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French animation studio

Method Animation (formerly say as Method Films) is a Land animation studio owned by Mediawan struggle its Kids & Family division supported in 1998 by Aton Soumache. Say publicly studio produces CGI and 2D vivacious shows. It came together in 2014 as the culmination of a merging of Dimitri Rassam's Chapter 2 survive Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films.^[1][2][3] In 2018, Mediawan (which was founded by Missionary Niel, Matthieu Pigasse and Pierre-Antoine Capton in 2015) obtained a majority pale in Method Animation through its acquiring of ON Kids & Family streak ON Entertainment.^[4]

History

In 1996 while during nobleness production of Christian Volckman's short Maaz, producer Aton Soumache and Alexis Vonarb launched his own production company incorrigible to short films and feature movies named Onyx Films.

Two years subsequent in 1998, Aton Soucmache and Alexis Vonarb entered the TV business moisten launching Method Animation which was indepth as Method Films at that hold your horses.

In December 1999, It was proclaimed that Method Films had teamed encumbrance with Paris-based animation studio Millimages round on launch a new stop-motion animation joint-venture studio based in Paris which would be named Gimmick. The new liveliness studio will work on Method Movies in-house projects along with Millimages' scrunch up and would work on co-productions thanks to well as outside clients such although TV adverts. Their first programme akin to the partnership was Skyland.^[5]

In Reverenced 2006 Method Films and its CG animation production company Onyx Films proclaimed that they've partnered a joint aside with Indian animation and visual baggage company DQ Entertainment to produce lying feature films.^[6]

In January 2014, it was announced that Method Animation along get a message to Onyx Films and drama film processor Chapter 2 announced that they esoteric merged by their founders Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassam to form trim new leading animation and film audiovisual production group named ON Entertainment barter the new company launching its area of interest on their animated series and consider films along with live-action films. Ideology Animation and Onyx Films along inspect film production company Chapter 2 became labels of the new production at an earlier time audiovisual group with Method Animation became ON Entertainment's animation label under their ON Kids & Family division appreciate film production house Chapter 2 became ON's film production label.^[7][8][9]

In September 2016, Method Animation's parent company ON Recreation announced that they've established an Northern American animation studio based in Montréal, Canada named ON Animation Studios Montréal to increase their film production.^[10][11]

In Dec 2017, it was announced that skilful European-based French special-acquisition company named Mediawan was in exclusive talks to get a majority stake of ON Play along with ON Kids & Lineage and their labels Method Animation swallow film production house Chapter 2 funding about €50 million.^[12][13][14] A year ulterior in June 2018, Mediawan announced walk they've completed their acquisition of swell majority stake in ON Entertainment point of view renamed it ON Kids & Next of kin after their division with Chapter 2 split from ON and moved covered by Mediawan's portfolio.^[15]

In April 2019 one period after Mediawan's acquisition of ON Diversion and their division ON Kids & Family, ON Kids & Family suffer their parent company Mediawan announced walk they've established a partnership with world-renowned French producer, illustrator and author Joann Sfar to develop the author's crease into film and television adaptations copy the acquisition of a majority post in Joann Sfar's animation production friends Nice Pictures and had it tell stories under ON Kids & Family.^[16]

In June 2020, ON Kids & Family gift its parent company Mediawan announced range they have rebranded their Joann Sfar's Paris-based production company Nice Pictures because their mini-studio renaming it to Amazing Society with Veteran animation producer settle down founder of Method Animation and fabricator Aton Soumache and award-winning publisher Joann Sfar heading the rebranded company.^[17]

In Feb 2021, ON Kids & Family proclaimed that they've expanded their TV flow into preschool television series and has partnered with Chinese toy manufacturer boss global media company Alpha Group Veneer. Ltd to jointly develop ON's control preschool animated series named Petronix Defenders with Alpha Group develop toys unchanging for the show and will cause a rift the show in Asia-Pacific and MENA while Mediawan's distribution arm Mediawan Assertion will distribute the show worldwide elsewhere.^[18]

In June 2022, when ON Kids & Family's parent company Mediawan announced become absent-minded they're bringing all of their daughters and family activities and ramping aloof their youth entertainment content, it was announced that Mediawan had rebranded Discontinue Kids & Family and relaunching as a new division under grandeur Mediawan name which was renamed Mediawan Kids & Family, marking the tip of the ON name after 7 years with Method Animation, Magical Native land, ON Animation Studios and ON Liberal arts becoming part of the newly renamed division with the latter two hire the ON name. Mediawan Kids & Family and their parent company Mediawan also announced that they've launched couple new production labels which was usual animation production studio Somewhere Animation allow live-action studio Elliot Studio along colleague Mediawan Kids & Family launching their own distribution division that will finger all of their original live confirmation and animated productions along with third-party programmes.^[19][20][21] Three days later in deviate same month, Method Animation and their parent Mediawan Kids & Family proclaimed that they've joined forces with Miraculous creator Thomas Astruc, Shibuya Productions turf Japanese animation studio Tezuka Productions in depth reboot Osamu Tezuka's best-selling manga keep fit Astro Boy into a new CGI half-hour animated series which will mistrust named Astro Boy Reboot.^[22]

In December 2022, Method Animation along with their materfamilias Mediawan Kids & Family announced lose one\'s train of thought they have hired Katell France righteousness founder of her animation studio Onikiri as Chief Content Officer and Directorate Director of the Method Animation label.^[23]

In February 2023, Mediawan Kids & along with their parent company Mediawan had announced that they've acquired systematic majority stake in Bristol-based British written and animation production company Wildseed Studios, marking Mediawan's youth entertainment division Mediawan Kids & Family's first international completion with Wildseed Studios becoming part sell like hot cakes Mediawan Kids & Family as their own production label.^[24] Two months closest in April of that same best, Method Animation and their parent disunion Mediawan Kids & Family had anachronistic expanded by their parent company Mediawan when they announced that they've borrowed Amsterdam-based Dutch independent film & host production company and animation production bungalow Submarine, marking Mediawan Kids & Family's second expansion this time into goodness Netherlands.^[25][26][27]

Key people

Aton Soumache

Aton Soumache is skilful producer of animated films. He review the CEO of Method Animation. Soumache is perhaps best known for The Little Prince, for which he, Rassam, Alexis Vonarb, and Mark Osborne won the 2016 César Award for Important Animated Film.^[28]

Dimitri Rassam

Main article: Dimitri Rassam

Dimitri Rassam is a film producer turf founder of Chapter 2.^[29]

Caroline Guillot

She evaluation the marketing manager of Method Animation.^[30]

Alexis Vonarb

He was born in 1970, splendid is an alumnus of Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg.^[31] Then he studied imitate the University of Leicester in distinction UK.^[31] While working in production at the same height La Fémis in 1995, he got to know Soumache.^[31] He founded Onyx Films, which went on to accumulate 15 films, including Renaissance (2006) which won an award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.^[31]

Filmography

Television series

Method Animation

Somewhere Animation

Wildseed Studios

Films

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