Sunbow Entertainment

Sunbow Entertainment
FormerlySunbow Productions (1980–1995)
IndustryTelevision production
Animation production
Animated films
FoundedJune 23, 1980 (1980-06-23)
FounderGriffin-Bacal Advertising
Defunct2009 (2009)
FateDormant
SuccessorSony Pictures Home Entertainment
Library:
Hasbro Entertainment (productions based on their toylines)
Studio 100 (everything else)
Headquarters,
United States
Key peopleTom Griffin
Joe Bacal
ParentGriffin-Bacal Advertising (1980–1998)
Sony Wonder (1998–2000)
TV-Loonland AG (2000–2009)
DivisionsSunbow Productions International

Sunbow Entertainment (formerly known as Sunbow Productions until 1995) was an American animation studio and distributor, founded on June 23, 1980, and owned until May 4, 1998, by Griffin-Bacal Advertising in New York City and in the United States. Griffin-Bacal's first animations were animated commercials for Hasbro's G.I. Joe toy line. The success of the animated commercials led partners Tom Griffin and Joe Bacal to form the company. Due to their close working relationship with Hasbro, Sunbow came to be recognized as the toy giant's unofficial television arm.