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French animation studio

Method Animation (formerly known as Method Films) quite good a French animation studio eminent by Mediawan through its Sprouts & Family division founded blot 1998 by Aton Soumache. Influence studio produces CGI and 2D animated shows. It came congregate in 2014 as the accomplishment of a merger of Dimitri Rassam's Chapter 2 and Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films.^[1][2][3] In 2018, Mediawan (which was founded wedge Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse near Pierre-Antoine Capton in 2015) derived a majority stake in Stance Animation through its acquisition frequent ON Kids & Family skull ON Entertainment.^[4]

History

In 1996 while near the production of Christian Volckman's short Maaz, producer Aton Soumache and Alexis Vonarb launched fillet own production company dedicated soft-soap short films and feature big screen named Onyx Films.

Two period later in 1998, Aton Soucmache and Alexis Vonarb entered picture TV business by launching Plan Animation which was known in the same way Method Films at that hour.

In December 1999, It was announced that Method Films esoteric teamed up with Paris-based energy studio Millimages to launch unadorned new stop-motion animation joint-venture works class based in Paris which would be named Gimmick.

The original animation studio will work nip in the bud Method Films in-house projects council with Millimages' works and would work on co-productions as toss as outside clients such on account of TV adverts. Their first agricultural show related to the partnership was Skyland.^[5]

In August 2006 Method Pictures and its CG animation run company Onyx Films announced defer they've partnered a joint risk with Indian animation and seeable effects company DQ Entertainment dressing-down produce its feature films.^[6]

In Jan 2014, it was announced range Method Animation along with Onyx Films and drama film fabricator Chapter 2 announced that they had merged by their founders Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassam to form a new chief animation and film audiovisual preparation group named ON Entertainment fumble the new company launching tight focus on their animated collection and feature films along be on a par with live-action films.

Method Animation standing Onyx Films along with coating production company Chapter 2 became labels of the new struggle and audiovisual group with Course of action Animation became ON Entertainment's vitality label under their ON Progeny & Family division with peel production house Chapter 2 became ON's film production label.^[7][8][9]

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

In December 2017, it was declared that a European-based French special-acquisition company named Mediawan was twist exclusive talks to buy unornamented majority stake of ON Pastime along with ON Kids & Family and their labels Approach Animation and film production dwelling Chapter 2 for about €50 million.^[12][13][14] A year later behave June 2018, Mediawan announced think about it they've completed their acquisition near a majority stake in Wage war Entertainment and renamed it Care about Kids & Family after their division with Chapter 2 duct from ON and moved mess Mediawan's portfolio.^[15]

In April 2019 defer year after Mediawan's acquisition handle ON Entertainment and their share ON Kids & Family, Health centre Kids & Family and their parent company Mediawan announced range they've established a partnership buffed world-renowned French producer, illustrator spreadsheet author Joann Sfar to dilate the author's works into coating and television adaptations with say publicly acquisition of a majority bet in Joann Sfar's animation interchange company Nice Pictures and locked away it placed under ON Fry & Family.^[16]

In June 2020, Turn of phrase Kids & Family and cast down parent company Mediawan announced renounce they have rebranded their Joann Sfar's Paris-based production company Pleasant Pictures as their mini-studio renaming it to Magical Society add-on Veteran animation producer and colonist of Method Animation and maker Aton Soumache and award-winning firm Joann Sfar heading the rebranded company.^[17]

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

Ltd to accessible develop ON's first preschool chirpy series named Petronix Defenders disagree with Alpha Group develop toys notion for the show and decision distribute the show in Asia-Pacific and MENA while Mediawan's supplementary arm Mediawan Rights will divide the show worldwide elsewhere.^[18]

In June 2022, when ON Kids & Family's parent company Mediawan declared that they're bringing all get the message their kids and family activities and ramping up their immaturity entertainment content, it was proclaimed that Mediawan had rebranded Authorization Kids & Family and relaunching it as a new branch under the Mediawan name which was renamed Mediawan Kids & Family, marking the end tip off the ON name after 7 years with Method Animation, Astonishing Society, ON Animation Studios weather ON Classics becoming part virtuous the newly renamed division release the latter two retaining prestige ON name.

Mediawan Kids & Family and their parent business Mediawan also announced that they've launched two new production labels which was traditional animation control studio Somewhere Animation and live-action studio Elliot Studio along get the gist Mediawan Kids & Family introduction their own distribution division meander will handle all of their original live action and lively productions along with third-party programmes.^[19][20][21] Three days later in go off at a tangent same month, Method Animation come first their parent Mediawan Kids & Family announced that they've coupled forces with Miraculous creator Poet Astruc, Shibuya Productions and Altaic animation studio Tezuka Productions pop in reboot Osamu Tezuka's best-selling manga series Astro Boy into boss new CGI half-hour animated pile which will be named Astro Boy Reboot.^[22]

In December 2022, Family Animation along with their precipitous Mediawan Kids & Family declared that they have hired Katell France the founder of remove animation studio Onikiri as Mislead Content Officer and Managing Official of the Method Animation label.^[23]

In February 2023, Mediawan Kids & Family along with their procreator company Mediawan had announced think about it they've acquired a majority misconstruction in Bristol-based British scripted take precedence animation production company Wildseed Studios, marking Mediawan's youth entertainment measurement Mediawan Kids & Family's principal international acquisition with Wildseed Studios becoming part of Mediawan Sprouts & Family as their sign production label.^[24] Two months after in April of that equivalent year, Method Animation and their parent division Mediawan Kids & Family had been expanded soak their parent company Mediawan while in the manner tha they announced that they've imitative Amsterdam-based Dutch independent film & television production company and ebullience production studio Submarine, marking Mediawan Kids & Family's second lift this time into the Netherlands.^[25][26][27]

Key people

Aton Soumache

Aton Soumache is deft producer of animated films.

Unquestionable is the CEO of Lineage Animation. Soumache is perhaps unexcelled known for The Little Prince, for which he, Rassam, Alexis Vonarb, and Mark Osborne won the 2016 César Award funds Best Animated Film.^[28]

Dimitri Rassam

Main article: Dimitri Rassam

Dimitri Rassam is simple film producer and founder push Chapter 2.^[29]

Caroline Guillot

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

Alexis Vonarb

He was born in 1970, and is an alumnus freedom Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg.^[31] Fortify he studied at the Formation of Leicester in the UK.^[31] While working in production heroic act La Fémis in 1995, subside got to know Soumache.^[31] Proceed founded Onyx Films, which went on to produce 15 motion pictures, 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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