Balena Productions

Steven Page (born ), better known online as Balena Productions, is an English-American voice actor, animator, writer and director. He is best known for his animated productions focused on the franchise, with notable entries such as Sonic in Jaws, the Sonic Zombie series, and Christmas with Sonic.
The channel's iconography consists a sticker of an orca, or, killer whale. Steven lives in Los Angeles, California, United States.
==History==
Steven joined YouTube in August 1, 2010. His first video, Sonic in Glitch-Hog, was one of the first animated online videos to be made by using Garry's Mod. Although the video consisted of stop motion frames featuring shots of Sonic the Hedgehog with Steven doing voice acting over them, it eventually inspired many other future Gmod/SFM creators.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dxNT2xT93A 
He would go on to feature Sonic in iconic movies such as Jaws, Twilight, and Titanic in humorous crossovers. Sonic in Jaws would become his first video to become viral and its popularity helped his channel grow. The video briefly became the top Sonic video on YouTube during that time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISlgSX2j4w8
On August 2, 2010, the first Sonic in Scared Stupid video was uploaded. But due to a hard drive crash, his work would be deleted which hampered the production of any sequel video until three years. On the same day he uploaded his first hand-drawn animation - The OMG most Original fanfic Idea EVER. The first video of the infamous Sonic Zombie series would be released on the same date. 
Near Christmas day in 2011, Steven launched the Christmas with Sonic series, featuring multiple voice actors from the Sonic fan community and original art in animatic stills drawn by his girlfriend, Riana Dorsey. Christmas with Sonic was uploaded annually on YouTube and follows Sonic as he returns home from his adventures to reluctantly visit his family for the holiday season, consisting of his mother Aleena, his brother Manic, and his sister Sonia, who were all adapted from and originally featured in the DiC animated series Sonic Underground. However, appearances from other characters throughout the Sonic franchise's cast impede on the Hedgehog family's traditional get-together as they join in the festivities, such as Amy Rose, Shadow, Blaze, Team Chaotix, and Doctor Eggman. The series takes on a situational "Christmas special" format giving the Sonic characters unique characterizations. Sonic, Aleena, Sonia, and Manic are made into a "traditional" modern family in suburbia instead of being royalty, and the show features Sonic and Tails living together in a house as roommates. 
A Sonic in Jurassic Park video was teased several times before being cancelled. It's announcement teaser was the channel's first video to feature a more fluid animation style. He would then upload various entries into the Sonic Zombie series, SFM and skits. He also made various videos for his friend Alexandertheswell's birthday. One of which, the Godzilla Dance, would become a viral meme being reuploaded by others without his consent.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G4RYtP5RQQ
He would then upload animations with serious tones and proper animations contrary to the skit videos. After being cancelled in 2014, Sonic in Jurassic Park would finally be released on 2020 after 5 months of production.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX2jG_rH6V8 
The channel eventually crossed the one million subscriber limit on June 13, 2021. In recent times, various videos on the channel have struggled with YouTube's recent policies of mistakenly marking animation as "for kids," hampering with monetization policies and impacting projects and videos all across the channel. In 2022, Steven claimed via Twitter that he might consider retiring soon from YouTube if YouTube continues to mistakenly mark his future uploads as "for kids" despite his content being "for everyone."
In the summer of 2023, Steven announced he would be putting his future animations on hold, due to his deteriorating health from the stress of YouTube continuing to mark his uploads as "for kids", citing projects such as ‘Sonic in Scared Stupid: The Final Chapter’ and ‘Sonic Warriors’ would halt production until the issues are resolved.https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxyjP7_xf7bMbdusShDd7QUKS67be_1UYQ
Later that same year, Steven would open up a Patreon in a last ditch effort to save his channel, promising that his animations would be put back into production once it's 100% funded. https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxjucjlroeQJ_hD8Svc4MKfYcj_b65JBpg
==Physical appearance==
Balena productions has a logo changing appearance for the channel. It has alaskan mountains, galaxy stars, and even a sticker of a killer whale.
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==References==
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:British YouTubers
Category:English YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2010
Category:One million subscribers