Rovio Animation, Ltd. (also known as Rovio Animation Studios) is an animation studio division of Ferly Corporation (formerly known as Kaiken Entertainment) after it was acquired from its original owner, Rovio Entertainment in March 2017, while still working exclusively on the company's Angry Birds franchise.[1][incomplete short citation] It is led by former Rovio CEO Mikael Hed.
As of 2023, Rovio's television works are currently distributed by Cake Entertainment.[2]
History
Kombo was an animation studio formed in Finland specializing in advertising.[3] The company was most well known for their Angry Birds trailers and shorts with a more cartoonish art style, which were made from 2009 to 2013. In 2011, they were acquired by Rovio,[4] folding up the independent art making studio, where they would only work on Angry Birds trailers. The company only worked on trailers for the first game, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio. Kombo would be folded into Rovio Animation in 2013. [5]
Filmography
Television series
| Title | Genre | Seasons | Runtime | Premiere date | Last episode | Status | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angry Birds Toons | Adventure, comedy, slapstick | 3 seasons, 104 episodes | 2 min. 45 sec. | 17 March 2013 | 13 May 2016 | Ended | Toons.TV |
| Piggy Tales | Comedy | 4 seasons, 121 episodes | 1 min. | 11 April 2014 | 30 May 2019 | ||
| Angry Birds Stella | Adventure, comedy drama | 2 seasons, 26 episodes | 6 min. | 1 November 2014 | 11 March 2016 | ||
| Angry Birds Blues | Adventure, comedy | 1 season, 30 episodes | 2 min. | 10 March 2017 | 14 December 2017 | ||
| Angry Birds BirLd Cup | 1 season, 10 episodes | 3 min. | 9 June 2018 | 2018 | YouTube | ||
| Angry Birds Zero Gravity [citation needed] | 1 season, 3 episodes | 45 sec. | 3 October 2018 | 2018 | |||
| Angry Birds on the Run [citation needed] | Comedy | 2 seasons, 39 episodes | 2 min. | 17 November 2018 | 14 November 2020 | ||
| Angry Birds MakerSpace [citation needed] | 2 seasons, 35 episodes | 1 min. | 1 June 2019 | 2025 | |||
| Angry Birds Slingshot Stories | 4 seasons, 75 episodes (1st season only, continued by Maya Digital Studios)[6][7] |
1 min. | 18 January 2020 | 2025 | |||
| Angry Birds Bubble Trouble | 2 seasons, 44 episodes | 1 min. | 31 August 2020 | August 2023 | |||
| Angry Birds: Summer Madness | Adventure, comedy, slapstick | 3 seasons, 36 episodes | 13-24 min. | 28 January 2022 | 25 August 2022 | Netflix | |
| Angry Birds Mystery Island | Adventure, comedy, mystery | 1 season, 24 episodes | 23-30 min. | 21 May 2024 | 3 December 2024 | Amazon Prime Video Amazon Kids+ |
Feature films
| Title | Release date | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Distributor(s) | Co-production with | Budget | Box office | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Angry Birds Movie | 20 May 2016 | Clay Kaytis Fergal Reilly |
Story by: Mikael Hed Mikko Pöllä John Cohen Screenplay by: Jon Vitti |
John Cohen Catherine Winder |
Sony Pictures Releasing | Columbia Pictures | $73 million | $352.3 million | 44%[8] | 43[9] |
| The Angry Birds Movie 2 | 14 August 2019 | Thurop Van Orman John Rice (co-director) |
Peter Ackerman Eyal Podell Jonathan E. Stewart |
John Cohen | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation |
$65 million | $154.7 million | 72%[10] | 60[11] | |
| The Angry Birds Movie 3 | 23 December 2026 | John Rice Liza Rhea(co-director) Mitchell Counsell (co-director) |
Thurop Van Orman Ian Deitchman Kristin Rusk Robinson |
John Cohen Dan Chuba Carla Connor Namit Malhotra |
Paramount Pictures | Prime Focus Studios Sega Sammy Group |
Short films
| Title | Director | Producers | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Early Hatchling Gets the Worm | John Rice[12] | John Cohen Catherine Winder |
20 May 2016 |
| Live Stream | 14 August 2019 |
References
- ↑ Kaiken Entertainment buys Rovio's TV animation unit Archived 9 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 May 2017
- ↑ "CAKE to rep Rovio's trio of Angry Birds series". Kidscreen. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ↑ https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-em-angry-birds-em-creator-rovio-acquires-kombo-animation-studio
- ↑ https://www.gamesindustry.biz/angry-birds-creator-rovio-acquires-animation-studio
- ↑ https://www.animationmagazine.net/2011/06/angry-birds-rovio-acquires-finnish-animation-house-kombo/
- ↑ Angry Birds Slingshot Stories Ep. 1 - First Level Ever!. Rovio Entertainment. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Angry Birds Slingshot Stories S2 - Color Crazy Ep.1". Rovio Entertainment. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "The Angry Birds Movie". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ↑ "The Angry Birds Movie". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ↑ "The Angry Birds Movie 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ↑ "The Angry Birds Movie 2". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (9 June 2016). "WATCH: Sony Drops Trailer for 'Angry Birds Movie's 'Hatchlings' Short". Animation World Network. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
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