Worst Animation Studios

1. Video Brinquedo

   

   In the us we call them toyland video but hate them just the same, I mean look how boring ratatoing is! the only movie by the that I like a single thing of is little cars and I liked tiny robots just a little bit

   They ripoff several Disney and Dreamworks films. Their worst film has got to be either Ratatoing or The Little Panda Fighter

   Responsible for a lot of terrible Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks rip-offs, such as The Little Panda Fighter and Ratatoing.

2. Splash Entertainment

   

   Not only Norm of the North, but the newest Alpha & Omega sequels which both AniMat and Bobsheaux reviewed the same way I would. - The Ultimate Daredevil to SplashMoun10

   Worse than Illumination due to the fact that all movies are low-quality

   They also made a horrible cartoon named Butt-Ugly Martians.

3. Illumination

   

   When I think of Illumination, I think of some of the least imaginative movies ever created. With their cheap animation process leaving their movies to look horrible, to their basic stories that are trying to pander to every type of kid (Sing), to their horrible interpretation of some Dr Seuss stories, and the blatent rip of of other famous animated movies in The Secret Life of Pets. It seems their creative team lost any sort of creativity after the original Despicable Me and they couldn't even produce another film in the same franchise that gets anywhere near the original. And lastly they created Minions.

   When I review Despicable M3, I will be sure to rant about this pathetic excuse for an animation studio. They are unoriginal and lazy and only care about making money. Despicable Me is the only good movie they have. Everything else ranges from mediocre to horrendous. Despicable Me 2 was awful, Hop was offensive trash, the 2016 movies they made were mediocre, and Minions is one of the absolute worst movies I have ever seen in my entire life.

4. Spark Plug Entertainment

   

   I hope Pixar buys Spark Plug Enternainment, even though the modern Spark Plug Entertainment movies are actually Fantasia compared to the earlier ones! - The Ultimate Daredevil, thinking out something very devious and brand-new

   Another studio that makes direct-to-video knockoff films, such as A Car's Life.

   They make freaking Video Brinquedo films look like masterpieces.

5. Sony

   

   Yeah, they made the emoji movie, but lets address other movies. Cloudy and a chance of meatballs is ok, but is a sequel necessary? And hang on, I've just discovered there has been a T.V. show... Open Season, not seen it but fair enough. But 3 sequels that no one has heard of? That's bad. Talking about T.V. shows, they are turning all their franchises into T.V. shows. Why? Because the audience want it? I bet no one even knows about a hotel transylvania T.V. show.

   Looking at their films in development, I hope some of these are just working titles and that they are going to change the name later...

   All in all, let's just say my brand loyalty only extends to my Sony phone...

6. Threshold Entertainment

   

   This should be tied at number 1 with video Brinquedo because they made Foodfight the worst movie ever.

7. Titanic Cartoons SRL Roma

   

   The studio that produced Titanic: The Legend Goes On.

8. Unearthed Films

   Please get this at number one, they made the worst movie ever

   The studio that made Where the Dead Go to Die.

9. Mondo TV

   

   The studio that produced The Legend of the Titanic and Tentacolino.

10. Blue Sky Studios

    

    Blue Sky Studios was an American computer animation film studio based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded in 1987 by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown, and Eugene Troubetzkoy after the closure of MAGI, the company they had worked for, which was one of the visual... read more

    They're not necessarily a bad company but their progress with the Ice Age franchise is the largest laughing stock in Hollywood (even if I liked 3 and 4), and Robots was such an abomination. The rest are pretty alright stuff though, such as Rio, Horton or Epic.

    They literally spammed Ice Age to the point where there are NO ways to move the plot forward. The last movie was literally just the 1st movie except everyone's married now. Just watch Blue Sky, though. They're probably gonna recycle the plot of the 3rd movie for a "new" movie this 2017.

The Newcomers
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    Kennedy Cartoons

    Another bad studio working on Tiny Toon Adventures. It was certainly fluid and had a few decent scenes, but for the most part, it was busy abusing squash-and-stretch.

12. ?

    Encore Cartoons

    It was a studio that animated three Tiny Toon Adventures episodes, then went belly-up.

    And their animation was horribly off-model and lifeless with countless errors. They kept having to redo certain scenes.

    Then the producers decided to just use their best takes (most of which still needed to be redone).

The Contenders

13. Lionsgate

14. The Weinstein Company

    

    One of the most overrated companies of all time. Unfortunately, they gave us Underdogs (lest we forget the fact that it has the racist, spoiled, talentless, weak, compassion-faking Ariana Grande, ugh! ), Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, Escape from Planet Earth, Unstable Fables and the only good and clever The Weinstein Company ever made is Hoodwinked, disregarding its extremely amateurish animation.

    I only remember Escape from Planet Earth and Little Door Gods. I liked them but what can I say

    Well, there is the matter of the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct allegations...

15. Walt Disney Animation Studios

    

    Walt Disney Animation Studios, headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, is an American animation studio that creates animated feature films, short films, and television specials for The Walt Disney Company. It is one of the oldest and most influential animation studios in the... read more

    Disney isn't a bad animation studio, I think they're great, but a lot of their 2010s films (loved their old classics and some of their 2000s films) haven't really caught my eye except for Moana and maybe Wreck-it Ralph. Tangled was alright but nothing special, Winnie the Pooh was horrible, I've no interest in seeing the overhyped Frozen and Zootopia, and I'm not too keen on the idea of them remaking their classics as live action films (do we need a live action Lion King? ), even if Jungle Book was alright and Maleficent was good as a different interpretation of Sleeping Beauty and improved upon parts of the original (giving Aurora more of a character/personality), it gives me the impression they're just for money besides doing new impressions.

    I'm still looking forward to seeing Christopher Robin though.

16. ToonBox Entertainment

    

    Lest we forget the fact that they made Spark: A Space Tail. :( - The Ultimate Daredevil, who is surprised that AniMat did not review Spark which might as well disappoint him

    The studio that produced The Nut Job and its upcoming sequel.

17. Dreamworks Animation

    

    DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA), also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks, is an American animation studio owned by Universal Pictures. Universal Pictures is a division of NBCUniversal, which is part of Comcast. As of June 13, 2025, DreamWorks Animation has produced 51 feature films... read more

    I kind of agree with Saberspark that they've been going downhill lately. Don't get me wrong, they've made great movies like Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, etc., but I feel like they don't stand out as much as Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios do these days. Like Saberspark said, they tend to come out with average or below average films and only make good films once in a while. For example, The Boss Baby was a pretty lousy and stupid idea for an animated movie, especially given that it was so stupidly marketed with commercials nonstop heavily advertising that Alec Baldwin is voicing a baby boss. While Captain Underpants might turn out to be good, I would really love for DreamWorks Animation to step up their game and start making more original and high quality animated movies that aren't just cash grabs or overly marketed and overhyped forgettable features.

18. The Asylum

    All the movie they make in this compagnie, are just rip-off of other populor movie that people know

19. Dingo Pictures

    

20. Vanguard Animation

    

    They deliberately underwhelmed the universe with Happily N'Ever After and Space Chimps, but their sequels and Get Squirrely are so horrible to the point where they gave me (which is The Ultimate Daredevil) a confidence boost to watch Crest Animation Studios's recent films, mockbusters and Sony films released in the 2010s... >8(

    This studio never got fresh on rotten tomatoes

21. Venus Centre

    Enchanted Princess Party? More like Disgusting Stupid Failure! This show sucks! This show is for babies! This show is a huge rip-off of Disney Princess which is way better. This show involves five preteen princesses who love to go on failure adventures together. Cindy is a huge crybaby. Bea is a big tear jerker. Bella is a spoiled brat. Clara is creepy. And Stella? Well! I don't care about her. The animation is bad, the voices are irritating, the music is stupid, and the characters are ugly. Thank god it got cancelled and taken off the air! I don't know who likes, hates, and neutrals to this show, so I'm gonna leave it be. So Enchanted Princess Party sucks! And so does Playhouse Disney Clay! Anyways, Ōban Star-Racers is octillion times better than Enchanted Princess Party, end of rant!

22. Nickelodeon

    

23. IFD Films and Arts Limited

    The Hong Kong company behind such "classic" films like Beauty and Warrior, Ali Baba and the Gold Raiders, Thunder Prince, Space Thunder Kids, Savior of the Earth, Diatron-5/Space Transformers, Raiders of Galaxy, Protectors of Universe, and Captain of Cosmos.

24. Jetlag productions

    Why can't they just make their own movies?

    Lots of low budget Disney rip offs.

25. DHX Media

    

26. Pixar

    

    Pixar, also known as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. It is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

    The studio began in 1979 as the Graphics Group, which was part of the Lucasfilm computer division. In 1986, it became an independent... read more

    Cars 2 is not the best animation studio of all time, but it is totally genius! Also, it's put here twice. - The Ultimate Daredevil

    Everything but Cars 2 was good but it gets this spot because of CARS 2

    Everything except Brave was great.

27. Warner Bros.

    

    Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., commonly referred to as Warner Bros., is an American entertainment company. It is widely recognized for its work in film, television, and animation. The company is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery and has been a significant force in global media for over a century... read more

    Their crap is nothing but cash grabs. They're entire series of crappy lego movies explains it all.