Universal Animation Studios, formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios, is an American animation studio that is a subsidiary of Comcast's NBCUniversal and a division of Universal. Created in the early 1990s, UCS/UAS primarily created movies and series based on other Universal properties (most notoriously those of Don Bluth and/or Amblimation), though it also created original properties and projects based on external licenses. On August 22, 2016, the television animation divisions of Universal and DreamWorks merged after NBCU completed its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation. With the merger, UAS now mostly exists In Name Only for properties not under the Illumination Entertainment or DreamWorks banners.
Animated series produced by Universal Cartoon/Animation Studios (including some projects inherited from other companies):
- A Wish for Wings that Work (Christmas special based on Bloom County/Outland characters)
- Back to the Future: The Animated Series
- Bionic Six (distribution only {as MCA TV, before UCS was founded}, with TMS Entertainment)
- Curious George
- Earthworm Jim
- Exo Squad
- Fievel's American Tails
- God, the Devil and Bob (an NBC production, co-produced with and owned by Carsey Werner)
- Maisy (inherited from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment)
- Monster Force
- The Mummy: The Animated Series (co-produced with Studios USA, at the time the former Universal Television)
- Sitting Ducks (with The Krislin Company, Creative Capers Entertainment, and Sitting Ducks Productions)
- The Savage Dragon
- The Spooktacular New Adventures of Caspernote
- Toad Patrol (as Universal Pictures International, season 1 only)
- Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad
- Wing Commander Academy
- Woody Woodpecker (original theatrical cartoons, 1941-1972; later produced revival series on Fox Kids from 1999-02)
Films produced by Universal Cartoon/Animation Studios:
- Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein
- Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman
- An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
- Balto II: Wolf Quest
- Curious George (2006) (including sequels)
- The Land Before Time (all sequels and TV series)