Animation Magic

{{short description|Russian-American software animation studio}}

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| name = Animation Magic Inc.

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| foundation = 1991 (Massachusetts branch)
1992 (Saint Petersburg branch){{cite book | author1=Puffer, Sheila M. | author2=McCarthy, Daniel J. | author3=Satinsky, Daniel M. | title=Hammer and Silicon: The Soviet Diaspora in the US Innovation Economy | date=2018 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | isbn=978-1107190856 | pages=152–153 | quote=I went back to computer design and computer manufacturing, and in 1991, I started my own business in multimedia called Animation Magic. When I started that business, Russia opened up and my partner, who was also from Massachusetts but originally from California, suggested that we should probably hire some animators from Russia because that would make us more competitive in the marketplace. We would have better animation and therefore more success, so I went to Russia and we opened a business there in 1992.}}

| founders = Igor Razboff and Dale DeSharone

| defunct = {{end date|2001}}{{Cite magazine|author = Игорь Варнавский (Igor Varnavsky)| volume=1| script-title=ru:Закрытые страницы истории. Крупные игровые компании в России были еще в 90-е, но мы об этом не знали|url = https://www.igromania.ru/article/12680/Zakrytye_stranicy_istorii_Krupnye_igrovye_kompanii_v_Rossii_byli_esche_v_90-e_no_my_ob_yetom_ne_znali.html|magazine = Igromania|date = 2008-01-31 |publication-date=January 2008|access-date = 2017-05-22|language=ru|df=mdy-all|issue=124}}

| fate = Dissolved by Vivendi Universal

| location_city = Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.

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| locations = 3

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| products = Video games and animation

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| parent = Capitol Multimedia (1994–1997)
Davidson & Associates (1997–1998)
Vivendi Universal Games (1998–2001)

| num_employees = ~150

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| subsid = ООО "АМИ"

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Animation Magic ({{langx|ru|«Магия анимации»|translit=Magiya Animatsii}}) was a Russian-American animation studio founded in Gaithersburg, Maryland in 1991, with offices later added in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a 100%-owned subsidiary in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The company developed animations for CD-based software. It was acquired in December 1994 by Capitol Multimedia. The assets and rights that Capitol owned would be sold to Davidson & Associates in April 1997.

By 1994 Animation Magic had 90 employees, including 12 software engineers and approximately 60 animators, computer graphic, background and sprite artists. Its products included Hotel Mario, Link: The Faces of Evil,{{cite web|title=Link: The Faces of Evil|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/cd-i/link-the-faces-of-evil|publisher=MobyGames|access-date=2017-05-22|df=mdy-all}} Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon,{{cite web|title=Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/cd-i/zelda-the-wand-of-gamelon|publisher=MobyGames|access-date=2017-05-22|df=mdy-all}} Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam, Pyramid Adventures,{{Cite web|title=Pyramid Adventures Episode 1: Treasures of the Lost Pyramid - The Cutting Room Floor|url=https://tcrf.net/Pyramid_Adventures_Episode_1:_Treasures_of_the_Lost_Pyramid|access-date=2021-07-09|website=tcrf.net}} I.M. Meen,{{cite web |author=Brad Cook |title=Test of I.M. Meen |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=15837&tab=review|publisher=Allgame|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306231653/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=15837&tab=review|archive-date=2013-03-06|df=mdy-all|access-date=2017-05-22}} King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride, Darby the Dragon, and the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans.{{cite web|title=Animation Magic|url=http://www.thevideoanimationcompany.com/animation-news/capitol-multimedia-to-acquire-animation-magic-inc|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140805044448/http://www.thevideoanimationcompany.com/animation-news/capitol-multimedia-to-acquire-animation-magic-inc|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-08-05|publisher=The Video Animation Company|df=mdy-all|access-date=2017-05-22}} {{cite web|title=Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans|url=http://www.1up.com/games/pc/warcraft-adventures-lord-clans/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101221403/http://www.1up.com/games/pc/warcraft-adventures-lord-clans/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-01|publisher=1UP.com|df=mdy-all|access-date=2017-05-22}}