Method Animation
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Method Animation (formerly Method Films) (sometimes called Method Animation Studios or Norman Studios and also known as ON Animation Studios or ON Kids & Family or Mediawan Animation or Mediawan Kids & Family) is a French company which produces CGI and 2D animated shows. It came together in 2014 as the culmination of a merger of Dimitri Rassam's Chapter 2 and Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films.[1][2][3] Method Animation is the parent company of media conglomerate Mediawan. Paris-based ON Entertainment, headed by Rassam, is one of its divisions.[4] In 2018, Mediawan (which was founded by Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse and Pierre-Antoine Capton in 2015) hold 53.53% stake in Method Animation through its acquisition of ON Kids & Family and ON Entertainment, thus bringing it under the same ownership with Storia Television which was derived from the former French television division of Luc Besson's EuropaCorp.[citation needed]
Company type | animation studio |
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Industry | CGI |
Founded | 1999; 25 years ago (1999) |
Founder | Aton Soumache |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Aton Soumache (CEO) Dimitri Rassam (CCO) |
Parent | Mediawan Kids & Family (Mediawan) (2018—present; 53.53%) |
Divisions | ON Animation Studios ON Classics ON Entertainment ON Kids & Family |
Subsidiaries | Onyx Films Magical Society |