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Stant Animation Studios is an Irish animation studio of Dublin, Ireland. it was the creator of the Stant Toons Franchise. It is also the first animation studio in Ireland and the Oldest Animation Studio of the world.

in April 2011, DHX turned the Stant Studios in-name-only. future Stant releases, starting with Stant Toons 14 used the DHX Media logo at the beginning and end and the Stant Studios logo at the end.

due to the Academy Award loss of DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby in March 2018, DHX Media cancelled newer live-action movies for Stant Studios and changed the studio's name to Stant Animation Studios.

History
in 1922, the history began a year before Walt Disney Productions. Both Disney (founded in 1923) and Stant began and it was founded in Cork, Ireland on 27 Saint Patrick's Quay by Jack Stant, James Stant, and Fred Stant. the studio then start to produce 5 cartoons a year when one of the Stant shorts Began. a year later, the Stant Brothers Studios made a deal with First National Pictures.

in 1928, they got translated to sound and the Studio was the newest Animation Studio of Ireland. Meanwhile at Hollywood, The Warner Brothers Film Company purchased First National. the Warners did not like the Stants however and two years later, the Stant studio made a Four-year distribution deal with Pathé.

in 1932, the Stant Studios made another deal with Mascot Pictures.

in 1933, the Stant Studios celebrated the 10th Anniversary to start producing 10 cartoons a year before The Stant Studios went to Color. in 1935, Mascot merged with Monogram (along with four other studios) to form Republic Pictures, which has distributed the Stant cartoons for three years. in 1938, the studio made a ten-year distribution deal with United Artists.

in 1945, the Stant Studios announced that they would produce 15 cartoons a year. the studio then moved to Kilkenny, Ireland on 26 Hebron Road, Blanchfieldsland in 1946. in 1948, the distribution deal with UA was terminated. this same year, the Stant Studios was bought by Monogram Pictures subsidiary called Allied Artists.

due to Cartoons first being used to CinemaScope in 1954, the Stant studios produced 20 films a year. the Cinemascope/Stant Venture lasted until 1960.

in 1958, Jack Stant Productions, along with Allied Artists, was bought by Embassy Pictures.

in 1962, Stant Studios partnered with Kellogg's to to make the Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, and Rice Krispies commercials.

in 1964, the The Stant Toons Show premiered on BBC TV and before the show ended in 1967.

in 1966, The Winged Unicorn, the Stant Studios' first feature film, was successfully released. in 1970, they produced their new movie Stant Toons:the Motion Picture.

in 1972, Stant announced to make animated commercials. as well as that, Stant also announced to make more films and co-produce films with other animation studios outside of Ireland.

in 1975, the Stant Studios produced new shows like Stant Farms (1980-1983), The Stant Family (1987-1994), Stant Babies (1995-1997) and Stants of the House (1998-2002). then the Stant Studios formed Stant Village (2007-2012).

in 1980, Stant Studios partnered with General Mills to make the Honey Nut Cheerios commercial. However, while the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee was animated by the Stant Studios, the live-action settings and people are filmed at Ardmore Studios.

in 1983, Stant Studios has announced that they will make the Kellogg's Honey Smacks commercials, as well as Cookie Crook and Cookie cop for the Cookie Crisp commercials.

after Dino De Laurentiis acquired Embassy Pictures from The Coca-Cola Company in 1986, were sold to Judy Garland Entertainment and merged with Ragdoll Productions to form Ragdoll/Stant.

in 1987, Stant studios partnered with Cinemark to make the Front Row Joe policy trailers.

in July 1989, Stant Studios partnered with Milton Bradley to make the Hungry Hungry Hippos and Mouse Trap commercials. in 1993, Stant also announced the Elefun Commercials.

in 1994, Sony purchased Garland and the studio has Stant movies 2-9 produced during their move to Dublin on 28 R109 (former home of Sullivan Bluth Studios) in 1995.

in 1996, Stant Studios ended partnership with General Mills, Ralston Purina, Kelloggs, Cinemark, and Milton Bradley due to the move to Dublin, Ireland.

in 1998, Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar was sued by News Corporation's Twentieth Century Fox for sealing the Judy Garland films from Turner Entertainment. this caused Sony to put up a sale for home video and international rights to films starting Judy Garland and the two subsidiaries (Ragdoll and Stant) that Garland bought.

in 2000, Sony announced that the Stant Studios is put sale. a year later, Other companies, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. (the owner of the Stant Studios' first distributor First National), Walt Disney Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, DreamWorks SKG, Artisan Entertainment, BBC (U.K. Channel for Stant shows), PBS (U.S. Channel for Stant shows), Village Roadshow Pictures (former Australian distributor of Stant media), Lions Gate Entertainment, AT&T, Comcast, Transamerica (former owner of United Artists) and 20th Century Fox (which sued Columbia in 1998), are vying to win the ownership to the Stant Studios.

in July 2002, Fox (which sued Sony in 1998) won the ownership to buy Stant Studios. in March 2003, The acquisition is complete.

in December 2005, The Courts of England and Wales accused Stant Studios of pop music on End-Credits. a month later Fox sadly announced the sale.

in April 2006, the music companies sued Stant Studios for the ideas for the end-credits songs. for instance, the Irish court reined the fight over between the Stant Studios and all the Music Companies. in July 2006, News Corporation has put a sale of the Stant Studios.

in 2007, the Fox years for Stant Studios are over and the studio was sold to Canadian company DHX Media due to Lawsuit from American music companies.

in 2012, Stant Studios was renamed as DHX/Stant Studios to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Stant Toons franchise and the studio.

in May 2015, DHX Media and Netflix Original agreed to release all future Stant television shows on Netflix Worldwide except the UK/Ireland. Meanwhile, DHX Media aired all future Stant television shows on RTÉjr in Ireland and CBeebies in the United Kingdom.

in December 2015, the arrangement is complete and DHX released all future Stant television shows on Netflix Worldwide except the UK/Ireland.

in October 2017, due to Harvey Weinstein effect, Stant announced to end it's ownership by DHX Media. and also, Eric Stant will no longer be the main character.

in January 2018 due to the proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox and its assets from Rupert Murdoch by The Walt Disney Company, DHX Media announced that the Stant Studios' was for sale again, this time a proposal sale to Verizon Communications (future owner of Paramount Entertainment Co.), BCE Inc., Charter Communications, General Eletric, Keysight, beIN Media Group (owner of Miramax bought by Lantern Capital) and Vine Alternative Investments (owner of Rogue Filmed Entertainment).

due to the Academy Award Nomination of DreamWorks Animation's The Boss Baby in March 2018, DHX Media announced that there will be a new name for the Stant Studios for the future of Stant Toons and all other Stant media. Meanwhile, the headquarters at Dublin on 28 R109 were restored DHX Media. and also, DHX Media announced that there will be no new live-action films for Stant.

in April 2018, Zac Stant left DHX Media changed the name of the Stant Studios to the Stant Animation Studios. in May 2018, DHX Media spun-off Commercial Land.

in August 2018, Ragdoll Productions remerged with the Stant Animation Studios to form Ragdoll/Stant Entertainment.

Divisions

 * Stant Films (1964-present)
 * Stant Television (1975-present)
 * Stant Distribution (2003-present)

Theatrical Cartoon Shorts and Feature Films

 * First National Pictures (1923-1928)
 * Pathé (1928-1932)
 * Mascot Pictures (1932-1935)
 * Republic Pictures (1935-1938)
 * United Artists (1938-1948)
 * Monogram Pictures (1948-1953)
 * Allied Artists Pictures (1953-1958)
 * Embassy Pictures (1958-1986) (UK/Ireland Distribution only)
 * Judy Garland Pictures (1986-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Pictures (1994-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox (2003-2007)
 * DHX Media (2007-present)

Television Series

 * Kingworld Productions (1976-1991)
 * Judy Garland Television (1991-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Television (1994-2002)
 * Sony Pictures Television (2002-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox Television (2003-2007) (North American distribution only)
 * 20th Television (2003-2007) (International distribution only)
 * DHX Media (2007-present)

Home Video Distribution

 * Ireland
 * Magnetic Video (1978-1982)
 * Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1987)
 * Judy Garland Home Entertainment (1987-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1994-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003-2007)
 * DHX Media Home Entertainment (2007-2021)
 * DHX/UA Home Entertainment (2021-present)


 * United Kingdom
 * Magnetic Video (1978-1982)
 * Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1987)
 * BBC Video (1987-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1994-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003-2007)
 * DHX Media Home Entertainment (2007-2021)
 * DHX/UA Home Entertainment (2021-present)


 * United States
 * Magnetic Video (1978-1982)
 * Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1986)
 * Random House Home Video (1986-1991)
 * New Line Home Entertainment (1991-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1994-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003-2010)
 * DHX Media Home Entertainment (2007-2021)
 * Anchor Bay Entertainment (2010-2013)
 * Shout! Factory (2013-2016)
 * The Criterion Collection (2016-2019)
 * Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2019-2020)
 * TriStar Pictures Home Entertainment (2020-present)
 * DHX/UA Home Entertainment (2021-present)


 * Canada
 * Cinépix Video (1980-1985)
 * Astral Video (1985-1989)
 * Cineplex Odeon Home Entertainment (1989-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1994-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003-2007)
 * Alliance Films (2007-2013)
 * DHX Media Home Entertainment (2007-2021)
 * DHX/UA Home Entertainment (2021-present)


 * Germany/France/Benelux
 * Gaumont Home Entertainment (1978-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1994-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003-2007)
 * DHX Media Home Entertainment (2007-2021)
 * DHX/UA Home Entertainment (2021-present)


 * Australia
 * Roadshow Home Video (1979-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1994-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003-2007)
 * DHX Media Home Entertainment (2007-2021)
 * Roadshow Entertainment (2008-present)
 * DHX/UA Home Entertainment (2021-present)


 * Czech Republic/Slovakia
 * Czechoslovakia Video (1978-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1994-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003-2007)
 * DHX Media Home Entertainment (2007-2021)
 * DHX/UA Home Entertainment (2021-present)


 * USSR/Russia/Ukraine/Belarus/Central Asia/Caucasus
 * Soyuz Video (1980-1988)
 * Union Video (1988-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1994-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003-2007)
 * DHX Media Home Entertainment (2007-2021)
 * DHX/UA Home Entertainment (2021-present)

Name History

 * Stant Brothers Studios (1923–1960)
 * StantScope (1955–1960)
 * Jack Stant Productions (1960–1994)
 * Stant Productions (1968–1980)
 * Stant Pictures (1980–1994)
 * Stant Entertainment (1987–1994)
 * Stant Limited (1991–1994)
 * Stant Animation (1994–2000)
 * Stant Studios (2000–2018)
 * Stant Animation Studios (2018–present)

Television Channel History

 * Ireland
 * RTÉ Television Network (1964-1984)
 * Children's RTÉ (1984-1990)
 * Stant Channel (1990-2018)
 * DHX Channel Ireland (2018-present)


 * UK
 * BBC Television Network (1965-1984)
 * Children's BBC (1984-1997)
 * CBBC (1997-2002)
 * Cbeebies (since 2002)


 * United States
 * NBC (1967-1972)
 * CBS (1972-1986)
 * ABC (1986-1994)
 * PBS (1994-1999)
 * PBS Kids (1999-2014)
 * Netflix (since 2014)


 * Canada
 * CBC Network (1970-1988)
 * YTV Network (1988-1997)
 * Teletoon (1997-2012)
 * CBC Kids (since 2012)


 * International
 * Stant Channel (1992-2018)
 * DHX Channel (2018-present)

Filmography
the Stant Animation Studios library are now owned by DHX Media since 2007, although Stant retains copyright until 2018, when DHX manages the Stant use.


 * List of Stant Animation Studios films
 * List of Stant Animation Studios television shows

Logo History
it all started in 1923 with a Star in a middle of the logo. in 1960, the Stant Shooting Star was used to jump left. in 2000, the Backwards Shooting star was officially a "Flag-Stant Star" to become inspired by the Alpha Video logo of all time. in 2007, the 1923 logo was brung back by CGI (which stands for Computer Genetic Imagery). in 2011, the 1960's version of the logo is back but is on the space background and is blue. in 2018, it on to the space background with a golden shooting star. three years later, a NASA shooting star debuted.

for the 2011 logo, see it up.