Atomic Cartoons

Canadian animation studioTemplate:SHORTDESC:Canadian animation studio

* Trevor Bentley
* Mauro Casalese
* Olaf Miller
* Adam Ronald
* Rob Davies

**Atomic Cartoons** is a Canadian animation studio founded in 1999 by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller, Adam Ronald, and Rob Davies. Based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, it produces service animation for a wide variety of clients, as well as creating its own properties. Since 2015, the company has been owned by Thunderbird Entertainment.

## History

The studio was founded in March 1999 by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller and Rob Davies. Sent back to Vancouver after losing his job at Warner Bros. Animation following the cancellation of *Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain*, Davies received a phone call from Sunwoo Entertainment's Jae Moh to help produce **Milo's Bug Quest** [ko]. Together with former Studio B Productions colleagues Miller and Bentley, as well as animator/character designer Casalese, the four launched Atomic Cartoons to assist in creating the series.

Between 2004 and 2008, the company produced *Atomic Betty* for Teletoon in association with Breakthrough Entertainment and Tele Images Kids. Atomic's first fully original creation, the show's titular heroine served as the studio's mascot for a number of years.

In 2010, Miller left to launch his own studio. The following year, Jennifer McCarron was appointed head of production. On July 8, 2015, Atomic Cartoons was acquired by Canadian production company Thunderbird Films. The three founders remain on board. McCarron was named president and chief executive officer in 2016.

In December 2018, the company opened a second animation studio in Ottawa, Ontario. Its first project was the Netflix-original *The Last Kids on Earth*.

In February 2020, Atomic Cartoons opened its third studio in Los Angeles, California.

## Productions

### Movies/specials

**Other**

* *The Oblongs* (2001; Layout)
* *Chub City* (2014; scrapped project)
* *Five Alarm Funk 'Robot'* (2015, music video)
* *Vindicators 2* (2022, 10 episodes, short spin-off of *Rick and Morty*)

## References

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1. ↑ Ross, Ailsa (June 27, 2019). Zombies and Owls: How Atomic Cartoons Recruits Canada's Best Talent. *Royal Bank of Canada*.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Miller, Bob (2000-09-01). The Power Behind Atomic Cartoons. *Animation World Network*.
3. ↑ Goodman, Martin (2002-03-18). Atomic Betty: Defending the Universe and Trying to Find a Home on TV. *Animation World Network*.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cummins, Juliana (July 8, 2015). Thunderbird acquires Atomic Cartoons. *Kidscreen*. Brunico Communications.
5. ↑ Edwards, Ian (April 5, 1999). New Vancouver studio Atomic Cartoons opens. *Playback*. Brunico Communications.
6. ↑ Getzler, Wendy (October 19, 2011). Atomic Cartoons names head of production. *Kidscreen*. Brunico Communications.
7. ↑ Pinto, Jordan (June 16, 2016). Twiner-McCarron named president of Atomic Cartoons. *Playback*. Brunico Communications.
8. ↑ Animation studio drawn back to Hintonburg. *CBC News*. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (December 16, 2018).
9. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (February 5, 2020). Thunderbird's Atomic Cartoons Opens LA Studio. *Animation Magazine*.
10. ↑ 'the Walking Dead' Creator Robert Kirkman Quietly Launched a Tv Series in Canada (12 October 2018).
11. ↑ Edwards, Ian (1999-11-15). Animal Planet calls on 'Wild'. *Playback*.
12. ↑ Godfrey, Leigh (October 25, 2001). Timberwolf On The Web. *Animation World Network*.
13. ↑ Brodsky, Katherine (2012-09-05). World's love of toons makes these nerds cool. *Variety*.
14. ↑ DeMott, Rick (2007-09-11). Captain Flamingo Lands On Jetix Programming Block. *Animation World Network*.
15. ↑ Mallory, Michael (2012-06-14). The Tooning Up of 'Car Talk'. *Animation Magazine*.
16. ↑ Atomic Cartoons Goes Boom (16 May 2019).
17. ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (2014-10-15). TELETOON Commissions Third Season of Breakthrough's 'Rocket Monkeys'. *Animation World Network*.
18. ↑ Atomic Cartoons Revs up Creative Investment.
19. ↑ Hilda.
20. ↑ FX Orders Animated Comedy Pilot 'Little Demon'; Danny & Lucy DeVito, Aubrey Plaza to Star, Dan Harmon to EP (23 April 2020).
21. ↑ Tuchow, Ryan (February 18, 2022). Hasbro Saddles Up New My Little Pony Content. *Kid Screen*.
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23. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (2022-09-07). 'Princess Power,' 'Spirit Rangers' Join Netflix's Fall Preschool Slate (en-US).
24. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (February 4, 2019). Tokidoki's Mermicorno Getting Animated with Atomic Cartoons. *Animation Magazine*.
25. ↑ Tuchow, Ryan (February 25, 2020). How Jim Henson & Atomic are differentiating Nate Create. *Kidscreen*. Brunico Communications.
26. ↑ Zahed, Ramin (August 13, 2020). Disney+ Gets Festive with 'LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special'. *Animation Magazine*.
27. ↑ LEGO STAR WARS TERRIFYING TALES IS HERE! (en-US) (2021-10-21).
28. ↑ Zahed, Ramin (June 21, 2022). Disney+ Unveils New Taste of the ‘LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation’. *Animation Magazine*.
29. ↑ Night At The Museum Kahmunrah Rises Again Animated Film Gets Animation Studio.

## External links

* Official website

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