Ellipsanime (formerly known as Le Studio Ellipse, Ellipse Programme and Ellipse Animation) is a French animation studio that produces

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s. It was founded in 1987. In February 2000 it merged with Expand SA; Expand sold the company to

Dargaud Société Dargaud, doing business as Les Éditions Dargaud, is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series, headquartered in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1936 by Georges Dargaud (), publishing its first comics in 1943. ...

in 2003, and it became Ellipsanime in 2004. In 2014, Ellipsanime bought the assets of Moonscoop SA. Ellipse has worked with many other animation companies, with one good example being the Canadian animation firm

Nelvana Limited Nelvana Enterprises, Inc. (; previously known as Nelvana Limited, sometimes known as Nelvana Animation and simply Nelvana or Nelvana Communications) is a Canadian animation studio and entertainment company owned by Corus Entertainment. Founded ...

. Their early collaboration goes back to the television animated adaptation of the

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franchise in 1987. The first official collaboration was in 1989 following the release of Nelvana and Ellipse's co-production, the Babar Movie in 1989. They then worked on the Babar animated series, revival from 2000. In 1991, Ellipse produced Doug,

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's first original animated series, and produced in association with

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and

Nickelodeon Animation Studio Nickelodeon Animation Studio is an American animation studio owned by Paramount Global. It has created many original television programs for Nickelodeon, such as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', '' The Fairly OddParents'', '' Rugrats'' and '' Avatar: ...

. Nelvana has since co-produced on Ellipse's series from 1991 to 1996. Such examples Nelvana-Ellipse shows from the company would be,

Babar Babar ( ur, ), also variously spelled as Baber, Babur, and Babor is a male given name of Pashto, and Persian origin, and a popular male given name in Pakistan. It is generally taken in reference to the Persian ''babr'' (Persian: ببر), meaning ...

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comi ...

and

Blazing Dragons ''Blazing Dragons'' is an animated television series created by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott, and produced by Nelvana and Ellipse Animation. A coinciding graphic adventure video game was released for the original PlayStation and Sega Saturn i ...

. Ellipse (now Ellipsanime) is now a property of Dargaud, Inc. On the occasion of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2022, the Media-Participations group announces the creation of an umbrella brand Ellipse Animation which brings together its production labels in France Ellipsanime Productions, Dargaud Media and Dupuis Edition & Audiovisual.

Films, TV shows, and specials

* ''Akissi'' * ''Aliens Love Underpants'' * ''Alta Donna'' * ''

'' (co-production with Nelvana and Kodansha, revival only) * '' Babar: The Movie'' (co-production with Nelvana) * ''

Blake and Mortimer ''Blake and Mortimer'' is a Belgian comics series created by the writer and comics artist Edgar P. Jacobs. It was one of the first series to appear in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Tintin'' in 1946, and was subsequently published in boo ...

'' * ''

'' (co-production with Nelvana) * ''Chicken Town'' * ''

Chumballs ''Chumballs'' ( French: ''Les Chumballs'') is a 2009 animated series that aired on France 5 France 5 () is a French free-to-air public television channel, part of the France Télévisions group. Principally featuring educational programming, ...

'' (co-production with Les Films de la Perrine and Araneo Belgium) * ''Contraptus ( fr)'' (a.k.a. ''Leonard'') * ''

Cubitus ''Cubitus'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series, and the basis for the ''Wowser'' cartoon series appearing in the United States. ''Cubitus'' was created by the Belgian cartoonist Dupa, and features Cubitus, a large anthropomorphic dog, who lives ...

'' (AKA: Wowser) * '' Doug'' (Seasons 2-4 only; co-production with

and

) * '' Fennec'' (co-production with

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3 and Cactus Animation) * ''

Garfield Originals ''Garfield Originals'' is a 2D animated short series created by Jim Davis and Philippe Vidal. The series premiered in France on December 6, 2019 on France 3 and Okoo; it is also available on France.tv (a streaming platform available only in Fra ...

'' * ''

Harry & Bunnie ''Harry & Bunnie'' is a Malaysian animated television series created by the Malaysian based company, Animasia Studio. It follows young wannabe magician Harry who invents magical tricks to impress his friends, but always in vain. Meanwhile, his mi ...

'' * '' Kong: The Animated Series'' (co-production with

BKN International BKN International AG (BKNI) was a German kids TV production and distribution company that formerly operated as the international division of Bohbot Entertainment, BKN, Inc. History BKN International was originally founded as Bohbot Entertainme ...

and M6) * ''

Miss BG ''Miss BG'' (short for Big Girl) is a 3D animated series based on the French children's book series " Gudule" authored by Fanny Joly, illustrated by Roser Capdevila and published by Hachette-Jeunesse. The original English version was later du ...

'' (co-production with

Telefilm Canada Telefilm Canada is a Crown corporation reporting to Canada's federal government through the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Headquartered in Montreal, Telefilm provides services to the Canadian audiovisual industry with four regional offices in ...

) * ''

'' (co-production with Nelvana) * ''

Nick & Perry ''Nick & Perry'' (also known as ''Les Marchien'') is an animated television series created by Udo Beissel for Cartoon Network. It is about two alien dogs, Nick and Perry, who crash land on Earth and try to blend in with normal dogs, while hiding ...

'' (co-production with M6, TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion,

Junior Junior or Juniors may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * ''Junior'' (Junior Mance album), 1959 * ''Junior'' (Röyksopp album), 2009 * ''Junior'' (Kaki King album), 2010 * ''Junior'' (LaFontaines album), 2019 Films * ''Junior'' (1994 ...

, and

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) * '' Rupert'' (co-production with Nelvana and YTV, seasons 1–3 only) * ''

Sonic Underground ''Sonic Underground'' (French: ''Sonic Le Rebelle'') is an animated television series co-produced by DIC Productions, L.P., Les Studios Tex S.A.R.L. and TF1. It is the third ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' animated series, and the last to be produced by ...

'' (animation, credited as Le Studio Ellipse)'' * ''Sullivan'' (a.k.a. ''Clorophylle'') * '' Taratabong'' * ''

'' (co-production with Nelvana) * ''The Funny Little Bugs'' (a.k.a. ''Les Droles de Petites B-tes''; a.k.a. ''Funny Little Bugs'') * ''

The Garfield Show ''The Garfield Show'' is a CGI animated television series produced by Dargaud Media and Paws, Inc.. It is based on the American ''Garfield'' comic strip created by Jim Davis. The animated series focuses on a new series of adventures for the ...

'' * ''

The Jungle Book ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, w ...

'' (co-production with DQ Entertainment International and ZDF Enterprises, season 3 only) * ''

The Magic Roundabout ''The Magic Roundabout'' is an English-language children's television programme that ran from 1965 to 1977. It used the footage of the French stop motion animation show ''Le Manège enchanté'' but with completely different scripts and characte ...

'' (a.k.a. '' Le Manege Enchante'') * ''

The Neverending Story ''The Neverending Story'' (german: Die unendliche Geschichte) is a fantasy novel by German writer Michael Ende, published in 1979. The first English translation, by Ralph Manheim, was published in 1983. The novel was later adapted into several ...

'' (co-production with

CineVox Cinevox is an Italian record label specializing in the release of motion picture soundtrack albums. Founded in 1966 in music, 1966, the label has released more than 200 titles, including numerous works by Ennio Morricone, Pino Donaggio, and variou ...

and Nelvana) * ''Yummy Toonies'' (a.k.a. ''Petit Creux'') * ''Wonder Wai''

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