Bear Bones Entertainment

Bear Bones Entertainment is an American multimedia and entertainment company which produces and develops animated films, television programming and video games. The company was founded in 1999 as a result of a merger between Bear Bones Productions, Maloing Entertainment, Sensation Animation, Naughty Bear Animation, Bear Bones Interactive, and Bear Bones Classics.

History
In January 1999, Bear Bones announced its new singular entertainment studio due to new opportunities as well as more offerings if the company goes independent. In addition, Bear Bones Productions was transferred into a new entertainment company called Bear Bones Entertainment, LLC, headed by its president Clive Nakayashiki. Its divisions Hammocks Animation and Riverhood Entertainment were integrated under Bear Bones Entertainment.

Units
The company's operating units, as of 2020, include:

Current

 * Bear Bones Productions
 * Bear Bones Australia
 * Naughty Bear Animation
 * Maloing Entertainment
 * Maloing Japan
 * Sensation Animation


 * Bear Bones Interactive Group
 * TakaWave
 * Bear Bones Interactive
 * Bear Bones Black
 * Bear Bones Interactive Japan


 * Bear Bones Classics
 * Bear Bones Media and Licensing
 * BBToons
 * BBToons Originals


 * Hub! (joint venture with Hasbro, Mattel, MGA Entertainment, Discovery Communications, and Sony Pictures Television)
 * BBStream
 * BeaAnime
 * Funimation (joint venture with Aniplex and Sony Pictures Television)

Former

 * Bear Bones Channel (folded into BBToons)
 * Bear Bones Lineup (last broadcast in 2005)
 * Bear Bones Toon-On! (joint venture with Nickelodeon; ended in 2007)
 * Bear Bones Comics (folded into Bear Bones Media and Licensing in 2010)
 * Bear Bones Wireless (folded into Bear Bones Interactive in 2011)
 * Bear Bones Home Entertainment (folded into Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2015)
 * Hammocks Animation (shut down after founder Thomas Hammocks' death in 2010)
 * Riverhood Entertainment (filed for bankruptcy following founder Sabrina Scott's suicide in 2020; library folded into Bear Bones Classics)