Wild Brain

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name = Wild Brain

type = Private
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foundation = 1994
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location_city = Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
location_country = U.S.
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area_served = Worldwide
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industry = Entertainment, Animation
products = television series, television commercials, licensed merchandise
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divisions = animation, Kidrobot collectables
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homepage = [http://www.wildbrain.com/ Wildbrain]
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Wild Brain (stylized as W!LDBRAIN) is an award-winning entertainment company that develops and produces television programming, motion pictures, commercial content and licensed merchandise. They have offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.

Film productions include the Annie Award-winning CGI short "Hubert's Brain", while television work includes Nick Jr. series "Yo Gabba Gabba!" and highly rated Disney Channel series "Higglytown Heroes".

They have produced national commercials for clients like Esurance [Alex Miller, " [http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=40045 Cross-Media Case Study: Secret Agent of Change] ", "OMMA", March 2006.] , Chicklets, Starbucks, Target, Nike, Honda, Kraft, the Wall Street Journal and Lamisil, (featuring Digger the Dermatophyte). Their ad work has won Clio Awards, Addy Awards, BDA Awards, and Annie Awards.

A subsidiary, Kidrobot, creates limited edition toys, clothing, artwork, and books. It has stores in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami.

Wildbrain Entertainment

* "Yo Gabba Gabba!"
* "Higglytown Heroes"

Wild Brain's first venture into television was 13 "I am Weasel" shorts for the Hanna Barbera-produced Cartoon Network series "Cow and Chicken", in 1997. "I am Weasel" later spun off to become a separate show. In 2000, Wild Brain launched "Mr. Baby" and "Poochini's Yard"; the second series aired globally, but did not appear in the United States until 2002, airing as "Poochini". Wild Brain produced the pilot episode of The Aquabats Super Show!.

Wildbrain Animation Studios Recent Projects

* "Esurance"
* "Virgin America"

Wildbrain Licensing & Merchandising

YO GABBA GABBA! apparel, accessories, books, electronics, games, home décor and toys areavailable at retail through top licensees, including Kidrobot, Spin Master, Ltd., Simon & Schuster, Nickelodeon Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, Nickelodeon/Sony BMG and others.

Kidrobot (Wildbrain subsidiary) was the first to hit shelves with apparel and collectible merchandise.

Web animation

The studio was one of the pioneers of web-based flash animation series, which were offered to the public from their website in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Executives

* Charles Rivkin
* David Graber
* Bob Higgins
* Michael Polis
* Diego Marchioni
* Andrea Mansour
* Cynthia Roe
* Steve Maggioncalda

Directors

* Ed Bell
* Gordon Clark
* George Evelyn
* Paul Fierling
* Chris Hauge
* John Hays
* Nick Hewitt
* Christian Jacobs
* Denis Morella
* Mike Overbeck
* Michaela Pavlatova
* Jerry Rees
* Phil Robinson
* Scott Schultz
* Joel Trussell

External links

* [http://www.wildbrain.com/ Wildbrain site]
* [http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=1755 Animation Insider Article]

References