Ellipsanime (formerly known as Le Studio Ellipse, Ellipse Programme and Ellipse Animation) is a French animation studio that produces

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s. It was founded in 1987. In February 2000 it merged with Expand SA; Expand sold the company to

Dargaud Société Dargaud, doing business as Les Éditions Dargaud, is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series, headquartered in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1936 by Georges Dargaud (), publishing its first comics in 1943. H ...

in 2003, and it became Ellipsanime in 2004. In 2014, Ellipsanime bought the assets of Moonscoop SA. Ellipse has worked with many other animation companies, with one good example being the Canadian animation firm Nelvana Limited. Their early collaboration goes back to the television animated adaptation of the My Pet Monster franchise in 1987. The first official collaboration was in 1989 following the release of Nelvana and Ellipse's co-production, the Babar Movie in 1989. They then worked on the Babar animated series, revival from 2000. In 1991, Ellipse produced

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's first original animated series, and produced in association with

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and

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. Nelvana has since co-produced on Ellipse's series from 1991 to 1996. Such examples Nelvana-Ellipse shows from the company would be, Babar,

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and Blazing Dragons. Ellipse (now Ellipsanime) is now a property of Dargaud, Inc. On the occasion of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2022, the Media-Participations group announces the creation of an umbrella brand Ellipse Animation which brings together its production labels in France Ellipsanime Productions, Dargaud Media and Dupuis Edition & Audiovisual.

Films, TV shows, and specials

* ''Akissi'' * ''Aliens Love Underpants'' * ''Alta Donna'' * '' Babar'' (co-production with

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and Kodansha, revival only) * '' Babar: The Movie'' (co-production with

) * '' Blake and Mortimer'' * '' Blazing Dragons'' (co-production with

) * ''Chicken Town'' * '' Chumballs'' (co-production with Les Films de la Perrine and Araneo Belgium) * ''Contraptus ( fr)'' (a.k.a. ''Leonard'') * '' Cubitus'' (AKA: Wowser) * ''

'' (Seasons 2-4 only; co-production with

and

) * '' Fennec'' (co-production with

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3 and Cactus Animation) * '' Garfield Originals'' * '' Harry & Bunnie'' * '' Kong: The Animated Series'' (co-production with BKN International and M6) * '' Miss BG'' (co-production with Telefilm Canada) * '' My Pet Monster'' (co-production with

) * '' Nick & Perry'' (co-production with M6, TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion, Junior, and

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) * ''

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'' (co-production with

and YTV, seasons 1–3 only) * ''

Sonic Underground ''Sonic Underground'' (French: ''Sonic Le Rebelle'') is an animated television series co-produced by DIC Productions, L.P., Les Studios Tex S.A.R.L. and TF1. It is the third ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' animated series, and the last to be produced by ...

'' (animation, credited as Le Studio Ellipse)'' * ''Sullivan'' (a.k.a. ''Clorophylle'') * ''

Taratabong ''Taratabong: The World of the Meloditties'' (original Italian: ''Taratabong! Il Mondo dei Musicilli'') is a cartoon produced and directed by Italian studio Toposodo, based on an idea by Marco Bigliazzi and Fabrizio Bondi, and distributed worldwide ...

'' * ''

'' (co-production with

) * ''The Funny Little Bugs'' (a.k.a. ''Les Droles de Petites B-tes''; a.k.a. ''Funny Little Bugs'') * ''

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'' * ''

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'' (co-production with DQ Entertainment International and ZDF Enterprises, season 3 only) * '' The Magic Roundabout'' (a.k.a. '' Le Manege Enchante'') * '' The Neverending Story'' (co-production with CineVox and

) * ''Yummy Toonies'' (a.k.a. ''Petit Creux'') * ''Wonder Wai''

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