Collideascope

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{{short description|Former Canadian animation studio}}

{{distinguish|Kaleidoscope}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Collideascope

| logo = Collideascope.jpg

| type =

| industry = {{Unbulleted list|Animation|New media}}

| fate = Closed

| founded = {{Start date and age|1995}}

| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Michael-Andreas Kuttner|Steven Comeau}}

| defunct = {{End date and age|2009}}

| hq_location_city = Halifax, Nova Scotia

| hq_location_country = Canada

| products = {{Unbulleted list|Olliver's Adventures|Delilah & Julius}}

| num_employees = 120

| num_employees_year = 2007

}}

Collideascope, or Collideascope Digital Productions, was a Canadian animation studio and new media company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1995 to 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/down-the-tube/article20441520/|title=Down the tube|work=The Globe and Mail |date=March 9, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/empty-frames/Content?oid=1018259|title=Empty frames|first=Angelina|last=Chapin|website=The Coast Halifax}}{{cite web|author=M-A |url=http://whatm-aisupto.blogspot.com/2009/06/quick-update.html |title=What M-A Is Up To: Quick update |publisher=Whatm-aisupto.blogspot.com |date=June 3, 2009 |accessdate=February 14, 2020}} Founded by Michael-Andreas Kuttner and Steven Comeau, it was the largest animation studio in Atlantic Canada at 120 employees in 2007, down from 130 at its peak in 2005.

Notable original productions from Collideascope include the Gemini Award-winning Olliver's Adventures, one of the earliest animated television series made in Macromedia Flash,{{cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20030528004 |title=New Media Keeps Young People in Nova Scotia - Government of Nova Scotia, Canada |publisher=Novascotia.ca |date=May 28, 2003 |accessdate=February 14, 2020}} and Delilah & Julius, both in association with Decode Entertainment and commissioning broadcaster Teletoon.{{cite web|url=https://playbackonline.ca/2005/01/31/collideascope-20050131/|title=Full slate and new studio for Collideascope}}{{cite web|url=http://www.canadiananimationresources.ca/2009/07/mark-capello-and-m-a-kuttner-part-ii/|title=Mark Cappello and M-A Kuttner, part II|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219124157/http://www.canadiananimationresources.ca/?p=256|archive-date=December 19, 2011}}

The company also handled animation service work, including for Johnny Test and its final project before shutting down, Speed Racer: The Next Generation.{{cite web|url=http://www.canadiananimationresources.ca/2009/07/weekend-reading-an-interview-with-michael-andreas-kuttner-co-founder-and-former-coo-of-collideascope-digital-productions-part-i/|title=Weekend reading, an interview with Michael-Andreas Kuttner, co-founder and former COO of Collideascope Digital Productions, part I|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219130152/http://www.canadiananimationresources.ca/?p=244|archive-date=December 19, 2011}}