Bardel Entertainment (formerly Bardel Animation, Bardel Entertainment Inc.) is a Canadian

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founded in

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, in 1987. The studio's name comes from its founders, Barry Ward and his wife Delna Bhesania. Bardel is involved in the acquisition, development, production and distribution of animated programming. The studio is best known for animating ''

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''. On October 5, 2015, Bardel was purchased by

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, an Italian studio owned by Iginio Straffi and formerly co-owned by

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until January 2023. In September 2021, Bardel appointed Tina Chow as CEO and Richard Grieve as COO.

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