Nelvana facts for kids

Concept art of the planned Doctor Who animated series by Nelvana

Scene from A Cosmic Christmas, Nelvana's first TV special

Video poster for Nelvana's 1997 film based on Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking

Nelvana is an animation studio. It was founded in 1971 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith. The company is now owned by Corus Entertainment. It is named after a local comic book superheroine of the 1940s.

It specialises mainly in the field of child-friendly TV shows and movies. Some of them are:

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Anatole
• Babar
• Beetlejuice
• Braceface
• Care Bears (also produced in 1985 by DIC)
• Clone High
• Cyberchase
• Deko Boko Friends
• The Fairly OddParents (outside of the USA)
• Franklin
• Little Bear
• The Magic School Bus (with Scholastic)
• Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
• Max & Ruby
• My Dad the Rock Star
• The Oz Kids
• Pelswick
• Pippi Longstocking
• Redwall
• Rupert
• Strawberry Shortcake (also made by DIC)

See also

In Spanish: Nelvana Limited para niños