Renegade Animation is an American

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located in

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, which currently specializes in

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and Toon Boom animation. It was founded by

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and

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animator and director Darrell Van Citters and his business partner Ashley Postlewaite in July 1992 in

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. The studio previously produced '' Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'' and '' The Mr. Men Show'' for

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, and '' The Tom and Jerry Show'', ''

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'', and '' Tom and Jerry in New York'' for Warner Bros. Animation.

History

Renegade Animation initially produced several commercials and animated short films, beginning with the second "Hare Jordan" spot for Nike, which featured Bugs Bunny as his own alter-ego and Michael Jordan as Air Jordan, as well as numerous spots for

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and Kellogg's, among others. In the mid-1990s, they moved into internet cartoons, and produced

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's '' Elmo Aardvark: Outer Space Detective''. They have since branched out into

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, and are perhaps most well known as the producers of cartoon series '' Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'', '' The Mr. Men Show'' and '' The Tom and Jerry Show'', a series featuring

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. They also co-produced the

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/ Traditionally-animated telefilm '' Re-Animated'' with Appleday Pictures. Renegade also produced the 2007 direct-to-video Christmas film '' Christmas Is Here Again'' based on a story by Robert Zappia, although it since aired in syndication and on

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Filmography

Films

Television

Interactive projects

* '' Gargoyles'' (animation; 1995) * '' Spider-Man Cartoon Maker'' (1995) * '' X-Men Cartoon Maker'' (1996) * ''Someone's in the Kitchen!'' (1996) * '' 101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor'' (animation; 1997) * Microsoft Office 2000 (Links assistant; 1999)

Short films

* ''Captain Sturdy: "Back in Action!"'' (

pilot; 2001) * ''Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'' (unaired pilot) (2002) * ''Captain Sturdy: "The Originals"'' (

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pilot; 2003) * '' A Dairy Tale'' (animation) (2004) * ''

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'' (animation) (2004) * '' Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years'' (animation) (2005) * '' This Pretty Planet'' (2005) * ''Animate This!'' (animation for 4 episodes;

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series; 2006) * ''The Interplanetary Pistons'' (season 2) (2006) * ''

Sausage Party ''Sausage Party'' is a 2016 adult animated comedy film directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan (in his feature length directorial debut), written by Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and based on a story by Rogen, Go ...

'' (2007) * ''Funny Face'' (short series) (2009) * '' Book of Dragons'' (2D animation) (2011) * ABCmouse.com (various digital shorts) * ''Hardboiled Eggheads'' (

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pilot; 2014) * '' DC Super Hero Girls'' (webseries; season 5) (2018) * ''The JoJo and BowBow Show Show'' (

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webseries; 2018) * '' SCADstory'' (animation; 2019)

Commercials

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(1993) *

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(1993–1994) * Trix Cereal (1993) *

Atari Jaguar The Atari Jaguar is a home video game console developed by Atari Corporation and released in North America in November 1993. It is in the fifth generation of video game consoles, and it competed with Fourth generation of video game consoles, fo ...

(1993) *

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(1993) * Pebbles (1994–1995) * Colgate (1994) *

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(1995) *

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(1995) *

Virginia Lottery The Virginia Lottery is an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was created in 1987 when Virginians voted in a statewide referendum in favor of a state lottery. The first ticket was sold on September 20, 1988. All profits from ...

(1995) *

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(1995) *

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(1995) * Scrubbing Bubbles (1995) *

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(1996) * Kraft Foods Inc. (1996) * Barq's (1996) *

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(1996–1997) * Honey Smacks (1996–1997) *

(1997–2000) * Trix Yogurt (1997–1999) * California Prune Board (1997) *

(1997–1998, 2002) *

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(1998) *

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(1998) * Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce (1998) * SpaghettiOs (1998) * Vlasic Pickles (1999) * Village Pantry (1999) * BulkRegister (2000) * Cheese Nips (2001) *

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(2001) *

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(2001) *

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(2002) * Cocoa Puffs (2004–2005) *

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(2006) * Prego (2007) *

GEICO The Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO ) is an American vehicle insurance company headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. In addition to auto insurance, GEICO provides motorcycle, ATV, RV, boat, snowmobile, travel, pet, event, hom ...

(2011) *

Wienerschnitzel Wienerschnitzel is an American fast food chain that specializes in hot dogs and other food products. The brand was founded in 1961 by former Taco Bell employee John Galardi and originally named Der Wienerschnitzel. Despite the name, the company ...

(2014) * KITH NYC (2020) *

Etihad Airways Etihad Airways is one of the two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates (the other being Emirates). Its head office is in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, near Zayed International Airport. The airline commenced operations in November 2003, and ...

(2022)

References

External links

Official website
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