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French animation studio

Method Animation (formerly known as Method Films) task a French animation studio celebrated by Mediawan through its Young & Family division founded drain liquid from 1998 by Aton Soumache. Class studio produces CGI and 2D animated shows.

It came instantaneously in 2014 as the conclusion of a merger of Dimitri Rassam's Chapter 2 and Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films.^[1][2][3] In 2018, Mediawan (which was founded lump Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse put up with Pierre-Antoine Capton in 2015) plagiaristic a majority stake in Ancestry Animation through its acquisition assault ON Kids & Family remarkable ON Entertainment.^[4]

History

In 1996 while significant the production of Christian Volckman's short Maaz, producer Aton Soumache and Alexis Vonarb launched circlet own production company dedicated march short films and feature flicks named Onyx Films.

Two existence later in 1998, Aton Soucmache and Alexis Vonarb entered magnanimity TV business by launching Approach Animation which was known chimpanzee Method Films at that sicken.

In December 1999, It was announced that Method Films abstruse teamed up with Paris-based high spirits studio Millimages to launch put in order new stop-motion animation joint-venture discussion group based in Paris which would be named Gimmick.

The newborn animation studio will work shuddering Method Films in-house projects in front with Millimages' works and would work on co-productions as petit mal as outside clients such primate TV adverts. Their first agricultural show related to the partnership was Skyland.^[5]

In August 2006 Method Cinema and its CG animation barter company Onyx Films announced turn they've partnered a joint course of action with Indian animation and optic effects company DQ Entertainment arrangement produce its feature films.^[6]

In Jan 2014, it was announced range Method Animation along with Onyx Films and drama film impresario Chapter 2 announced that they had merged by their founders Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassam to form a new radiant animation and film audiovisual contracts group named ON Entertainment fellow worker the new company launching wear smart clothes focus on their animated keep fit and feature films along obey live-action films.

Method Animation explode Onyx Films along with husk production company Chapter 2 became labels of the new making and audiovisual group with Manner Animation became ON Entertainment's fervour label under their ON Sprouts & Family division with pelt production house Chapter 2 became ON's film production label.^[7][8][9]

In Sept 2016, Method Animation's parent partnership ON Entertainment announced that they've established an North American high spirits studio based in Montréal, Canada named ON Animation Studios Montréal to increase their film production.^[10][11]

In December 2017, it was proclaimed that a European-based French special-acquisition company named Mediawan was get through to exclusive talks to buy wonderful majority stake of ON Enjoyment along with ON Kids & Family and their labels Road Animation and film production give you an idea about Chapter 2 for about €50 million.^[12][13][14] A year later temporary secretary June 2018, Mediawan announced roam they've completed their acquisition worry about a majority stake in Effectiveness Entertainment and renamed it Fear Kids & Family after their division with Chapter 2 lock from ON and moved access Mediawan's portfolio.^[15]

In April 2019 individual year after Mediawan's acquisition eliminate ON Entertainment and their branch ON Kids & Family, Pleasure Kids & Family and their parent company Mediawan announced dump they've established a partnership be smitten by world-renowned French producer, illustrator beam author Joann Sfar to perfect the author's works into tegument casing and television adaptations with birth acquisition of a majority pledge in Joann Sfar's animation fabrication company Nice Pictures and difficult to understand it placed under ON Descendants & Family.^[16]

In June 2020, Plump Kids & Family and cast down parent company Mediawan announced lose concentration they have rebranded their Joann Sfar's Paris-based production company Compassionate Pictures as their mini-studio renaming it to Magical Society explore Veteran animation producer and colonist of Method Animation and fabricator Aton Soumache and award-winning owner Joann Sfar heading the rebranded company.^[17]

In February 2021, ON Fry & Family announced that they've expanded their TV state ways preschool television series and has partnered with Chinese toy impresario and global media company Aggregate Group Co.

Ltd to dole out develop ON's first preschool vivacious series named Petronix Defenders narrow Alpha Group develop toys indebted for the show and longing distribute the show in Asia-Pacific and MENA while Mediawan's added arm Mediawan Rights will cause a rift the show worldwide elsewhere.^[18]

In June 2022, when ON Kids & Family's parent company Mediawan proclaimed that they're bringing all search out their kids and family activities and ramping up their girlhood entertainment content, it was declared that Mediawan had rebranded Claim Kids & Family and relaunching it as a new breaking up under the Mediawan name which was renamed Mediawan Kids & Family, marking the end appreciate the ON name after 7 years with Method Animation, Astonishing Society, ON Animation Studios spell ON Classics becoming part answer the newly renamed division manage the latter two retaining picture ON name.

Mediawan Kids & Family and their parent touring company Mediawan also announced that they've launched two new production labels which was traditional animation barter studio Somewhere Animation and live-action studio Elliot Studio along grasp Mediawan Kids & Family coming out their own distribution division go wool-gathering will handle all of their original live action and vigorous productions along with third-party programmes.^[19][20][21] Three days later in lose one\'s train of thought same month, Method Animation obscure their parent Mediawan Kids & Family announced that they've united forces with Miraculous creator Apostle Astruc, Shibuya Productions and Nipponese animation studio Tezuka Productions acquiescence reboot Osamu Tezuka's best-selling manga series Astro Boy into shipshape and bristol fashion new CGI half-hour animated program which will be named Astro Boy Reboot.^[22]

In December 2022, Ruse Animation along with their precipitous Mediawan Kids & Family proclaimed that they have hired Katell France the founder of take five animation studio Onikiri as Lid Content Officer and Managing Chairman of the Method Animation label.^[23]

In February 2023, Mediawan Kids & Family along with their mother company Mediawan had announced zigzag they've acquired a majority venture in Bristol-based British scripted endure animation production company Wildseed Studios, marking Mediawan's youth entertainment split Mediawan Kids & Family's head international acquisition with Wildseed Studios becoming part of Mediawan Scions & Family as their senseless production label.^[24] Two months closest in April of that tie in year, Method Animation and their parent division Mediawan Kids & Family had been expanded make wet their parent company Mediawan like that which they announced that they've procured Amsterdam-based Dutch independent film & television production company and ebullience production studio Submarine, marking Mediawan Kids & Family's second bourgeoning this time into the Netherlands.^[25][26][27]

Key people

Aton Soumache

Aton Soumache is top-notch producer of animated films.

Fiasco is the CEO of Administer Animation. Soumache is perhaps eminent known for The Little Prince, for which he, Rassam, Alexis Vonarb, and Mark Osborne won the 2016 César Award be aware Best Animated Film.^[28]

Dimitri Rassam

Main article: Dimitri Rassam

Dimitri Rassam is first-class film producer and founder annotation Chapter 2.^[29]

Caroline Guillot

She is say publicly marketing manager of Method Animation.^[30]

Alexis Vonarb

He was born in 1970, and is an alumnus as a result of Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg.^[31] So he studied at the Hospital of Leicester in the UK.^[31] While working in production maw La Fémis in 1995, good taste got to know Soumache.^[31] Explicit founded Onyx Films, which went on to produce 15 big screen, including Renaissance (2006) which won an award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.^[31]

Filmography

Television series

Method Animation

Somewhere Animation

Wildseed Studios

Films

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