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| Current Name | BVS Entertainment, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Animation Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor(s) | Saban Productions, Inc. Saban Entertainment, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor(s) | BVS Entertainment Saban Brands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fate | Sold to The Walt Disney Company and Renamed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Key Figure(s) | Shuki Levy (Co-Founder) Haim Saban (Co-Founder) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent Company | The Walt Disney Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saban Entertainment, Inc., or Saban International outside of the United States, was an animation company that worked on X-Men, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man Unlimited, and The Avengers: United They Stand.
Saban was also going to produce a Captain America series. However, the series ended up never being made.
The company was eventually sold to The Walt Disney Company and is currently known as BVS Entertainment, Inc..
History[]
The company was founded by composers Shuki Levy and Haim Saban.
They also produced animated series such as ALF: The Animated Series, The Karate Kid, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Eek! The Cat, The Terrible Thunderlizards, NASCAR Racers, Action Man, Journey to the Heart of the World, Creepy Crawlers, W.I.T.C.H., and A.T.O.M..
They offered dubbing services on series such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Dragon Warrior, Peter Pan: The Animated Series, Huckleberry Finn, Pinocchio: The Series, Dragon Ball Z, Digimon: Digital Monsters, Shinzo, and Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
They produced live-action series such as the Power Rangers franchise, Goosebumps, Big Bad Beetleborgs, Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation, and The New Addams Family.
They worked on live-action movies including Heathers, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, National Lampoon's Men in White, Casper Meets Wendy, Addams Family Reunion, Au Pair, and Oh, Baby!.
With the exception of the Power Rangers and Digimon franchises, their works are currently owned by Disney.
External Links[]
- Official Website
- Saban Entertainment at Internet Movie Database
- BVS Entertainment at Internet Movie Database
- Wikipedia