Atkinson Film-Arts
Atkinson Film-Arts was an animation studio based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The company is best known for producing the first two Care Bears television specials – The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings and The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine – and the four syndicated specials that inspired The Raccoons (as well as first-season episodes of the show itself). Atkinson also produced the Christmas specials The Little Brown Burro, Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas and The Trolls and the Christmas Express and the 1986–87 series The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (with DIC Entertainment).
| Industry | Animation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| Founder | Vic Atkinson, Jonathan Finkelstein |
| Defunct | 1989 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Products | Television specials Television series Direct-to-video films Feature films |
They also worked on the 1981 science fiction anthology movie Heavy Metal and The Body Electric, an animated movie featuring music composed by the Canadian rock band Rush.