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Bento Box Entertainment
Animation studio
Animation studio
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Bento Box Entertainment |
| logo | BentoBoxEntertainment.png |
| logo_size | 240px |
| image | 5161 Lankershim Blvd.jpg |
| image_caption | Headquarters in North Hollywood |
| type | Subsidiary |
| industry | Animation |
| founder | |
| key_people | {{ubl |
| foundation | |
| location_city | North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| parent | Fox Entertainment (2019–present) |
| subsid | Bento Box Animation Studio Atlanta |
| Bento Box Canada | |
| Bento Box Interactive | |
| Bento Rights | |
| Princess Bento Studio | |
| products | |
| homepage | www.bentoboxent.com |
| www.bentoboxatl.com | |
| www.princessbento.com |
|Dana Cameron (EVP, head of studio) |Michelle Huynh (EVP, content operations) |Ben Jones (creative director) Bento Box Canada Bento Box Interactive Bento Rights Princess Bento Studio www.bentoboxatl.com www.princessbento.com Bento Box Entertainment, formerly known as Bento Box Animation, is an American animation studio and entertainment company located in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2009 by executive producers Scott Greenberg, Joel Kuwahara, and Mark McJimsey. It is a subsidiary of Fox Corporation and operates under the Fox Entertainment division. The studio is best known for producing Bob's Burgers for Fox prior to its acquisition in August 2019.
Bento Box Entertainment has four animation studios — in North Hollywood, Burbank, Bento Box Animation Studio Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bento Box Canada in Toronto, Ontario. The company also operates Princess Bento Studio, a joint venture with Princess Pictures, in Melbourne, Victoria.
History
On October 11, 2016, Bento Box launched a children's division called Sutikki. Sutikki opened an office in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2017.
On August 6, 2019, it was announced that Fox Corporation would acquire Bento Box, while still allowing it to operate as an independent production house; Sutikki was not part of the acquisition.
On April 8, 2020, it formed a pact with Australian film company Princess Pictures called Princess Bento Studio. Their first series Smiling Friends started airing on Adult Swim on January 10, 2022.
On October 5, 2022, Bento Box's production workers became members of The Animation Guild.
On December 2, 2022, Bento Box signed a multi-year animation service deal with Princess Pictures' newly acquired studio Boulder Media.
On September 12, 2025, founder Joel Kuwahara stepped down from his position as president of production and has left the company.
Productions
Television series
Bento Box Entertainment
| Title | Genre | First air date | Last air date | No. of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seasons | Network | Co-production company(s) | Note(s) | As animation service | As production company | ||||
| Neighbors from Hell | Horror-comedy | 1 | TBS | 20th Century Fox Television, Wounded Poodle and MoonBoy Animation | |||||
| Bob's Burgers | Family comedy | present | 16 | Fox | 20th Television Animation, Wilo Productions (Season 2–present) and Buck & Millie Productions (Seasons 2–10) | ||||
| Allen Gregory | 1 | 20th Century Fox Television, Jonah Hill Films, a J. Paul/A. Mogel/D. Goodman Piece of Business and Chernin Entertainment | |||||||
| Brickleberry | Workplace comedy | 3 | Comedy Central | Fox 21 Television Studios, Damn! Show Productions and Black Heart Productions | |||||
| Out There | Friendship comedy | 1 | IFC | 20th Century Fox Television and Quincy Productions | |||||
| Perfect Hair Forever | Adventure-comedy | Adult Swim | Williams Street | episodes 8 and 9 only | |||||
| Future-Worm! | Science fiction-comedy | Disney XD | Disney Television Animation and Quincy Productions | shorts only | |||||
| Bordertown | Family comedy | Fox | 20th Century Fox Television, Fuzzy Door Productions and Hentemann Films | ||||||
| The Who Was? Show | Sketch comedy | Netflix | Penguin Random House, FremantleMedia and Matador Content | ||||||
| Duncanville | Family comedy | 3 | Fox | Paper Kite Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, 20th Television Animation, Fox Entertainment and Universal Television | last six episodes were released on Hulu on October 18, 2022 | ||||
| Central Park | Musical comedy | Apple TV+ | 20th Television Animation, Angry Child Productions, Wilo Productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners | ||||||
| Hoops | Workplace comedy | 1 | Netflix | 20th Century Fox Television and Lord Miller Productions | |||||
| The Masked Singer | Singing competition | Fox | animated sequences for season 4 | ||||||
| The Great North | Family comedy | 5 | 20th Television Animation, Double Molyneux Sister Sheux, Wilo Productions and Fox Entertainment | ||||||
| The Prince | Family comedy | 1 | HBO Max | 20th Television and Nickleby, Inc. | |||||
| The Awesomes | Superhero comedy | 3 | Hulu | Broadway Video and Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions | |||||
| Legends of Chamberlain Heights | Friendship comedy | 2 | Comedy Central | Running with Scissors and TrueStarr Society of Ninjas Incorporated | |||||
| Paradise PD | Workplace comedy | 4 | Netflix | Damn! Show Productions and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment | |||||
| Alien News Desk | Science fiction-comedy | 1 | Syfy | Broadway Video | |||||
| Lazor Wulf | 2 | Adult Swim | Williams Street | season 1 only; season 2 animated by Six Point Harness | |||||
| HouseBroken | Friendship comedy | Fox | Kapital Entertainment, Merman and AllenDen | ||||||
| Wolfboy and the Everything Factory | Fantasy | September 30, 2022 | Apple TV+ | HitRecord and Toff's Tiny Universe | First children's animated series produced by the company | ||||
| Saturday Morning All Star Hits! | Sketch comedy | 1 | Netflix | Broadway Video and Universal Television | live action/animated series | ||||
| Farzar | Science fiction-comedy | Netflix Animation, Damn! Show Productions and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment | |||||||
| Koala Man | Superhero comedy | Hulu | |||||||
| Disney+ (Australia) | Cusack Creatures, Hermit House, Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!, Princess Pictures and 20th Television Animation | ||||||||
| Mulligan | Science fiction-comedy | Netflix | Little Stranger, Inc., Bevel Gears, Means End Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment and Universal Television | ||||||
| Krapopolis | Fantasy-comedy | present | 3 | Fox | Fox Entertainment Studios and Harmonious Claptrap | ||||
| Grimsburg | Action-comedy | 2 | Gizmotech Industries, The Jackal Group and Fox Entertainment Studios | ||||||
| Hazbin Hotel | Musical comedy | YouTube (Pilot) | |||||||
| Amazon Prime Video (Series) | SpindleHorse, A24 and Amazon MGM Studios | Pilot released on October 28, 2019 | |||||||
| Universal Basic Guys | Situation comedy | Fox | Mutsack, One Man Canoe, Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment Studios | ||||||
| Daddy Issues | Friendship comedy | Fox Entertainment | Based on the podcast of the same name | ||||||
| Elfquest | Fantasy drama | Modern Magic | based on the comic book of the same name | ||||||
| Gumby | Comedy | TBA | Based on the franchise of the same name | ||||||
| Gumby Kids | Comedy | Second children's animated series produced by the company; Based on the franchise of the same name | |||||||
| HAVOC! | Superhero comedy | Fox | CRE84U Entertainment | ||||||
| Taskmasters | Workplace comedy | Fox | |||||||
| Zoo P.D. | Kapital Entertainment |
Sutikki
| Title | First air date | Last air date | No. of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seasons | Network | Note(s) | |||
| Moon and Me | 2 | CBeebies | First and only Sutikki series |
Short form series
| Title | Years | Site | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| last1=Weiss | first1=Geoff | title=YouTube Puppet Series ‘Glove And Boots’ Kicks Off Season 7, Launches Gaming Channel | url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2017/05/03/glove-and-boots-season-7-youtube-gaming-channel/ | access-date=7 May 2025 | work=Tubefilter | date=3 May 2017}} | 2010–2018 | YouTube | Show originally a local production in New York from 2004 until 2006. The show was acquired by Moonbug Entertainment in 2019. |
| Kuroba | 2018–2019 | co-production with WildBrain | |||||||
| Dogs Playing Poker | 2021 | Fox | co-production with Fox Entertainment | ||||||
| Best Fiends Shorts | 2021–2022 | YouTube | co-production with Seriously | ||||||
| Aquadonk Side Pieces | 2022 | co-production with Williams Street |
Direct-to-video animated films
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2014 | Achmed Saves America | co-production with Levity Entertainment Group |
| January 20, 2015 | Madea's Tough Love | co-production with Tyler Perry Studios |
| November 8, 2022 | Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm | co-production with Williams Street |
Specials
| Release date | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2017 | The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special | NBC | co-production with Universal Television, SNL Studios and Broadway Video |
| February 1, 2023 | Yenor (pilot) | Adult Swim | co-production with Williams Street |
| May 30, 2025 | Lulu Is a Rhinoceros | Apple TV+ | co-production with Propagate Content; First children's animated special produced by the company |
Theatrical films
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2022 | The Bob's Burgers Movie | First theatrical film |
| co-production with 20th Century Animation |
Streaming films
| Release date | Title | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2023 | Pastacolypse | First streaming film | |||||||
| co-production with Fox Entertainment Studios | |||||||||
| August 13, 2023 | Millennial Hunter | ||||||||
| November 12, 2023 | Big Bruh | last=Rosario | first=Alexandra Del | date=2022-05-16 | title=Bento Box Original Animated Movies 'Pastacolypse,' Millenial Hunter' & 'Big Bruh' Set At Tubi – Upfronts | url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/bento-box-original-movies-set-at-tubi-upfronts-1235024502/ | access-date=2022-05-16 | website=Deadline | language=en-US}} |
Bento Box Interactive
Bento Box Interactive is an entertainment-based technology company launched in 2012 by Bento Box Entertainment. In October 2012, Bento Box Interactive partnered with Alicia Keys to create an education mobile application entitled "The Journals of Mama Mae and LeeLee" for iOS devices. The application tells the story of the relationship between a young New York City girl and her wise grandmother and features two original songs by Keys, "Follow the Moon" and "Unlock Yourself". In 2012 Bento Box Interactive acquired the rights to the Sweet Pickles books and rereleased them as ebooks with sound effects, narration and character voices by voice actors.
Notes
References
References
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- "Andrew Davenport, Sutikki score CBeebies order".
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- Milligan, Mercedes. (Jan 8, 2021). "Watch: Fox Debuts Denis Leary's 'Dogs Playing Poker'".
- (May 29, 2021). "Slug Swap - A Best Fiends Animation".
- Schwarz, John. (Nov 16, 2021). "Adult Swim Shows Off First-Look At 'AQUADONK SIDE PIECES'".
- Milligan, Mercedes. (2025-04-16). "Apple TV+ Unleashes 'Lulu Is a Rhinoceros' Animated Special on May 30".
- Rosario, Alexandra Del. (2022-05-16). "Bento Box Original Animated Movies 'Pastacolypse,' Millenial Hunter' & 'Big Bruh' Set At Tubi – Upfronts".
- (2012-10-24). "Alicia Keys Launches New Animated App". Rap-Up.com.
- (2012-10-25). "Alicia Keys Launches Interactive App for Kids | Music News". Rolling Stone.
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