Vídeo Brinquedo is a Brazilian animation studio, located in São Paulo, known for producing animated films widely viewed as cheap mockbusters of comparable, more successful films from studios such as Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Animation and Blue Sky Studios.
Ánima Estudios, S.A.P.I. de C.V. is a Mexican animation studio and production company founded in 2002 by Jose C. Garcia De Letona y Federico Unda, the studio is best known for producing Burundis,El Chavo Animado, Top Cat: The Movie, the Leyendas franchise, and Cleo & Cuquín.
The Happy Cricket is a 2001 Brazilian animated fantasy film directed by Walbercy Ribas.
SIC K is a Portuguese television channel aimed at children aged 7–14. Owned by Sociedade Independente de Comunicação (SIC), it was launched on 18 December 2009 on the MEO platform. The channel previously had an exclusivity contract with the provider for six months. It stopped being an MEO exclusive when it became available on Vodafone on 24 March 2016, Nowo on 19 December 2016 and NOS on 25 June 2019.
Regina Maria Póvoa Pessoa Martins is a Portuguese animator.
Magos y Gigantes is a 2003 Mexican animated fantasy-comedy film produced by Ánima Estudios and 20th Century Fox and released on November 19, 2003. This is the first feature film from Ánima Estudios and the first theatrically released animated film created with Adobe Flash, a program often used for internet cartoons. It was also the first Mexican animated feature in 30 years.
Brasil Animado is a 2011 Brazilian animated comedy film directed by Mariana Caltabiano. The film is based on As Aventuras de Gui & Estopa, an animated series created by Caltabiano.
Boy and the World is a 2013 Brazilian animated coming-of-age adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Alê Abreu. The film was created using a mix of both drawing and painting and digital animation. It was nominated at the 88th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature.
The history of Brazilian animation is relatively recent. In the first half of the 20th century, there were some small experiments produced in animation without much continuity, to the emergence of several animated films in the other half of the century. The 21st century saw the advent of many animated series for television.
El Chavo Animado is a Mexican animated series based on the live action television series El Chavo del Ocho, created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, produced by Televisa and Ánima Estudios. It aired on Canal 5, and repeats were also shown on Las Estrellas and Cartoon Network Latin America. 135 episodes aired between 2006 and 2014 and starts a hiatus.
Between Frames: The Art of Brazilian Animation — released in Brazil as Luz, Anima, Ação — is a 2013 Brazilian documentary film directed and written by Eduardo Calvet. The film recalls the memory of almost 100 years of history of Brazilian animation, revealing the main personalities who helped to build this trajectory and remembering landmarks and creations of all times from films, TV and advertising.
Otto Guerra Neto is a Brazilian filmmaker and animator.
Portuguese animation is animation created in Portugal or by Portuguese animators.
Anabel is a Brazilian animated television series created by Lancast Mota and produced by Sergio Martinelli. It was the first Brazilian animated series on Nickelodeon Brazil, starting with a series of animated shorts that aired during commercial breaks in 2004, until the full series debuted on February 26, 2005 on the TV show Patrulha Nick. From the following year onwards the show was moved to TV Rá-Tim-Bum, where the second season premiered on February 5, 2011. The show also aired on TVE and its sucessor TV Brasil.
Xuxinha e Guto contra os Monstros do Espaço is a 2005 Brazilian animated adventure film written by Flávio de Souza and directed by Moacyr Góes and Clewerson Saremba, produced by Diler Trindade and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Starring Xuxa Meneghel and Pedro Malta with the participation of the voice actors Flávia Saddy, Bernardo Coutinho, Guilherme Briggs, Gustavo Pereira, Milton Gonçalves.
Kaiser is a short animated film, directed by the cartoonist Álvaro Marins, the Seth, in 1917. It is considered the first cartoon produced in Brazil.
Perlimps is a 2022 Brazilian animated adventure fantasy film written, edited, animated and directed by Brazilian filmmaker and character animator Alê Abreu. The film was produced by the Brazilian independent company Buriti Filmes, in co-production with Globo Filmes, Gloob and Sony Pictures Releasing International. The film premiered at the 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and has been selected in several international animation festivals, including the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, where it has won the Children's Jury Prize for Best Animated Feature.
Álvaro Campos, is a Brazilian film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. Among his works are Anderson "The Spider" Silva and Senna.
