Atomic Cartoons, Inc. is a Canadian

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founded in 1999 by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller, and former

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employee Rob Davies. Based in

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, it produces service animation for a wide variety of clients, as well as creating its own properties. Since 2015, the company has been owned by Thunderbird Entertainment.

History

The studio was founded in March 1999 by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller, and Rob Davies. Sent back to

, after losing his job at

following the cancellation of ''

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'', Davies received a phone call from

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's Jae Moh to help produce . Together with Miller, Bentley, and Casalese, the four launched Atomic Cartoons to assist in creating the series. Between 2004 and 2008, the company produced ''

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'' for

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in association with

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and Tele Images Kids. Atomic's first fully original creation, the show's titular heroine served as the studio's mascot for a number of years. In 2010, Miller left to launch his own studio. The following year, Jennifer McCarron was appointed head of production. On July 8, 2015, Atomic Cartoons was bought by Canadian production company Thunderbird Films. The three founders remain on board. McCarron was named president and

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in 2016. In December 2018, the company opened a second animation studio in

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. Its first project was the

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series '' The Last Kids on Earth''. In February 2020, Atomic Cartoons opened its third studio in

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Productions

Television series

Films and specials

Other * ''

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'' (2001; Layout) * ''Chub City'' (2014; scrapped project) * ''Five Alarm Funk 'Robot (2015, music video) * ''Vindicators 2'' (2022, 10 episodes, short spin-off of ''

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'') * ''The Mindful Adventures of Unicorn Island'' (2023, web series)

References

External links

* {{Animation industry in Canada Canadian companies established in 1999 Mass media companies established in 1999 Canadian animation studios 1999 establishments in British Columbia Companies based in Vancouver 2015 mergers and acquisitions Television production companies of Canada