Studio Mooshroom

Studio Mooshroom was a French animation studio founded in 1978 after a duo of female animators left Universal Studios.

1978 to 1991
Studio Mooshroom started out pretty small as they were a studio that was selling animation assets for Disney, Paramount and later, DiC. They wouldn't have their first film until 1983 with the anime film, Yellow Buds. In 1986, they've worked on a series of animated specials based on Video Games for FOX. So far, only six of the fourteen have been found. With those six being: Pitfall, E.T., Galaga, Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong and Adventure Island. In 1990, 20th Century Fox obtained the distribution rights for the studio. So in 1991, only five of the six founded specials (E.T. was the only exception due to copyright issues with Universal) were released by Fox Video (Which also released Babar in Phonicland).

1991 to 2003
In 1991, Studio Mooshroom temporary merged with Cinar's television department to distribute their properties to the local channels. But the deal ended in 1996 when Cinar's shows were sold to Disney Channel. Also in 1996, the studio's distribution rights were sold to Viz Video and Paramount (who distributed Madeline at the Time). In 1997, they've produced their first live action film, A live action adaptation of The Busy World of Richard Scarry with Paramount. Also, in 1999, they've also produced their first live-action Animation hybrid: Madeline and the Twisted Worlds. In 2001, a subsidiary opened up: Strawberry Animation. Which produced more girly and cuter films. In 2003, the studio was sold to DiC entertainment.

2003 to 2021
In 2005, the studio had a 50% Stake in Nelvana, A 20% stake in Warner bros in 2008 and Universal in 2010. In 2019, the studio later became the major animation studio of WildBrain. LandonToei Co. agreed to purchase Studio Mooshroom and placed it as a subsidiary of HiT Entertainment in 2020. On March 28, 2021, it was folded into WildBrain France. Despite this, the website's domain is still up and its upcoming movies in-production were migrated to DiC Entertainment. The only exception is Tomodatchi Life, which rights were transferred over to Universal Studios due to a contracting issue involving Nintendo. Their adult label, Skeleton Pictures was sold to Sony Pictures Animation, Strawberry Animation became a division of DiC Entertainment as did their Television stations brand.

Closure
On February 14, 2021, it was been announced that WildBrain would be merging some of its subsidiaries to prevent the company from becoming a monopoly. Studio Mooshroom was announced to be one of the three studios to be closed down. Following that announcement, an outrage occurred in the animation community with several protests during the process. Studio Mooshroom officially closed down on March 28, 2021 at 11:59 PM. Their Television stations were sold to either LandonToei (Their CW-affiliates), Nextar Media, or DiC Entertainment, their adult label was transferred to Sony Pictures and Strawberry Animation became a movie studio for DiC Entertainment. On April 13, 2021, their official website redirects to the HiT Entertainment website and their television stations domain redirects to Nextar Media's website.

Canceled films
This is a list of Studio Mooshroom's list of canceled films. All films here are transferred over to DiC Entertainment. The only exception is Tomodatchi Life, which is transferred over to Dreamworks via Universal Studios due to a contracting issue involving Nintendo.