Method Animation (sometimes called Method Animation Studios or Norman Studios and also known as ON Animation Studios or ON Kids & Family or Mediawan Animation) is a French company which produces CGI-animated shows. It came together in 2014 as the culmination of a merger of

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's Chapter 2 and Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films. Method Animation is the parent company of media conglomerate Mediawan. Paris-based ON Entertainment, headed by Rassam, is one of its divisions. In 2018, Mediawan (which was founded by

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, Matthieu Pigasse and Pierre-Antoine Capton in 2015) hold 53.53% stake in Method Animation through its acquisition of ON Kids & Family and ON Entertainment, thus bringing it under the same ownership with Storia Television which was derived from the former French television division of

Luc Besson Luc Paul Maurice Besson (; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed or produced the films ''Subway'' (1985), '' The Big Blue'' (1988), and ''La Femme Nikita'' (1990). Besson is associated with the '' ...

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Key people

Aton Soumache

Aton Soumache is a producer of animated films. He is the

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of Method Animation. Soumache is perhaps best known for ''

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'', for which he, Rassam, Alexis Vonarb, and Mark Osborne won the 2016

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Dimitri Rassam

See article

Caroline Guillot

She is the marketing manager of Method Animation.

Alexis Vonarb

He was born in 1970, and is an alumnus of

Robert Schuman University The ''Université Robert Schuman'', also known as Strasbourg III or URS, was a university in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. In 2007, there were nearly 10,000 students enrolled at the university, including more than 1,500 foreign students. The universi ...

, Strasbourg. Then he studied at the

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in the UK. While working in production at

La Fémis La Fémis (French: ''École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son''; "National Superior School for the Professions of Image and Sound", formerly known as the ''Institut des hautes études cinématographiques'', IDHEC) is a Fren ...

in 1995, he got to know Soumache. He founded Onyx Films, which went on to produce 15 films, including ''

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'' (2006) which won an award at the

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TV series

* '' Super 4'' * '' Cosmic Quantum Ray'' * '' Flatmania'' * ''

Freefonix ''Freefonix'' is a children's animated television series created by Magnus Fiennes, Alex Tate and Simeon Warburton and co-produced by Cinnamon Entertainment, Toonz Animation-Trivandrum and Method Films for CBBC, in association with Isle of Man ...

'' * '' Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood'' *'' Skyland'' *'' The Pinky and Perky Show'' *'' The Gnoufs''

Co-produced with DQ Entertainment

Via producer Tapaas Chakravarti: * '' Chaplin & Co'' * ''

'' * ''The New Adventures of Peter Pan'' * '' Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood'' (seasons 1-2) * ''

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'' * '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures''

Co-produced with Zagtoon

Via producer Jeremy Zag: * '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir'' (also with

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, SAMG Animation and De Agostini Editore) *'' Popples'' (also with Saban Brands, Nexus Factory and

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) for Gulli and

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*'' Zak Storm'' (also with Man of Action, SAMG Animation, MNC Animation and De Agostini Editore) *'' Power Players'' (also with Man of Action,

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, WDR Mediagroup and Kaibou)

Films

*''

'' (as Norman Studios) 2006 *'' The Prodigies'' (as Norman Studios) 2011 *'' Mune: Guardian of the Moon'' (as ON Animation Studios) 2014 *''

'' (as ON Animation Studios) 2015 *'' Tall Tales from the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings'' (as ON Entertainment) 2017 *'' Playmobil: The Movie'' (as ON Animation Studios) 2019 *'' Little Vampire'' (as ON Entertainment) 2020 *''Le Petit Nicolas - Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux ?'' (as ON Entertainment) 2022 *'' The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol'' (as ON Entertainment) 2024 *'' The Badalisc'' (as ON Entertainment) *'' Little Jules Verne'' (as ON Entertainment)

References

External links

*http://www.methodanimation.fr
ON Animation StudiosON Entertainment Studios
{{DEFAULTSORT:Method Animation French companies established in 2008 Mass media companies established in 2008 Stereoscopy French animation studios Television production companies of France Companies based in Paris Method Animation