Glass Ball Productions

Glass Ball Productions (formerly known as Double G Productions, commonly referred to as Glass Ball) is an American production company and animation studio founded by Geo G., behind the animated series Gabriel Garza, BJ and Wally, Eilonwy's Magical Tales, Niz Chicoloco, Zina Supermoon, Adventures of Kit Mineko, TeenV, Cland Ann, Zoe vs. the World, FusionMania, College University and Disney Princess, as well as the films Kit Mineko (1999), The Gabriel Garza Movie (2002), Zina and the Vivid Crew (2004), The TeenV Movie (2005), Zoe Tarr: The Drinking Detective (2007), FusionMania: The Movie (2012), and Havoc on the Planet of the Apes (2019). Glass Ball has also associated on other works, including Dusk and Dawn, The Princess and the Pied Piper, Nepola's Odyssey, Prism and Imagimals.

Based in Los Angeles, California, the studio has mostly associated with such companies as Universal Pictures and The Walt Disney Company.

History
In 1988, Geo G. left Multimedia Animation after three years in order to start out Double G Productions. The company first produced shorts for The Toon Hour and signed a deal with Gingo to produce shows, with Multimedia handling funding for the company and a minority interest in the studio. In 1991, Geo G. and his company made his breakout hit with Gabriel Garza. This followed up with BJ and Wally in 1994 after the success of the show.

In 1995, Terry Ward joined the company as animator, and in December of 1996, it was renamed to Glass Ball Productions, and added a show for Disney, Eilonwy's Magical Tales, the first show not to air on Gingo, which lasted 65 episodes (per Disney's rule). It was followed up with Niz Chicoloco and Zina Supermoon, both of these shows were critically acclaimed. In 2001, Glass Ball signed a six-year deal with 20th Century Fox Television to produce animated series.

In 2002, the company made another hit with TeenV, but in 2005, purchased Vivendi Universal Digital Arts and it was renamed to Double G Games (which is named after its original company name). In the same year, Glass Ball teamed up with David Webber and Jason Stewart to co-produce another animated series for Fox titled Cland Ann, created by TeenV creator Terry Ward. However, it was sadly cancelled in 2008 due to low ratings, but later gained a cult following. In 2007, After its deal with Fox expired, it signed a non-exclusive deal with Universal Television Animation to produce newer animated series. In 2016, Glass Ball produced Disney Princess for Disney after many years in development hell and it lasted three seasons.

Glass Ball was supposed to be involved with Geo G.'s films Nepola's Odyssey and Imagimals and their sequels, but the production company name was removed at request of Universal Animation Studios' feature department.

Logo
The Glass Ball Productions logo depicts a large glass ball being shattered by a butterfly, followed by a loud cracking sound. The logo was designed by founder Geo G. Some special versions of the studio's animation were made to fit episodes of shows like TeenV and Cland Ann. Often, dialogue from some TeenV episodes can be heard during the animation.

The Glass Ball logo was parodied in the "Rejected Pokémon" segment in an episode of the Cartoon Network animated series MAD, where it features a rejected Pokémon called Glasstar, who is shattered by a butterfly (which resembles the one in the Glass Ball logo), thus echoing the famous Glass Ball logo.

Miscellaneous productions

 * Comedy Central (IDs, commercial)
 * Everyone's Hero (2006; commercials)

Trivia
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