Marvel Productions

  • Marvel Productions Ltd.
  • New World Animation
Formerly
TypeSubsidiary
Industry
PredecessorDePatie–Freleng Enterprises
FoundedJune 19, 1980 (1980-06-19)
Founder
Defunct1996 (1996)
FateAcquired by News Corporation and folded into Fox Family Worldwide
SuccessorsStudio:
20th Century Animation
Marvel Animation
Marvel Studios Animation
Library:
The Walt Disney Company (majority)
Hasbro Entertainment (Hasbro toyline-based series co-produced with Sunbow Entertainment and Claster Television)
Amazon MGM Studios (via United Artists; Pink at First Sight only)
HeadquartersHollywood, Los Angeles, California
Key people
Products
Parent

Marvel Productions Ltd., later known as New World Animation, was an American animation studio owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of News Corporation which was founded in 1981 as the television and film studio subsidiary of the Marvel Entertainment Group, based in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It later became a subsidiary of New World Entertainment and eventually of News Corporation.

The company as Marvel Productions produced animated television series, films and television specials such as Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, The Incredible Hulk, My Little Pony: The Movie, The Transformers: The Movie, and G.I. Joe: The Movie as well as The Transformers, Muppet Babies, and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero television series. Most of Marvel Productions/New World Animation's non-Hasbro-related back catalog is currently owned by The Walt Disney Company.