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Any Television Animation made in USA?

I just found out about:
http://www.sunwoo.com/eng/busi/busi_ani02.html

They do the animation production of one of my favorite shows, as well as many I've heard of, for American companies - so I wonder if any television animation is made in USA.

Does anyone know who makes television show episodic animation in USA?

Thanks.

Why yes I do...

When researching this myself, I found the history section of their origins. So, here you go 'Macrh, 2003 Established Sunwoo(Beijing) Digital Technology Co., Ltd'

"April 2000 Sunwoo Entertainment acquired and merged all 4 animation studios"(Anivision Korea, Sunwoo Animation, Grimsaem & SDI)

-HannaBarberaGuy-

Sorry, I'm a little confused.
Are you saying most episodic animation on American television is made in China?

Is there any hope of being employed as a traditional animator for cartoons in USA?

Thanks for answering my questions.

Why yes there is...

The possibility of people being hired here in America ( sarcasticly, go figure) for animation is quite slim as of now. I did hear of about three animated television shows traditionally done being made and being fought for. This was word straight from the president of the Animation Guild- Kevin Koch. He had stated earlier on one of these forum posts about fighting for the dream of having production back in the states instead of overseas. So that will probably be in a few years or so. Keep yourself updated on the news posted here though. Alls todays "animators" do today, as far as I understand is the storyboards-rough, voice overs, script, backgrounds, and keyframes. Then it's shipped off to God knows where and behold, the mighty cartoon has been born, regardless of much other people suck at making them. But ya.

-HannaBarberaGuy-

You'll find that nearly all Television Animation today is produced somewhere in the East. I'd say the biggest exception lies with TV CGI series such as Jimmy Neutron, which I believe is animated in Texas. If you have DVD Collections from either The Simpsons or Futurama, you'll learn quite a bit about the animation production process for the two shows, both of which are animated in Korea.

Thank you for sharing this information.
I didn't think about that the Simpson's and Futurama would have that kind of information on the DVDs. Duh!

I will look into it.

Outsourcing, the bane of animation.

The possibility of people being hired here in America ( sarcasticly, go figure) for animation is quite slim as of now. I did hear of about three animated television shows traditionally done being made and being fought for. This was word straight from the president of the Animation Guild- Kevin Koch. He had stated earlier on one of these forum posts about fighting for the dream of having production back in the states instead of overseas.

Well, I'm glad to know that there are some pros who still believe in animating in the USA! Way to go!!!

Yeah, most studios, even ones in Canada, ship the actuall animation overseas. It sucks really for grads and ppl like me cause there are no entry-level jobs anymore. Case against outsourcing #1! Why? Cause it's way cheapo in those countries. Doesn't have to do anything with actually having talent or a degree - it's just the cheapest and quickest possible way to produce a cartoon nowadays. Has been since the 1970's.

Yeah - I'm super bitter about the outsourcing issue. Maybe if tax breaks and stuff could be given and studios have more insentive to produce shows localy, then it might start to come back here. It's expensive for a little start-up studio to hire ppl, even on contract. And Disney and WB and the larger studios pretty much do all their animating overseas exclusively. So, the outsource everything. Sucks but what can you do?

Tuam libera mentem - Free your mind

......Yeah, most studios, even ones in Canada, ship the actuall animation overseas. It sucks really for grads and ppl like me cause there are no entry-level jobs anymore. Case against outsourcing #1! Why? Cause it's way cheapo in those countries. ................?

IMO the #1 reason is GREED, plain and simple. Originally (1960s/70s/80s)stuff was farmed overseas because it was more labour intensive and there was not the personnel.
Look at all the fantastic animation people do on their own today. Animation is cheaper than ever thanks to technology. It's just not cheap enough for the powers that be. If the money that they don't pay artists can go in their pockets, they'll do that.

#2 is because it's cheaper but I really question by how much.