Universal Animation Studios

Universal Animation Studios LLC

Logo used since 2006
Formerly	Universal Cartoon Studios (1990–2005)
Company type	Division
Industry	Animation
Predecessor	Studio: Walter Lantz Productions Library: Sullivan Bluth Studios Amblimation
Founded	1990; 35 years ago (1990)[1]
Headquarters	111 Universal Hollywood Drive, Universal City, California, U.S.[2][3] 1000 Flower Street, Glendale, California, U.S.[4]
Number of locations	2
Key people	Ellen Cockrill (SVP, Animation production)[5]
Products	Animated films Animated television shows
Parent	Universal 1440 Entertainment[6]

Universal Animation Studios LLC,^[7] formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios, is an American animation studio and a division of Universal 1440 Entertainment, an home entertainment division of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, which in turn owned by NBCUniversal, the entertainment division of Comcast. It has produced direct-to-video sequels to Universal-released feature films, such as The Land Before Time (1988), An American Tail (1986), Balto (1995), and Curious George (2006), as well as other films and television series.

The actual animation production is done overseas, usually by foreign animation studios such as AKOM, Wang Film Productions and Rough Draft Studios, while pre-production and post-production is United States–based. The television animation divisions of Universal and DreamWorks merged on August 23, 2016, after Universal completed its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, who began producing a majority of Universal Pictures' family-friendly TV shows.^[8] The studio is one of Comcast's three animation studios, alongside the aforementioned DreamWorks and Illumination.