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It’s upsetting to see a titan of the animation industry is now reduced to like a Jenga building knocked over.

All I’m hoping now is that the library of shows would be taken care of.
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Not officially confirmed but Nelvana, one of Canada's most storied animation studios, appears to have quietly closed down on Friday, yet another casualty of Corus Entertainment's struggle to survive.
Old Nelvana production logo. FortierMorghan on Twitter: There is no news about this. No announcements. But Nelvana closed its doors today. My dad worked there. It was, to a great extent, the playground I grew up in. It breaks my heart where the industry is going. This company deserved better announcement around this. Better celebration of its contribution to the Canadian entertainment system. But just…. nothing. Twitter conversation: Jason the Cartoon Fan on January 17: Nelvana is in serious danger of going defunct, with its assets folded into the rest of its parent company Corus Entertainment. jenbrained on August 31: Closed its doors on Friday. One of Canadas oldest and most prolific animation studios, produced hundreds of works, just gone in a snap. Canadian media is in a real crisis and it’s gonna get worse Amethyst Deceiver replies: Holy shit *the* nelvana? Half of the stuff on kids TV in the late nineties was produced there jenbrained replies: Yep. Many crew members have ended their last productions or are in the midst of closing up shop. Super super sad :/ Mix of streaming taking over and incompetent Canadian telecom companies bleeding money. Huge loss to the animation scene here Voice actor Deven Mack on Twitter: With 54 years of history yet no major fanfare, Nelvana Ltd. closed its doors this past week. Some know this animation studio for their work on Rock & Rule, Star Wars Holiday Special, Droids and Ewoks. I knew them for incredible 90s shows that captured my imagination as a child. As a teen in 2006, Nelvana gave me my first foray into professional voice over with Lab Rat in Grossology, my first and only anime roles as Zeo in Beyblade: Metal Masters and Wynton Bakugan: Battle Planet, along with countless other productions up until this past year.
September 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Not officially confirmed but Nelvana, one of Canada's most storied animation studios, appears to have quietly closed down on Friday, yet another casualty of Corus Entertainment's struggle to survive.
Old Nelvana production logo. FortierMorghan on Twitter: There is no news about this. No announcements. But Nelvana closed its doors today. My dad worked there. It was, to a great extent, the playground I grew up in. It breaks my heart where the industry is going. This company deserved better announcement around this. Better celebration of its contribution to the Canadian entertainment system. But just…. nothing. Twitter conversation: Jason the Cartoon Fan on January 17: Nelvana is in serious danger of going defunct, with its assets folded into the rest of its parent company Corus Entertainment. jenbrained on August 31: Closed its doors on Friday. One of Canadas oldest and most prolific animation studios, produced hundreds of works, just gone in a snap. Canadian media is in a real crisis and it’s gonna get worse Amethyst Deceiver replies: Holy shit *the* nelvana? Half of the stuff on kids TV in the late nineties was produced there jenbrained replies: Yep. Many crew members have ended their last productions or are in the midst of closing up shop. Super super sad :/ Mix of streaming taking over and incompetent Canadian telecom companies bleeding money. Huge loss to the animation scene here Voice actor Deven Mack on Twitter: With 54 years of history yet no major fanfare, Nelvana Ltd. closed its doors this past week. Some know this animation studio for their work on Rock & Rule, Star Wars Holiday Special, Droids and Ewoks. I knew them for incredible 90s shows that captured my imagination as a child. As a teen in 2006, Nelvana gave me my first foray into professional voice over with Lab Rat in Grossology, my first and only anime roles as Zeo in Beyblade: Metal Masters and Wynton Bakugan: Battle Planet, along with countless other productions up until this past year.
September 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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So far, Nelvana was also responsible for their obscure 2005 animated adaptation of the Heidi film, alongside Telemagination and TV-Loonland.

Overall, Nelvana was best known for making Max and Ruby, Franklin, Pippi Longstocking, Babar and more.

Seeing Nelvana falling apart is an end of an era...
September 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Nelvana was a king of animation during the 80s and 90s, if you wanna see some incredible hand drawn animation, watch some of their 80s tv specials and their theatrical film, Rock and Rule
September 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM