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French animation studio From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Xilam Animation SAS is a French animation studio which specializes in making animated television series and feature films. Marc du Pontavice and his wife Alix founded it in 1999 as a replacement for the animation division of Gaumont Multimédia, which was itself an offshoot of the company's television division Gaumont Télévision, a company he co-founded in 1990.[2] Gaumont continued to have a deal with Xilam until 2003. Gaumont Multimédia was a video game publisher until closing in 2004.
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The origin of Xilam is closely linked to Gaumont's television production activity, launched in the early 1990s. From 1990, Marc du Pontavice joined the Gaumont group to develop a television production activity and co-founded Gaumont Télévision.[2] From 1994 to 1998, certain animations such as Space Goofs and Oggy and the Cockroaches met with international success, and it was only in 1999 that the Xilam company bought current productions from Gaumont, including Oggy, and also partnered with German trader Igel Media for the assets of Gaumont Multimedia.[3]
In 2002, Xilam started trading in the Euronext Paris stock exchange.[4]
Xilam's programs, including Shuriken School,[5] Space Goofs,[6] and Oggy and the Cockroaches,[7] are internationally successful.
In 2003, the company released its first animated feature film, the CGI-based Kaena: The Prophecy.[8] In 2005, they announced an animated film based on The New Adventures of Lucky Luke.[9] Xilam bought the Armada animation studio in Vietnam in 2008.
In 2012, they announced Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie would be made.[10] In 2015, Xilam announced the production of seasons 5-7 of Oggy and the Cockroaches using 4K.[11] A new studio was opened in Angoulême in order to repatriate production to France in addition to that of Villeurbanne.[12]
In 2016, the studio opened a new office in Lyon, France in order to accelerate production.[13][14] This new studio would produce the Paprika series, as well as the second season of Magic.[15] In 2019, it was announced that Xilam would acquire 50.1% of French CG studio Cube Creative.[16] The deal was finalized on 20 January 2020.[17][18]
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Filmography
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Animated series
Purchased from Gaumont
- Highlander: The Animated Series (1994–1996)[51]
- Sky Dancers (1996)[3]
- Dragon Flyz (1996–1997)[3]
- The Magician (1997–1998)
Film
Purchased from Gaumont
- Highlander: The Adventure Begins (1996; a compilation of the first few episodes of Highlander: The Animated Series)
- Dragon Flyz: The Legend Begins (1996; a compilation of the first three episodes of Dragon Flyz)
Original
Other productions
Purchased from Gaumont
- Monster Men (single version of the opening song in the series Space Goofs; performed by Iggy Pop, distributed by Virgin Records)
Original
- Stupid Invaders (2000)[63] (video game adapted of the series Space Goofs)
- Do Not Panic on Board (single version of the opening song in the series Ratz; distributed by Sony Music)
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