manga series from the well-known also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space and often abbreviated as CCS, is a Magical girl Manga series from the well-known ^[20] The resulting English dub was broadcast on Kids WB! in the U. Kids' WB is an online network that was launched on April 28, 2008. S. market and Teletoon in Canada. Teletoon (stylized as TELETOON) is a Canadian Cable television specialty-channel that broadcasts Animation programming

2000s

On April 12, 2000, Nelvana announced its purchase of the Palo Alto-based children's book publisher Klutz in a US$74 million deal—at that time, its largest buyout ever—^[21] and integrated it into its Branded Consumer Products division. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Palo Alto (ˌpæloʊˈæltoʊ from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high" i The company, founded in 1977, was best known for its children's series, Books Plus. Nelvana's separate subsidiary, Kids Can, started taking advantage of the acquisition by making its output available through Klutz merchandise. ^[22]

On September 29, 2000, after almost two weeks of negotiation, Corus Entertainment acquired Nelvana's operations for C$554 million. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ^[23] Heather Shaw, the Executive Chair of Corus, remarked on this event:

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Corus is pleased to gain the expertise of Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive Smith as they join our growing team. These three visionaries founded Nelvana in 1971 and have built it into a world-class animation company with first-class content and production assets. In acquiring Nelvana, Corus strategically positioned itself for further international growth. Nelvana distributes its programs to over 160 countries with 80% of its revenue generated from international sources. Corus will continue Nelvana's tradition of developing highly visible and marketable new productions and further building its extensive international program library. We will leverage this acquisition through our strong balance sheet, and we are truly delighted to welcome such experts into our company.

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A year after Corus' purchase, co-founders and co-CEOs Patrick Loubert and Clive A. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Smith left the studio for good. Loubert voluntarily left his establishment on November 16 after its new owners eliminated 50 positions from the staff. "The time has come that Corus will stop acquiring for a while and start operating. John Cassaday^[24] has made that clear, but this makes my job less rather than more," he commented on the state of Corus' affiliation and his resulting departure. ^[15]

In 2001, the studio began to work on computer-animated feature films aimed at young audiences. So far, only one of them, based on the Rescue Heroes toy line and TV show, has seen the light of day in U. Rescue Heroes The Movie is a 2003 computer-animated film from Artisan Entertainment, based on the Rescue Heroes TV show Rescue Heroes is a line of Toys from Fisher Price that was introduced in 1999. S. cinemas. The rest of them, based on Rolie Polie Olie and the Care Bears, have been released directly to DVD.

In 2001, Nelvana acquired the rights to the English-language version of yet another anime series, Medabots. The following January, Beyblade (in association with Hasbro and Mitsubishi) became its third such property. Hasbro ( is an American Toy company It is one of the largest toy makers in the world second only to the toy giant Mattel. The, Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese conglomerate consisting of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi ^[25]

In October 2002, during one of Nelvana's most difficult years, Corus announced that Michael Hirsh, the last remaining co-founder among Nelvana's staff, was stepping down as CEO of the company which he co-founded. The following month, Paul Robertson, former president of Corus Television and head of YTV, took his place, and became leader of the studio's senior management, while it was making its way back to full-time animation. Paul Robertson is the current CEO of the Canadian animation company Nelvana. YTV is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel aimed at Youth, available nationwide through cable He explained the reason for the status change circa 2003: "We were perhaps getting a little farther afield in doing live action and extending ourselves into a lot of new areas that weren't exactly our core capabilities. " With Hirsh's departure, Corus announced a C$200 million writedown for the company; by next August, it planned to reduce the staff down to 200. ^{[3][26][27][28]}

The following September, Corus launched their home entertainment division. Texas-based FUNimation, along with British company Maverick, has distributed titles from the studio with this label, including Redwall, Pecola, Tales from the Cryptkeeper, Timothy Goes to School and the Disney Channel TV special The Santa Claus Brothers. Funimation Entertainment (previously known as Funimation Productions, and usually stylized as FUNimation) is an American Entertainment company Redwall is a television series made by Canada -based Nelvana and France -based Alphanim and is based on the Redwall Pecola is a Japanese CGI Anime series with cube-shaped anthropomorphic animals in a place called Cube Town Tales from the Cryptkeeper was an Animated series aimed at children made by Nelvana Television Studios and Warner Brothers Pictures. ^[29] Nelvana's newer titles have been distributed by MGM, Lionsgate and ADV Films, which have no involvement with the label. Lionsgate redirects here For other meanings see Lions' Gate (disambiguation‎. AD Vision (commonly referred to as ADV) is an American international Multimedia entertainment company based in Houston Texas, active

On May 8, 2006, Nelvana joined forces with ion Media Networks (owners of TV network i), NBC Universal and Scholastic Books, along with Classic Media and its Big Idea Productions unit, to launch qubo, a new children's entertainment endeavour spread across all medium platforms, including video-on-demand on digital cable. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ION Media Networks (formerly known as Paxson Communications) is an American Television Broadcasting company that owns and operates over 60 television Ion Television is a broadcast television network first broadcast on August 31 1998 NBC Universal is a media and Entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric 's NBC with Vivendi Universal The Scholastic Corporation (or sometimes referred to as Scholastic Press; in other cases Scholastic Inc Classic Media Inc is an American Production company /distributor of family programming acquired in 2007 by UK-based rival Entertainment Rights. qubo (pronounced "kyoo-bo" originally called Smart Place for Kids until August 23, 2006) is the name of the American The new project will feature new and library programming from the partners, each one producing a new show every year. ^[30] The NBC network, along with Spanish-speaking sister station Telemundo, first aired the block on September 9; i began carrying it six days later. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Telemundo is an American television network based in Hialeah Florida a suburb of Miami Florida. Ion Television is a broadcast television network first broadcast on August 31 1998

In September 2006, Nelvana was integrated into Corus' children's television division. A spin-off unit, Nelvana Enterprises, was created in the process; it will focus on international distribution of the company's shows. Scott Dyer, the studio's executive vice president of production and development, became the overseer of the division, which includes Treehouse TV, Discovery Kids Canada, and YTV. Treehouse TV is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel with programming targeted towards Preschoolers that Discovery Kids is a Canadian English language category 2 Digital cable Specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment and ^[31] Doug Murphy, another former EVP at Nelvana, became president of the new distributuion unit. Dr Doug Murphy is a fictional character on the American Comedy-drama Scrubs. ^[32]

In 2007, Nelvana acquired the rights to its fourth anime series, Bakugan Battle Brawlers. is an Anime series about the lives of Bakugan and the battle brawlers who have the deep power to wield them The series was aired on Teletoon and became a quick success. In 2008, merchandising rights were sold by Nelvana to Cartoon Network in the US, and the series began airing on CN in February 2008.

Franchises

Main article: List of Nelvana franchises

Many of Nelvana's TV shows are based on properties from other companies, most of which started in other forms of media. This is a list of feature films TV shows and specials involving production and/or distribution by the Canadian Animation company, Nelvana. A great deal of them are based on children's and comic books; examples include Anatole, Babar, The Berenstain Bears, Franklin, Jane and the Dragon, Little Bear, Pippi Longstocking, Redwall, Rupert, Tintin, Wayside School and the shows in the Bookworm Bunch block. Anatole is the title character in a series of children's books written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone. Pippi Longstocking ( Swedish Pippi Långstrump) is a Fictional character in a series of children's books created by Swedish author Astrid Redwall is a television series made by Canada -based Nelvana and France -based Alphanim and is based on the Redwall "We bring good books to life," Michael Hirsh has replied when asked on the faithfulness of such shows to the original source material. ^[2]

Nelvana has also had considerable success with animated fare based on toys; American Greetings' Care Bears has been the most familiar example of this. Also, there have been series and specials based on Strawberry Shortcake (also from AGC), Madballs and My Pet Monster (from AmToy) and Rescue Heroes (from Fisher-Price). Fisher-Price is a company that produces toys for infants and children headquartered in East Aurora New York.

It has also translated big-screen franchises to televised properties, such as Star Wars (Droids and Ewoks), Beetlejuice, An American Tail (Fievel's American Tails), Free Willy and The Neverending Story. An American Tail is a 1986 animated Film produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblin Entertainment, and directed by Don Fievel's American Tails is an animated Television series, produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblimation animation studio Nelvana Free Willy is a 1993 Family film directed by Simon Wincer, and released by Warner Bros The Neverending Story (Die unendliche Geschichte is a German fantasy novel by Michael Ende, first published in 1979. It has even ventured into the video game world with a show based on Nintendo's Donkey Kong Country. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on

In the field of anime, the company holds the North American rights to Clamp/Kodansha's Cardcaptor Sakura series. is the largest Japanese publisher headquartered in ( Bunkyo) Tokyo. Also, it holds international licensing rights to Beyblade and Medabots.

As with many other animation studios, there is also original programming within Nelvana's roster. 6teen, Clone High, Mission Hill, and Eek! The Cat among others, are some Nelvana cartoons not based on any other source material. Mission Hill (formerly known as The Downtowners, although MTV 's production of the similarly titled Downtown forced a name

As of 2008, the studio has made close to 25 feature films for theatrical, home entertainment, and television distribution. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Well-known releases include Rock & Rule, the first five Care Bears movies, two Babar films and 1997's Pippi Longstocking.

Live-action has been a part of its mainstay from its early years. The company has had Burglar and Malice as its own feature projects in that area, and has contributed as such to The Star Wars Holiday Special and ¡Three Amigos!. On television, Nelvana has made live-action shows such as The Edison Twins, T and T, :20 Minute Workout, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys.

Around the world

With its historic headquarters in Toronto, Nelvana has an office in Paris; it also has a distribution office in Shannon, Ireland. Shannon or Shannon Town ( An tSionna in Irish) named after the river near which it stands is a New town located in County ^[1][33] Its London branch closed down in September 2006 as a part of Corus' organisational restructuring. ^[31]

In the United States, Nelvana's series have been broadcast on the ABC, CBS, FOX, PBS, NBC and (the now defunct)WB networks, and cable stations including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, Showtime, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and ABC (FOX) Family and MTV. Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel Showtime is a subscription television Brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United Adult Swim, (usually stylized swim with its signature square Brackets, is an adult-oriented Television network sharing channel space with Cartoon ABC Family is an American Cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company In Canada, they can be seen on Teletoon, YTV, CBC, the Family Channel and Treehouse TV. Family, sometimes referred to as Family Channel, is a Canadian Premium television service marketed to children Treehouse TV is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel with programming targeted towards Preschoolers that Elsewhere, they have aired on the Boomerang channel (in Latin America); on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Nick Jr. and Tiny Pop and KidsCo (in the United Kingdom); on RTÉ (in the Republic of Ireland); and on France 2 and France 3. Boomerang is a 24-hour American Cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System (a division of Time Warner) Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began For Nick Jr in United States, see Nick Jr. Nick Jr is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Tiny Pop is a Free-to-air British Television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group. KidsCo is an international children's entertainment brand founded by Canadian broadcaster Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises, France 2 is the largest French public Television network It is part of the France Télévisions group along with France 3, France 5 France 3 is the second largest French public Television channel and part of the France Télévisions group which also includes France 2 Nelvana's franchises have been shown on over 360 television stations in more 180 countries, in approximately 50 languages. ^[33][34]

The Fairly OddParents, created by animator Butch Hartman, is distributed by Nelvana outside the United States. Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10 1965 in Highland Park Michigan) is an American This show has been in the top of the ratings for Nickelodeon, YTV and the BBC, and has also been successful among viewers in several European markets, Latin America and Australia. ^[35]

Notable personnel

Apart from its trio of founders, there have been several key personnel from Nelvana's past and present, a great deal of whom have left the company. Among the most well-known people to work in the studio are Bill Perkins, John de Klein, Wayne Gilbert, John Halfpenny, Peter Hudecki, Vincenzo Natali, Arna Selznick, Laura Shepherd, Susan Snooks and John van Bruggen. Wayne Gilbert is a Canadian working in Vancouver as a Senior Animation Director for Electronic Arts Peter Hudecki is a Canadian animator born in 1954 who has been in the industry since 1976 Vincenzo Natali (born 1969 in Detroit Michigan) is a Canadian Film director and Screenwriter best known for directing the movie Cube Arna Selznick is a Canadian-born Animation director who is married to her working partner writer/director John van Bruggen. John van Bruggen, a Canadian Animation writer and director is the husband and creative partner of Arna Selznick, the director of 1985's The Care Voice work from the company's past and present includes, but is not limited to, Melleny Brown, Alyson Court, Don Francks, Dan Hennessey, Jim Henshaw, Hadley Kay, Bill Kopp, Martin Lavut, Julie Lemieux, Stephen Ouimette, Wayne Robson, Graham Halley, Keith Knight, Susan Roman, John Stocker, Tara Strong, Allen Stewart-Coates, Colin Mochrie, Cree Summer, Colin O'Meara, Brent Titcomb, Louise Vallance, and Chris Wiggins. Melleny Brown is a voice actress best known for playng Cheer Bear in Nelvana 's animated Care Bears franchise Alyson Court (born November 9, 1973) is a Canadian actress who first appeared in the 1985 children's film Sesame Street Presents Donald Harvey Francks or Iron Buffalo (born February 28, 1932) is a Canadian actor vocalist and Jazz musician Dan Hennessey is a Canadian Voice actor who early on in his career spent time in Toronto performing with John Candy and Gilda Radner Jim Henshaw (born September 28, 1949 in Bassano Alberta, Canada) is a professional actor screenwriter and film and television producer Hadley Kay (born 1973 is a Canadian -born Voice actor who appeared in the first two Care Bears movies as the voice of magician Nicholas in the first Bill Kopp (born in Rockford Illinois on April 17 1962) is an American Animator and Voice actor who animated the Whammy on the 1980s Martin Lavut (born 1939 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian voice actor who is best known for his contributions to early Nelvana productions such as The Julie Lemieux (born December 4, 1962 in Toronto) is a Canadian voice actress. Stephen Ouimette is a Canadian actor and director born and raised in St Wayne Robson (born 1946) is a Canadian television actor who is best known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, a thief on The Red Green Show Graham Haley was born in Africa. After numerous years odd-jobbing Graham began acting in Theater, Radio, Film, and Television Keith Edgar Knight Jr (born August 24 1966 in Malden Massachusetts) is an American Cartoonist and Musician. Susan Roman (born April 17, 1957 in Edmonton Alberta, Canada) is a Voice actress best known for voice acting the role of Lita/Sailor John Stocker (born August 13, 1947) is a Canadian actor His career began in the 1970s when he started voice acting. Tara Lynn Charendoff Strong (born February 12 1973 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actress and Singer Colin Andrew Mochrie (born November 30, 1957) is a Scottish Canadian Actor and improvisational comedian. Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969 in Los Angeles California) best known as Cree Summer, is an American born Actress Colin O'Meara is a Voice actor who provided the voice of the Tintin character from The Adventures of Tintin television series Brent Arthur Titcomb (born in Vancouver British Columbia on August 10, 1940) is a Canadian actor and musician Stevie Vallance (born Stephanie Louise Vallance in September 8, 1966) also known as Louise Vallance is a Canadian actress and singer Chris Wiggins was born on January 13, 1931 in Blackpool, England.

Eight former Nelvana employees, Roger Allers,Charles Bonifacio, David Brewster ,Anne Marie Bardwell, Tom Sito, Ralph Palmer, Mark Koetsier and Andrew Hickson, went on to become staff members at Walt Disney Feature Animation in the 1980s and 1990s. Roger Allers is a Animation director and Storyboard Artist of Disney animated films Charles Bonifacio is a Canadian Animator who worked on Nelvana productions such as Rock and Rule, Inspector Gadget and Sir David Brewster, FRS ( 11 December 1781 &ndash 10 February 1868) was a Scottish scientist inventor and writer Walt Disney Animation Studios (as Walt Disney Feature Animation is a key element of The Walt Disney Company, and the oldest existing Animation studio in the world Allers, who worked on Rock & Rule, is best-known as the director of 1994's The Lion King,^[36] and Bonifacio and Hickson were among the crew of 2002's Lilo & Stitch. The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994 For the television series see Lilo & Stitch The Series Lilo & Stitch is a 2002 American Animated feature ^[37] Lenora Hume, from the company's early years, is the senior vice-president of DisneyToon Studios. DisneyToon Studios is a both animated features and live-action production company and a division of Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Influence in popular culture

Nelvana had a planet named after it in the Star Wars series, on Cartoon Network's Expanded Universe series Clone Wars. The Star Wars Expanded Universe encompasses all of the officially licensed fictional background of the Star Wars universe outside of the six feature films During Chapters 23 to 25, Anakin Skywalker travels to a planet called "Nelvaan". See also Darth Vader Anakin Skywalker (often called Ani by his friends and loved ones is the main Protagonist / Antagonist and M4-78 M4-78 is the name given to a planet colonized by droids Clone Wars also pays homage to the franchise's animation predecessors in the form of the planet's dog-like inhabitants, who resemble characters from Rock & Rule, the studio's first film. ^[38]

Another well-known series in the genre, Star Trek: The Next Generation, has made reference to the company name with a system of five planets named after it. Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry One of them, "Nelvana III", is notably mentioned on the "Defector" episode. " The Defector " is the 58th episode of the Science fiction Television series Star Trek The Next Generation, and the 10th episode of ^[39]

The "Nelvana Independent Short Film Grand Prize", given out at the Ottawa International Animation Festival since 2004, pays homage to the name of the company. The Ottawa International Animation Festival was created in Ottawa, Canada in 1976 and it celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2006 So far, the recipients of this prize have been 2004's Ryan, the Chris Landreth biography about Canadian animator Ryan Larkin;^[40] 2005's Milch, from director Igor Kovalyov;^[41] and, in 2006, Joanna Quinn's Dreams and Desires: Family Ties. Ryan is a 2004 Oscar -winning Animated documentary by Chris Landreth about the influential Canadian animator Ryan Larkin Chris Landreth (born 1961 is an American animator working in Canada best known for his work on the 2004 film Ryan. Ryan Larkin (b July 31 1943, Montreal, Quebec - d February 14 2007, Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec) was a Canadian Joanna Quinn is an English Animator. She was born in Birmingham. ^[42]

Logos

See also

Related topics

• Cinema of Canada
• History of Canadian film
• History of Canadian animation

Related Canadian companies

• National Film Board of Canada
• Cookie Jar Entertainment (formerly Cinar)
• CinéGroupe
• Atkinson Film-Arts (defunct since 1989)
• Studio B Productions
• C.O.R.E.

Footnotes and references

Bibliography

• Stoffman, David (2001). The Nelvana Story: Thirty Animated Years. Toronto, Ontario: Nelvana Publishing Company (ISBN 1-894786-00-9).

External links

• Official site
• The Nelvana Website of March 4 2000
• Nelvana at the Internet Movie Database
• Nelvana at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Stamp of the superheroine after whom the company was named
• "Three Men and a bear: Nelvana at 25" by Ellen Besen and Marc Glassman, Take One (Autumn 1996) at LookSmart's Find Articles
• Canadian Jewish News: "Nelvana has found the formula for success" by Sheldon Kirshner

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