Top 10 Best Animation Studios

I like Disney, I like Dreamworks, but I love Pixar.

Pixar, for me, is just a master of original stories.

Disney leans heavily on story adaptations especially fairy tales with some original stories here and there (like Brother Bear, Zootopia, Home on the Range, Dinosaurs, The Emperor's New Groove) that are just hit and miss.

Dreamworks just doesn't have a consistent image. Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon, then there's Home, Shark Tale, Boss Baby, Shrek 3, Bee Movie... You just can't have any clear expectation from Dreamworks, and that is bad.

Pixar however is different. Whatever they come up with will be marked with high, or at least moderate, expectations. Even Cars 2. And I don't even think that Cars 2 is that bad, especially if you compare it to the wreck that other companies have made. And that put Pixar above other else.

I know this is cliché but I mean come on this studio is a literal modern animation legend. I guarantee you that there's not a single animation fan that hasn't heard of Pixar or Disney (the parent company) despite their bad apples these studios are literal animation powerhouses popping out success after success. And the quality of majority of their films is timeless and something that cannot be easily replicated. I don't know how to explain this in a true analysis but do I need to? This studio, Disney, and Studio Ghibli are arguably the greatest legends in animation of all time no words need to be spoken.

Disney animation studios has been gaining momentum since they released Bolt, This was followed by a stream of new hits including The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, and most recently Big Hero 6. Disney doesn't need Pixar to keep the brand alive anymore because their own animation studios have just entered what many animation fans are calling the new Disney Renascence. We just have to hope Zootopia, Moana, Giants, and Frozen 2 keep the studio producing new and fresh material to entertain and endear people just as much as their golden era and renascence period films.

Disney should have the number one spot. Frozen is the fifth highest grossing movie of all time and they have so many great classics like Sleeping Beauty, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book to name a few. They also own Pixar who deserves the number two spot, half of the movies they have made have won the Academy Award for best Animated Feature, and all but two were nominated. The only films Dreamworks have made that can even be mentioned as being the same caliber as Disney are Shrek (just the first one not the sequels) and How to Train Your Dragon 2.

Only a bunch of complete butthurt Chris Chan-caliber mantoddlers such as Alexis Martinez Jr. and Zander Bird would be stupid enough to call crappy Pixar sequels such as Cars 2, Finding Dory, Incredibles 2, and Toy Story 4 any better than actual works of cinema such as Shrek 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, and both How to Train Your Dragon sequels. And don't even think about trying to suggest that derivative mediocrities such as Brave, The Good Dinosaur, Onward, Turning Red, Lightyear, and Elemental are any better than those awesome DreamWorks sequels either (they're not).

In Dreamworks' movies they show creativity. In Disney, all the movies have same plot line and almost all the stories are about fairy tales. Frozen isn't the best. It can't be compared to "The Croods" because frozen has the same ending as beauty and the beast, the only difference is that in beauty and beast,the beast dies and in frozen, Anna get frost but at same time Croods is totally a different story. It should have gotten the Oscar.
Every Dreamworks' movies show creativity and variety but it is not found in Disney. So Dreamworks should be the #1.

I was only introduced to their work in 5th grade but man this studio is amazing. I can even compare their quality to that of Disney but at the same time I cannot. Ghibli does their own thing and their aura is a unique one that while it can compete with Disney's aura and quality it is still much irreplaceable. Not only that but the animation to all of their works I've seen is gorgeous, probably the best that I've ever seen (sorry Disney and Pixar) and easily the most defining trait of their films, but their movies also have relatable characters and well-written plots. Yeah apparently people consider it the Disney Studios of Japan but I honestly don't care because both animation companies are absolutely wonderful.

Also why the heck is DreamWorks ahead of these guys? Yeah DreamWorks has some good films but oi their history is a gruesome and complicated one indeed.

This is the home of many beloved sitcoms such as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Futurama, American Dad, Family Guy and it's spinoff The Cleveland Show. It's also home to the Ice Age movies, Rio and The Simpsons Movie.

The Simpsons have been on the air for like 24 years and counting. That alone makes Fox worthy of #1 and I haven't even mentioned Futurama and Family Guy.

Fox has such iconic sitcom families like the Simpsons, the Flanders, the Wiggums, the Griffins and the Hills among others.

They have more iconic characters than any other animation studios. About 8 of their cartoon characters would make the top twenty list; Scooby-Doo, Fred Flintstone, Tom & Jerry, Yogi Bear, any of the Smurfs, George Jetson, and many others. I think this should be #2; right behind Disney.
P.S. I never really liked Disney anyways.

The animation is so slick it's rivaled only by one guy. The legendary Tex Avery

This is the home of Flintstones, Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Top Cat, Huckleberry Hound, Tom & Jerry and Wacky Races.

They gave us Rocko, SpongeBob, Invader Zim AND Avatar. How could you NOT love at least one of those four shows?

This studio deserves higher because of SpongeBob. Band Geeks, Chocolate With Nuts, Pizza Delivery, The Camping Episode, Frankendoodle, Graveyard Shift such as the classics!

Because of Avatar and spongebob I think this should be higher. Like 6

This is the #2 best animation studio after Disney, Whoever works for this masterpiece of a studio is a genius in several ways possible, Their films are SO original! Ice Age was so original in 2002, Robots is ALSO original, Considering Robots was made BEFORE WALL-E! It's also a shame Video Brinquedo had to ruin it with their lack of originality. Horton Hears a Who CGI film was also original, along with the super original Rio, Good luck with Epic, Blue Sky! I hope it's as good as your other films, All and all, Blue Sky is WAY better than Dreamworks and Pixar combined (my opinion) I hope anyone else agress with me!

The Ice Age sequels may show that Blue Sky ran out of ideas, but Blue Sky is lucky to make the Rio duology, Bunny, Robots and literally all other movies that are not Ice Age sequels.

This is an awesome studio, I really really like the movies and the art. Though I do wish Dreamworks was on here.

This studio was very underrated but I wish Aardman has another Aardman branch at the US instead of just one studio in Bristol, England. This studio was well-known for making such unique stop-motion animation and it's iconic characters like Wallace and Gromit, Shaun The Sheep, and others. And speaking of movies, Early Man will come out this 2018 and I hope it was good.

When it comes to quality stop motion animation, Aardman is superior to the style. In fact Aardman is probably the greatest animation studio regardless.

Aardman is the flip side to Laika in terms of stop motion. Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run and Pirates! Band of Misfits.

They made Iron Giant and all the DC Animated films. Enough said here.

Its one of the most watched channels this year and last year than nick.

Should be in Top 5!

To be honest, I think this animation studio is better than Disney Animation Studios. Also this studio puts a lot of effort in their animation. Also the storylines and plots are actually original unlike some other animation studios.

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This studio is awesome

The have make masterpieces like The Iron Giant, Batman The Mask of the Phantom, Osmosis Jones, Cats don't Dance and Quest for Camelot. Its kinda sad that almost everyone have forgotten this awesome movies that easily compete with another films of Disney or Fox in terms of quality and originality.

They made the Lego movie, what else not to like?

They are in a next level of traditional animation, handmade. The best animated series (One-Punch Man, Death Note, Claymore) and movies (all Satoshi Kon directed movies) are made by these guys.

Parasyte -the maxim-, No Game No Life, Death Note, what else can I say?

I like Universal everything, it should of at least made it in the top ten. This is ridiculous!

Flippy from HTF, is the #1 mascot for Universal Studios better than Minions, Sing, Woody Woodpecker, The Land Before Time, Secret Life of Pets, Despicable Me, Curious George and Balto.

Laika has some of the most original and beautiful films I've ever seen, and I don't feel like they receive enough credit for that. They have kept stop motion a wonderful form of animated art, even though no one else attempts to do it anymore. The people at Laika continue to top themselves every time, with Kubo being one of the best films of 2016. Coraline has always been one of my favorite films of ALL TIME, and when you see how much effort they put into their movies, you realize what an amazing and unique animation studio they are.

Laika is one of the only studios on this list if not the only to get over 75% on rotten tomatoes for five movies in a row. It's a shame their movies are flopping financially. But I have to give credit to the fact that they actually seem to care more about making quality stuff than making movies. They refuse to make much merchandise, they refuse to try out cgi (which tends to make more financially successful movies) and they refuse to lower their budgets on their movies. Impressive!

Sony should be WAY higher than Illumination. Both areon average bad companies, but Sony not only has more movies in general, but more GOOD movies overall. Only the Despicable Me trilogy and Lorax were good movies from Illumination, whereas in Sony, I can name at least seven decent movies

I've gained major respect for them ever since they released Spider-Verse. Way better than Illumination Entertainment because of that movie alone.

They've had an equal share of good and bad films. They're okay, but still could improve. The Emoji Movie was a disastrously bad movie.

A Goofy Movie was their only truly great work. Everything else they've done can be forgotten.

Those movies aren't very good. I can't believe Disney Fairies even exists.

The makers of Planes and the tinker Bell Movies with endless sequels.

Their works on the Fate series and The Garden of Sinners film series are some of their best projects yet. God Eater is pretty decent as well and I expect great things from Ufotable when the new Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel movie trilogy comes out in 2017.

Fight scenes are superb, though the monologues between them can get a bit weird. Take Archer vs Lancer church battle in Fate UBW. The pacing was so weird with all those pauses to talk with each other. They took a 2 minute fight in Deen's movie and created a 10 minute one. But I'm not gonna lie. The animation is the best I have ever scene. Especially Shirou vs the last two antagonists.
While I agree quality outweighs quantity, ufotable has done a small amount of significant anime compared to studios like madhouse, bones, and a-1 pictures (though they have a good reason. Doing many anime at once will kill their budget). Also, non-Type Moon works seem to fair not as well (God Eater was meh and Tales of Zestiria the X wasn't very good at explaining the whole story). But the Fate series and Kara no Kyoukai are beyond amazing. Can't wait for the Heaven's Feel movies.
Overall, ufotable is a very good animation studio that has such beautiful colors and backgrounds along with the amazing fluidity in their animations. I want to see what happens if they pick up a lengthy series, like a popular shounen (one can only dream they pick up Fairy Tail...). Will the quality in animation go down? Or get even better? Only time will tell.