Toonbox

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Toonbox
FoundedMay 5, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-05-05) (Moscow, Russia)
Headquarters
Key people
  • Pavel Muntyan (CEO)
  • Vladimir Ponomarev (CCO)
Websitewww.toonbox.studio

Toonbox is a Russian animation studio founded in Russia. It is currently based in Cyprus.

History[change | change source]

The studio was founded in 2008, by Pavel Muntyan (CEO) and Vladimir Ponomarev (CCO).

Animated Shows[change | change source]

Production year Title Episodes Seasons Director Scriptwriter
2008-2009 The Real Adventures of Belka and Strelka 6 1 Владимир Пономарёв Comedy Club
2009-2012 Russian Short Fairy-Tales 36 2 Andrey Bakhurin Andrey Bakhurin, Valentin Vinogradov, Inga Kirkizh
2009-2019 Mr. Freeman 32 2 Vladimir Ponomarev Pavel Muntyan, Anatoly Dobrozhan, Vadim Demchog, Ivan Trofimov
2010 The Bump 3 1 Arthur Merkulov Anatoly Dobrozhan
2012-2018 Qumi-Qumi 15 1 Владимир Пономарёв Владимир Пономарёв, Павел Мунтян, Станислав Михайлов, Артур Меркулов, Дмитрий Горбунов, Алексей Минченок, Владимир Афанасьев, Алексей Котёночкин, Олег Ужинов, Наталья Румянцева
2017 Qumi-Qumi 360 VR 4 1 Vladimir Ponomarev Vladimir Ponomarev, Pavel Muntyan
2010-2013 Shaman's Quest (1st season) 12 1 Arthur Merkulov Arthur Merkulov
2011-2012 The Fixies (partly in 2D) 7 1 Vladimir Ponomarev Aeroplan studio
2011-2014 Om Nom Stories 28 3 Arthur Merkulov, Dmitry Gorbunov Stanislav Mikhailv[1] Mike de Seve,[2] Jymn Magon,[3] Susan Kim,[4] Anne D. Bernstein [5]
since 2020 Bobby and the Bubble Bunch TBA TBA Vladimir Ponomarev Michael Mennies [1]

Animated short films[change | change source]

  • The Hero as the Rock, 2010, directed by Alexandr Svirsky
  • Word and Words, 2010, directed by Alexandr Svirsky
  • The Magic Pot, 2010, directed by Andrey Bahurin
  • Onotole, 2010, directed by Dmitry Gorbunov, Artur Merkulov
  • Chepurnas, 2012, directed by Alexandr Svirsky

Awards[change | change source]

  • Vinnician Festival, 2008, for the animated movie The Real Adventures of Belka and Strelka [6]
  • Russian Flash Awards', 2009, for the animated movie Three Acrobat Brothers (Best Animation) [7]
  • Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, 2010, for the animated movie The History Could Have Gone Differently (Best Applied Animation) [8]
  • On April 15, 2010 Mr. Freeman was awarded as the best video blog at the international Weblog competition The Best of Blogs in Berlin[9]
  • VI Multimatograph, 2010, for the series Shaman’s Quest (Grand Prix of the festival) [10]
  • Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, 2012, for the animated movie The Berry Pie (Best Kids’ Movie) [11]
  • X Moscow Festival of Native Movies, 2012, for the movie The Berry Pie (Audience Award) [12]
  • XXIV Animation Festival in Suzdal, 2019, for Qumi-Qumi series in an updated format (2D and 3D)

Other websites[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Michael Mennies".
  2. "Mike de Seve".
  3. "Jymn Magon".
  4. "Susan Kim".
  5. "Anne D. Bernstein".
  6. "IІ Между Народный ВИННИЦианский фестиваль комедийного и пародийного кино. - Ха-Ха-Ха".
  7. Team, RFA. "RFA Crisis: Russian Flash Awards".
  8. "Открытый Российский фестиваль анимационного кино - Архив - Архивный фестиваль - Итоги". Archived from the original on 2016-04-11.
  9. "В число лучших блогов в мире вошли три русскоязычных дневника".
  10. "Мультиматограф VI: Победители и призы".
  11. "Открытый Российский фестиваль анимационного кино - Архив - Архивный фестиваль - Итоги". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  12. "Московская премьера". 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)