Mook Animation

**Mook Animation Inc.** (株式会社ムークアニメーション, *Kabushiki-gaisha Mūku Animēshon*) is an animation studio based in Japan and started in 1986. Mook Animation formed a business alliance with DLE in 2006 and was known as **Mook DLE**; however they ended their partnership in 2008. Mook has created animation services for Western television programs and feature films, mostly for Hanna-Barbera and later Cartoon Network, such as *SWAT Kats* (four episodes from the first season and the entire second season), *The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest* (the second season). They also provided the animation for *Æon Flux*, *Biker Mice from Mars*, *Men in Black: The Series*, *Todd McFarlane's Spawn*, *X-Men: Evolution*, and *Transformers: Animated*.

## Subsidiaries

* Mook Soratia Animation, Inc.(ムークソラティアアニメーション): Established in 2010.
* SORATIA inc. (ソラティア株式会社): Uruma, Okinawa-based production studio.
* NEO Pictures Corporation? (株式会社　ＮＥＯピクチャーズ): Tokyo-based production studio.

## Productions

### Television series

* *Bionic Six* (1987) (additional services for TMS Entertainment)
* *The Comic Strip* (1987) (opening)
* *Sylvanian Families* (1987) (along with TMS Entertainment)
* *Spiral Zone* (1987) (additional services for Visual 80) (uncredited)
* *ALF Tales* (1988-1989) (along with Shaft)
* *Beverly Hills Teens* (1987)
* *Diplodos* (1988)
* *COPS* (1988-1989)
* *Video Power* (1990–1992)
* *Æon Flux* (1991-1995)
* *The Twins of Destiny* (1992)
* *King Arthur and the Knights of Justice* (1992-1993)
* *The Adventures of T-Rex* (1992–1993)
* *SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron* (1993-1995)
* *Biker Mice from Mars* (1993-1996)
* *Mega Man* (1994-1996) (additional services for Ashi Productions)
* *Skysurfer Strike Force* (1995-1996) (additional services for Ashi Productions)
* *Ultraforce* (1994-1995) (opening)
* *Street Sharks* (1994-1997)
* *The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest* (1996–1997, second season)
* *Mummies Alive!* (1997, 17 episodes, intro, transformation sequences and stock footage)
* *Men in Black: The Series* (1997-2001)
* *Todd McFarlane's Spawn* (1997-1999) (with Madhouse)
* *X-Men: Evolution* (2000-2003) (with Madhouse)
* *Stripperella* (2003-2004)
* *KITTEN DREAM* (2005, NEO Pictures)
* *G.I. Joe: Sigma 6* (2005)
* *Rocket Girls* (2007, as Mook DLE)
* *Transformers: Animated* (2007–2009, with The Answer Studio and Studio 4°C)

### OVA

* *Animated Classics II (Aladdin, PIinocchio, Etc.)* (1992-1993)
* *Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island* (1998)
* *Dwarf Nose* (1998)
* *Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost* (1999)
* *The Toys Room* (a.k.a. *Toyz*) (1999)
* *Triangle Heart: Sazanami Joshiryō* (2000-2002)
* *Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders* (2000)
* *Monster House* (2000)
* *Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase* (2001)
* *Floyd and Benji* (2001)
* *Sin in The Rain* (2006)
* *Mosaic* (2007)
* *The Condor* (2007)

### Feature films

* *Transformers: Animated: The Movie* (2027, with The Answer Studio and Studio 4°C)

### Others

* COLUBOCCORO (pilot) (2007)
* Shimanchu MiRiKa (pilot) (2010, tied Media franchise to Okinawa Prefecture.)

## External links

* Mook Animation, Inc. page
* Mook DLE Inc. page
* SORATIA inc. page
* Mook Animation at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
* co-productions database