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Ellipsanime Productions
FormerlyLe Studio Ellipse (1987–1990)
Ellipse Programme (1990–2000)
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Animation
Founded1987;37 years ago (1987)
Founder Philippe Gildas
Robert Réa
Headquarters Paris, France
ProductsAnimated television series
Animated feature films
Parent Expand SA (2000–2003)
Dargaud (2003–present)
Subsidiaries Studio Campedelli
Website www.ellipseanimation.com

Ellipsanime Productions (formerly known as Le Studio Ellipse and Ellipse Programme) is a French animation studio that produces television programs. It was founded in 1987. In February 2000 it merged with Expand SA; Expand sold the company to Dargaud in 2003, and it became Ellipsanime in 2004. In 2014, Ellipsanime bought the assets of Moonscoop SA. [1]

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Ellipse has worked with many other animation companies, with the most reputable being Nelvana and Nickelodeon. Ellipse was best known in North America for co-producing seasons 2-4 of Nickelodeon's Doug ; it did not return to the series after The Walt Disney Company bought the Doug intellectual property and Jumbo Pictures.

On the occasion of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2022, the Média-Participations group announces the creation of an umbrella brand Ellipse Animation which brings together its production labels in France Ellipsanime Productions, Dargaud Media and Dupuis Edition & Audiovisual. [2]

History

In 1987, the company was founded by Philippe Gildas and Robert Réa under the name Ellipse Programme with Canal+ as their first owner.

In February 2000, Canal+ announced that they've merged their subsidiary Ellipse Programme with French television production outfit Expand Images into one group under the Expand name with Ellipse Programme becoming Expand Group's own division alongside Canal+ helding a 35% stake in the Expand Group. [3] [4]

On July 22, 2003, the company was acquired by media entertainment conglomerate Média-Participations from Studio Expand and had placed the acquired animation production company under the French-Belgian publishing company Dargaud, thrust making Dargaud assuming ownership all of Ellipse Animation's adaptations and joins Dargaud's animation and production unit Dargaud Marina. [5]

In January 2014, Ellipsanime announced that under the Paris bankruptcy court they've acquired the assets of French animation and production group MoonScoop which went into bankruptcy administration back in July 2013 with Ellipsanime retaining two of MoonScoop's then-remaining employees and taken over MoonScoop's production library under Dargaud's international distribution division Mediatoon Distribution except their American division which was spliten. [6]

In January 2024, Ellipse Animation announced that they have acquired a majority stake in Milan-based Italian production company Studio Campedelli. [7] A week later in that same month, Ellipse Animation announced that they've expanded their operations into webtoons by launching a production division dedicated to animated series based on digital comics and will sit under Ellipse Animation's own animation production studio Ellipse Studio Angoulême. [8]

Filmography

TV series

TitleYearsNetworkNotes
Zorro 1990–1993 The Family Channel co-production with New World Television, Zorro Produtions and Goodman/Rosen Productions
Doug 1991–1994 Nickelodeon co-production with Games Animation and Jumbo Pictures
continued and owned by Disney Television Animation
The Adventures of Tintin 1991–1992 France 3
Global Television Network 		co-production with Nelvana
The Neverending Story 1995 HBO
Family Channel 		co-production with Nelvana and CineVox
Blazing Dragons 1996–1998 Canal+/France 3/M6
Teletoon
CITV 		co-production with Nelvana and Carlton Television
Blake and Mortimer 1997 Canal+ co-production with Dargaud Films and Cactus Animation
Fennec 1997–1998France 3co-production with Cactus Animation and Motion International
Kong: The Animated Series 2000–2001 M6 co-production with BKN International
Nick & Perry M6
Kika 		co-production with Victory Media Group
Babar [9] 2001France 3
TVOntario 		co-production with Nelvana and Kodansha
Xcalibur 2001–2002Canal+/France 2
YTV 		co-production with TVA International (episodes 1–25) and Tooncan Productions (episodes 26–40)
Agrilppine 2001Canal+
Corto Maltese 2002Canal+/France 2
Rai 3 		co-production with Rai Fiction and Pomalux
The Frog Show2003–2005M6co-production with D'Ocon Films and Agogo
Potlach 2006France 3co-production with Rai Fiction
Miss BG [10] 2005–2006 France 5/Tiji
TVOntario		co-production with Breakthrough Films & Television and Def2shoot
The Magic Roundabout [11] [12] [13] 2007–2009M6
Nick Jr. 		co-production with Films Action and Play Production
Inami [14] 2007–2008 TF1 co-production with Seahorse Animation
Bird Squad [15] 2008–2009 Rai 2 co-production with Toposodo, Araneo and Rai Fiction
Taratabong [16] [17] 2009Rai 3co-production with Toposodo and Rai Fiction
Chumballs France 5co-production with Les Films de la Perrine
Contraptus [18] 2009–2010 Canal J/Gulli co-production with Le Lombard
The Jungle Book [19] 2010–2020TF1/Piwi+
Nickelodeon India
ZDF 		inherited from MoonScoop
co-production with DQ Entertainment and ZDF Enterprises
Chicken Town [20] [21] 2011 Canal+ Family/OCS co-production with 1st Day Studios
Boule et Bill 2016–2018France 3/Piwi+
RTBF 		co-production with Dargaud Media and Belvision
The Fox/Badger Family2018–2022France 5co-production with Dargaud Media and Philm CGI

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