Mook Animation
Mook Animation Inc. (株式会社ムークアニメーション, Kabushiki-gaisha Mūku Animēshon) is an animation studio based in Japan and started in 1986. Mook Animation formed a business alliance with DLE in 2006 and was known as Mook DLE; however they ended their partnership in 2008. Mook has created animation services for Western television programs and feature films, mostly for Hanna-Barbera and later Cartoon Network, such as SWAT Kats (four episodes from the first season and the entire second season), The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (the second season), Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders and Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase. They also provided the animation for Æon Flux, Biker Mice from Mars, Men in Black: The Series, Todd McFarlane's Spawn, X-Men: Evolution, and Transformers: Animated.
Kabushiki gaisha | |
Industry | Animation |
Founded | September 13, 1986 |
Founder | Tetsurō Kumase Yoshiyuki Momose |
Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Tetsurō Kumase (Representative director) |
Number of employees | 46 |
Website | mookanimation |
Subsidiaries
- Mook Soratia Animation, Inc.(ムークソラティアアニメーション): Established in 2010.
- SORATIA inc. (ソラティア株式会社): Uruma, Okinawa-based production studio.
- NEO Pictures Corporation? (株式会社 NEOピクチャーズ): Tokyo-based production studio.
Productions
Television series
- The Comic Strip (1987) (opening)
- Bionic Six (1987) (additional services for TMS Entertainment)
- ALF Tales (1988-1989) (along with Shaft)
- Beverly Hills Teens (1987)
- Diplodos (1988)
- COPS (1988-1989)
- Video Power (1990–1992)
- Æon Flux (1991-1995)
- The Twins of Destiny (1992)
- King Arthur and the Knights of Justice (1992-1993)
- The Adventures of T-Rex (1992–1993)
- SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993-1995)
- Biker Mice from Mars (1993-1996)
- Mega Man (1994-1996) (additional services for Ashi Productions)
- Skysurfer Strike Force (1995-1996) (additional services for Ashi Productions)
- Ultraforce (1994-1995) (opening)
- Street Sharks (1994-1997)
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996–1997, second season)
- Mummies Alive! (1997, 17 episodes, intro, transformation sequences and stock footage)
- Men in Black: The Series (1997-2001)
- Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997-1999) (with Madhouse)
- X-Men: Evolution (2000-2003) (with Madhouse)
- Stripperella (2003-2004)
- KITTEN DREAM (2005, NEO Pictures)
- G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 (2005)
- Rocket Girls (2007, as Mook DLE)
- Transformers: Animated (2007–2009, with The Answer Studio and Studio 4°C)
OVA
- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
- Triangle Heart: Sazanami Joshiryō (2000-2002)
- Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000)
- Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001)
- Sin in The Rain (2006)
Others
- COLUBOCCORO (pilot) (2007)
- Shimanchu MiRiKa (pilot) (2010, tied Media franchise to Okinawa Prefecture.)