Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox company Bento Box Entertainment, formerly known as Bento Box Animation, is an American animation studio and entertainment company located in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.[1] It was founded in 2009 by executive producers Scott Greenberg, Joel Kuwahara, and Mark McJimsey. It is a subsidiary of Fox Corporation and operates under the Fox Entertainment division. The studio is best known for producing Bob's Burgers for Fox prior to its acquisition in August 2019.
Bento Box Entertainment has four animation studios — in North Hollywood, Burbank, Bento Box Animation Studio Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bento Box Canada in Toronto, Ontario.[2][3][4] The company also operates Princess Bento Studio, a joint venture with Princess Pictures, in Melbourne, Victoria.
History
On October 11, 2016, Bento Box launched a children's division called Sutikki.[5] Sutikki opened an office in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2017.[6]
On August 6, 2019, it was announced that Fox Corporation would acquire Bento Box, while still allowing it to operate as an independent production house; Sutikki was not part of the acquisition.[7]
On April 8, 2020, it formed a pact with Australian film company Princess Pictures called Princess Bento Studio.[8][9] Their first series Smiling Friends started airing on Adult Swim on January 10, 2022.[10]
On October 5, 2022, Bento Box's production workers became members of The Animation Guild.[11]
On December 2, 2022, Bento Box signed a multi-year animation service deal with Princess Pictures' newly acquired studio Boulder Media.[12]
Productions
Television series
Bento Box Entertainment
| Title | Genre | First air date | Last air date | No. of seasons |
Network | Co-production company(s) | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As animation service | |||||||
| Neighbors from Hell | Horror-comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | 1 | TBS | 20th Century Fox Television, Wounded Poodle and MoonBoy Animation | |
| Bob's Burgers | Family comedy | Template:Start date | Present | 15 | Fox | 20th Television Animation, Wilo Productions (Season 2-present) and Buck & Millie Productions (Seasons 2–10) | |
| Allen Gregory | Template:Start date | Template:End date | 1 | 20th Century Fox Television, Jonah Hill Films, a J. Paul/A. Mogel/D. Goodman Piece of Business and Chernin Entertainment | |||
| Brickleberry | Workplace comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | 3 | Comedy Central | Fox 21 Television Studios, Damn! Show Productions and Black Heart Productions | |
| Out There | Friendship comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | 1 | IFC | 20th Century Fox Television and Quincy Productions | |
| Perfect Hair Forever | Adventure-comedy | Template:Start date | Adult Swim | Williams Street | episodes 8 and 9 only | ||
| Future-Worm! | Science fiction-comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | Disney XD | Disney Television Animation and Quincy Productions | shorts only | |
| Bordertown | Family comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | Fox | 20th Century Fox Television, Fuzzy Door Productions and Hentemann Films | ||
| The Who Was? Show | Sketch comedy | Template:Start date | Netflix | Penguin Random House, FremantleMedia and Matador Content | |||
| Duncanville | Family comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | 3 | Fox | Paper Kite Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, 20th Television Animation, Fox Entertainment and Universal Television | last episodes were released on Hulu on October 18, 2022 |
| Central Park | Musical comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | Apple TV+ | 20th Television Animation, Angry Child Productions, Wilo Productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners | ||
| Solar Opposites | Science fiction-comedy | Template:Start date | Present | 5 | Hulu | Important Science, Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!, and 20th Animation Television | |
| Hoops | Workplace comedy | Template:Start date | 1 | Netflix | 20th Century Fox Television and Lord Miller Productions | ||
| The Masked Singer | Singing competition | Template:Start date | Template:Start date | Fox | animated sequences for season 4 | ||
| The Great North | Family comedy | Template:Start date | Present | 4 | 20th Television Animation, Double Molyneux Sister Sheux, Wilo Productions and Fox Entertainment | ||
| The Prince | Family comedy | Template:Start date | 1 | HBO Max | 20th Television and Nickleby, Inc. | ||
| As production company | |||||||
| The Awesomes | Superhero comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | 3 | Hulu | Broadway Video and Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions | |
| Legends of Chamberlain Heights | Friendship comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | 2 | Comedy Central | Running with Scissors and TrueStarr Society of Ninjas Incorporated | |
| Paradise PD | Workplace comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | 4 | Netflix | Damn! Show Productions and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment | |
| Alien News Desk | Science fiction-comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | 1 | Syfy | Broadway Video | |
| Lazor Wulf | Template:Start date | Template:End date | 2 | Adult Swim | Williams Street | season 1 only; season 2 animated by Six Point Harness | |
| HouseBroken | Friendship comedy | Template:Start date | Template:End date | Fox | Kapital Entertainment, Merman and AllenDen | ||
| Wolfboy and the Everything Factory | Fantasy | Template:Start date | September 30, 2022 | Apple TV+ | HitRecord and Toff's Tiny Universe | First children's animated series produced by the company | |
| Saturday Morning All Star Hits! | Sketch comedy | Template:Start date | 1 | Netflix | Broadway Video and Universal Television | live action/animated series | |
| Farzar | Science fiction-comedy | Template:Start date | Netflix Animation, Damn! Show Productions and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment | ||||
| Koala Man | Superhero comedy | Template:Start date | Hulu Disney+ (Australia) |
Cusack Creatures, Hermit House, Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!, Princess Pictures and 20th Television Animation | |||
| Mulligan | Science fiction-comedy | Template:Start date | Present | Netflix | Little Stranger, Inc., Bevel Gears, Means End Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment and Universal Television | ||
| Krapopolis | Fantasy-comedy | Template:Start date | 2 | Fox | Fox Entertainment Studios and Harmonious Claptrap | ||
| Grimsburg | Action-comedy | Template:Start date | 1 | Gizmotech Industries, The Jackal Group and Fox Entertainment Studios | |||
| Hazbin Hotel | Musical comedy | Template:Start date | YouTube (Pilot) Amazon Prime Video (Series) |
SpindleHorse Toons, A24 and Amazon MGM Studios | Pilot debuted on October 28, 2019 | ||
| Universal Basic Guys | Situation comedy | Template:Start date | Fox | Mutsack, One Man Canoe, Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment | |||
| Elfquest[13] | Fantasy drama | Fox | Modern Magic | based on the comic book of the same name | |||
| His Majesty's Dragon[14] | Fox Entertainment | based on the book of the same name | |||||
| Taskmasters[15] | Workplace comedy | ||||||
| Zoo P.D.[16] | Kapital Entertainment | ||||||
Sutikki
| Title | First air date | Last air date | No. of seasons |
Network | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon and Me[17] | Template:Start date | Template:End date | 2 | CBeebies | First and only Sutikki series |
Short form series
| Title | Years | Site | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glove and Boots | 2010–2018 | YouTube | Show originally a local production in New York from 2004 until 2006. |
| Kuroba | 2018–2019 | co-production with WildBrain[18] | |
| Dogs Playing Poker | 2021 | Fox | co-production with Fox Entertainment[19] |
| Best Fiends Shorts | 2021–2022 | YouTube | co-production with Seriously[20] |
| Aquadonk Side Pieces | 2022 | co-production with Williams Street[21] |
Direct-to-video animated films
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2014 | Achmed Saves America | co-production with Levity Entertainment Group |
| January 20, 2015 | Madea's Tough Love | co-production with Tyler Perry Studios |
| November 8, 2022 | Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm | co-production with Williams Street |
Specials
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2017 | The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special | co-production with Universal Television, SNL Studios and Broadway Video |
| February 1, 2023 | Yenor (pilot) | co-production with Williams Street for Adult Swim |
Theatrical films
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2022 | The Bob's Burgers Movie | First theatrical film co-production with 20th Century Animation |
Streaming films
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2023 | Pastacolypse | First streaming film co-production with Fox Entertainment Studios[22] |
| August 13, 2023 | Millennial Hunter | [22] |
| November 12, 2023 | Big Bruh | [22] |
Bento Box Interactive
Bento Box Interactive is an entertainment-based technology company launched in 2012 by Bento Box Entertainment. In October 2012, Bento Box Interactive partnered with Alicia Keys to create an education mobile application entitled "The Journals of Mama Mae and LeeLee" for iOS devices.[23] The application tells the story of the relationship between a young New York City girl and her wise grandmother and features two original songs by Keys, "Follow the Moon" and "Unlock Yourself".[24] In 2012 Bento Box Interactive acquired the rights to the Sweet Pickles books and rereleased them as ebooks with sound effects, narration and character voices by voice actors.
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