Bento Box Entertainment, formerly known as Bento Box Animation, is an American

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and entertainment company located in the

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neighborhood of

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. It was founded in 2009 by executive producers Scott Greenberg, Joel Kuwahara, and Mark McJimsey. It is a subsidiary of

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and operates under the

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division. The studio is best known for producing ''

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'' for Fox prior to its acquisition in August 2019. Bento Box Entertainment has four animation studios — in North Hollywood,

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, Bento Box Animation Studio Atlanta in

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, and Bento Box Canada in

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. The company also operates Princess Bento Studio, a joint venture with Princess Pictures, in

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, Victoria.

History

On October 11, 2016, Bento Box launched a children's division called Sutikki. Sutikki opened an office in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2017. On August 6, 2019, it was announced that

would acquire Bento Box, while still allowing it to operate as an independent production house; Sutikki was not part of the acquisition. On April 8, 2020, it formed a pact with Australian film company Princess Pictures called Princess Bento Studio. Their first series '' Smiling Friends'' started airing on

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on January 10, 2022. On October 5, 2022, Bento Box's production workers became members of The Animation Guild. On December 2, 2022, Bento Box signed a multi-year animation service deal with Princess Pictures' newly acquired studio Boulder Media.

Productions

Television series

Bento Box Entertainment

Sutikki

Short form series

Direct-to-video animated films

Specials

Theatrical films

Streaming films

Bento Box Interactive

Bento Box Interactive is an entertainment-based technology company launched in 2012 by Bento Box Entertainment. In October 2012, Bento Box Interactive partnered with

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to create an education

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entitled "The Journals of Mama Mae and LeeLee" for

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devices. The application tells the story of the relationship between a young

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girl and her wise grandmother and features two original songs by Keys, "Follow the Moon" and "Unlock Yourself". In 2012 Bento Box Interactive acquired the rights to the

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books and rereleased them as ebooks with sound effects, narration and character voices by voice actors.

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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