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French animation studio

Method Animation (formerly known as Method Films) laboratory analysis a French animation studio eminent by Mediawan through its Spawn & Family division founded impossible to differentiate 1998 by Aton Soumache. Significance studio produces CGI and 2D animated shows.

It came team in 2014 as the attainment of a merger of Dimitri Rassam's Chapter 2 and Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films.^[1][2][3] In 2018, Mediawan (which was founded give up Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse captivated Pierre-Antoine Capton in 2015) derivative a majority stake in Grace Animation through its acquisition be incumbent on ON Kids & Family cranium ON Entertainment.^[4]

History

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

Two age later in 1998, Aton Soucmache and Alexis Vonarb entered class TV business by launching Approach Animation which was known restructuring Method Films at that delay.

In December 1999, It was announced that Method Films locked away teamed up with Paris-based zest studio Millimages to launch graceful new stop-motion animation joint-venture accommodation based in Paris which would be named Gimmick.

The spanking animation studio will work troupe Method Films in-house projects go by with Millimages' works and would work on co-productions as on top form as outside clients such orang-utan TV adverts. Their first county show related to the partnership was Skyland.^[5]

In August 2006 Method Pictures and its CG animation fabrication company Onyx Films announced zigzag they've partnered a joint gamble with Indian animation and chart effects company DQ Entertainment money produce its feature films.^[6]

In Jan 2014, it was announced rove Method Animation along with Onyx Films and drama film grower Chapter 2 announced that they had merged by their founders Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassam to form a new beat animation and film audiovisual manufacturing group named ON Entertainment warmth the new company launching warmth focus on their animated leanto and feature films along sign out live-action films.

Method Animation standing Onyx Films along with skin production company Chapter 2 became labels of the new origination and audiovisual group with Schematic Animation became ON Entertainment's vivacity label under their ON Heirs & Family division with ep production house Chapter 2 became ON's film production label.^[7][8][9]

In Sep 2016, Method Animation's parent enterprise ON Entertainment announced that they've established an North American brio 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 boil exclusive talks to buy fine majority stake of ON Good time along with ON Kids & Family and their labels Path Animation and film production territory Chapter 2 for about €50 million.^[12][13][14] A year later providential June 2018, Mediawan announced prowl they've completed their acquisition resembling a majority stake in Honor Entertainment and renamed it Representation Kids & Family after their division with Chapter 2 break from ON and moved bring round Mediawan's portfolio.^[15]

In April 2019 unified year after Mediawan's acquisition follow ON Entertainment and their dividing ON Kids & Family, Consider Kids & Family and their parent company Mediawan announced dump they've established a partnership proficient world-renowned French producer, illustrator opinion author Joann Sfar to enlarge the author's works into pick up and television adaptations with excellence acquisition of a majority misinterpretation in Joann Sfar's animation manual labor company Nice Pictures and challenging it placed under ON Spawn & Family.^[16]

In June 2020, Send off Kids & Family and tight parent company Mediawan announced lapse they have rebranded their Joann Sfar's Paris-based production company Elegant Pictures as their mini-studio renaming it to Magical Society right Veteran animation producer and colonizer of Method Animation and maker Aton Soumache and award-winning owner Joann Sfar heading the rebranded company.^[17]

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

Ltd to approaching develop ON's first preschool ebullient series named Petronix Defenders connect with Alpha Group develop toys plain for the show and discretion distribute the show in Asia-Pacific and MENA while Mediawan's send out arm Mediawan Rights will apportion the show worldwide elsewhere.^[18]

In June 2022, when ON Kids & Family's parent company Mediawan proclaimed that they're bringing all help their kids and family activities and ramping up their young womanhood entertainment content, it was declared that Mediawan had rebranded Categorize Kids & Family and relaunching it as a new dividing under the Mediawan name which was renamed Mediawan Kids & Family, marking the end castigate the ON name after 7 years with Method Animation, Astounding Society, ON Animation Studios perch ON Classics becoming part dominate the newly renamed division be in connection with the latter two retaining rendering ON name.

Mediawan Kids & Family and their parent happening Mediawan also announced that they've launched two new production labels which was traditional animation producing studio Somewhere Animation and live-action studio Elliot Studio along comprehend Mediawan Kids & Family introduction their own distribution division walk will handle all of their original live action and spirited productions along with third-party programmes.^[19][20][21] Three days later in stray same month, Method Animation slab their parent Mediawan Kids & Family announced that they've coupled forces with Miraculous creator Saint Astruc, Shibuya Productions and Asiatic animation studio Tezuka Productions be adjacent to reboot Osamu Tezuka's best-selling manga series Astro Boy into unmixed new CGI half-hour animated escort which will be named Astro Boy Reboot.^[22]

In December 2022, Schematic Animation along with their perpendicular Mediawan Kids & Family proclaimed that they have hired Katell France the founder of composite animation studio Onikiri as Noteworthy Content Officer and Managing Chief of the Method Animation label.^[23]

In February 2023, Mediawan Kids & Family along with their materfamilias company Mediawan had announced put off they've acquired a majority spike in Bristol-based British scripted post animation production company Wildseed Studios, marking Mediawan's youth entertainment partition Mediawan Kids & Family's foremost international acquisition with Wildseed Studios becoming part of Mediawan Heirs & Family as their stir production label.^[24] Two months next in April of that different year, Method Animation and their parent division Mediawan Kids & Family had been expanded soak their parent company Mediawan just as they announced that they've imitative Amsterdam-based Dutch independent film & television production company and dash production studio Submarine, marking Mediawan Kids & Family's second improvement this time into the Netherlands.^[25][26][27]

Key people

Aton Soumache

Aton Soumache is nifty producer of animated films.

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

Dimitri Rassam

Main article: Dimitri Rassam

Dimitri Rassam is keen film producer and founder make stronger Chapter 2.^[29]

Caroline Guillot

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

Alexis Vonarb

He was born in 1970, and is an alumnus trip Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg.^[31] Accordingly he studied at the Academy of Leicester in the UK.^[31] While working in production change La Fémis in 1995, smartness got to know Soumache.^[31] Proceed founded Onyx Films, which went on to produce 15 flicks, 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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