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Nelvana is a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment that produces children's media, including shows based on licensed properties and literature. Founded in 1971 by Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith, it is named after a Canadian superhero and has offices in Canada, France, Ireland, and Japan.
Nelvana is a world-leading studio that creates and distributes animated and live-action shows for children. With over 50 years of experience, Nelvana offers a catalogue of more than 4,400 half-hours of content for linear and non-linear platforms.
- (In-credit variants) (October 15, 1978-April 2, 1988) The Devil and Daniel Mouse (1978) Rock & Rule (1983, opening) The Care Bears Movie (1985, ending)
- (October 19, 1985-June 1, 2001) The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987) Babar: The Movie (1989) Visuals: On a black background, a blue square with a red outline and a white star in the centre flies from the top right of the screen, gradually enlarging and turning anticlockwise to fit the screen as the star multiplies into a seven star semicircle outline.
- (December 2, 1995-July 30, 2005) Nick Jr. UK airings. The logo being cropped to 16:9 widescreen. Visuals: On a space background, there is a flash of light as the company logo appears in CGI on the background looking similar to the 1st logo, with some exceptions: the seven star semicircle has a blue chrome outline, as does the polar bear and the "NELVANA" text.
- (2001-February 3, 2006) Visuals: Over a white background is the seven star semicircle, polar bear and "NELVANA" text as from the previous logo, but with a dark blue outline.
NELVANA is a global kids entertainment company focused on television and film animation production, distribution and merchandise licensing based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. One of world’s best animation studios and winner of multiple Emmy® Awards, Nelvana’s content can be seen in over 180 countries around the world.
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Nelvana started in July 1971 when two graduates of York University, Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert, teamed up with a Vitaphone animator-designer Clive A. Smith in Toronto, Ontario. Hirsh and Loubert, who had a passion for underground film making, had founded a small company called Laff Arts in the late 1960s. Smith, whose interest was in rock n'...
At the start of the 1980s, Nelvana was offered the chance to work on Heavy Metal, an adult-oriented animated anthology of science fiction stories that studios in Canada and other countries were working on. Nelvana declined this opportunity, instead going on to concentrate on the production of its first feature film, Rock & Rule. Based heavily on th...
Following Babar's success, the studio acquired the rights to animated series based on Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin, Maurice Sendak's Little Bear, Joanna Cole's The Magic School Bus and the British comic strip Rupert. Nelvana had self-made successes of its own during the 1990s, such as Eek! The Cat, Dog City (with Jim Henson Productions) and Ned...
In April 2000, Nelvana announced that it had filed for two category 2 television licenses from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to launch digital cable channels. The first, titled "The Nelvana Channel," would've presented the company's library of material alongside related information in a picture-in-picture format. T...
Following Bakugan, Nelvana entered into another anime co-production, this time reviving the Beyblade property with d-rights, Takara Tomy, Hasbro, Tatsunoko Pro and SynergySP. Beyblade: Metal Fusion debuted globally in 2010, running for 141 episodes before inspiring a direct spin-off, as well as a sub-franchise consisting of BeyWheelz, BeyWarriors: ...
In October 2020, Nelvana agreed to co-produce Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go (with Mattel Television), a re-imagined revival of the original Thomas & Friends series, marking the franchise's first 2D-animated television series. That same month, the company entered an agreement with Duncan Studio to produce animated feature films. Nelvana is curren...
Nelvana is a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment that produces and distributes children's animation and live action shows. Founded in 1971, it is named after a Canadian comic book superheroine and has created popular series such as Babar, Franklin, and The Magic School Bus.
Watch videos of Nelvana's popular animated shows, such as Max & Ruby, Ranger Rob, Mysticons and SpongeBob SquarePants. Nelvana is a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment and produces content for TV and digital platforms.
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Jun 11, 2021 · Nelvana has produced and distributed countless shows and films, most of them animated kids’ series, many based on literature or other licensed IP. Its library...