Nelvana

Nelvana is a Canadian animation studio. It was founded in 1971 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith. The company is now owned by Corus Entertainment. It is named after a local comic book superheroine of the 1940s.

It specialises mainly in the field of child-friendly TV shows and movies. Some of them are:

Programming

• 6teen (with Fresh TV and Cartoon Network Studios)
• The Adventures of Tintin
• Anatole
• Babar
• The Backyardigans (with Guru Studio and Nickelodeon Productions)
• Beetlejuice (with Warrner Bros. Animation)
• Braceface
• The Buzz on Maggie (with Bardel Entertainment, Future Thought Productions and Walt Disney Television Animation)
• Care Bears (also produced in 1985 by DIC)
• Clone High
• Cyberchase
• Deko Boko Friends
• The Fairly OddParents (outside of the USA)
• Franklin (with LuxAnimation, Alphanim, Funbag Animation Studios and Nick Jr. Productions)
• Little Bear (with Hong Ying Animation, Funbag Animation Studios and Nick Jr. Productions)
• The Magic School Bus (with TVOntario, Scholastic, Bardel Entertainment and PBS Kids)
• Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (with Mercury Filmworks, Teletoon Productions and Nick Jr. Productions)
• Max & Ruby (with 9 Story Entertainment, Treehouse Original, Silver Lining Productions and Nickelodeon Productions)
• My Dad the Rock Star
• The Oz Kids
• Pelswick
• Pippi Longstocking
• Redwall
• Rupert
• Strawberry Shortcake (also made by DIC)
• The ZhuZhus

Other websites

• Official website