The entity formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios (and currently Universal Animation Studios) is back in business after a looong hiatus ...
The cartoon factory has moved from the Black Tower in North Hollywood to the center of Glendale, where it's creating a string of new Curious George episodes for PBS. I walked through the place for the first time this afternoon, and was happy to see a lot of familiar faces.
"We've got a batch of new episodes to do, and most of the original artistic staff has come back to work on them. We've got low overhead here and hope to keep things going ..."
Universal closed its cartoon facility in the skyscraper a couple of years ago. Permanently, I was told. But the future is unpredictable, PBS wanted new shows, and here we are.
Sometimes the surprises you receive are pleasant, instead of the other way around.
(UCS/UAS came into existence in the early nineties. They created a number of shows ... and lots of direct-to-video Land Before Time features -- over wo decades. The place never quite reached major animation studio status, but they always employed anywhere from fifteen to fifty artists. Good to see that they're out of hibernation.)
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Are the curious george episodes going to be hand drawn?
Who cares? Hand drawn or not, it's animation work.
Yes, hand-drawn. It's more episodes of the PBS series.
Is this Curious George pickup the extent of what Universal will be doing?
Is this Curious George pickup the extent of what Universal will be doing?
Yes. Thus far.
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