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Toonz Animation celebrates a decade of existence

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 THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The Thiruvananthapuram Technopark -based global animation major Toonz Animation India has switched on to celebration mode, with the company having completed 10 years of existence.

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Toonz Animation today kicked off its three-month-long anniversary celebrations to mark the occasion.

According to P Jayakumar, CEO, Toonz Animation, “These years have been an eventful journey, which saw us taking Kerala to the world-animation map and proudly adorning the status of the flag-bearer in the Indian animation industry. Since our first production for Walt Disney, we have grown in stature with an enviable clientele that boasts of the likes of Marvel, Universal Studios, BBC, Hallmark, Sony, Fox, Warner Brothers and Cartoon Network. We grew from being an outsourcing studio to a ‘one-stop destination’ for these entertainment majors.”

The launch of the anniversary celebrations was inaugurated by Uthradam Thirunal Marthanda Varma, the ertswhile Maharaja of Travancore, in the presence of Mervin Alexander, CEO, Technopark, Rama Rao, CEO Gemini Software Solutions and president, Group of Technopark Companies, and the employees of Toonz.

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Toonz Animation was set up in 1999 by GA Menon along with Bill Dennis, ex-vice president of Walt Disney, and a bunch of creative professionals from across the world. The foundation stone was laid in 1999 by the Maharaja of Travancore himself.

“We have planned a three month long celebration activities that would cater to our employees and their family, the society and the industry,” Jayakumar added.

As part of the celebrations, animation workshops for public, screening of animation films, talent exhibition of Toonz employees, charity activities and other corporate social responsibility activities are being lined up.

Toonz has over the years made a name as South Asia’s most admired animation studio with its client list boasting of companies like Marvel, Hallmark, Paramount, Disney, BBC and Cartoon Network. Toonz has its presence in Philippines, Singapore, Canada, the US and India.

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