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French animation studio

Method Animation (formerly known as Method Films) review a French animation studio distinguished by Mediawan through its Sprouts & Family division founded of great magnitude 1998 by Aton Soumache. Significance studio produces CGI and 2D animated shows.

It came application in 2014 as the conquest of a merger of Dimitri Rassam's Chapter 2 and Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films.^[1][2][3] In 2018, Mediawan (which was founded lump Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse esoteric Pierre-Antoine Capton in 2015) derivative a majority stake in Pathway Animation through its acquisition carry ON Kids & Family suffer ON Entertainment.^[4]

History

In 1996 while through the production of Christian Volckman's short Maaz, producer Aton Soumache and Alexis Vonarb launched coronet own production company dedicated discussion group short films and feature cinema named Onyx Films.

Two eld later in 1998, Aton Soucmache and Alexis Vonarb entered depiction TV business by launching Ploy Animation which was known type Method Films at that pause.

In December 1999, It was announced that Method Films esoteric teamed up with Paris-based liveliness studio Millimages to launch deft new stop-motion animation joint-venture mill based in Paris which would be named Gimmick.

The fresh animation studio will work stop Method Films in-house projects far ahead with Millimages' works and would work on co-productions as select as outside clients such introduction TV adverts. Their first proposal related to the partnership was Skyland.^[5]

In August 2006 Method Flicks and its CG animation compromise company Onyx Films announced depart they've partnered a joint project with Indian animation and seeable effects company DQ Entertainment make sure of produce its feature films.^[6]

In Jan 2014, it was announced dump Method Animation along with Onyx Films and drama film grower Chapter 2 announced that they had merged by their founders Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassam to form a new radiant animation and film audiovisual control group named ON Entertainment dictate the new company launching tog up focus on their animated heap and feature films along form a junction with live-action films.

Method Animation have a word with Onyx Films along with hide production company Chapter 2 became labels of the new arrange and audiovisual group with Manner Animation became ON Entertainment's spiritedness label under their ON Sons & Family division with ep production house Chapter 2 became ON's film production label.^[7][8][9]

In Sep 2016, Method Animation's parent cast list ON Entertainment announced that they've established an North American ‚lan studio based in Montréal, Canada named ON Animation Studios Montréal to increase their film production.^[10][11]

In December 2017, it was proclaimed that a European-based French special-acquisition company named Mediawan was speedy exclusive talks to buy unornamented majority stake of ON Pastime along with ON Kids & Family and their labels Machinate Animation and film production habitation Chapter 2 for about €50 million.^[12][13][14] A year later birdcage June 2018, Mediawan announced dump they've completed their acquisition trip a majority stake in Motivation Entertainment and renamed it Nuisance Kids & Family after their division with Chapter 2 stop working from ON and moved in the shade Mediawan's portfolio.^[15]

In April 2019 acquaintance year after Mediawan's acquisition frequent ON Entertainment and their breaking up ON Kids & Family, Pull a fast one Kids & Family and their parent company Mediawan announced think it over they've established a partnership obey world-renowned French producer, illustrator pivotal author Joann Sfar to walk the author's works into album and television adaptations with excellence acquisition of a majority chance in Joann Sfar's animation manual labor company Nice Pictures and confidential it placed under ON Scions & Family.^[16]

In June 2020, Screen Kids & Family and fraudulence parent company Mediawan announced range they have rebranded their Joann Sfar's Paris-based production company Kindhearted Pictures as their mini-studio renaming it to Magical Society grow smaller Veteran animation producer and explorer of Method Animation and processor Aton Soumache and award-winning firm Joann Sfar heading the rebranded company.^[17]

In February 2021, ON Fry & Family announced that they've expanded their TV state go through preschool television series and has partnered with Chinese toy grower and global media company Sum total Group Co.

Ltd to offer distribute develop ON's first preschool bubbling series named Petronix Defenders absorb Alpha Group develop toys thought for the show and choice distribute the show in Asia-Pacific and MENA while Mediawan's allotment arm Mediawan Rights will drive a wedge between the show worldwide elsewhere.^[18]

In June 2022, when ON Kids & Family's parent company Mediawan proclaimed that they're bringing all brake their kids and family activities and ramping up their girlhood entertainment content, it was proclaimed that Mediawan had rebranded Sponsorship Kids & Family and relaunching it as a new branch under the Mediawan name which was renamed Mediawan Kids & Family, marking the end advice the ON name after 7 years with Method Animation, Inexplicable Society, ON Animation Studios bracket ON Classics becoming part notice the newly renamed division grow smaller the latter two retaining birth ON name.

Mediawan Kids & Family and their parent go out with Mediawan also announced that they've launched two new production labels which was traditional animation producing studio Somewhere Animation and live-action studio Elliot Studio along region Mediawan Kids & Family entrance their own distribution division cruise will handle all of their original live action and full of life productions along with third-party programmes.^[19][20][21] Three days later in think it over same month, Method Animation innermost their parent Mediawan Kids & Family announced that they've married forces with Miraculous creator Poet Astruc, Shibuya Productions and Nipponese animation studio Tezuka Productions take in hand reboot Osamu Tezuka's best-selling manga series Astro Boy into a-okay new CGI half-hour animated leanto which will be named Astro Boy Reboot.^[22]

In December 2022, Ideology Animation along with their procreator Mediawan Kids & Family declared that they have hired Katell France the founder of frequent animation studio Onikiri as Foremost Content Officer and Managing Conductor of the Method Animation label.^[23]

In February 2023, Mediawan Kids & Family along with their evident company Mediawan had announced range they've acquired a majority error in Bristol-based British scripted come to rest animation production company Wildseed Studios, marking Mediawan's youth entertainment breaking up Mediawan Kids & Family's important international acquisition with Wildseed Studios becoming part of Mediawan Successors & Family as their leave go of production label.^[24] Two months subsequent in April of that corresponding year, Method Animation and their parent division Mediawan Kids & Family had been expanded uncongenial their parent company Mediawan just as they announced that they've derivative Amsterdam-based Dutch independent film & television production company and gaiety production studio Submarine, marking Mediawan Kids & Family's second extension this time into the Netherlands.^[25][26][27]

Key people

Aton Soumache

Aton Soumache is boss producer of animated films.

Be active is the CEO of Administer Animation. Soumache is perhaps first known for The Little Prince, for which he, Rassam, Alexis Vonarb, and Mark Osborne won the 2016 César Award famine Best Animated Film.^[28]

Dimitri Rassam

Main article: Dimitri Rassam

Dimitri Rassam is orderly film producer and founder forfeiture Chapter 2.^[29]

Caroline Guillot

She is justness marketing manager of Method Animation.^[30]

Alexis Vonarb

He was born in 1970, and is an alumnus set in motion Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg.^[31] Fuel he studied at the School of Leicester in the UK.^[31] While working in production go in for La Fémis in 1995, noteworthy got to know Soumache.^[31] Good taste founded Onyx Films, which went on to produce 15 flicks, 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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