Rough Draft Studios was founded in a Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California garage by Gregg and Nikki Vanzo. While working on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Nikki approached John Kricfalusi, creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show, about taking the animation to Korea.[4] Nikki founded and runs Rough Draft Korea.[4]
Rough Draft Studios is known for its blending of 2-D with computer animation, or non-photorealistic rendering which it first used on The Maxx and further utilized with Matt Groening's projects like Futurama, The Simpsons Movie and Disenchantment.
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Most projects produced by Rough Draft Studios, Inc. in Glendale, California are also animated overseas by Rough Draft Korea Co., Ltd. in Seoul, South Korea.
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Rough Draft Studios Inc is an American animation production studio based in Glendale California 1 with a second studio in Glendale 2 and its sister studio Rough Draft Korea located in Seoul South Korea 3 The studio was founded in Van Nuys Los Angeles by Gregg Vanzo in 1991 Rough Draft Studios Inc Company typePrivateIndustryHand drawn animationTelevision productionFoundedMarch 20 1991 33 years ago 1991 03 20 in Van Nuys Los Angeles California U S FounderGregg VanzoNikki VanzoHeadquarters615 Allen AvenueGlendale California91201 U S Key peopleGregg Vanzo President Scott Vanzo CTO Claudia Katz EVP Peter Avanzino Director Dwayne Carey Hill Director Edmund Fong Director Crystal Chesney Thompson Director DivisionsRough Draft KoreaRough Draft Feature AnimationWebsiteroughdraftstudios wbr comRough Draft KoreaRough Draft Studios and its divisions have produced specials commercials and direct to video work for companies such as Warner Bros Animation Cartoon Network Studios 20th Television Animation MTV Animation Film Roman Disney Television Animation and Nickelodeon Animation Studio Contents 1 Founding 2 Growth in business 3 Technology 4 Filmography 4 1 Rough Draft Studios 4 1 1 TV series 4 1 2 Films specials 4 1 3 Other 4 2 Rough Draft Korea 4 2 1 TV series 4 2 2 Films specials 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksFounding editRough Draft Studios was founded in a Van Nuys Los Angeles California garage by Gregg and Nikki Vanzo While working on The Ren amp Stimpy Show Nikki approached John Kricfalusi creator of The Ren amp Stimpy Show about taking the animation to Korea 4 Nikki founded and runs Rough Draft Korea 4 Growth in business editAfter working on The Ren amp Stimpy Show many other shows requested the assistance of Rough Draft Korea in animation and ink amp paint In 1992 Rough Draft Studios had produced animation for its first feature film FernGully The Last Rainforest In the same year the studio began producing animation for The Simpsons and then for Beavis and Butt Head in 1993 Also in 1993 Gregg s brother Scott Vanzo was brought on board Rough Draft Korea quickly built a strong portfolio in the animation business with shows like their first series produced outside of South Korea The Maxx in 1995 which was nominated for an Annie Award 5 Claudia Katz who had joined Rough Draft Studios in 1994 to produce The Maxx and Rich Moore joining in 1995 after having worked with Gregg on The Simpsons completed the core of a Rough Draft Studios which would help drive the cartoon boom of the late 90s 6 It was also in 1995 that Rough Draft Studios moved to Glendale California where they enjoyed their total success Rough Draft would then later produce animation for shows like Futurama Napoleon Dynamite Sit Down Shut Up Drawn Together Baby Blues and Disenchantment while its sister studio in South Korea would also produce animation for shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants Amphibia Dexter s Laboratory The Powerpuff Girls Samurai Jack Phineas and Ferb Rocko s Modern Life The Angry Beavers Star vs the Forces of Evil Family Guy The Critic Dilbert Adventure Time Sheep in the Big City Dragon Tales Gravity Falls Steven Universe The Owl House and King of the Hill Rough Draft and its divisions would also contribute to feature films based on the shows they worked on such as Beavis and Butt Head Do America The Powerpuff Girls Movie The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie The Simpsons Movie and The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water Technology editRough Draft Studios is known for its blending of 2 D with computer animation or non photorealistic rendering which it first used on The Maxx and further utilized with Matt Groening s projects like Futurama The Simpsons Movie and Disenchantment Filmography editRough Draft Studios edit Most projects produced by Rough Draft Studios Inc in Glendale California are also animated overseas by Rough Draft Korea Co Ltd in Seoul South Korea TV series edit Show Year s Client Notes1990sThe Maxx 1995 MTV AnimationFuturama 1999 2003 2008 2013 2023 present 7 The Curiosity Company20th Television Animation a 2000sBaby Blues 2000 Warner Bros Animation 5 episodesStar Wars Clone Wars 2003 2005 LucasfilmCartoon Network StudiosDrawn Together 2004 2007 Double Hemm ProductionsComedy PartnersKorgoth of Barbaria 2006 Williams Street TV pilotSit Down Shut Up 2009 Adelaide Productions20th Century Fox Television2010sGood Vibes 2011 Rough House PicturesWarner Horizon TelevisionMTV Production Development Pilot 8 Napoleon Dynamite 2012 Hess FilmsScully Productions20th Century Fox TelevisionFull English Two Brothers PicturesCoffin Dodgers 2013 Williams Street TV pilotClash a Rama 2014 2018 Tolerable EntertainmentSupercell Web seriesTarantula 2017 Rough House PicturesSolid BrassStudio TDisenchantment 2018 2023 The ULULU CompanyNetflix 9 2020sFired on Mars 2023 present Pat amp Mike ProductionsNN Productions 10 Films specials edit Title Year Client Notes1990sThe Thief and the Cobbler 1992 The Completion Bond Company ink and paintRoboCop 3 1993 Orion Pictures Johnny Rehab commercial animation2000sThe Whizzard of Ow 2003 Warner Bros Animation theatrical shortDuck Dodgers Attack of the Drones 2004 theatrical shortproduced in 2003Futurama Bender s Big Score 2007 The Curiosity Company20th Century Fox Television a direct to videoFuturama The Beast with a Billion Backs 2008Futurama Bender s GameThe Pink Panther 2 2009 Metro Goldwyn MayerColumbia Pictures opening title sequence onlyFuturama Into the Wild Green Yonder The Curiosity Company20th Century Fox Television a direct to video2010sHow Murray Saved Christmas 2014 Universal Television TV special2020sKing Star King 11 2023 Williams Street TV specialOther edit The Simpsons Deep Deep Trouble music video overseas animation provided by Anivision MADtv Spy vs Spy shorts produced for Klasky Csupo 2003 Wendy s Go Wild commercial starring the Looney Tunes characters promoting Looney Tunes Back in Action 8 59th Primetime Emmy Awards Brian and Stewie Griffin opening number 8 Gravity Falls Weirdmageddon 3 Take Back The Falls ShackTron CG animation Futurama Worlds of Tomorrow DuckTales Moonvasion additional animation Rough Draft Korea edit Rough Draft Korea RDS sister studio based in Seoul South Korea has produced animation for the following series features and specials TV series edit Show Year s Client Notes1990sThe Ren amp Stimpy Show 1992 1995 SpumcoGames Animation 12 The Simpsons 1992 present Gracie FilmsFilm Roman 1992 2016 20th Television Animation 2016 present season 4 present 13 Beavis and Butt Head 1993 1997 2011 MTV AnimationThe Critic 1994 1995 Gracie FilmsFilm Roman 14 The Brothers Grunt A k a CartoonTimon amp Pumbaa 1995 Walt Disney Television Animation 8 shortsEek Stravaganza Film Roman Klutter segments onlyThe Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat 1995 1996The Nanny 1995 TriStar Television Oy to the World Rocko s Modern Life 1996 Joe Murray ProductionsGames Animation Fatal Contraption and season 4 onlywith Sunwoo EntertainmentDexter s Laboratory 1996 1999 2001 2003 Hanna Barbera 1996 1998 Cartoon Network Studios 2001 2003 Pinky and the Brain 1996 1998 Warner Bros AnimationJumanji 1996 Adelaide Productions 6 episodes of season 1What a Cartoon 1996 1997 Cartoon Network Studios Buy One Get One Free The Zoonatiks in Home Sweet Home King of the Hill 1997 2001 Deedle Dee ProductionsJudgemental Films3 Arts Entertainment20th Television Animation 30 episodesThe Angry Beavers Gunther Wahl ProductionsNickelodeon Animation StudioHappily Ever After Fairy Tales for Every Child 1997 HBO 8 episodes of season 2Johnny Bravo Hanna Barbera Season 1 alongside Sunwoo EntertainmentCow and Chicken 1997 1999I Am Weasel 1997 2000Daria 1998 MTV Animation Season 2CatDog 1998 2001 Peter Hannan Productions Nickelodeon Animation Studio with Saerom AnimationOh Yeah Cartoons 1998 2001 Frederator StudiosThe Powerpuff Girls 1998 2005 Hanna Barbera 1998 2001 Cartoon Network Studios 2002 2005 Dilbert 1999 2000 Adelaide Productions 11 episodesSpongeBob SquarePants 1999 present United Plankton Pictures Nickelodeon Animation StudioChalkZone 1999 2000 Frederator Studios season 1Dragon Tales 1999 2005 Adelaide Productions2000sFamily Guy 2000 2001 Fuzzy Door Productions20th Television Animation eight episodes of season 2 production order The Cartoon Cartoon Show Cartoon Network StudiosSammy 2000 Adelaide ProductionsJackie Chan Adventures 2000 2002 13 episodes of seasons 1 and 2Sheep in the Big City Curious PicturesThe Oblongs 2001 Film RomanSamurai Jack 2001 2004 2017 Cartoon Network Studios seasons 1 4 and XCVIII Grim amp Evil 2001 2004Harold and the Purple Crayon Adelaide ProductionsKim Possible 2002 2007 Walt Disney Television Animation 22 episodesHarvey Birdman Attorney at Law 2002 2003 Williams Street episodes 2 9Whatever Happened to Robot Jones Cartoon Network Studios3 South Hentemann FilmsWarner Bros Animation MTV AnimationClone High Touchstone TelevisionDoozerLord Miller ProductionsNelvanaMy Life as a Teenage Robot 2002 2006 Frederator Studios Nickelodeon Animation StudioCodename Kids Next Door 2002 2008 Curious PicturesThe Grim Adventures of Billy amp Mandy 2001 2005 Cartoon Network Studios seasons 1 5Evil Con Carne 2001 2004Danny Phantom 2004 2007 Billionfold Inc Nickelodeon Animation StudioAmerican Dad 2005 Underdog ProductionsFuzzy Door Productions20th Television Animation Unaired pilot episode onlyThe Life amp Times of Juniper Lee 2005 2007 Cartoon Network StudiosCatscratch Nickelodeon Animation StudioCamp Lazlo 2005 2008 Cartoon Network StudiosSunday Pants 2005 Periwinkle Around the World The X s 2005 2006 Nickelodeon Animation StudioSquirrel Boy 2006 2007 Cartoon Network StudiosKorgoth of Barbaria 2006 Williams Street TV pilotAmerican Dragon Jake Long 2006 2007 Walt Disney Television Animation Season 2Class of 3000 2006 2008 Cartoon Network Studios 14 episodesRandom Cartoons 2006 2007 Frederator Studios Nickelodeon Animation StudioThe Modifyers 2007 TV pilotTom and Jerry Tales 2007 2008 Warner Bros Animation 5 episodes of season 2Phineas and Ferb 2007 2012 Disney Television Animation Seasons 1 3The Replacements 2008 2009 Season 2The Mighty B 2008 2011 Paper Kite ProductionsPolka Dot PicturesNickelodeon Animation StudioThe Cartoonstitute 2009 Cartoon Network Studios2010sAdventure Time 2010 2018 Frederator Studios Cartoon Network Studios with Saerom AnimationSym Bionic Titan 2010 2011 Orphanage Animation StudiosThe Looney Tunes Show 2011 2013 Warner Bros AnimationScooby Doo Mystery Incorporated 2012 The Night the Clown Cried and The Night the Clown Cried II Gravity Falls 2012 2016 Disney Television Animation 23 episodesBen 10 Omniverse 2012 2014 Cartoon Network StudiosNickelodeon Animated Shorts Program 2013 2018 Nickelodeon Animation Studio Bug Salad Ice Station Zedonk Magic Children Doing Things Someone Needs to Stop Aunt Phyllis Camp Weedonwantcha Uncle Grandpa 2013 2017 Cartoon Network StudiosSteven Universe 2013 2019 with Sunmin Image PicturesStar vs the Forces of Evil 2015 2019 Disney Television Animation Blood Moon Ball Season 2 until season 4We Bare Bears 2015 2019 Cartoon Network Studios with Saerom AnimationWabbit 2015 2016 Warner Bros Animation Season 1Bug Salad 2016 Nickelodeon Animation Studio web shortsBilly Dilley s Super Duper Subterranean Summer 2017 Disney Television AnimationCraig of the Creek 2017 present Cartoon Network StudiosSummer Camp IslandBig City Greens 2018 present Disney Television Animation with Sugarcube AnimationAmphibia 2019 2022 with Saerom Animation and Sunmin Image PicturesSteven Universe Future 2019 2020 Cartoon Network Studios with Sunmin Image Pictures2020sThe Owl House 2020 2023 Disney Television Animation with Sunmin Image Pictures and Sugarcube AnimationTig N Seek 2020 present Cartoon Network StudiosKamp Koral SpongeBob s Under Years 2021 United Plankton PicturesNickelodeon Animation Studio Kitchen Sponge Outhouse Outrage and Help Not Wanted 2D sequences only The Patrick Star Show 2021 presentWe Baby Bears 2022 present Cartoon Network Studios with Saerom AnimationHailey s On It 2023 present Disney Television Animation with Saerom AnimationFilms specials edit Title Year Client Notes1990sFernGully The Last Rainforest 1992 20th Century StudiosKroyer FilmsP J Sparkles Mike Young Productions opening titlesThe Bears Who Saved Christmas 1994 Film RomanIzzy s Quest for Olympic Gold 1995Beavis and Butt Head Do America 1996 Paramount PicturesMTV FilmsGeffen PicturesJudgemental Films overseas animation 3 D sequencesThe Story of Santa Claus Film RomanA Day in the Life of Ranger Smith 1999 SpumcoBoo Boo Runs Wild UncreditedDexter s Laboratory Ego Trip Hanna Barbera2000sThe Flintstones On the Rocks 2001 Cartoon Network StudiosThe Powerpuff Girls Movie 2002 Warner Bros PicturesCartoon Network StudiosGlobehunters An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure Nickelodeon Animation Studio produced in 2000The Electric Piper 2003Polly Pocket Lunar Eclipse Mike Young ProductionsStitch The Movie Disney Television AnimationThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2004 Paramount PicturesNickelodeon MoviesUnited Plankton PicturesInside the CIA 2005 20th Century StudiosUnderdog ProductionsFuzzy Door Productions ShortKim Possible Movie So the Drama Disney Television AnimationHow to Eat Fried Worms New Line CinemaWalden Media Animated sequencesThe Simpsons Movie 2007 20th Century Studios20th Century AnimationGracie Films also co produced overseas with AKOMPhineas and Ferb s Musical Cliptastic Countdown 2009 Disney Television Animation2010sPhineas and Ferb Summer Belongs To You 2010 Disney Television AnimationAchmed Saves America 2012 Anchor Bay EntertainmentHotel Transylvania Columbia PicturesSony Pictures Animation End title sequenceMadea s Tough Love 2015 LionsgateTyler Perry StudiosBento Box EntertainmentThe SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water Paramount PicturesParamount AnimationNickelodeon MoviesUnited Plankton Pictures 2D hand drawn animated sequences only 15 Looney Tunes Rabbits Run Warner Bros AnimationHotel Transylvania 2 Columbia PicturesSony Pictures Animation End title sequenceHotel Transylvania 3 Summer Vacation 2018Steven Universe The Movie 2019 Cartoon Network Studios2020sWe Bare Bears The Movie 2020 Cartoon Network StudiosNotes edit a b c Credited as 30th Century Fox Television and 30th Television AnimationReferences edit Studio Info Rough Draft Studios Retrieved 2015 12 07 Spoke 2011 05 26 Rough Draft Studios Glendale CA Spoke Retrieved 2015 12 07 ROUGH DRAFT KOREA CO LTD 82 2 571 4871 South Korea Business Database Kor bizdirlib com Retrieved 2015 12 07 a b Loos Ted November 10 2002 Commuting the Pacific Unseating The Simpsons The New York Times p 2 Retrieved 2008 07 05 Legacy 23rd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners 1995 International Animated Film Society Retrieved 2008 07 05 Driver Dustin Rough Draft Studios Drawing Inspiration Apple p 2 Archived from the original on 2008 07 25 Retrieved 2008 07 05 Milligan Mercedes February 9 2022 Futurama Has a Bright Future with New Episodes on Hulu Animation Magazine Retrieved February 9 2022 a b c Studio Info Rough Draft Studios Retrieved 2015 12 07 Ramos Dino Ray 2018 05 23 Netflix Sets Disenchantment Premiere Date Unveils First Look At Matt Groening Animated Series Deadline Retrieved 2018 05 24 Studio Info Rough Draft Studios Adult Swim s Space Age Heroes Return in King Star King amp Ballmastrz Rubicon 29 November 2022 Megna Co productions Database over 1000 listed titles Digilander libero it Retrieved 2015 12 07 Meyer George 2004 The Simpsons Season 4 DVD commentary for the episode Homer the Heretic DVD 20th Century Fox Furniss Maureen 1999 Art in Motion Animation Aesthetics Reprint ed London John Libbey ISBN 9781864620399 Retrieved 7 December 2015 VincentWaller72 January 29 2014 Alphacino1018 It will be animated by Tweet via Twitter External links edit nbsp Greater Los Angeles portal nbsp Companies portal nbsp Animation portalRough Draft Studios official website Rough Draft Korea official website in Korean nbsp Companies portal nbsp South Korea portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rough Draft Studios amp oldid 1216206881, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
