Romite Animation Studios

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Romite Animation Studios was an American (formerly multinational) animation production and licensing company formed by Robert W. Stainton, Michael Wildshill, and Terry Ward (Robert being the creator of Greeny Phatom series).

Founded in 2013, the studio bought stakes and companies from various parenty companies such as All3Media^[1], acquired Method Films from France and Frederator Studios from the US and other companies. 

Headquartered in Los Angeles at the time of it's defunct, Romite used to be one of the world’s largest independent children’s entertainment companies with ownership and licensing rights to some of the most recognizable character brands. It's other offices used to be located at New York, Toronto, Tokyo, London, among others.

History

In 2012, Michael Wildshill (then-new executive producer of Greeny Phatom), Robert and Terry had plans to form a parent company as a successor for GreenyWorld Animation, the animation studio founded by Robert Stainton.

In May 2015, Stainton Enterprises acquired all of Romite studios, assets, IPs and rights (excluding the Romite LA studio, Jakelsm Pictures offices, Studio a.k.a., Romite Retro, Romite Bullwinkle and United Plankton Pictures) and merged them to The Greeny Channel Studios (formerly Keeagan-Garrett Studios Inc). Romite then sold Romite Retro and Romite Bullwinkle to Dreamworks.

Before Michael created the Romite, he used to own Shouterbox Studios by his own.

Studios

Sold

• Romite Retro, a production company previously known as DreamWorks Classics. Formerly part of Romite New York. Sold to DreamWorks in 2015.
• Romite Bullwinkle, a production company formerly known as Bullwinkle Studios. Formerly part of Romite New York. Sold to DreamWorks in 2015.
• Romite Aurora, formerly known as Asinine Productions; the "production company" of the webseries Oddity Archive. Currently has the rights to The Puzzle Place and the previously-mentioned Oddity Archive. Sold to Stainton Enterprises in 2015, renamed to "Asinine Productions LLC".

Spun off to independent companies

• United Plankton Pictures, the team behind SpongeBob SquarePants. Spun off in 2015.
• Studio A.K.A., formerly known as a.k.a. Cartoon, the production company of animator Danny Antonucci. Spun off in 2015.
• Adventure Time Productions, formerly known as Frederator Studios; the team behind Adventure Time. Spun off and merged to Frederator Studios.
• Romite Vancouver, a production company formerly known as Studio B Productions, Bardel Entertainment and DHX Media Vancouver and responsible of mostly-loved My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Split and merged to Keegan-Garrett Studios & DHX Media.
• Romite St. Paul, formerly known as Best Brains Productions; the team behind Mystery Science Theater 3000. Spun off in 2015.
• Romite Providence, a production company formerly known as The Story Hat, responsible of Greeny Phatom episodes until Season 19. Spun off in 2015.
• Romite Burbank, a production and animation company previously known as Film Roman. Spun off in 2015.
• Romite Paris, a production company formerly known as Cine+'s feature film finance division, DHX Media France/Paris and Cookie Jar Entertainment's Paris office, is responsible of feature film finance and production. Sold to DHX Media in 2015.
• Romite Halifax, a production company formerly known as Halifax Film Company, Salter Street Films and DHX Media - Halifax. Sold to DHX Media in 2015.
• Romite Nashville, a production company formerly known as Big Idea Productions, is responsible of production of VeggieTales. Spun off in 2015.
• Romite LA, a production company formerly known as W!LDBRAIN, Objective Productions Los Angeles^[1], DHX Media - Los Angeles and Terry Ward Animation Studios' Los Angeles office, responsible of Greeny Phatom movies. Spun off to W!LDBRAIN, Objective Productions Los Angeles, DHX Media - Los Angeles, and Terry Ward Animation Studios' Los Angeles office.
• Jakelsm Pictures Ireland, a production company formerly known as Jakelsm Home Entertainment, is responsible of World of Jake cartoons and products.
  • Jakelsm Pictures Dublin
  • Jakelsm Pictures Shannon, formerly Nelvana Ireland
• Romite New York, a production company formerly known as Classic Media, Bullwinkle Studios, DreamWorks Classics, 4Kids Entertainment, 4Licensing Corporation and Boomerang Media LLC and responsible of intellectual property such as Postman Pat, Casper and distribution of upcoming Pokémon anime and Yu-Gi-Oh. Spun off to DreamWorks Classics, 4Licensing, and Bullwinkle Studios.
  • Jay Ward Productions
  • Romite Optomen USA^[1], a production company previously known as Optomen USA. Spun off to Optomen USA.
• Romite Toronto, a production company formerly known as Heroic Film Company, Family Channel's original television series production division (Family Original Productions) and Cookie Jar Entertainment's Toronto office. Spun off in 2015.
• Romite Program Exchange, formerly known as The Program Exchange; distribution division. Spun off in 2015.

Merged to The Greeny Channel Studios (formerly Keeagan-Garrett Studios Inc)

All the studios, listed below, were merged to The Greeny Channel Studios (formerly Keeagan-Garrett Studios Inc).

• One Potato Two Potato Inc.^[1] Formerly part of Romite LA.
• Studio Lambert USA^[1] Formerly part of Romite LA.
• Romite London, a production company formerly known as Entertainment Rights and TT Animation, is responsible of intellectual property previously owned by Entertainment Rights.
  • Romite Optomen^[1], a production company formerly known as Optomen UK.
  • Company Pictures^[1], bought from All3Media.
  • Romite Little Dot^[1], formerly Little Dot Studios.
  • Lion Television - London^[1]
  • Maverick London^[1]
  • Romite Kameleon^[1], formerly Kameleon - an All3Media company.
  • Objective Productions - London^[1]
  • Romite North One London^[1], formerly known as North One Television London.
  • One Potato Two Potato Ltd.^[1]
  • Optomen Studios^[1]
  • Studio Lambert UK^[1]
  • Romite Factual International^[1], formerly All3Media International
• Romite Warkworth, a production company formerly known as Huhu Studios is responsible of Turbo Dogs and other Huhu IPs.
• Romite West Hollywood, a production company formerly known as Vanguard Animation's US office.
• Romito Tokyo, a production company formerly known as feature film finance division of Dentsu, Yomiko Advertising, Cookie Jar Entertainment Japan and Bee Train Animation.
• ​Romite Vistec, a production, licensing and public relations company formerly known as Japan Vistec/Vistec Entertainment.
• Romite Birmingham^[1], a production company previously known as North One Television Birmingham.
  • Maverick Birmingham^[1]
• Romite Glebe^[1], an Australian production company formerly known as North One Australia.
• Romite Iver^[1], formerly Bentley Productions.
• Romite Amsterdam^[1], formerly IDTV.
• Romite Liverpool^[1], formerly known as Lime Pictures.
• Romite Glasgow^[1], formerly known as Lion Television Scotland.
  • Objective Productions Scotland^[1]
• Romite Moviement^[1], formerly MME Moviement.
• Romite Munchen^[1], formerly MME Moviement Münich.
• Romite New Zealand^[1], foremrly South Pacific Pictures.
• Romite Culver City^[1], formerly Zoo Productions

References

1. ↑ Romite bought All3Media.