Nerd Corps Entertainment was a Canadian animation studio located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded by former Mainframe Entertainment producers Asaph Fipke and Chuck Johnson in 2002, it specialized in CGI animation, computer animation, and Flash animation.
Aside just animation, Nerd Corps developed and produced in-house television works and produced promotional materials and creative services for merchandising and licensing partners.[1]
It was acquired by DHX Media on December 24, 2014,[2][3] who then merged it with another acquired animation studio, Studio B Productions, to form its in-house flagship division, DHX Studios in 2016.
The studio notably produces the Monster High animated films for Mattel and animated series including Slugterra, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Kate & Mim-Mim, Storm Hawks, League of Super Evil, Hot Wheels Battle Force 5, and Max Steel.
History
On December 24, 2014, Canadian company DHX Media acquired Nerd Corps.[2][3]
In 2016, the former Nerd Corps team was relocated to a new facility in Vancouver, which also houses the former Studio B Productions, an animation studio which DHX Media acquired in 2007.[4]
Productions
Television series
- Dragon Booster (2004–2006) (co-produced by ApolloScreen Filmproduktion, the Story Hat and Alliance Atlantis)
- Storm Hawks (2007–2009)
- League of Super Evil (2009–2012)
- Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (2009–2011) (co-produced with Mattel and Nelvana)
- Rated A for Awesome (2011–2012)
- Slugterra (2012–2016, continued on as DHX Studios Vancouver)
- Max Steel (2013–2014) (co-produced with FremantleMedia Kids & Family and Mattel Playground Productions)
- Kate & Mim-Mim (2014–2018) (co-produced with FremantleMedia Kids & Family, continued on as DHX Studios Vancouver)
- Blaze and the Monster Machines (season 1) (2014–present) (co-produced with Nickelodeon Animation Studio, continued on as WildBrain Studios)
- Endangered Species (2015)
- The Deep (2015–present) (co-produced with A Stark Production, DHX Media and Technicolor SA, continued on as WildBrain Studios)
Feature films
- Monster High film series (2012–2016) (co-produced with Mattel Playground Productions, continued on as DHX Studios Vancouver)
- Slugterra: Ghoul from Beyond (2014) (co-produced with Disney XD Canada)
- Slugterra: Return of the Elementals (2014) (co-produced with DHX Media)[5]
- Max Steel: The Warth of Makino (2015) (co-produced with Mattel Playground Productions)
- Max Steel: Dawn of Morphos (2015) (co-produced with Mattel Playground Productions)
- Max Steel: Maximum Morphos (2015) (co-produced with Mattel Playground Productions)
References
- ^ "About". Nerd Corps Entertainment. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ a b Vlessing, Etan (December 2, 2014). "Canada's DHX Media to Acquire Cartoon Maker Nerd Corps". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ a b "Canada's DHX Media to Acquire Nerd Corps". Toonzone. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ Chan, Kenneth (February 3, 2016). "DHX Studios to open new state-of-the-art animation facility in Vancouver". VanCity Buzz. Archived from the original on November 22, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
- ^ Beck, Jerry (July 2014). "Shout Factory to Release "Slugterra" Theatrical Feature i | Animation Scoop". IndieWire Blogs. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
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