New World Animation

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


Background

In 1992, Marvel Productions became part of New World Family Filmworks after New World held onto the animation studio when Marvel Entertainment Group was sold off, and then a year later, the animation studio itself was renamed to New World Animation.

In 1994, New World Family Filmworks and Marvel Entertainment Group formed two joint ventures - Marvel Films and Marvel Films Animation - to continue producing Marvel content for television.

In 1996, New World was sold to News Corporation; after the sale was completed in February 1997, New World itself was folded into Fox, while the Family Filmworks division (which included New World Animation and Marvel Films Animation) was folded into Fox Kids Worldwide, a joint venture between News Corporation and Saban Entertainment founded a year prior, effectively ending what was previously Marvel Productions. A few months later, this division soon merged with IFE to form Fox Family Worldwide.

In October 2001, the Walt Disney Company purchased Fox Family Worldwide, along with Saban, renaming them as "ABC Family Worldwide Inc." and "BVS Entertainment" respectively.

Today, Disney owns the libraries of Marvel Productions, with a few exceptions. In August 2009, Disney announced its plans to acquire Marvel Entertainment, an acquisition which would be completed on December 31, reuniting Marvel with the Marvel Productions library.

Logo (September 20, 1994-February 24, 1996)


Visuals: On a purple background is a purple-bluish ocean and the now-crystallized New World globe (smaller than the previous logo variant), and below that is the text "NEW WORLD ANIMATION".

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on seasons 2 and 3 of Biker Mice From Mars, which was last seen on the now defunct El Rey Network.

Marvel Productions
New World Animation
Saban Entertainment
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