DIC Entertainment (McCain version)

Not to be confused with the company of the same name which is owned by LandonToei.

DIC Entertainment is an international film and television production company as well as a distributor, that are mostly associated as an Animation studio. As of 2021, it's owned by Marista. DIC is also a licensor like it's parent company, licensing adaptations of franchises like Curly Sue & Crenshaw Loctsky.

History: DIC Incorporation
DIC was formed in Burbank, California in 1971 by Albert McCain, a story writer at Hanna-Barbera, during the time he was developing his own company. In 1974, DIC established a partnership with the Japanese animation studio TMS, as one of the overseas animation subcontractors, where they would help animate many of their programs, starting with Cleopatra. They would also produce Star Angel for Fuji Television. This partnership is one of DIC's longest partnerships.

In 1979, Crenshaw Freeman, a former story writer at Hanna-Barbera, to help DIC get into the mainstream media translate DiC productions into English. The company produced television animation for both network broadcast and syndication, outsourced its non-creative work overseas, and often wanted very fluid animation. For some in the industry, DIC was often known being nitpicky when it came to how smooth and fluid they wanted the animation to be. With directors Peter Stebbins and Benedict Lawrence, McCain and Freeman were able to make DiC an effective but restrained animation company.

Soon after joining DiC, Freeman developed Crenshaw Loctsky: Private Eye, which became a successful production out of the studio. DIC partnered with toy makers and greeting card companies for character based product lines that could be made into animated series. Thus DiC productions came with built in advertisers and some time financiers. Between Crenshaw Loctsky: Private Eye and Wiz (the latter produced for ABC), the company became a success.

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