Rough Draft Studios

Rough Draft Studios, Inc. is an American animation studio in Glendale, California. It also has Rough Draft Korea, which is in Seoul, South Korea. The studio was founded in Van Nuys, Los Angeles by Gregg Vanzo in 1991.

Rough Draft Studios has made many specials, commercials and video work for many companies. Some of these companies have been Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, 20th Television Animation, MTV Animation, Film Roman, Disney Television Animation and Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

 Founding 
Rough Draft Studios was founded in a Van Nuys, Los Angeles garage by Gregg Vanzo and Nikki Vanzo. Nikki started and runs Rough Draft Korea.

Technology
Rough Draft Studios is known for using both 2-D with computer animation and non-photorealistic rendering. This was used in many of Matt Groening's projects. These include The Maxx, then Futurama, The Simpsons Movie, a few episodes of The Simpsons after the movie and Disenchantment.

Filmography
Rough Draft Studios
TV series
 Show Year(s) Client Notes 1990s The Maxx  1995  MTV Animation  Futurama  1999–2003; 2008–2013; 2023–present  The Curiosity Company20th Television Animation  2000s Baby Blues  2000  Warner Bros. Animation  5 episodes Star Wars: Clone Wars  2003–2005  LucasfilmCartoon Network Studios  Drawn Together  2004–2007  Double-Hemm ProductionsComedy Partners  Korgoth of Barbaria  2006  Williams Street  TV pilot Sit Down Shut Up!  2009  Adelaide Productions20th Century Fox Television  2010s Good Vibes  2011  Rough House PicturesWarner Horizon TelevisionMTV Production Development  "Pilot" Napoleon Dynamite  2012  Hess FilmsScully Productions20th Century Fox Television  Full English  Two Brothers Pictures  Coffin Dodgers  2013  Williams Street  TV pilot Clash-a-Rama  2015–present  Tolerable EntertainmentSupercell  Web series Tarantula  2017  Rough House PicturesSolid BrassStudio T  Disenchantment  2018–2023  The ULULU CompanyNetflix   2020s Fired on Mars  2023  Pat & Mike ProductionsNN Productions  

Films/specials
 Title Year Client Notes 1990s The Thief and the Cobbler  1992  The Completion Bond Company  ink-and-paint along with Rough Draft Korea RoboCop 3  1993  Orion Pictures  "Johnny Rehab" commercial animation 2000s The Whizzard of Ow  2003  Warner Bros. Animation  theatrical short Duck Dodgers: Attack of the Drones  2004  theatrical shortproduced in 2003 Futurama: Bender's Big Score 2007  The Curiosity Company20th Century Fox Television  direct-to-video Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs  2008 Futurama: Bender's Game The Pink Panther 2  2009  Metro-Goldwyn-MayerColumbia Pictures  opening title sequence only Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder  The Curiosity Company20th Century Fox Television  direct-to-video 2010s How Murray Saved Christmas  2014  Universal Television  TV special 2020s King Star King!/!/!/  2023  Williams Street  TV special

 Other 
The Simpsons - "Deep, Deep Trouble" music video (overseas animation provided by Anivision)
MADtv - Spy vs. Spy shorts
2003 Wendy's "Go Wild" and Sprint “Duck Naked” commercials. These had the Looney Tunes characters, promoting Looney Tunes: Back in Action
59th Primetime Emmy Awards - Brian and Stewie Griffin opening number
Gravity Falls - "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls" (ShackTron CG animation)
Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow
DuckTales - "Moonvasion!"

 Rough Draft Korea 
Rough Draft Korea, RDS' sister studio based in Seoul, South Korea. Rough Draft Korea has made animation for these series, features, specials, short films, music videos and commercials.

 TV series 
 Show Year(s) Client Notes 1990s The Ren & Stimpy Show  1992–1995  SpümcøGames Animation   The Simpsons  1992–present  Gracie FilmsFilm Roman (1992–2016)20th Television Animation (2016–present)  season 4–present Beavis and Butt-Head  1993–1997;2011  MTV Animation  The Critic  1994–1995  Gracie FilmsFilm Roman   The Brothers Grunt  A.k.a. Cartoon  Timon & Pumbaa  1995  Walt Disney Television Animation  8 shorts Eek! Stravaganza  Film Roman  Klutter! segments only The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat  1995–1996  The Nanny  1995  TriStar Television  "Oy to the World" only Rocko's Modern Life  1996  Joe Murray ProductionsGames Animation  "Fatal Contraption" and season 4 onlywith Sunwoo Entertainment Dexter's Laboratory  1996–1999;2001–2003  Hanna-Barbera (1996–1998)Cartoon Network Studios (2001–2003)  Pinky and the Brain  1996–1998  Warner Bros. Animation  Jumanji  1996  Adelaide Productions  6 episodes of season 1 What a Cartoon!  1996–1997  Cartoon Network Studios  "Buy One, Get One Free*", "The Zoonatiks, in Home Sweet Home" King of the Hill  1997–2001  Deedle-Dee ProductionsJudgemental Films3 Arts Entertainment20th Television Animation  30 episodes The Angry Beavers  Gunther-Wahl ProductionsNickelodeon Animation Studio  Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child  1997  HBO  8 episodes of season 2 Johnny Bravo  Hanna-Barbera  Season 1 alongside Sunwoo Entertainment Cow and Chicken  1997–1999  I Am Weasel  1997–2000  Daria  1998  MTV Animation  Season 2 CatDog  1998–2001  Peter Hannan Productions Nickelodeon Animation Studio with Saerom Animation Oh Yeah! Cartoons  1998–2001 Frederator Studios The Powerpuff Girls  1998–2005  Hanna-Barbera (1998–2001)Cartoon Network Studios (2002–2005) Dilbert  1999–2000  Adelaide Productions  11 episodes SpongeBob SquarePants  1999–present  United Plankton PicturesNickelodeon Animation Studio ChalkZone  1999–2000  Frederator Studios  season 1 Dragon Tales  1999–2005  Adelaide Productions 2000s Family Guy  2000–2001  Fuzzy Door Productions20th Television Animation  eight episodes of season 2 (production order) The Cartoon Cartoon Show  Cartoon Network Studios  Sammy  2000 Adelaide Productions  Jackie Chan Adventures  2000–2002  13 episodes of seasons 1 and 2 Sheep in the Big City  Curious Pictures  The Oblongs  2001  Film Roman  Samurai Jack  2001–2004;2017 Cartoon Network Studios  seasons 1-4 and "XCVIII" Grim & Evil  2001–2004  Harold and the Purple Crayon  Adelaide Productions  Kim Possible  2002–2007  Walt Disney Television Animation  22 episodes Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law  2002–2003  Williams Street  episodes 2-9  Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?  Cartoon Network Studios  3-South  Hentemann FilmsWarner Bros. Animation MTV Animation  Clone High  Touchstone TelevisionDoozerLord Miller ProductionsNelvana  My Life as a Teenage Robot  2002–2006  Frederator Studios Nickelodeon Animation Studio Codename: Kids Next Door  2002–2008  Curious Pictures  The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy  2001–2005  Cartoon Network Studios  seasons 1-5  Evil Con Carne  2001–2004  Danny Phantom  2004–2007  Billionfold Inc.  Nickelodeon Animation Studio American Dad!  2005  Underdog ProductionsFuzzy Door Productions20th Television Animation  Unaired pilot episode only The Life & Times of Juniper Lee  2005–2007  Cartoon Network Studios  Catscratch  Nickelodeon Animation Studio  Camp Lazlo  2005–2008  Cartoon Network Studios  Sunday Pants  2005  "Periwinkle Around the World" The X's  2005–2006  Nickelodeon Animation Studio  Squirrel Boy  2006–2007 Cartoon Network Studios Korgoth of Barbaria  2006  Williams Street  TV pilot American Dragon: Jake Long  2006–2007  Walt Disney Television Animation  Season 2 Class of 3000  2006–2008  Cartoon Network Studios  14 episodes Random! Cartoons  2006–2007 Frederator Studios  Nickelodeon Animation Studio  The Modifyers  2007   TV pilot Tom and Jerry Tales  2007–2008  Warner Bros. Animation  5 episodes of season 2 Phineas and Ferb  2007–2012  Disney Television Animation  Seasons 1-3 The Replacements  2008–2009  Season 2 The Mighty B!  2008–2011  Paper Kite ProductionsPolka Dot PicturesNickelodeon Animation Studio  The Cartoonstitute  2009  Cartoon Network Studios  2010s Adventure Time  2010–2018  Frederator Studios  Cartoon Network Studios with Saerom Animation Sym-Bionic Titan  2010–2011  Orphanage Animation Studios  The Looney Tunes Show  2011–2013  Warner Bros. Animation  Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated  2012  "The Night the Clown Cried" and "The Night the Clown Cried II" Gravity Falls  2012–2016  Disney Television Animation  23 episodes Ben 10: Omniverse  2012–2014  Cartoon Network Studios  Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program  2013–2018  Nickelodeon Animation Studio  "Bug Salad", "Ice Station Zedonk", "Magic Children Doing Things", "Someone Needs to Stop Aunt Phyllis", "Camp Weedonwantcha" Uncle Grandpa  2013–2017  Cartoon Network Studios  Steven Universe  2013–2019 with Sunmin Image Pictures Star vs. the Forces of Evil  2015–2019  Disney Television Animation  "Blood Moon Ball", Season 2 until season 4 We Bare Bears  2015–2019  Cartoon Network Studios with Saerom Animation Wabbit  2015–2016  Warner Bros. Animation  Season 1 Bug Salad  2016  Nickelodeon Animation Studio  web shorts Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer  2017  Disney Television Animation  Craig of the Creek  2017–2025  Cartoon Network Studios  Summer Camp Island  2017–2023   Big City Greens  2018–present  Disney Television Animation  with Sugarcube Animation Amphibia  2019–2022  with Saerom Animation and Sunmin Image Pictures Steven Universe Future  2019–2020  Cartoon Network Studios with Sunmin Image Pictures 2020s The Owl House  2020–2023  Disney Television Animation  with Sunmin Image Pictures and Sugarcube Animation Chibi Tiny Tales  2020–present  interstitial series Tig n' Seek  2020–2022  Cartoon Network Studios  Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years  2021  United Plankton PicturesNickelodeon Animation Studio  "Kitchen Sponge", "Outhouse Outrage", "Help Not Wanted", and "Mermaid Men and Barnacle Boys" (2D sequences only) The Patrick Star Show  2021–present  We Baby Bears  2022–present  Cartoon Network Studios  with Saerom Animation Chibiverse  2022–present  Disney Television Animation  with Saerom Animation Hailey's On It!  2023–2024  with Saerom Animation Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake  2023–present  Cartoon Network StudiosFrederator Studios  with Saerom Animation Jessica's Big Little World  2023–2024  Cartoon Network Studios  with Saerom Animation

Films/specials
 Title Year Client Notes 1990s FernGully: The Last Rainforest  1992  20th Century StudiosKroyer Films  P. J. Sparkles  Mike Young Productions  opening titles The Bears Who Saved Christmas  1994  Film Roman  Izzy's Quest for Olympic Gold  1995  Beavis and Butt-Head Do America  1996  Paramount PicturesMTV FilmsGeffen PicturesJudgemental Films  overseas animation, 3-D sequences The Story of Santa Claus  Film Roman  A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith  1999  Spümcø  Boo Boo Runs Wild  Uncredited Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip  Hanna-Barbera  2000s The Flintstones: On the Rocks  2001  Cartoon Network Studios  The Powerpuff Girls Movie  2002  Warner Bros. PicturesCartoon Network Studios  Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure  Nickelodeon Animation Studio  produced in 2000 The Electric Piper  2003  Polly Pocket: Lunar Eclipse  Mike Young Productions  Stitch! The Movie  Disney Television Animation  The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie  2004  Paramount PicturesNickelodeon MoviesUnited Plankton Pictures  Inside the CIA  2005  20th Century StudiosUnderdog ProductionsFuzzy Door Productions  Short Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama  Disney Television Animation  How to Eat Fried Worms  New Line CinemaWalden Media  Animated sequences The Simpsons Movie  2007  20th Century Fox20th Century AnimationGracie Films also co-produced overseas with AKOM Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown  2009  Disney Television Animation  2010s Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs To You!  2010  Disney Television Animation Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across The Second Dimension2011Disney Television Animation Achmed Saves America  2012  Anchor Bay Entertainment  Hotel Transylvania  Columbia PicturesSony Pictures Animation  End title sequence Madea's Tough Love  2015  LionsgateTyler Perry StudiosBento Box Entertainment  The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water  Paramount PicturesParamount AnimationNickelodeon MoviesUnited Plankton Pictures  2D hand-drawn animated sequences only Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run  Warner Bros. Animation  Hotel Transylvania 2  Columbia PicturesSony Pictures Animation  End title sequence Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation  2018 Steven Universe: The Movie  2019  Cartoon Network Studios 2020s We Bare Bears: The Movie  2020 Cartoon Network StudiosPhineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe2020Disney Television Animation

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