Nelvana
| Nelvana | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 1971 |
| First Super Mario TV Show | Donkey Kong Country |
| Current president | Pam Westman |
Nelvana is Canada's biggest animation producer. It produced the Donkey Kong Country animated series.
History[edit]
Nelvana was not initially involved in the production of Donkey Kong Country, but it was approached by French studio Medialab for assistance.[1] Medialab had acquired the rights to do a Donkey Kong Country series, but the company fired the original writers as they turned in scripts that were judged terrible and unacceptable for a children's program.[1] Since Medialab had already produced storyboards for ten of the scrapped scripts, Nelvana decided to hire a freelancer to write new episode around the storyboards as well as hire other writers to do new episodes. The company later purchased the rights to the show from Medialab[1] and produced a third season for Fox with Hong Guang Animation.
Notable employees[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Retrojunk page for Donkey Kong Country (August 5, 2008). Erika Strobel's comment is under the username "canuckgirl1966" (Retrieved April 24, 2016)
