List of animation studios

This is a list of animation studios, including notable companies and organizations principally dedicated to the production and distribution of animated films. Such studios may be actual production facilities or corporate entities.

The United States is the global leader in high-end 3D computer animation and major theatrical franchises, home to industry giants like Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, 20th Century Animation, DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures Animation, Illumination, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Paramount Animation. Major U.S. animation studios produce the world's highest-grossing movies, consistently delivering blockbuster hits that generate billions of dollars in global box office revenue.

Japan dominates the global 2D animation market through its prolific "anime" industry, with studios such as Studio Ghibli, Toei Animation, Madhouse, Production I.G and MAPPA driving massive international demand and record-breaking export revenues.

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  Walt Disney Animation Studios produced the first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, establishing the foundation for the global animation industry.
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  Pixar Animation Studios was a pioneer in digital filmmaking that produced the first fully computer-animated feature film, Toy Story, significantly influencing the direction of modern animation.
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  Studio Ghibli is the only Japanese animation studio to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, receiving the honor for both Spirited Away and The Boy and the Heron.
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  Aardman Animations produced Chicken Run, the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time, and is the only British studio to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.