Oriomation

**Oriomation** (formerly known as **Orion Animation** and *Jack Halm Productions*) is an American animation studio and a division of MGM Holdings. It was founded in May of 1980 by Jack Halm. It was later renamed to Orion Animation in 1985 due to Halm's retirment and it's current name in August 1988 after George Talman left Hanna-Barbera.

The mascot of Oriomation is Oliver Octopus.

## History

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On August 12, 1999, Oriomation took control of leftover MGM Animation productions, thus becoming the newer animation unit of MGM.

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Follwing MGM's closure of it's theatrical distribution arm in 2010, Oriomation and MGM deiced to look for another distributer to fill the gap. This includes Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures and Lionsgate Films. However, It did not last long due to the fact that Sony sold minor percent of MGM Holdings in steak, and thus, Sony had to let MGM go.

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On January 12, 2012, MGM signed a distribution deal with Open Road Films for it's animated films, and Oriomation can finally compete with Pixar and DreamWorks as a full-time computer animation studio, this, it became MGM's dominant animation unit.

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Following the 2018 Stant Animation scandal, Oriomation decided to close down it's theatrical feature animation unit for good, as they decided to move to Direct-to-Digital and Television productions.

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Following the revival of American International Pictures on October 7, 2020, Oriomation closed down the feature animation unit, leaving it as the Television Animation unit of the company and moving theatrical business to American International Animation, the new feature animation unit of MGM.

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## Networks

* Oriomation Network
* Familyways
* Playhouse Oriomation
* Classids
* Oriomation on PBS Kids
* StarTime

## Franchises

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* *Oliver Octopus*
* *Quest to Mars*
* *The Christmas Sheep*
* *Man's Work*
* *The Pink Panther* (Originally owned by United Artists Cartoons and MGM Animation)
* *All Dogs go to Heaven* (Originally owned by MGM Animation)
* *The Secret of NIMH* (The first two films are only made by Bluth and MGM Animation)
* *The Addams Family* (The original TV series and four films are only made by Filmways, Paramount, MGM and Bron Studios)

## Films

### Theatrical

1. *Tucantopia* (1983; first film made by Jack Halm Productions)
2. *John and Cristy* (1984)
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6. *Quest to Mars* (1991)
7. *The Christmas Sheep* (1992)
8. *Ren the Little Fox* (1993)
9. *A Rat's Tale* (1996)
10. *Fish Fry* (1997)
11. *Frosty the Snowman: The Movie* (1998; last Oriomation film distributed by Orion Pictures)
12. *Darwin* (1999; first Oriomation film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
13. *All Dogs go to Heaven 3* (2001; last Oriomation film to use 2D Animation)
14. *Carrot Carl* (2003; first Oriomation film to use CG Animation)
15. *Zingaro* (2004)
16. *Pear Birds* (2006; first Oriomation film in the Sony steak)
17. *Carrot Carl 2* (2007)
18. *Noel the Donkey* (2008)
19. *Faroe* (2009)
20. *Taco the Tapir* (2010; last Oriomation film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, (though MGM may still co-produce Oriomation's films as always) first Oriomation film to use 2D since *All Dogs go to Heaven 3* and last Oriomation film in the Sony steak)
21. *Hammy* (2012; first Oriomation film distributed by Open Road Films)
22. *Pancake City* (2013)
23. *Womb the Walrus* (2014)
24. *The Polar Icecaps* (2014)
25. *Amazing Zebras* (2016)
26. *The Shiny Flower* (2016; last Oriomation film distributed by Open Road Films)
27. *Hammy 2* (2018; only Oriomation film distributed by Mirror)
28. *Man's Work* (2019; first Oriomation film distributed by United Artists Releasing)
29. *The Polar Icecaps: The Big Meltdown* (2019)
30. *Whale of a Tale* (2020)

### Direct-to-video

1. *Quest to Mars II* (1995)
2. *The Christmas Sheep's Peace on Earth* (1996)
3. *Ren the Little Fox II* (1997)
4. *Ren the Little Fox III* (1998; last Oriomation film distributed by Orion Home Video)
5. *Ren the Little Fox IV* (1999; first Oriomation film distributed by MGM Home Entertainment)
6. *Fish Fry's Return* (2000)
7. *Ren the Little Fox V* (2000)
8. *A Rat's Tale II: The Mean Aardvark* (2001)
9. *Darwin's Time Machine* (2001)
10. *Ren the Little Fox VI* (2002)
11. *Frosty the Snowman and the return of Hinkle* (2002)
12. *Ren the Little Fox VII* (2003)
13. *A Rat's Tale III: A Trick from the Cat* (2004)
14. *Darwin's Dodo Problem* (2005; only Oriomation film distributed by MGM Home Entertainment released thru Sony)
15. *Ren the Little Fox VIII* (2006; first Oriomation film distributed by MGM Home Entertainment released thru Fox)
16. *All Dogs go to Heaven 4* (2007)
17. *The Secret of Nimh: Brisby's Beginning* (2008)
18. *Edison's Lightbulb Invention* (2008)
19. *The Martians* (2009)
20. *The Martians and the Magic Lamp* (2010)
21. *The Martians and the Dangerous Dragon* (2011)
22. *Back to Zingaro* (2012)
23. *Home of The Pear Birds* (2013)
24. *The Treasure of Noel the Donkey* (2014)
25. *The Faroe Islands* (2015)
26. *Rebuild Pancake City This Instant* (2016)
27. *Did Womb the Walrus lost the Tusks* (2017)
28. *Amazing Zebras in the Circus* (2018)
29. *Ren the Little Fox IX* (2018)
30. *The Shiny Flower II: The Dark Age* (2019; last Oriomation film distributed by MGM Home Entertainment released thru Fox)
31. *Cool Boys: The Road to Brazilian Gold* (2020; first Oriomation film distributed by MGM Home Entertainment released thru Paramount)
32. *Man's Work 2: Toy Machines* (2021)
33. *The Oliver Octopus Movie* (2023)
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### Cancelled

* *A Rat's Tale IV* (Cancelled because A Rat's Tale III got bad reviews)
* *The Cool Boys Movie* (Cancelled when Oriomation switched to CGI)

## Television Series

1. *The Oliver Octopus Show* (1992-1998)
2. *Cool Boys* (1998-2005)
3. *The Secret of Nimh: The Series* (1999-2001)
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## Trivia

* Oriomation is the current animation unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer since the end MGM's prevous animation units (MGM Cartoon Studio, MGM Animation/Visual Arts, and MGM Animation) as the former two closed and the latter is doemant.
	+ Oriomation is the only MGM animation unit not to have the MGM name due to MGM Animation beind dormant.
* Despite that Orion Pictures was folded into MGM from 1999 to 2013, Oriomation survived and and still co-produced it's films with MGM.
* Just Like Disney and Pixar, Oriomation has good characters, strong stories, and beautiful animation, along with majestic songs.
* Oriomation Features successor, American International Animation, has produced feature films since 2020 due to COVID-19.