Ellipse Animation
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Animation |
| Founded | June 15, 2022 |
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Key people | Caroline Duvochel (managing director) |
| Parent | Média-Participations |
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| Website | www |
Ellipse Animation is a French entertainment and animation production brand that brings together all of Media Participations' animation production activites under one group and owns Media Participations' four animation production units (Dargaud Media, Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel, Ellipsanime Productions and Les Cartooneurs Associés) alongside their own in-house animation production studio Ellipse Studio based in both Paris and Angoulême.
History
[edit]Ellipse Animation had its beginnings as a production name for Ellipse Programme's animation division until 2003 when Canal+ sold Ellipse to French media entertainment conglomerate Média-Participations under the latter's French-Belgian comic book publishing division Dargaud through its animation production division Dargaud Marina renaming it to Ellipsanime one year later in 2004.[1][2]
In June 2022 Ellipse Animation returned as a whole brand when Média-Participations announced that they were bringing their French animation production labels (which were Dargaud Media, Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel, Ellipsanime Productions and Les Cartooneurs Associés) along with their in-house animation production studio Ellipse Studio under one umbrella group named Ellipse Animation during the annual Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[3]
In January 2024, Ellipse Animation announced that they have acquired a majority stake in Milan-based Italian production company Studio Campedelli, expanding Ellipse Animation's production activities for the first time and their first expansion into the Italian animation production services with Studio Campedelli being placed under Ellipse Animation as their own subsidiary with Studio Campedelli CEOs Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke and Valeria Brambilla continued leading the Italian animation studio under Ellipse giving them an Italian animation production company outside of France.[4] A week later in that same month following Ellipse Animation's acquisition of Studio Campedelli, Ellipse Animation announced that they've expanded their operations into webtoons by launching a production division dedicated to animated series based on digital comics and will sit under Ellipse Animation's own animation production studio Ellipse Studio Angoulême.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dargaud acquires Ellipse Animation". C21Media. July 22, 2003. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ^ DeMott, Rick (July 22, 2003). "Ellipse Animation Sold to Comic Book Firm". Animation World Network. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
- ^ Brzoznowski, Kristin (June 15, 2022). "Média-Participations Sets Out Cross-Media Strategy". Worldscreen. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
- ^ "Ellipse Animation acquires majority stake in Italian prodco Studio Campedelli". C21Media. January 11, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ^ Franks, Nico (January 22, 2024). "Ellipse Animation pushes further into digital comics with webtoons arm". C21Media. Retrieved December 18, 2024.