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Rough Draft Studios

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Rough Draft Studios, Inc. is an American animation production studio based in Glendale, California, with a second studio in Glendale and its sister studio Rough Draft Korea located in Seoul, South Korea. The studio was founded in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California by Gregg Vanzo in 1991.

Rough Draft Studios and its divisions have produced specials, commercials and direct-to-video work for companies such as Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, 20th Television Animation, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, MTV Animation, Film Roman, and Disney Television Animation.

Rough Draft Korea has been animating the show since the pilot episode, "Help Wanted," and has animated The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.

Filmography

TV series

Show Year(s) Notes
SpongeBob SquarePants 1999–present
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years 2021-present "Kitchen Sponge," "Outhouse Outrage," and "Help Not Wanted" (2D sequences only)
The Patrick Star Show 2021–present

Films/specials

Title Year Client Notes
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2004 Paramount Pictures

Nickelodeon Movies United Plankton Pictures

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 2015 Paramount Pictures

Paramount Animation Nickelodeon Movies United Plankton Pictures

2D hand-drawn animated sequences only
Untitled SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off film 2025 Paramount Pictures

Paramount Animation Nickelodeon Movies United Plankton Pictures

2D hand-drawn animated sequences only

Trivia

  • From season 2 to as late as season 5, they used Toonz Premium to animate the show.[1] Currently, they use Toon Boom Harmony to animate.

References

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