Ellipsanime

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Ellipsanime Productions
FormerlyLe Studio Ellipse (1987–1990)
Ellipse Programme (1990–2000)
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Animation
Founded1987;38 years ago (1987)
Founder Philippe Gildas
Robert Réa
Headquarters Paris, France
Key people
Caroline Duvochel (managing director)
ProductsAnimated television series
Animated feature films
Parent Canal+ (1987–2000)
Expand SA (2000–2003)
Dargaud (2003–2022)
Ellipse Animation (2022–present)
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 announced 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. Three years later in 1990, Ellipse Programme entered the animation production genre by launching their own animation division.

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+ holding a 35% stake in the Expand Group. [3] [4]

In January 2003, Ellipsanime had announced that they were shutting down their executive production facility Ellipse Studio and had absorbed most of their studio's production activity including their storyboarding and 3-D rendering work under the main animation production company. A month later in February of that same year, Ellipsanime's then parent company Canal+ Group and its film production and distribution company StudioCanal under their subsidiary StudioExpand announced that they were planning to sell its animation studio Ellipsanime along with 19 other production companies that made up StudioExpand with Ellipsanime cutting down their annual series output. [5]

On July 22, 2003, Ellipsanime announced that their previous parent company StudioCanal under their division StudioExpand had sold their animation production subsidiary Ellipsanime to French media entertainment conglomerate Média-Participations and their French-Belgian publishing company Dargaud, thrus marking Dargaud assuming ownership all of Ellipsanime's production activities and gave Dargaud another animation production studio with Ellipsanime's animated production portfolio joining Dargaud's own animation production portfolio as Dargaud's other animation and production unit Dargaud Marina became the largest animation production studio in France. [6] [7]

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. [8]

In October 2017, Ellipsanime announced that they had partnered with independent game publishing and digital entertainment company Ankama to launch a joint venture 2D animation production studio based in Roubaix, Hauts-de-France named MadLab Animations to handle the two animation studios' own production services. [9]

In June 2022 during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Ellipsanime Productions alongside their parent company Dargaud and its owner Media Participations announced that they were bringing their French animation production labels (which were Ellipsanime Productions, Dargaud Media and Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel) under one umbrella group named Ellipse Animation, returning to the Ellipse Animation name after 24 years. [10]

In January 2024, Ellipse Animation announced that they have acquired a majority stake in Milan-based Italian production company Studio Campedelli. [11] 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. [12]

Filmography

TV series

TitleYearsNetworkNotes
Zorro 1990–1993 The Family Channel co-production with New World Television, Zorro Productions 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
Bob Morane [13] 1998Canal+
Super Écran 		co-production with Cactus Animation
Pirate Family1999–2004France 3
Radio-Canada
Kong: The Animated Series 2000–2001 M6 co-production with BKN International
Nick & Perry M6
Kika 		co-production with Victory Media Group
Babar [14] 2001France 3
TVOntario 		co-production with Nelvana and Kodansha
The Funny Little Bugs [15] 2001France 3
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 [16] 2005–2006 France 5/Tiji
TVOntario		co-production with Breakthrough Films & Television and Def2shoot
The Magic Roundabout [17] [18] [19] 2007–2009M6
Nick Jr. 		co-production with Films Action and Play Production
Inami [20] 2007–2008 TF1 co-production with Seahorse Animation
Bird Squad [21] 2008–2009 Rai 2 co-production with Toposodo, Araneo and Rai Fiction
Taratabong [22] [23] 2009Rai 3co-production with Toposodo and Rai Fiction
Chumballs France 5co-production with Les Films de la Perrine
Contraptus [24] 2009–2010 Canal J
Gulli 		co-production with Le Lombard
The Jungle Book [25] 2010–2020TF1/Piwi+ (season 3)
Nickelodeon India
ZDF 		inherited from MoonScoop
co-production with DQ Entertainment and ZDF Enterprises
Chicken Town [26] [27] 2011 Canal+ Family
OCS 		co-production with 1st Day Studios
Kinky and Cosy2015OCSco-production with Belvision
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
Kid Lucky [28] 2020 M6
Rai Gulp 		co-production with Dargaud Media, Belvision and Rai Ragazzi

Films, TV shows, and specials

References

  1. ↑ "Ellipseanime buys France Moonscoop" . Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ Klimberg, Par Nathalie (June 19, 2022). "Mediakwest - Ellipse Animation au coeur de la stratégie de Média-Participations". Mediakwest (in French). Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  3. ↑ Saint Marc, Francoise Meaux (February 10, 2000). "Ellipse, Expand set to tie the knot". Screen Daily. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  4. ↑ DeMott, Rick (February 15, 2000). "French Ellipse & Expand Form New Euro TV Company". Animation World Network. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  5. ↑ "French prodco on the block". Kidscreen. February 1, 2003. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Dargaud acquires Ellipse Animation". C21Media. July 22, 2003. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  7. ↑ DeMott, Rick (July 22, 2003). "Ellipse Animation Sold to Comic Book Firm". Animation World Network. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Ellipsanime acquires Moonscoop". Kidscreen. January 17, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Animation: Ankama and Média-Participations create a new studio". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  10. ↑ Brzoznowski, Kristin (June 15, 2022). "Média-Participations Sets Out Cross-Media Strategy". Worldscreen. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Ellipse Animation acquires majority stake in Italian prodco Studio Campedelli". C21Media. January 11, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  12. ↑ Franks, Nico (January 22, 2024). "Ellipse Animation pushes further into digital comics with webtoons arm". C21Media. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  13. ↑ Bosworth, David (April 1, 1998). "Special Report: MIP-TV – Bob Morane". Kidscreen. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Babar - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Funny Little Bugs - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Miss BG - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  17. ↑ DeMott, Rick (June 6, 2007). "Entara Acquires U.K. Licensing Rights to Magic Roundabout With 3D Series Coming". Animation World Network. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Magic Roundabout News Season - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  19. ↑ "The Magic Roundabout - ELLIPSANIME". August 6, 2010. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  20. ↑ "Mediatoon Addresses Ecological Issues in New Animated Series". Worldscreen. October 1, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  21. ↑ Bekins, Russell (October 25, 2007). "Co-Production Italian Style". Animation World Network. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  22. ↑ "Mediatoon takes melodies to Mip". C21Media. March 13, 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  23. ↑ "Taratabong New Season - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Contraptus - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  25. ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (October 12, 2015). "DQE Signs Co-Pro Deal for 'The Jungle Book' Season 3". Animation World Network. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  26. ↑ Miligan, Mercedes (August 23, 2011). "Mediatoon's 'Chicken Town' to Hatch at MIP Jr". Animation Magazine. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  27. ↑ "Chicken Town - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  28. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (June 18, 2024). "Média-Participations AV Preps 'Kid Lucky,' 'Living with Dad' for M6 Kids". Animation Magazine. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  29. ↑ Mercedes Milligan (June 22, 2018). "GHWA and Ellipsanime Team Up for 'Akissi'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  30. ↑ "ALTA DONNA - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  31. ↑ "Chumballs - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  32. ↑ "Cubitus - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  33. ↑ "DANDELION - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  34. ↑ "The Garfield Show New Season - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  35. ↑ "Yummy Toonies - ELLIPSANIME". July 31, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  36. ↑ "Wonder Waï". www.dargaudmedia.com.
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