Universal Animation Studios

Universal Animation Studios LLC

Formerly	Universal Cartoon Studios (1990–2005)
Company type	Division
Industry	Animation
Predecessor	Walter Lantz Productions
Founded	1990; 34 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
Products	Animated films Animated television shows
Owner	Comcast
Parent	Universal Pictures

Universal Animation Studios LLC^[5] (formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios) is an American animation studio and a division of Universal Pictures, which is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast. It has produced direct-to-video sequels to Universal-released feature films, such as The Land Before Time, An American Tail, Balto, and Curious George, as well as other films and television series.

The actual animation production is done overseas, usually by foreign animation studios like 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.^[6]