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Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment was an American production company known for seasonal TV specials done in stop motion animation. Its recognizable style features doll-like characters with spheroid body parts and ubiquitous powdery snow. Nearly all of their animation was outsourced to Japanese animation companies. The company was founded in New York City in 1960 by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass and was known for its Animagic productions. The company was dissolved in 1987 after being ...
Nov 27, 2021 · In 1955, Rankin and Bass founded Videocraft International to produce commercials, animated programs and feature films with Bass handling the business side and Rankin handling the creative side, although Videocraft’s name was changed to Rankin/Bass Productions in the early sixties, when they independently produced TV series like the stop-motion animated The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1960-61) and the cel-animated Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961).
Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment (founded and formerly known as Videocraft International, Ltd. and Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.) was an American production company located in New York City, and known for its seasonal television specials, usually done in stop motion animation. Rankin/Bass' stop-motion productions are recognizable by their visual style of doll-like characters with spheroid body parts and ubiquitous powdery snow using an animation technique called "Animagic". Often ...
6 days ago · (Photo by Courtesy: Artisan Entertainment, Rankin/Bass Productions, Classic Media) 12 Rankin/Bass Christmas Specials Ranked by Tomatometer It’s simply not Christmas on television without the holiday stop-motion classics from Rankin/Bass, the production company founded in 1960 by Arthur Rankin, Jr ., and Jules Bass .
Oct 9, 2023 · Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment was an American production company, primarily known for its holiday specials which typically made use of stop-motion animation. The studio was founded by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass as Videocraft International, Ltd. in 1960. The studio was renamed Rankin/Bass Productions in 1968, a name under which it produced and distributed numerous animated and live action productions, often collaborating with Japanese animation and film studios such as Toei, Toho ...
Dec 23, 2012 · Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc. (formerly Videocraft International, Ltd.) was a television production company, known for its seasonal television specials and animated series such as ThunderCats. The company was founded by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass on September 14, 1960, under the name Videocraft International. One of Videocraft's first projects was an independently produced series, The New Adventures of Pinocchio. The series was produced using "Animagic", a stop-motion animation process pi
An animated anthology series by Rankin/Bass, featuring adaptations of both folk tales and classic literature. Among the characters featured in various episodes were Cinderella, Hiawatha, Captain Nemo, Johnny Appleseed, Robin Hood, Puss in Boots, Paul Bunyan, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Robinson Crusoe, Tom Sawyer, and Snow White.
