Talk:Unknown Generation 1 animation studios
I did wonder about this news item which Nevermore linked to on the Talk:Toei page, which seems to suggest that it was Toei's Filipino branch. But that were only set up in 1986, unless they're wrong about the date... --abates 16:48, 7 July 2009 (EDT)
- Yeah, I forgot about that little nugget. I added it to the article, though since the dates don't match up, we can't be certain, I suppose. --DrSpengler 18:37, 7 July 2009 (EDT)
Maybe it was Burbank Animation?
Maybe this studio was Burbank Animation? The studio was a Philippine division of Burbank Films Australia, based out of Makati, and multiple people who worked there mentioned several Marvel shows on their resume, including My Little Pony, Jem and Defenders of the Earth.--71.142.249.86 01:13, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- Indeed! And it was set up in 1983, so it'd fit the time period. --abates 02:04, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- Burbank's official website doesn't list any of their farmed-out work for other studios, unfortunately. IMDB doesn't even list their work prior to 1989. Then again, that site just seems to be focused on their Australian division with no mention of their Filipino joint. This article says the Filipino studio was founded in 1983, but I can't find anything listing the shows they've worked on. Any way we can get a link to interviews with some of those Burbank employees who said they worked on Marvel/Sunbow productions? --DrSpengler 08:55, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- I found a "Boy Sibulo Aureliano" who lists Transformers in his resume, and he wa an animator for Burbank Animations from '83 to '88. I've sent him an email. --FortMax 14:08, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- Awesome. I know only, like, 4 people are going to end up caring, but if we manage to solve this mystery I think it'll be really, really cool. After that, we'll just have to find a way to figure out what 7 episodes from season 2 they animated. That might actually be even harder to figure out. --DrSpengler 14:10, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- Stuff like this is why the wiki exists. First we get more information on the horribly awesome (or awesomely horrible) Headmasters dub, and now the possibility of this. Fall's shaping up to be grand here. --Bluestreak7 14:18, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- Stuff like this is only going to help the wiki. (And hurt the server.) ---Blackout- 14:29, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- Stuff like this is why the wiki exists. First we get more information on the horribly awesome (or awesomely horrible) Headmasters dub, and now the possibility of this. Fall's shaping up to be grand here. --Bluestreak7 14:18, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- Awesome. I know only, like, 4 people are going to end up caring, but if we manage to solve this mystery I think it'll be really, really cool. After that, we'll just have to find a way to figure out what 7 episodes from season 2 they animated. That might actually be even harder to figure out. --DrSpengler 14:10, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- I found a "Boy Sibulo Aureliano" who lists Transformers in his resume, and he wa an animator for Burbank Animations from '83 to '88. I've sent him an email. --FortMax 14:08, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- If we can get some more names from people working for Burbank's Filipino division during hte 80s, we might be able to find their online resumes and hit paydirt. I've found a couple so far, though none of the ones I've found list Transformers under the shows they worked on. We might be able to get lucky, though. --DrSpengler 14:34, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- Keep trying. Figuring this out = this site gets a little more famous = this site gets a little more hits = this site climbs up in search engine rankings = the Squid caching system dies. ---Blackout- 14:37, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- Burbank's official website doesn't list any of their farmed-out work for other studios, unfortunately. IMDB doesn't even list their work prior to 1989. Then again, that site just seems to be focused on their Australian division with no mention of their Filipino joint. This article says the Filipino studio was founded in 1983, but I can't find anything listing the shows they've worked on. Any way we can get a link to interviews with some of those Burbank employees who said they worked on Marvel/Sunbow productions? --DrSpengler 08:55, 4 November 2009 (EST)
- I think Burbank is probably the most likely choice. I've been rooting around on Google and found this PDF document which says that the first animation company to open in the Philippines was Burbank in 83, followed by a company called Optifex and then Fil-Cartoon over the next couple of years. From various CVs and other sites I've found, Optifex was exclusively doing out-sourced work for Hanna-Barbera until 88, when Hanna-Barbera opened Fil-Cartoon as a wholly owned subsidiary and Optifex was left doing domestic animation before rebranding. So that only really leaves Burbank, who multiple people list as having worked on Jem, MLP and DotE on their CVs. Of course the other possibility is that Paul Davids was mistaken in saying that any of Transformers was sent to the Philippines and confused it with these other shows out-sourcing there. Danja 06:56, 14 July 2011 (EDT)
Ok, definitely not Burbank. I sent a Facebook message to Jess Espanola, currently an assistant director on the Simpsons and formerly an animator at Burbank at the time the episodes were animated and he actually replying, saying "We didn't do any Transformer shows at Burbank. Maybe Toei Animation studio did it because Toei had a subsidiary studio ijn the Philippines". Danja 04:54, 15 September 2011 (EDT)
Anyone tried the Hasbro Q&A yet? Maybe that might help. If no-one has, can somebody do that in the next Q&A? Item42 10:44, 11 June 2010 (EDT)
