Warner Bros. Animation San Francisco

Warner Bros. Animation San Francisco (formerly George Marsaggin Productions and then Warner-Marsaggin Productions) is an American animation studio that was active from 1970 to 1997, when it was folded into Warner Bros. Feature Animation.

1971-1985: Beginnings
In 1970, George Marsaggin, a CalArts graduate from San Francisco, who had completed the short Life in Francisco, decided to set up their own animated studio in San Francisco, California, and hired former Warner Bros. Cartoons workers to join the studio. The studio signed up a deal with Warner Bros. to distribute its own animated feature titles.

The first film, The Fabulous Princess Wedding was released in 1974 by Warner Bros. to critical and commercial success. The success ordered Marsaggin to produce feature films from Warner Bros. and said none of their Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies characters appear in any feature film. In 1980, Warner Bros. Animation was formed, and decided to continue distributing Marsaggin's films for 10 more years until 1990.

1985-1989: Purchase by Warner Communications
In 1985, Warner Communications, who owned Warner Bros. announced a deal to purchase the San Francisco-based animation company for $200 million. The venture was soon renamed to Warner-Marsaggin Productions, to reflect the acquisition, and it was integrated into being a part of Warner Bros. Animation, and its staff remained intact.

The next few films Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish (1986) and The Princess and the Three Apprentices (1987) gained critical and commercial success, which came from Warner Bros.' profitable earnings.

1989-1998: Time Warner era and end of studio
In 1989, Warner Communications announced its plans to merge with Time Inc., to form Time Warner, and then in 1991, the feature animation division was renamed to Warner Bros. Animation San Francisco, and decided that management hoped to compete with Disney and Amblimation to boost its success upon its earnings.

The next few films consisting of The Saga of Erik the Viking (1991) and The Computer Nut (1992), which are critical and commercial success. Also on the same year, Rover Dangerfield (of which Warner acquired distribution rights in 1989, an outside production from Hyperion), was released and received mixed reviews and signed a deal with Don Bluth to distribute its own material.

In 1994, Warner Bros. Feature Animation was launched, and making a San Francisco feature animation unit a subsidiary of it, and decided to fold it into Warner Bros. Feature Animation in early 1998 during the post-production of Quest for Camelot, due to poor sales of its later films.

Filmography
All of the films below were distributed by Warner Bros.