Frenzy Animation

Frenzy Animation, Inc. is an American computer animation film studio based in Houston, Texas. Founded in 2002 by Steve O'Connell, the studio develops and produces animated films, TV shows, and short films and is best known for the animated films Wild Forest (along with its sequel), Plucky Chicken, Lix, and Birdz for Paramount Pictures, The Chadina Islands and Araceli for Sony Pictures Animation, Leaders of Academy and Lily & Lester for Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Sunnie and its sequel for 20th Century Studios.

Frenzy's first feature, The Princess and the Pied Piper, was released on November 22, 2006 by Universal Pictures and has produced 17 feature films, with its latest release being Leaders of Academy: War of the L.O.E.V., which was released on November 4, 2022; with their next release being Araceli II on August 18, 2023. As of 2019, the studio's highest-grossing film is Araceli, which grossed over $849 million worldwide.

History
Frenzy Animation started its roots in 2002 by Steve O'Connell. Connell however signed a five-picture deal with IDT Entertainment to co-produce the films and lend the animating services to them. The studio's first film, The Princess and the Pied Piper was released by Universal Pictures in 2006.

In 2007, Richard Gordon (Paramount Feature Animation founder) announced that he will exit Paramount in order to join Frenzy as CEO of Animation. The studio hit big with its first film series Wild Forest in 2008. In October 2019, Frenzy Animation opened its own in-house animation studio in Canada. Upcoming projects include Leaders of Academy: War of the L.O.E.V. for Warner Bros. Pictures, Araceli II for Columbia Pictures, an original project for Netflix, and Birdz 3 for Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.

Process
In a similar manner to 20th Century Animation, Sony Pictures Animation, Warner Animation Group and Paramount Animation, Frenzy Animation outsources their feature films to other animation studios. These include Arc Productions (The Princess and the Pied Piper (when it was IDT Entertainment at the time), M.I.S.S.I.O.N., Wild Forest and The Witch's Quest), Sony Pictures Imageworks (The Chadina Islands, Leaders of Academy, and Araceli), and Reel FX Creative Studios (Wild Forest: Circus Getaway (with additional animation by Arc Productions), Plucky Chicken, Lily & Lester, Lix, Ami (co-animated with Frenzy Animation Canada), and the Sunnie and Birdz franchises co-animated with Mikros Image).

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