Universal Animation Studios

Universal Animation Studios is an American animation studio and a division of Universal Pictures. Universal Pictures is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal and is owned by Comcast. Universal Animation Studios has produced direct-to-video sequels to Universal-released movies, such as Woody Woodpecker, The Land Before Time, An American Tail, Balto, Curious George as well as other movies and television series.

Universal Animation Studios

Formerly	Universal Cartoon Studios (1990–2006)
Company type	Division
Industry	Animation
Predecessor	Walter Lantz Productions
Founded	1990; 35 years ago (1990)[1]
Headquarters	111 Universal Hollywood Drive, 25th Flr., Universal City, California 91608, United States[2][3] 1000 Flower Street, Glendale, California 91201, United States[4]
Number of locations	2
Key people	Margie Cohn (Head of DWA Television)
Products	Animated movies Animated television shows
Owner	NBCUniversal (Comcast)
Parent	Universal Pictures

History

Universal Animation Studios was established in 1990 as Universal Cartoon Studios. It was the animation division of MCA Inc. The first work by the company was Back to the Future: The Animated Series. It was announced on March 22, 1991 and was first broadcast on CBS on September 14 the same year.

In 2006, Universal Cartoon Studios was renamed to Universal Animation Studios.

Filmography

Movies

Direct-to-video feature movies

#	Title	Release date	Co-production with
Universal Cartoon Studios
1	The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure	December 13, 1994	N/A
2	The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving	December 12, 1995
3	The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists	December 10, 1996
4	The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island	December 9, 1997
5	Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus	January 6, 1998	Renaissance Pictures
6	The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock	December 1, 1998	N/A
7	Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein	September 28, 1999	Bagdasarian Productions, LLC.
8	An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island	February 15, 2000	N/A
9	An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster	July 25, 2000
10	Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman	August 29, 2000	Bagdasarian Productions, LLC.
11	The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire	December 5, 2000	N/A
12	The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze	December 4, 2001
13	Balto II: Wolf Quest	February 19, 2002
14	The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water	December 10, 2002
15	Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure	March 18, 2003	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Animation Studio
16	The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration	December 2, 2003	N/A
17	The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses	January 11, 2005
18	Balto III: Wings of Change	September 30, 2005
19	The Adventures of Brer Rabbit	March 21, 2006
Universal Animation Studios
20	The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers	February 27, 2007	N/A
21	The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends	November 27, 2007
22	The Little Engine That Could	March 22, 2011	Crest Animation Productions
23	Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle	June 23, 2015	Imagine Entertainment, Universal 1440 Entertainment
24	The Land Before Time: Journey of the Brave	February 2, 2016	Universal 1440 Entertainment
25	Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You	November 14, 2017	Universal 1440 Entertainment, Splash Entertainment, Telegael and Magic Carpet Productions
26	Curious George: Royal Monkey	September 10, 2019	Imagine Entertainment, Universal 1440 Entertainment
27	Curious George: Go West, Go Wild	September 8, 2020
28	Curious George: Cape Ahoy	September 30, 2021
29	Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp	April 12, 2024	Universal 1440 Entertainment

Theatrical movies

#	Title	Release date	Co-production with
1	Curious George	February 10, 2006	Imagine Entertainment
2	Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!	July 10, 2009
3	Woody Woodpecker	October 5, 2017	Universal 1440 Entertainment

Short movies

• Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box, & the Lox (1999) (theatrical release)
• Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) (direct-to-video)
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004) (direct-to-video)

TV series

#	Title	Creator(s) / Developer(s)	Original run	Co-production with
1	Back to the Future: The Animated Series	Robert ZemeckisBob Gale	1991–1992	Amblin TelevisionZaloom/Mayfield Productions BIG Pictures
2	Fievel's American Tails	David Kirschner	1992	Amblin TelevisionNelvana
3	Exosquad	Jeff Segal Eric Lewald Michael Edens	1993–1994	N/A
4	Problem Child	Scott AlexanderLarry Karaszewski		Imagine EntertainmentD'Ocon Films Productions (season 1) Lacewood Productions(season 2)
5	Monster Force	Marv Wolfman	1994	Lacewood Productions
6	Beethoven	Universal Cartoon Studios	1994–1995	Northern Lights Entertainment
7	Earthworm Jim	Doug TenNapelDoug Langdale	1995–1996	Shiny Entertainment
8	Savage Dragon	Dean Stefan Bob Forward		Lacewood Productions(season 1) Studio B Productions (season 2) P3 Entertainment USA Studios
9	The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper	Sherri StonerDeanna Oliver	1996–1998	Amblin TelevisionHarveytoons
10	Wing Commander Academy	Michael Edens Mark Edens	1996	N/A
11	Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad	Universal Cartoon Studios
12	The New Woody Woodpecker Show	Bob JacquesKelly Armstrong	1999–2002
13	The Mummy: The Animated Series	Thomas Pugsley Greg Klein	2001–2003	Studios USA Television(season 1) The Sommers Company
14	Curious George	Joe Fallon	2006–2022	Imagine Entertainment (seasons 1–9, 14–15)WGBH Boston (seasons 1–12) Universal 1440 Entertainment (season 10–15)
15	The Land Before Time	Ford Riley	2007–2008	Amblin Entertainment
16	Woody Woodpecker	Alex Zamm	2018–2022	Universal 1440 EntertainmentSplash Entertainment

TV Specials

• Opus 'n' Bill: A Wish for Wings That Work (1991)
• Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (2009)
• Curious George Swings Into Spring (2013)
• Curious George A Halloween Boo Fest (2013)
• How Murray Saved Christmas (2014)
• 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas (2021)

Franchises

Titles	Release dates	Movies	TV Seasons
Woody Woodpecker	1940–present	2	4
Charlotte’s Web	1973–2003	2	0
An American Tail	1986–1999	4	1
The Land Before Time	1988–2016	14	2
Balto	1995–2005	3	0
Alvin and the Chipmunks	1999–2000	2	0
Curious George	2006–2022	6	15

Associated Productions

• Charlotte’s Web (1973)
• An American Tail (1986)
• The Land Before Time (1988)
• An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
• Balto (1995)

Miscellaneous

• 63rd Academy Awards (1991) - animation for Woody Woodpecker presenting the award for Best Animated Short Film
• Kids WB! promos - Earthworm Jim segments.
• The Incredible Hulk Coaster
• The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (1999) - traditionally-animated introduction
• Dudley-Do Right’s RipSaw Falls (1999) - traditionally-animated queue video.

Related pages

• Universal Monsters
• Illumination
• Walter Lantz Productions
• DreamWorks Animation
  • DreamWorks Animation Television
  • DreamWorks Classics
    • Entertainment Rights
    • Big Idea Entertainment
    • Harvey Films
    • UPA
    • Bullwinkle Studios (50%)
• Amblimation
• Universal Interactive
• List of unproduced Universal Pictures animated projects