Hyperion Animation Company, Inc.

**Hyperion Animation Company, Inc.** (officially referred to as **Hyperion Cartoons**) is an American animation studio that is a subsidiary of Hyperion Pictures, producing animated feature films and television series, including its three most successful media franchises *The Brave Little Toaster*, *The Itsy Bitsy Spider* and *The Oz Kids*.

## Filmography

* *The Brave Little Toaster* (1987)
* *Rover Dangerfield* (1991)
* *The Itsy Bitsy Spider* (1992)
* *Bébé's Kids* (1992)
* *The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue* (1997)
* *The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars* (1998)
* *The Sissy Duckling* (1999)
* *Jingle Bells* (1999)
* *We Wish You a Merry Christmas* (1999)
* *O'Christmas Tree* (1999)
* *The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!* (2000)
* *The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina* (2002)
* *The Proud Family Movie* (2005)

## Why They're Toasting

1. Three most iconic media franchises: *The Brave Little Toaster*, *The Itsy Bitsy Spider* and *The Oz Kids*.
2. It has best feature films (*The Brave Little Toaster*, *Rover Dangerfield*, *The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!* and *The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina*) and television programs (*The Itsy Bitsy Spider*, *Life with Louie*, *The Adventures of Hyperman*, *The Oz Kids* and *The Proud Family*).
	* It also created a short film, *The Itsy Bitsy Spider*, and the primetime TV special, *The Sissy Duckling*.
3. Modern-day animation in its purest form, next to Sony Pictures Animation, DreamWorks Animation and Pixar.
4. Great hand-drawn animation and voice acting in most of their cartoons. Even both weakest movies in their filmography, *Bébé's Kids* and *The Proud Family Movie*, still managed to have stunning animation.
5. Like Disney, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and Universal, they are known for their unique, interesting and creative concepts.
6. The tomboyish city girl, Leslie McGroarty, Hyperion's own cartoon creation, as their official mascot and she's still popular to this day much like Mickey Mouse and Luxo Jr. She was also Hyperion Animation's very first main female protagonist.
7. It became the most successful independent cartoon studio in the United States.
8. Memorable characters from three popular franchises:
	* ***The Brave Little Toaster:*** Toaster, Lampy, Kirby, Radio, Blankey and Ratso.
	* ***The Itsy Bitsy Spider:*** Leslie McGroarty and Itsy.
	* ***The Oz Kids:*** Dot and Neddie Hugson, Toto II and Andrea.
9. Their cartoons have some hilarious, groundbreaking and/or heartwarming moments.
10. Their films have iconic musical compositions, often using composers known for live-action films or television productions, in which also makes it debut for the Hyperion cartoons.
11. They released their films theatrically or direct to video.
12. Unlike the CG-animation studio, Pixar and the British cartoon studio, Aardman, which are only producing 3-dimensional animation, it was the world's only major cartoon studio to produce 2D animation.
13. They have many references of Disney media for every Hyperion cartoon.

## Bad Qualities

1. *Bébé's Kids*, *The Proud Family Movie*, *Da Boom Crew* and *The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars* are considered by many Hyperion's weakest cartoons.
2. Prior to *The Brave Little Toaster*, Hyperion Pictures created the worst TV pilot for Universal Television and Steven Speilberg, *Family Dog*, ***without its cartoon division***.

## Trivia

* The library of films of the studio, along with the live-action studio, Hyperion Pictures, are officially acquired by Disney.