Creator / Universal Animation Studios

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Universal Animation Studios, formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios, is an American animation studio that is a subsidiary of Comcast's NBCUniversal and a division of Universal. Created in the early 1990s, UCS/UAS primarily created movies and series based on other Universal properties (most notoriously those of Don Bluth and/or Amblimation), though it also created original properties and projects based on external licenses. On August 22, 2016, the television animation divisions of Universal and DreamWorks merged after NBCU completed its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation. With the merger, UAS now mostly exists In Name Only for properties not under the Illumination Entertainment or DreamWorks banners.

Animated series produced by Universal Cartoon/Animation Studios (including some projects inherited from other companies):

• A Wish for Wings that Work (Christmas special based on Bloom County/Outland characters)
• Back to the Future: The Animated Series (co-production with Amblin Television)
• Beethoven: The Animated Series
• Bionic Six (distribution only {as MCA TV, before UCS was founded}, with TMS Entertainment)
• Curious George (TV Series, 2006)
• Earthworm Jim
• Exo Squad
• Fievel's American Tails (co-production with Nelvana and Amblin Television)
• God, the Devil and Bob (an NBC production, co-produced with and owned by Carsey Werner)
• Maisy (inherited from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment)
• Monster Force (1994)
• The Mummy: The Animated Series (co-produced with Studios USA, at the time the former Universal Television)
• Problem Child
• Sitting Ducks (with The Krislin Company, Creative Capers Entertainment, and Sitting Ducks Productions)
• The Savage Dragon 1995
• The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper^note Characters licensed from Harvey Comics, which Universal had a minority stake of at the time. Coincidentally, Universal would gain full rights to the character when it acquired DreamWorks Animation, who owned Classic Media, owner of the Harvey Comics properties. (Co-production with Amblin Television)
• Toad Patrol (as Universal Pictures International, season 1 only)
• Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad
• Wing Commander Academy
• Woody Woodpecker (original theatrical cartoons, 1941-1972; later produced revival series on Fox Kids from 1999-02)

Films produced by Universal Cartoon/Animation Studios:

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein
• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman
• An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
  • An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
• The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
• Balto II: Wolf Quest
  • Balto III: Wings of Change
• Curious George (2006) (including sequels)
• The Land Before Time (all sequels and TV series)
  • The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
  • The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
  • The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
  • The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
  • The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
  • The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
  • The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
  • The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water
  • The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
  • The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
  • The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
  • The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
  • The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave
• The Little Engine That Could (2011)