Rovio Animation

Rovio Animation, Ltd. (also known as Rovio Animation Studios) is the animation division of Kaiken Entertainment after it was acquired from its original owner, Rovio Entertainment, in March 2017.[2] It is led by former Rovio CEO Mikael Hed.

Rovio Animation, Ltd.
IndustryAnimation
FoundedJanuary 20, 2012 (January 20, 2012)
FounderJarno Väkeväinen
Niklas Hed
Headquarters
Vancouver, Canada
Key people
Mika Ihamuotila
Revenue€190 million
Number of employees
430
ParentRovio Entertainment (2012-2017)
Kaiken Entertainment (2017-present)
Sony Pictures Television (program distributor)[1]

Sony Pictures Television carries distribution for their television productions after their works on The Angry Birds Movie.[3]

Filmography

Television series
# Title Genre Seasons Runtime Premiere date Last episode Status Network
1 Angry Birds Toons Comedy Adventure Slapstick 3 seasons, 104 episodes 2 min. 45 sec. March 17, 2013 May 13, 2016 Ended Toons.TV
2 Piggy Tales Comedy 4 seasons, 121 episodes 1 min. April 11, 2014 May 30, 2019
3 Angry Birds Stella Adventure Comedy drama 2 seasons, 26 episodes 6 min. November 1, 2014 March 11, 2016
4 Angry Birds Blues Adventure Comedy drama 1 season, 30 episodes 2 min. March 10, 2017 December 14, 2017
5 Angry Birds BirLd Cup Adventure Comedy drama 1 season, 10 episodes 3 min. June 9, 2018 2018 N/A
6 Angry Birds Zero Gravity Adventure Comedy drama 1 season, 3 episodes 45 sec. October 3, 2018 2018
7 Angry Birds on the Run Stop motion Comedy 2 seasons, 39 episodes 2 min. November 17, 2018 November 14, 2020 YouTube
8 Angry Birds MakerSpace Adventure Animation 2 seasons, 35 episodes 1 min. June 1, 2019 October 7, 2022
9 Angry Birds Slingshot Stories Animation 3 seasons, 40 episodes
(1st season only, continued by Maya Digital Studios)[4][5]
 1 min. January 18, 2020 2024 Ongoing
10 Angry Birds Bubble Trouble Animation 2 seasons, 44 episodes 1 min. August 31, 2020 August 2023 Ended
11 Angry Birds: Summer Madness Slapstick Comedy Adventure 3 seasons, 36 episodes 13-24 min. January 28, 2022 August 25, 2022 Netflix
Upcoming
12 Angry Birds Mystery Island[6] Adventure Comedy Mystery 1 season, 24 episodes TBA TBA 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 May 20, 2016 Clay Kaytis
Fergal Reilly		 Screenplay by: Jon Vitti
Story by: Mikael Hed
Mikko Pöllä
John Cohen		 John Cohen
Catherine Winder		 Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures $73 million $352.3 million 43%[7] 44[8]
The Angry Birds Movie 2 August 14, 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 73%[9] 60[10]


References
  1. Faughnder, Ryan. "Sony and Rovio hope $400-million promotional blitz will help 'Angry Birds' soar". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. Kaiken Entertainment buys Rovio's TV animation unit Retrieved 4 May 2017
  3. Faughnder, Ryan. "Sony and Rovio hope $400-million promotional blitz will help 'Angry Birds' soar". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  4. Mobile, Rovio. "Angry Birds Slingshot Stories Ep. 1 - First Level Ever!". youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  5. Mobile, Rovio. "Angry Birds Slingshot Stories S2 - Color Crazy Ep.1". youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  6. Milligan, Mercedes (June 6, 2023). "Prime Video, Amazon Kids+ Hatch 'Angry Birds Mystery Island' Toon with Rovio". Animation Magazine. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  7. "The Angry Birds Movie". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  8. "The Angry Birds Movie". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  9. "The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  10. "The Angry Birds Movie 2 reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
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