Nelvana

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Nelvana
Current (circa 2016) logo of Nelvana.
Founded 1971[?]
First Super Mario TV Show Donkey Kong Country
Current president Mellany Welsh

Nelvana is Canada's biggest animation producer. It produced the Donkey Kong Country animated series.

History[edit]

Nelvana was not initially involved in the production of the Donkey Kong Country television series, but it was approached by French studio Medialab for assistance.[1] Medialab had acquired the rights to make a Donkey Kong Country series, but the company fired the original writers as they turned in scripts that were judged terrible and unacceptable for a children's program.[1] Since Medialab had already produced storyboards for ten of the scrapped scripts, Nelvana decided to hire a freelancer to write new episodes around the storyboards as well as hire other writers to make new episodes. The company later purchased the rights to the show from Medialab[1] and produced a third season for Fox with Hong Guang Animation.

Notable employees[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Retrojunk page for Donkey Kong Country (August 5, 2008). Erika Strobel's comment is under the username "canuckgirl1966" (Retrieved April 24, 2016)