Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd. () is an animation service studio based in

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. Founded in 1984 by Steven Hahn, over the years the studio has produced animation for many of the industry’s leading SVOD, cable, and broadcast studios and distributors, including Disney, Warner Bros., Fox, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and others. Hanho has worked on dozens of TV-series and feature films, including: ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Bob's Burgers ''Bob's Burgers'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard that premiered on Fox on January 9, 2011. The show centers on the Belcher family—parents Bob and Linda and their three children, Tina, Gene, and Louise—wh ...

'', ''

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The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Based on the '' Winnie-the-Pooh'' books by authors A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard, ''The New Adventures'' was the ...

'', ''

The Magic School Bus ''The Magic School Bus'' is an American edutainment media franchise that includes a book series, a TV series, a streaming series, and video games. Each of the stories within the franchise centers on the antics of a fictional elementary sch ...

'', '' Turbo FAST'', ''

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'', and many more. In its native land, Hanho is best known for its work on ''ly, Superboard'', which aired on the KBS network from 1990 to 2002. The company traces it origins to Dong Seo Animation, established in 1973, which itself traces its origins to International Art Production, a studio responsible for Colorized Redraws of

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, and other old B&W Cartoons in the Late 60's and Early 70's. Kim Seok-ki is the company's President and CEO.

Production Credits

; 1980s *

Space Ace ''Space Ace'' is a LaserDisc video game produced by Bluth Group, Cinematronics and Advanced Microcomputer Systems (later renamed RDI Video Systems). It was unveiled in October 1983, just four months after the '' Dragon's Lair'' game, followed b ...

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* Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins *

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* Star Wars: Droids * Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (Credited as "Young Sung Production Co. Ltd.") *

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling ''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling'' is an American animated television series that originally aired on CBS Saturday mornings from September 14, 1985 to October 18, 1986, with reruns airing until June 27, 1987. History ''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wres ...

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears ''Adventures of the Gummi Bears'' is an American animated television series, created by Disney CEO Michael Eisner, produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, and distributed by Buena Vista Television. The series, loosely inspired by the gum ...

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(Uncredited) * Bleu, l'enfant de la Terre * Silverhawks * Chuck Norris's Karate Kommandos *

The Care Bears Family ''The Care Bears Family'' is a Canadian animated series produced by Nelvana based on the franchise of the same name, and is the successor series to the series produced by DIC Entertainment. It was originally broadcast from September 13, 1986 t ...

* The Real Ghostbusters *

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* When the Wind Blows * Derrou Juniors *

Animated Stories from the New Testament Nest Family Entertainment is an American family entertainment company based in Coppell, Texas. It was formed in 1988 as Family Entertainment Network by Jared F. Brown, Stephen W. Griffin, and Seldon O. Young. The company has produced several drama ...

* Animated Stories from the Book of Mormon *

My Pet Monster My Pet Monster is a character that began as a plush doll first produced by American Greetings in 1986. It has horns, blue fur, and a fanged smile, wearing breakaway orange plastic handcuffs. The property was sold to Saban Brands in 2012. Then in ...

* Dennis the Menace (second season with

Toei Animation () is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' '' GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' '' Mazinger Z'', '' Galaxy Express 999'', '' Cutie Honey'', '' Dr. Slu ...

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* Technological Threat * Molierissimo * The Wild Puffalumps *

Denver, the Last Dinosaur ''Denver, the Last Dinosaur'' is TV an animated series produced by World Events Productions and . It was nationally syndicated throughout the United States in 1988 with reruns airing until 1990. In the show, a dinosaur hatches from a petrified egg ...

Dino-Riders ''Dino-Riders'' is an animated television series that first aired in 1988. ''Dino-Riders'' was primarily a promotional show to launch a new Tyco toy line.

(Episodes 1–2 only) *

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(First 5 seasons) * Babar: The Movie (Additional Production Services) *

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; 1990s * Marianne 1ère *

Little Rosey ''Little Rosey'' is an animated television series produced by Canada-based Nelvana. The series first aired on ABC (part of its Saturday morning block) in 1990. It was Roseanne Barr's first attempt at a cartoon. Plot Loosely based on comedian Rose ...

* The Adventures of Lotty *

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* The Adventures of Tintin *

Animated Stories from the Bible Nest Family Entertainment is an American family entertainment company based in Coppell, Texas. It was formed in 1988 as Family Entertainment Network by Jared F. Brown, Stephen W. Griffin, and Seldon O. Young. The company has produced several drama ...

Beetlejuice ''Beetlejuice'' is a 1988 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, and Warren Skaaren, produced by The Geffen Company, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Alec Baldwin, ...

(Season 4) *

The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, ...

(Promo work) *

A Bunch of Munsch ''A Bunch of Munsch'' is a Canadian animated anthology television series produced by Cinar. Each episode is based on a book by American-Canadian children's author Robert Munsch. The show aired from December 7, 1991 to December 2, 1992 on CTV in Ca ...

TaleSpin ''TaleSpin'' is an American animated television series first aired in 1990 as a preview on Disney Channel and later that year as part of '' The Disney Afternoon''. It features characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature ''The Jungle Bo ...

(Season 4) *

(Credited as Hanho Studio) *

Rover Dangerfield ''Rover Dangerfield'' is a 1991 American animated musical comedy film starring the voice talent of comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who also wrote and co-produced the film. It is about a street dog named Rover, who is owned by a Las Vegas showgirl. R ...

Adventures in Odyssey ''Adventures in Odyssey'' (AIO), or simply ''Odyssey'', is an Evangelical Christian radio drama and comedy series created and produced by Focus on the Family. Aimed at families with children age 12 and younger, the series first aired in 1987 as ...

Darkwing Duck ''Darkwing Duck'' is an American animated superhero comedy television series produced by Disney Television Animation (formerly Walt Disney Television Animation) that first ran from 1991 to 1992 on both the syndicated programming block ''The Disn ...

* The Rosey & Buddy Show * FernGully: The Last Rainforest (Credited as Hanho Animation Studio) * Mafalda * Psyched for Snuppa (Credited as Hanho Studio) * SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (Season 1) *

Free Willy ''Free Willy'' is a 1993 American family drama film, directed by Simon Wincer, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Jennie Lew Tugend, written by Keith A. Walker and Corey Blechman from a story by Walker and distributed by Warner Bros. Picture ...

* Sam & Ghost Campaign * MBC-TV Campaign *

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories ''Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories'' (also known as ''Bedtime Stories'') is a 1992 American live-action/animated anthology television series that originally aired on Showtime. The series, hosted by Duvall, was a showcase of short animated adaptat ...

(Season 2) *

The Busy World of Richard Scarry ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'' is an animated children's television series, produced by CINAR Animation and France Animation in association with Paramount Television, which aired from 1994 to 1997, first on Showtime, later on Nickelodeo ...

(Season 1) *

* The Tale of Tillie's Dragon *

The Swan Princess ''The Swan Princess'' is a 1994 American animated fantasy film based on the ballet ''Swan Lake''. Featuring Michelle Nicastro, Howard McGillin, Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright, Sandy Duncan, and Steve Vinovich, the film is directed by ...

* Project G.e.e.K.e.R. *

Conan and the Young Warriors ''Conan and the Young Warriors'' is a 1994 American television animated series produced by Sunbow Entertainment and aired by CBS as a sequel to the animated series ''Conan the Adventurer'', but featuring a different set of characters (besides Cona ...

* Orson and Olivia * Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles * The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux * Waynehead *

Stone Protectors Stone Protectors is a 1993 multi-media entertainment property consisting primarily of an action figure line and animated series. The series also had a tie-in video game released for the Super NES and the Sega Genesis. It served as a late attempt ...

Toonstruck ''Toonstruck'' is a graphic adventure video game developed by Burst Studios, published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment and released in 1996 for DOS. In the game, a live-action protagonist Drew Blanc, played and voiced by Christopher Lloyd, i ...

* Ozter *

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 ...

* Mot *

Ivanhoe the King's Knight ''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' () by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting st ...

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 ...

* Hercules: The Animated Series * The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain *

Extreme Ghostbusters ''Extreme Ghostbusters'' is an American animated television series based on the ''Ghostbusters'' franchise. It is a spin-off to the animated series '' The Real Ghostbusters''. The series originally aired on the syndicated Bohbot Kids Network's ...

Stickin' Around ''Stickin' Around'' is a Canadian animated children's television series produced by Nelvana and created by Robin Steele and Brianne Leary. The series originally aired from August 14, 1996 until April 13, 1998. ''Stickin' Around'', originating as ...

(Season 3) *

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Bob Morane ''Bob Morane'' is a series of adventure books in French, featuring an eponymous protagonist, created by French-speaking Belgian novelist Henri Vernes, the pseudonym of Charles-Henri Dewisme. More than 200 novels have been written since his in ...

* Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night * The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom *

Pirate Family Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, v ...

Channel Umptee-3 ''Channel Umptee-3'' (also known simply as ''Umptee-3'') is a Saturday morning animated television series created by Jim George and produced by Norman Lear. It aired on The WB as part of the Kids' WB programming block from 1997 to 1998. The one ...

Redwall ''Redwall'' is a series of children's fantasy novels by British writer Brian Jacques, published from 1986 to 2011. It is also the title of the first book of the series, published in 1986, as well as the name of the abbey featured in the book, ...

* Tom & Sheenah *

The King and I ''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the chil ...

; 2000s * The Fantastic Flying Journey *

The New Adventures of Ocean Girl ''The New Adventures of Ocean Girl'' is an Australian animated television series inspired by the live-action series ''Ocean Girl''. Plot synopsis On the planet of Oceana there were four life giving crystals guarded by the Sacred Whales, the kee ...

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast ''Maggie and the Ferocious Beast'' is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Michael and Betty Paraskevas. The program was based on the 1996 book ''The Ferocious Beast with the Polka-Dot Hide'' and its sequels, which were als ...

* Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series *

The Trumpet of the Swan ''The Trumpet of the Swan'' is a children's novel by E. B. White published in 1970. It tells the story of Louis (pronounced "LOO-ee" by the author in the audiobook, a reference to trumpeter Louis Armstrong, a point that is made explicit in the ...

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(Uncredited) * Santa, Baby! *

Aida of the Trees ''Aida of the Trees'' ( it, Aida degli alberi) is a 2001 Italian musical adventure fantasy animated film written and directed by Guido Manuli with soundtrack by Ennio Morricone. It is the third movie produced by the studio Lanterna Magica after '' ...

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys ''The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys'' is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Care and written by Jeff Stockwell and Michael Petroni based on Chris Fuhrman's 1994 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel of the same name. The fi ...

WinneToons ' WinneToons ' is a 26-part German cartoon series that is loosely based on characters from the novel Winnetou 1st part by Karl May. The first episode ran on March 30, 2002, on ARD. Then the episodes were repeated on the KiKA. The pilot was rele ...

* Objection (Uncredited) * Beyblade: Fierce Battle * ''The Ark'' * The Boy *

Kid Paddle ''Kid Paddle'' is a Belgian gag-a-day comic series created by Michel Ledent ( Midam) in 1993. It was first published in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou'' before branching out into its own volume comic albums in 1996. The series ...

* Globi and the Stolen Shadows * Toto Sapore and the Magic Story of Pizza *

The Animatrix is a 2003 adult animated science-fiction anthology film produced by the Wachowskis. The film details through nine animated short films the backstory of ''The Matrix'' film series, including the original war between humanity and machines which l ...

* EyeToy Tales * Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry *

Firehouse Tales ''Firehouse Tales'' is an American animated children's television series created by Sidney J. Bailey, produced by Warner Bros. Animation as the only original series for Cartoon Network's now-defunct Tickle-U preschool programming block. The se ...

* Anatane: Saving the Children of Okura *

PollyWorld ''PollyWorld'' is a 2006 animated comedy film from Universal Studios, based on the Polly Pocket toy franchise. It is the third Polly Pocket movie. It is preceded by ''Lunar Eclipse'' and '' 2 Cool at the Pocket Plaza''. This is the only feature- ...

* Apple Candy Girl * Nocturna * Dead Space: Downfall *

* Huntik: Secrets & Seekers ; ;2010's * G.I. Joe: Renegades * Fratellini *

(alongside Yeson Entertainment) *

Allen Gregory ''Allen Gregory'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Jonah Hill, Jarrad Paul, and Andrew Mogul for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows pretentious seven-year-old Allen Gregory De Longpre, who is raised by his two rich h ...

Brickleberry ''Brickleberry'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Waco O'Guin and Roger Black for the basic cable network Comedy Central. Executive produced by O'Guin, Black, and comedian Daniel Tosh, the series follows a group of park rangers ...

* Black Dynamite * Turbo FAST *

China, IL ''China, IL'' (meaning ''China, Illinois'') is an American adult animated sitcom created by Brad Neely for the Adult Swim programming block on Cartoon Network. The series was originally conceived as a web series on Adult Swim's defunct comedy w ...

* Bordertown *

Murder Police This is a list of television series cancelled before airing an episode. While many television shows are produced as pilots that never air on television or in any medium, the scope of this article is to list shows that were officially announced t ...

Paradise PD , creator = {{nowrap, Waco O'Guin & Roger Black , writer = , story = , voices = {{Plainlist, * Sarah Chalke * David Herman * Tom Kenny * Kyle Kinane * Cedric Yarbrough * Dana Snyder ...

* Castlevania * Duncanville

Original productions

Dooly the Little Dinosaur ''Dooly the Little Dinosaur'' ( ko, 아기공룡 둘리) is a cartoon serialized from 1983 to 1993 by South Korean cartoonist Kim Soo-jung with a little dinosaur as the subject, and it refers to animations and other media mix works based on the ...

(아기공룡 둘리) (October 1987 – May 1988, Animation production shared with

AKOM AKOM Production, Ltd. (Animation KOrea Movie 애이콤 프로덕션) is a South Korean animation studio in Songpa-gu, Seoul that has provided much work since its conception in 1985 by Nelson Shin. Its biggest claim to fame is the overseas animat ...

, Shin Dong-heon Productions and Sam Young Animation) * Guru Cabbage and Guru Radish's Once Upon a Time (배추도사 무도사의 옛날 옛적에) (1990, Animation production shared with

Dong Yang Animation Dong Yang Animation Co., LTD is a South Korean animation studio that was founded in 1981 and contributed animation production services to many famous American animated shows since the late 1980s throughout the 1990s and the 2000s. It supplied it ...

, Shin Won Animation and Take One) * Fly, Superboard (날아라 슈퍼보드) (August 1990 – January 2002) * Eunbi & Kabi's Once Upon a Time (은비 까비의 옛날 옛적에) (1991, Animation production shared with

Sei Young Animation Sei Young Animation Co., Ltd. () was an animation studio based in South Korea, known best for working overseas for North America animated TV shows, such as '' The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', and ''The Adventures of Su ...

and Dong Woo Animation) * Sun-Shining Tree (햇살나무) (September 23, 1991) * Hocus Pocus! Story Pouch (콩딱쿵! 이야기 주머니) (1997, Animation production shared with AKOM and Shin Won Productions) * My Dear Daigoro (내친구 다이고로) (2003) * Sao Village (사오마을 대소동) (2003) * Elysium (엘리시움) (2003, Credited as Hanho Animation)

External links

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