Ellipsanime

Ellipsanime Productions (formerly known as Le Studio Ellipse and Ellipse Programme) is a French animation studio that produces television programs. It was founded in 1987. In February 2000 it merged with Expand SA; Expand sold the company to Dargaud in 2003, and it became Ellipsanime in 2004. In 2014, Ellipsanime bought the assets of Moonscoop SA.

Ellipse has worked with many other animation companies, with one good example being the Canadian animation firm Nelvana Limited. Their early collaboration goes back to the television animated adaptation of the My Pet Monster franchise in 1987. The first official collaboration was in 1989 following the release of Nelvana and Ellipse's co-production, the Babar Movie in 1989. They then worked on the Babar animated series in 2000. Nelvana has since co-produced on Ellipse's series from 1991 to 1996. Such examples during the era from the company would be Babar, The Adventures of Tintin and Blazing Dragons.

On the occasion of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2022, the Média-Participations group announces the creation of an umbrella brand Ellipse Animation which brings together its production labels in France Ellipsanime Productions, Dargaud Media and Dupuis Edition & Audiovisual.

History
In 1987, the company was launched in 1987 by Philippe Gildas and Robert Réa under the name Ellipse Programme.

On July 22 2003, the company was acquired by media entertainment conglomerate Media Participations from Studio Expand and placed it under the French-Belgian publishing company Dargaud, thrust making Dargaud assuming ownership all of Ellipse Animation's adaptations and joins Dargaud's animation and production unit Dargaud Marina.

Films, TV shows, and specials

 * Akissi
 * Aliens Love Underpants
 * Alta Donna
 * Babar (co-production with Nelvana and Kodansha, revival only)
 * Babar: The Movie (co-production with Nelvana)
 * Blazing Dragons (co-production with Nelvana)
 * Chicken Town
 * Chumballs (co-production with Les Films de la Perrine and Araneo Belgium)
 * Contraptus (fr) (a.k.a. Leonard)
 * Cubitus (AKA: Wowser)
 * Dream Land
 * Fennec (co-production with France 3 and Cactus Animation)
 * Kong: The Animated Series (co-production with BKN International and M6)
 * Living with Dad (adaptation of the comic series Dad)
 * Miss BG (co-production with Telefilm Canada)
 * My Pet Monster (co-production with Nelvana)
 * Nick & Perry (co-production with M6, TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion, Junior, and Westdeutscher Rundfunk)
 * Potlach
 * Rupert (co-production with Nelvana and YTV, seasons 1–3 only)
 * Sullivan (a.k.a. Clorophylle)
 * Taratabong
 * The Adventures of Tintin (co-production with Nelvana)
 * The Funny Little Bugs (a.k.a. Les Droles de Petites B-tes; a.k.a. Funny Little Bugs)
 * The Marsupilamis
 * The Garfield Show
 * The Jungle Book (co-production with DQ Entertainment International and ZDF Enterprises, season 3 only)
 * The Magic Roundabout (a.k.a. Le Manege Enchante)
 * The Neverending Story (co-production with CineVox and Nelvana)
 * Trotro and Zaza
 * Yummy Toonies (a.k.a. Petit Creux)
 * Wonder Wai