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DHX Studios Ireland or DHX Stant (Doing business as Stant Studios) is an Irish animation studio of Dublin, Ireland. it was the creator of the Stant Toons Franchise. It is also the Oldest Animation Studio of the world, founded before Walt Disney Animation Studios (United States of America) was founded in 1923 and Soyuzmultfilm (Russian Federation) was founded in 1936.

in 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.

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 Mill Road 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 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

in 1945, the Stant Studios announced that they would produce 15 cartoons a year. the studio then moved to Kilkenny, Ireland on Hebron Rd, Blanchfieldsland. in 1948, the distribution deal with MGM 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 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 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).

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 1994, Sony purchased Garland and the studio has Stant movies 2-9 produced during their move to Dublin on Broadstone Road in 1995.

in 2000, 20th Century Fox announced to take over the Stant Studios from Sony Pictures. in 2003, the purchase was closed to make Stant Toons 10 to 13.

in 2007, the Fox years are over and the studio was sold to DHX Media.

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

in 2020, DHX retired the Stant name from the studio in favor the DHX Ireland name for the future of Stant Toons. However, the Stant Studio will continue to operate to this day.

Divisions

 * Stant Films (formed in 1964)
 * Stant Distribution (formed in 2003)

Theatrical Cartoon Shorts and Feature Films

 * First National Pictures (1923-1928)
 * Pathé (1928-1932)
 * Mascot Pictures (1932-1935)
 * Republic Pictures (1935-1938)
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (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, 2018)
 * DHX Media (2007-present)

Home Video Distribution

 * Worldwide
 * Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1987)
 * Judy Garland Home Entertainment (1987-2003)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1994-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003-2007)
 * DHX Home Entertainment (2007-present)


 * North America
 * Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1987)
 * Nelson Entertainment (1987-1991)
 * New Line Home Entertainment (1991-1994)
 * Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1994-2003)
 * 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003-2007)
 * DHX Home Entertainment (2007-present)

Name History

 * Stant Brothers Studios (1923-1960)
 * StantScope (1955-1960)
 * Jack Stant Productions (1960-1968)
 * Stant Productions (1968-1980)
 * Stant Pictures (1980-1992)
 * Stant Entertainment (1987-1994)
 * Stant Limited (1994-1998)
 * Stant Animation LLC (1998-2000)
 * Stant Studios (2000–present)

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.

for the 2011 logo, see it up.