Yowza! Animation
{{Short description|Canadian animation studio}}{{COI|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Yowza! Animation
| logo = Yowza animation.png
| image = DesignYowza.png
| image_caption = The Yowza! Animation (studio).
| image_size = 250px
| type = Private
| industry = Animation
Entertainment
| founder = Claude Chiasson
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1996|}}
{{Nowrap|Toronto, Ontario, Canada}}
| location_city = Toronto, Ontario
| location_country = Canada
| area_served =
| key_people =
| products = Traditional animation, Harmony and CGI animation
| homepage = {{URL|http://yowzaanimation.com/}}
}}
Yowza! Animation (formerly Yowza Digital) is a 2D, 3D and Hybrid 2D/3D {{cite web|url=http://yowzaanimation.com|title=About Us|access-date=2022-02-16}} animation studio based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and founded by Claude Chiasson in June 1996. They specialize in providing additional animation and/or clean-up and ink-and-paint for various shorts and feature films. The studio also utilizes animation using Toon Boom Harmony.
On July 4, 2016, Heather Walker bought Yowza! Animation from founder Claude Chiasson.{{Cite web|url=http://kidscreen.com/2016/07/04/heather-walker-purchases-yowza-animation/|title = Heather Walker snaps up Yowza! Animation}}
Work
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed"
! style="width:15%;"| Title ! style="width:10%;"| Year(s) ! style="width:15%;"| Client ! style="width:15%;"| Notes |
| 101 Dalmatians
| 1996 |clean-up |
| Mr. Magoo
| 1997 |animated sequences |
| The Drew Carey Show
| "align="center" rowspan="3" | 1998 |"My Best Friend's Wedding" (Daffy Duck opening) |
| Quest for Camelot
|Warner Bros. Feature Animation |additional production services |
| 1001 Nights: An Animation Symphony
|animation and clean-up |
| Werner - Volles Rooäää!!!
| "align="center" rowspan="2" | 1999 | Hahn Film |additional animation |
| Bartok the Magnificent
|subcontractor |
| Titan A.E.
| 2000 |
| Osmosis Jones
| 2001 |
| Scooby-Doo
| "align="center" rowspan="2" | 2002 | deleted intro |
| Eight Crazy Nights
| Meatball Animation | |
| 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
| "align="center" rowspan="3" | 2003 |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action |
| The 3 Wise Men
| Animagicstudio | |
| Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
| "align="center" rowspan="2" | 2004 | |
| Fat Albert
| animation |
| Kronk's New Groove
| 2005 | |
| Curious George (film)
| "align="center" rowspan="3" |2006 | |
| Shorty McShorts' Shorts
| Walt Disney Television Animation | "Bozzlebag's Zip" |
| Curious George (TV series)
| intro animation |
| Chicago 10
| "align="center" rowspan="3" |2007 | Lincoln Park riot sequence; co-produced with Switch VFX |
| Dinosapien
| BBC Worldwide/CCI Entertainment | CGI animation and VFX |
| How to Hook Up Your Home Theater
| Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
| The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
| 2008 | sneak peeks |
| The Princess and the Frog
| 2009 |
| Dan Vs.
| 2011–12 | storyboards |
| The Ballad of Nessie
| "align="center" rowspan="2" | 2011 | "align="center" rowspan="2" | Walt Disney Animation Studios | clean up/in-between animation and ink and paint |
| Winnie the Pooh
| clean up/in-between animation and ink and paint |
| Hippothesis
| 2011 | | |
| Mansour
| 2013–19 | ICE Animations | |
| The Travels of the Young Marco Polo
| 2013 | | |
| Welcome to the Wayne
| 2014; 2017–19 | Nickelodeon Animation Studio | |
| Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
| 2015 | |
| Lexi & Lottie
| 2016 | storyboards (3 episodes) |
| Kiri and Lou
| 2019–present | |
| Green Eggs and Ham
| 2019–2022 | |
| Klaus
| 2019 | clean up/in-between animation and ink and paint |
| Looney Tunes Cartoons
| 2019–2023 | {{Cite news|title='Looney Tunes Cartoons': HBO Max Launches with the Return of Bugs and the Gang|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/looney-tunes-cartoons-hbo-max-1202234267/|last=Desowitz|first=Bill|date=May 29, 2020|access-date=June 26, 2020|work=IndieWire}}{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20200629025925/https://newslagoon.com/en/entertainment/looney-tunes-cartoons-hbo-max-features-bugs-and-the-gang/137743/ ‘Looney Tunes Cartoons’: HBO Max Features Bugs and the Gang]}} |
| Cake
| 2020 | "Dicktown" segments |
| Tom and Jerry Special Shorts
| 2021 | |
| Middlemost Post
| 2021–2022 |
| Animaniacs
| 2021–2023 | four episodes of Season 2{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmCUtuS1IlU|title=Pipeline Studios Presents: Toronto Animation / VFX Job Fair Livestream 2021|date=May 7, 2021|website=YouTube}} |
| Angry Birds: Summer Madness
| 2022 | |
| Nature Cat
| 2022–2024 | align=center'' rowspan="2" | Spiffy Pictures |
| Carl the Collector
| 2024 | |
Disney Interactive video games
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto style="width:100%; table-layout: fixed"
! style="width:15%;"| Title ! style="width:10%;"| Year(s) ! style="width:30%;" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
| "align="center" rowspan="2" | 1996 | clean-up |
| Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
| clean-up |
| Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules
| "align="center" rowspan="6" | 1997 | animation and clean-up |
| Disney's Animated Storybook: 101 Dalmatians
| animation and clean-up |
| Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules
| animation and clean-up |
| 101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor
| animation and clean-up |
| Hercules
| additional animation |
| Nightmare Ned
| additional animation |
| Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin
| "align="center" rowspan="4" | 1998 | animation and clean-up |
| Disney's Hades Challenge
| additional animation |
| Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon and Pumbaa
| clean-up |
| Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan
| additional assistant animation |
| Disney's Arcade Frenzy
| "align="center" rowspan="4" | 1999 | clean-up |
| Tarzan
| animation and clean-up |
| Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh & Tigger Too
| additional assistant animation |
| Ariel's Story Studio
| additional animation |
| Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom
| "align="center" rowspan="2" | 2000 | additional assistant animation |
| Disney's Activity Center: Winnie the Pooh
| clean-up |
| Disney's Activity Center: Tigger
| 2001 | clean-up |
Commercials
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- 101 Dalmatians (1996)
- Instant Keno Lottery
- Nescafé
- Henry & Sally's
- Marinela
- Astro Yogurt
- Friday Night Nicktoons (2002)
- Xenical
- Applebee's
- Tropicana
- Barbie
- Best Buy/AMC Theatres (2005)
- Dunkin' Donuts (2006)
- Honda (2006–2008)
- CareerBuilder (2008)
- American Legacy Foundation (2008)
- Owens Corning
- Estée Lauder Companies (2017, with House Special)
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References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.yowzaanimation.com/}}
{{Animation industry in Canada}}
Category:Canadian animation studios
Category:Mass media companies established in 1996