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{{Short description|Korean-American animation production studios}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Rough Draft Studios, Inc.

| logo = Rough_Draft_Studios_logo.png

| type = Private

| industry = Hand-drawn animation
Television production

| founded = {{Start date and age|1991|03|20}} in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| founder = Gregg Vanzo
Nikki Vanzo

| hq_location = 615 Allen Avenue
Glendale, California
91201, U.S.

| key_people = {{Unbulleted list

|Gregg Vanzo {{small|(President)}}

|Scott Vanzo {{small|(CTO)}}

|Claudia Katz {{small|(EVP)}}

|Peter Avanzino {{small|(Director)}}

|Dwayne Carey-Hill {{small|(Director)}}

|Edmund Fong {{small|(Director)}}

|Crystal Chesney-Thompson {{small|(Director)}}

}}

| divisions = Rough Draft Korea
Rough Draft Feature Animation

| website = {{URL|roughdraftstudios.com}}

}}

Rough Draft Studios, Inc. is an American animation production studio based in Glendale, California,{{cite web|url=http://www.roughdraftstudios.com/studio_info.html#contact |title=Studio Info |publisher=Rough Draft Studios |access-date=2015-12-07}}{{cite web|author=Spoke |url=http://www.spoke.com/companies/rough-draft-studios-3e122f809e597c10034d1b71 |title=Rough Draft Studios, Glendale, CA |publisher=Spoke |date=2011-05-26 |access-date=2015-12-07}} with a sister studio Rough Draft Korea located in Seoul, South Korea.{{cite web|url=http://kor.bizdirlib.com/node/41096 |title=ROUGH DRAFT KOREA CO., LTD. (82-2-571-4871) | South Korea Business Database |publisher=Kor.bizdirlib.com |access-date=2015-12-07}} The studio was founded in Van Nuys, Los Angeles by Gregg Vanzo in 1991.

Rough Draft Studios and its divisions have produced specials, commercials and direct-to-video work for companies such as Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, 20th Television Animation, MTV Animation, Film Roman, Disney Television Animation and Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

Founding

Rough Draft Studios was founded in a Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California garage by Gregg and Nikki Vanzo. While working on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Nikki approached John Kricfalusi, creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show, about taking the animation to Korea.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/arts/television/10LOOS.html?ex=1037509200&en=2961ee0504a113d0&ei=5062|title=Commuting the Pacific, Unseating 'The Simpsons'|last=Loos|first=Ted|date=November 10, 2002|newspaper=The New York Times|page=2|access-date=2008-07-05}} Nikki founded and runs Rough Draft Korea.

Growth in business

After working on The Ren & Stimpy Show, many other shows requested the assistance of Rough Draft Korea in animation and ink & paint. In 1992, Rough Draft Studios had produced animation for its first feature film, FernGully: The Last Rainforest. In the same year, the studio began producing animation for The Simpsons and then for Beavis and Butt-Head in 1993. Also in 1993, Gregg's brother Scott Vanzo was brought on board. Rough Draft Korea quickly built a strong portfolio in the animation business with shows like their first series produced outside of South Korea The Maxx in 1995, which was nominated for an Annie Award.{{cite web|url=https://annieawards.org/legacy/23rd-annie-awards|title=Legacy: 23rd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1995)|publisher=International Animated Film Society|access-date=2008-07-05}} Claudia Katz, who had joined Rough Draft Studios in 1994 to produce The Maxx, and Rich Moore, joining in 1995 after having worked with Gregg on The Simpsons, completed the core of a Rough Draft Studios which would help "drive the cartoon boom of the late ‘90s".{{cite web|url=https://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/rough_draft/index2.html|title=Rough Draft Studios: Drawing Inspiration|last=Driver|first=Dustin|publisher=Apple|page=2|access-date=2008-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725171625/http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/rough_draft/index2.html|archive-date=2008-07-25|url-status=dead}} It was also in 1995 that Rough Draft Studios moved to Glendale, California, where they enjoyed further success.

Technology

Rough Draft Studios is known for its blending of 2-D with computer animation, or non-photorealistic rendering which it first used on The Maxx and further utilized with Matt Groening's projects like Futurama, The Simpsons Movie, a few episodes of The Simpsons after the film and Disenchantment.

Filmography

=Rough Draft Studios=

Most projects produced by Rough Draft Studios, Inc. in Glendale, California are also animated overseas by Rough Draft Korea Co., Ltd. in Seoul, South Korea.

==TV series==

class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto style=" width:75%; table-layout: fixed"

! style="width:20%;" | Show

! style="width:8%;" | Year(s)

! style="width:17%;" | Client

! style="width:30%;" class="unsortable" | Notes

colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 1990s
The Maxx1995MTV Animation
Futurama1999–2003; 2008–2013; 2023–present{{cite news |last1=Milligan |first1=Mercedes |title=Futurama Has a Bright Future with New Episodes on Hulu|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/futurama-has-a-bright-future-with-new-episodes-on-hulu/|work=Animation Magazine |access-date=February 9, 2022|date = February 9, 2022}}The Curiosity Company
20th Television Animation{{efn|name=30th|Credited as 30th Century Fox Television and 30th Television Animation}}
colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 2000s
Baby Blues2000Warner Bros. Animation5 episodes
Star Wars: Clone Wars2003–2005Lucasfilm
Cartoon Network Studios
Drawn Together2004–2007Double-Hemm Productions
Comedy Partners
Korgoth of Barbaria2006Williams StreetTV pilot
Sit Down Shut Up!2009Adelaide Productions
20th Century Fox Television
colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 2010s
Good Vibes2011Rough House Pictures
Warner Horizon Television
MTV Production Development		"Pilot"{{cite web|url=http://www.roughdraftstudios.com/studio_info.html |title=Studio Info |publisher=Rough Draft Studios |access-date=2015-12-07}}
Napoleon Dynamiterowspan="2" | 2012Hess Films
Scully Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Full EnglishTwo Brothers Pictures
Coffin Dodgers2013Williams StreetTV pilot
Clash-a-Rama2015–presentTolerable Entertainment
Supercell		Web series
Tarantula2017Rough House Pictures
Solid Brass
Studio T
Disenchantment2018–2023The ULULU Company
Netflix		{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/disenchantment-premiere-date-netflix-matt-groening-abbi-jacobson-nat-faxon-eric-andre-1202396362/|title=Netflix Sets 'Disenchantment' Premiere Date, Unveils First Look At Matt Groening Animated Series|last=Ramos|first=Dino-Ray|date=2018-05-23|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-05-24|language=en-US}}
colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 2020s
Fired on Mars2023Pat & Mike Productions
NN Productions		{{cite web | url=https://www.roughdraftstudios.com/studio_info.html | title=Studio Info - Rough Draft Studios}}
TedTBDUniversal Content Productions
MRC
Fuzzy Door Productions		{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ted-animated-series-peacock-seth-macfarlane-1236212073/ | title=‘Ted’ Animated Series From Seth MacFarlane a Go at Peacock}}

==Films/specials==

class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto style=" width:65%; table-layout: fixed"

! style="width:20%;" | Title

! style="width:5%;" | Year

! style="width:20%;" | Client

! style="width:20%;" class="unsortable" | Notes

colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 1990s
The Thief and the Cobbler1992The Completion Bond Companyink-and-paint
RoboCop 31993Orion Pictures"Johnny Rehab" commercial animation
colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 2000s
The Whizzard of Ow2003rowspan="2" | Warner Bros. Animationtheatrical short
Duck Dodgers: Attack of the Drones2004theatrical short
produced in 2003
Futurama: Bender's Big Score2007rowspan="3" | The Curiosity Company
20th Century Fox Television{{efn|name=30th}}		rowspan="3" | direct-to-video
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backsrowspan="2" | 2008
Futurama: Bender's Game
The Pink Panther 2rowspan="2" | 2009Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Columbia Pictures		opening title sequence only
Futurama: Into the Wild Green YonderThe Curiosity Company
20th Century Fox Television{{efn|name=30th}}		direct-to-video
colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 2010s
How Murray Saved Christmas2014Universal TelevisionTV special
colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 2020s
King Star King!/!/!/{{cite web | url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/11/adult-swims-space-age-heroes-return-in-king-star-king-ballmastrz-rubicon/ | title=Adult Swim's Space-Age Heroes Return in 'King Star King!/!/!' & 'Ballmastrz: Rubicon' | date=29 November 2022 }}2023Williams StreetTV special

== Other ==

= Rough Draft Korea =

File:Rough Draft Korea Office.jpg

Rough Draft Korea, RDS' sister studio based in Seoul, South Korea, has produced animation for the following series, features and specials:

== TV series ==

class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto style="width:75%; table-layout: fixed"

! style="width:20%;" | Show

! style="width:8%;" | Year(s)

! colspan="2" style="width:17%;" | Client

! style="width:30%;" class="unsortable" | Notes

colspan="5" style="background-color:#white;" | 1990s
The Ren & Stimpy Show1992–1995colspan="2" | Spümcø
Games Animation		{{cite web|url=http://digilander.libero.it/dottor_vaffa |title=Megna Co-productions Database (over 1000 listed titles!!)|publisher=Digilander.libero.it |access-date=2015-12-07}}
The Simpsons1992–presentcolspan="2" | Gracie Films
Film Roman (1992–2016)
20th Television Animation (2016–present)		season 4–present{{cite video |people=Meyer, George |date=2004 |title=The Simpsons Season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Homer the Heretic" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}
Beavis and Butt-Head1993–1997;
2011		colspan="2" | MTV Animation
The Criticrowspan="2" | 1994–1995colspan="2" | Gracie Films
Film Roman		{{cite book|last1=Furniss|first1=Maureen|title=Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics|date=1999|publisher=John Libbey|location=London|isbn=9781864620399|edition=Reprint|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQ4mrirF5nkC&dq=Art+in+motion:+animation+aesthetics&pg=PA66|access-date=7 December 2015}}
The Brothers Gruntcolspan="2" | A.k.a. Cartoon
Timon & Pumbaarowspan="2" | 1995colspan="2" | Walt Disney Television Animation8 shorts
Eek! Stravaganzacolspan="2" rowspan="2" | Film RomanKlutter! segments only
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat1995–1996
The Nanny1995colspan="2" | TriStar Television"Oy to the World"
Rocko's Modern Life1996colspan="2" | Joe Murray Productions
Games Animation		"Fatal Contraption" and season 4 only
with Sunwoo Entertainment
Dexter's Laboratory1996–1999;
2001–2003		colspan="2" | Hanna-Barbera (1996–1998)
Cartoon Network Studios (2001–2003)
Pinky and the Brain1996–1998colspan="2" | Warner Bros. Animation
Jumanji1996colspan="2" | Adelaide Productions6 episodes of season 1
What a Cartoon!1996–1997colspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios"Buy One, Get One Free*", "The Zoonatiks, in Home Sweet Home"
King of the Hillrowspan="2" | 1997–2001colspan="2" | Deedle-Dee Productions
Judgemental Films
3 Arts Entertainment
20th Television Animation		30 episodes
The Angry Beaverscolspan="2" | Gunther-Wahl Productions
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Childrowspan="2" | 1997colspan="2" | HBO8 episodes of season 2
Johnny Bravocolspan="2" rowspan="3" | Hanna-BarberaSeason 1 alongside Sunwoo Entertainment
Cow and Chicken1997–1999
I Am Weasel1997–2000
Daria1998colspan="2" | MTV AnimationSeason 2
CatDog1998–2001Peter Hannan Productions

| rowspan="2" | Nickelodeon Animation Studio

with Saerom Animation
Oh Yeah! Cartoons1998–2001

|Frederator Studios

The Powerpuff Girls1998–2005colspan="2" | Hanna-Barbera (1998–2001)
Cartoon Network Studios (2002–2005)
Dilbert1999–2000colspan="2" | Adelaide Productions11 episodes
SpongeBob SquarePants1999–presentUnited Plankton Pictures

| rowspan="2" |Nickelodeon Animation Studio

ChalkZone1999–2000

| Frederator Studios

season 1
Dragon Tales1999–2005colspan="2" | Adelaide Productions

|

colspan="5" style="background-color:#white;" | 2000s
Family Guyrowspan="2" | 2000–2001colspan="2" | Fuzzy Door Productions
20th Television Animation		eight episodes of season 2 (production order)
The Cartoon Cartoon Showcolspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios
Sammy2000colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Adelaide Productions
Jackie Chan Adventuresrowspan="2" | 2000–200213 episodes of seasons 1 and 2
Sheep in the Big Citycolspan="2" | Curious Pictures
The Oblongs2001colspan="2" | Film Roman
Samurai Jack2001–2004;
2017		colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Cartoon Network Studiosseasons 1-4 and "XCVIII"
Grim & Evilrowspan="2" | 2001–2004
Harold and the Purple Crayoncolspan="2" | Adelaide Productions
Kim Possible2002–2007colspan="2" | Walt Disney Television Animation22 episodes
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Lawrowspan="4" | 2002–2003colspan="2" | Williams Streetepisodes 2-9
Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?colspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios
3-SouthHentemann Films
Warner Bros. Animation

| rowspan="2" | MTV Animation

Clone HighTouchstone Television
Doozer
Lord Miller Productions
Nelvana
My Life as a Teenage Robot2002–2006Frederator Studios|Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Codename: Kids Next Door2002–2008colspan="2" | Curious Pictures
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy2001–2005colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studiosseasons 1-5
Evil Con Carne2001–2004
Danny Phantom2004–2007Billionfold Inc.Nickelodeon Animation Studio
American Dad!2005colspan="2" | Underdog Productions
Fuzzy Door Productions
20th Television Animation		Unaired pilot episode only
The Life & Times of Juniper Leerowspan="2" | 2005–2007colspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios
Catscratchcolspan="2" | Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Camp Lazlo2005–2008colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios
Sunday Pants2005"Periwinkle Around the World"
The X's2005–2006colspan="2" | Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Squirrel Boy2006–2007| rowspan="2" |Cartoon Network Studios
Korgoth of Barbaria2006Williams StreetTV pilot
American Dragon: Jake Long2006–2007colspan="2" | Walt Disney Television AnimationSeason 2
Class of 30002006–2008colspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios14 episodes
Random! Cartoons2006–2007Frederator Studios

| rowspan="2" | Nickelodeon Animation Studio

The Modifyers2007

|

TV pilot
Tom and Jerry Tales2007–2008colspan="2" | Warner Bros. Animation5 episodes of season 2
Phineas and Ferb2007–2012colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Disney Television AnimationSeasons 1-3
The Replacements2008–2009Season 2
The Mighty B!2008–2011colspan="2" | Paper Kite Productions
Polka Dot Pictures
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
The Cartoonstitute2009colspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios
colspan="5" style="background-color:#white;" | 2010s
Adventure Time2010–2018Frederator Studiosrowspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studioswith Saerom Animation
Sym-Bionic Titan2010–2011Orphanage Animation Studios
The Looney Tunes Show2011–2013colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Warner Bros. Animation
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated2012"The Night the Clown Cried" and "The Night the Clown Cried II"
Gravity Falls2012–2016colspan="2" | Disney Television Animation23 episodes
Ben 10: Omniverse2012–2014colspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios
Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program2013–2018colspan="2" | Nickelodeon Animation Studio"Bug Salad", "Ice Station Zedonk", "Magic Children Doing Things", "Someone Needs to Stop Aunt Phyllis", "Camp Weedonwantcha"
Uncle Grandpa2013–2017colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios
Steven Universe2013–2019with Sunmin Image Pictures
Star vs. the Forces of Evil2015–2019colspan="2" | Disney Television Animation"Blood Moon Ball", Season 2 until season 4
We Bare Bears2015–2019colspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studioswith Saerom Animation
Wabbit2015–2016colspan="2" | Warner Bros. AnimationSeason 1
Bug Salad2016colspan="2" | Nickelodeon Animation Studioweb shorts
Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer2017colspan="2" | Disney Television Animation
Craig of the Creek2017–2025colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios
Summer Camp Island2017–2023
Big City Greens2018–presentcolspan="2" rowspan="2" | Disney Television Animationwith Sugarcube Animation
Amphibia2019–2022with Saerom Animation and Sunmin Image Pictures
Steven Universe Future2019–2020colspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studioswith Sunmin Image Pictures
colspan="5" style="background-color:#white;" | 2020s
The Owl House2020–2023colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Disney Television Animationwith Sunmin Image Pictures and Sugarcube Animation
Chibi Tiny Tales2020–presentinterstitial series
Tig n' Seek2020–2022colspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years2021colspan="2" rowspan="2" | United Plankton Pictures
Nickelodeon Animation Studio		"Kitchen Sponge", "Outhouse Outrage", "Help Not Wanted", and "Mermaid Men and Barnacle Boys" (2D sequences only)
The Patrick Star Show2021–present
We Baby Bears2022–presentcolspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studioswith Saerom Animation
Chibiverse2022–presentcolspan="2" rowspan="2" | Disney Television Animationwith Saerom Animation
Hailey's On It!2023–2024with Saerom Animation
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake2023–presentcolspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studios
Frederator Studios		with Saerom Animation
Jessica's Big Little World2023–2024colspan="2" | Cartoon Network Studioswith Saerom Animation

==Films/specials==

class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto style="width:65%; table-layout: fixed"

! style="width:20%;"| Title

! style="width:5%;"| Year

! style="width:20%;"| Client

! style="width:20%;" class="unsortable" | Notes

colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 1990s
FernGully: The Last Rainforestrowspan="2" | 199220th Century Studios
Kroyer Films
P. J. SparklesMike Young Productionsopening titles
The Bears Who Saved Christmas1994rowspan="2" | Film Roman
Izzy's Quest for Olympic Gold1995
Beavis and Butt-Head Do Americarowspan="2" | 1996Paramount Pictures
MTV Films
Geffen Pictures
Judgemental Films		overseas animation, 3-D sequences
The Story of Santa ClausFilm Roman
A Day in the Life of Ranger Smithrowspan="3" | 1999rowspan="2" | Spümcø
Boo Boo Runs WildUncredited
Dexter's Laboratory: Ego TripHanna-Barbera
colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 2000s
The Flintstones: On the Rocks2001Cartoon Network Studios
The Powerpuff Girls Movierowspan="2" | 2002

| Warner Bros. Pictures
Cartoon Network Studios

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventurerowspan="2" | Nickelodeon Animation Studiorowspan="2" | produced in 2000
The Electric Piperrowspan="3" | 2003
Polly Pocket: Lunar EclipseMike Young Productions
Stitch! The MovieDisney Television Animation
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie2004Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies
United Plankton Pictures
Inside the CIArowspan="3" | 200520th Century Studios
Underdog Productions
Fuzzy Door Productions		Short
Kim Possible Movie: So the DramaDisney Television Animation
How to Eat Fried WormsNew Line Cinema
Walden Media		Animated sequences
The Simpsons Movie200720th Century Studios
20th Century Animation
Gracie Films		also co-produced overseas with AKOM
Phineas and Ferb's Musical Cliptastic Countdown2009Disney Television Animation
colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 2010s
Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs To You!2010Disney Television Animation
Achmed Saves Americarowspan="2" | 2012Anchor Bay Entertainment
Hotel TransylvaniaColumbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Animation		End title sequence
Madea's Tough Loverowspan="4| 2015Lionsgate
Tyler Perry Studios
Bento Box Entertainment
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterParamount Pictures
Paramount Animation
Nickelodeon Movies
United Plankton Pictures		2D hand-drawn animated sequences only{{cite tweet|number=428391093520965632|user=VincentWaller72|title=@Alphacino1018 It will be animated by...|date=29 January 2014}}
Looney Tunes: Rabbits RunWarner Bros. Animation
Hotel Transylvania 2rowspan="2" | Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Animation		rowspan="2" | End title sequence
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation2018
Steven Universe: The Movie2019Cartoon Network Studios

|

colspan="4" style="background-color:#white;" | 2020s
We Bare Bears: The Movie2020

| Cartoon Network Studios

|

Notes

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References

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External links

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  • {{Official website|http://www.roughdraftstudios.com|Rough Draft Studios official website}}
  • {{Official website|http://www.rdkorea.co.kr/|Rough Draft Korea official website}} {{in lang|ko}}

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