Netflix Animation is an American

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and a subsidiary of

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a ...

. The studio primarily produces and develops animated programs and feature films.

History

When Netflix began to produce original animated content in 2013, all of them were produced by third-party companies, mostly

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. However, in November 2018, it was announced that Netflix was developing original animated projects in-house including ''

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'' and ''

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''. In April 2022, Phil Rynda was laid off from the studio, after a series of corporate struggles and strategic shifts within Netflix, with several projects being canceled as a result. Several people at the studio have left in favor of working at

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, and

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, among other studios. Head of adult animation Mike Moon would later depart to start Moonlight under Illumination. Upon the company's intent of acquiring Australian animation/visual effects studio

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in July 2022, Melissa Cobb stepped down as vice president of film animation whilst still on board as producer with Karen Toliver as her replacement. In September 2022, Netflix Animation laid off 30 employees in a part of restructuring plan.

Filmography

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Miniseries

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Shorts

Canceled projects

References

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