Bento Box Entertainment

Bento Box Entertainment
	Headquarters in North Hollywood
Company type	Division
Industry	Animation
Founded	2009; 15 years ago
Founder	Scott Greenberg; Joel Kuwahara; Mark McJimsey;
Headquarters	North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Key people	Brett Coker (president); Joel Kuwahara (President of production); Dana Cameron (VP of production); Ben Jones (creative director);
Products	Television series; Feature films;
Parent	Fox Entertainment (2019–present)
Subsidiaries	Bento Box Animation Studio Atlanta; Bento Box Canada; Bento Box Interactive; Bento Rights; Princess Bento Studio
Website	www.bentoboxent.com; www.bentoboxatl.com; www.princessbento.com

Bento Box Entertainment, formerly known as Bento Box Animation, is an American animation studio located in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]^[5] 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.^[6] Sutikki opened an office in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2017.^[7]

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.^[8]

On April 8, 2020, it formed a pact with Australian film company Princess Pictures called Princess Bento Studio.^[9]^[10] Their first series Smiling Friends started airing on Adult Swim on January 10, 2022.^[11]

On October 5, 2022, Bento Box's production workers became members of The Animation Guild.^[12]

On December 2, 2022, Bento Box signed a multi-year animation service deal with Princess Pictures' newly acquired studio Boulder Media.^[13]

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
Neighbors from Hell	Horror-comedy	June 7, 2010 (2010-06-07)	July 26, 2010 (2010-07-26)	1	TBS	20th Century Fox Television, Wounded Poodle and MoonBoy Animation
Bob's Burgers	Family comedy	January 9, 2011 (2011-01-09)	Present	14	Fox	20th Television Animation, Wilo Productions (Season 2-present) and Buck & Millie Productions (Seasons 2–10)
Allen Gregory	Family comedy	October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30)	December 18, 2011 (2011-12-18)	1	Fox	20th Century Fox Television, Jonah Hill Films, a J. Paul/A. Mogel/D. Goodman Piece of Business and Chernin Entertainment
Brickleberry	Workplace comedy	September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)	April 14, 2015 (2015-04-14)	3	Comedy Central	Fox 21 Television Studios, Damn! Show Productions and Black Heart Productions
Out There	Friendship comedy	February 22, 2013 (2013-02-22)	April 19, 2013 (2013-04-19)	1	IFC	20th Century Fox Television and Quincy Productions
Perfect Hair Forever	Adventure-comedy	April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01)			Adult Swim	Williams Street	episodes 8 and 9 only
Future-Worm!	Science fiction-comedy	May 27, 2015 (2015-05-27)	June 11, 2015 (2015-06-11)		Disney XD	Disney Television Animation and Quincy Productions	shorts only
Bordertown	Family comedy	January 3, 2016 (2016-01-03)	May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)		Fox	20th Century Fox Television, Fuzzy Door Productions and Hentemann Films
The Who Was? Show	Sketch comedy	May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11)			Netflix	Penguin Random House, FremantleMedia and Matador Content
The Masked Singer	Singing competition	January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02)	Present (Present)	11	Fox		animated sequences for season 4
Duncanville	Family comedy	February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)	June 26, 2022 (2022-06-26)	3	Fox	Paper Kite Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, 20th Television Animation, Fox Entertainment and Universal Television	last episodes were released on Hulu on October 18, 2022
Central Park	Musical comedy	May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)	November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)	3	Apple TV+	20th Television Animation, Angry Child Productions, Wilo Productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Hoops	Workplace comedy	August 21, 2020 (2020-08-21)		1	Netflix	20th Century Fox Television and Lord Miller Productions
The Great North	Family comedy	January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03)	Present	4	Fox	20th Television Animation, Double Molyneux Sister Sheux, Wilo Productions and Fox Entertainment
The Prince	Family comedy	July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)		1	HBO Max	20th Television and Nickleby, Inc.
As production company
The Awesomes	Superhero comedy	August 1, 2013 (2013-08-01)	November 3, 2015 (2015-11-03)	3	Hulu	Broadway Video and Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions
Legends of Chamberlain Heights	Friendship comedy	September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)	August 20, 2017 (2017-08-20)	2	Comedy Central	Running with Scissors and TrueStarr Society of Ninjas Incorporated
Paradise PD	Workplace comedy	August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)	December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16)	4	Netflix	Damn! Show Productions and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment
Alien News Desk	Science fiction-comedy	February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27)	May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04)	1	Syfy	Broadway Video
Lazor Wulf	Science fiction-comedy	April 8, 2019 (2019-04-08)	January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)	2	Adult Swim	Williams Street	season 1 only; season 2 animated by Six Point Harness
HouseBroken	Friendship comedy	May 31, 2021 (2021-05-31)	August 6, 2023 (2023-08-06)		Fox	Kapital Entertainment, Merman and AllenDen
Wolfboy and the Everything Factory	Fantasy	September 24, 2021 (2021-09-24)	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	December 10, 2021 (2021-12-10)		1	Netflix	Broadway Video and Universal Television	live action/animated series
Farzar	Science fiction-comedy	July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15)			Netflix	Netflix Animation, Damn! Show Productions and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment
Koala Man	Superhero comedy	January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09)			Hulu Disney+ (Australia)	Cusack Creatures, Hermit House, Justin Roiland's Solo Vanity Card Productions!, Princess Pictures and 20th Television Animation
Mulligan	Science fiction-comedy	May 12, 2023 (2023-05-12)	Present		Netflix	Little Stranger, Inc., Bevel Gears, Means End Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment and Universal Television
Krapopolis	Fantasy-comedy	September 24, 2023 (2023-09-24)			Fox	Fox Entertainment Studios and Harmonious Claptrap
Grimsburg	Action-comedy	January 7, 2024 (2024-01-07)			Fox	Gizmotech Industries, The Jackal Group and Fox Entertainment Studios
Hazbin Hotel	Musical comedy	January 19, 2024 (2024-01-19)			YouTube (Pilot) Amazon Prime Video (Series)	SpindleHorse Toons, A24 and Amazon MGM Studios	Pilot debuted on October 28, 2019
Universal Basic Guys^[14]	Situation comedy	2024 (2024)			Fox	Leith Hill Productions, Sony Pictures Television, and Fox Entertainment
Elfquest^[15]	Fantasy drama					Modern Magic	based on the comic book of the same name
His Majesty's Dragon^[16]	Fantasy drama					Fox Entertainment and Orion Television	based on the book of the same name
Taskmasters^[17]	Workplace comedy					Fox Entertainment
Zoo P.D.^[18]	Workplace comedy					Kapital Entertainment

Sutikki

Title	First air date	Last air date	No. of seasons	Network	Note(s)
Moon and Me^[19]	February 3, 2019 (2019-02-03)	January 27, 2020 (2020-01-27)	2	CBeebies	Only Sutikki series

Short form series

Title	Years	Site	Notes
Glove and Boots	2010–2018	YouTube	Show originally a local production in New York from 2004 until 2006.
Kuroba	2018–2019	YouTube	co-production with WildBrain^[20]
Dogs Playing Poker	2021	Fox	co-production with Fox Entertainment^[21]
Best Fiends Shorts	2021–2022	YouTube	co-production with Seriously^[22]
Aquadonk Side Pieces	2022	YouTube	co-production with Williams Street^[23]

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	Notes
October 28, 2017	The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special	co-production with Universal Television, SNL Studios and Broadway Video
February 1, 2023	Yenor (pilot)	co-production with Williams Street, and Adult Swim

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^[24]
August 13, 2023	Millennial Hunter	^[24]
November 12, 2023	Big Bruh	^[24]

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.^[25] 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".^[26] 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

^ Princess Bento Studio is co-owned by Bento Box Entertainment and Australian film and television production company Princess Pictures.

References

^ California Secretary of State business registration
^ "Bento Box Entertainment". bentoboxent.
^ "New Animation Studio Opens in Atlanta". ajc.com. September 28, 2012.
^ "Bento Box Canada launches in cahoots with Corus Entertainment". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^ "About Bento Box Entertainment". bentoboxent.
^ "Ex-Nelvana execs helm Bento Box's new kids division". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^ "Bento Box's Sutikki opens UK office". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^ Flint, Joe (August 6, 2019). "Fox to Buy Bento Box, the Animation House Behind 'Bob's Burgers'". Wall Street Journal.
^ Milligan, Mercedes (April 8, 2020). "Bento Box & Princess Pictures Form First-Look Animation Pact". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^ Drummond, Catriona. "Catriona Drummond - Head of Design - Yolo Crystal Fantasy - Princess Bento Studio". LinkedIn. Retrieved October 15, 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Trailer: 'Smiling Friends' Deliver Happiness to Adult Swim". December 14, 2021.
^ "Bento Box Production Workers Unionize with TAG". October 5, 2022.
^ Milligan, Mercedes (December 1, 2022). "FOX's Bento Box and Boulder Media Forge Multi-Year Animation Pact". Animation Magazine. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
^ White, Peter (November 7, 2022). "Fox Orders Animated Series 'Universal Basic Guys/The Hoagie Bros' From Adam & Craig Malamut, Sony TV". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
^ Petski, Denise (January 11, 2024). "'Elfquest' Animated Series Based On Comics In Works At Fox From Modern Magic; Susan Hurwitz Arneson To Pen Adaptation, Showrun & EP". Deadline.
^ White, Peter (September 7, 2022). "Fox Plots Animated Drama Push With 'His Majesty's Dragon' As Renewal Talks Continue Over 'The Simpsons', 'Family Guy' & 'Bob's Burgers'". Deadline Hollywood.
^ Petski, Denise (December 4, 2023). "'Taskmasters' Animated Workplace Comedy From Brian Keith Etheridge, Brendon Walsh, Johnny Ryan In Works At Fox". Deadline.
^ Andreeva, Nellie (December 5, 2023). "'Zoo P.D.' Animated Comedy In Works At Fox From 'Family Guy's Alex Carter, Kapital & Bento Box". Deadline.
^ "Andrew Davenport, Sutikki score CBeebies order". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^ Milligan, Mercedes (October 21, 2018). "WildBrain to Unbox Sutikki's 'Kuroba!' for Global YT Audience".
^ Milligan, Mercedes (January 8, 2021). "Watch: Fox Debuts Denis Leary's 'Dogs Playing Poker'". Retrieved May 27, 2021.
^ "Slug Swap - A Best Fiends Animation". YouTube.
^ Schwarz, John (November 16, 2021). "Adult Swim Shows Off First-Look At 'AQUADONK SIDE PIECES'". Retrieved April 19, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rosario, Alexandra Del (May 16, 2022). "Bento Box Original Animated Movies 'Pastacolypse,' Millenial Hunter' & 'Big Bruh' Set At Tubi – Upfronts". Deadline. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
^ "Alicia Keys Launches New Animated App". Rap-Up.com. October 24, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
^ "Alicia Keys Launches Interactive App for Kids | Music News". Rolling Stone. October 25, 2012. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2012.

External links

Official website

[PrincessBento-2] Princess Bento Studio is co-owned by Bento Box Entertainment and Australian film and television production company Princess Pictures.

[1] California Secretary of State business registration

[3] "Bento Box Entertainment". bentoboxent.

[4] "New Animation Studio Opens in Atlanta". ajc.com. September 28, 2012.

[5] "Bento Box Canada launches in cahoots with Corus Entertainment". Retrieved May 27, 2021.

[auto-6] "About Bento Box Entertainment". bentoboxent.

[7] "Ex-Nelvana execs helm Bento Box's new kids division". Retrieved May 27, 2021.

[8] "Bento Box's Sutikki opens UK office". Retrieved May 27, 2021.

[9] Flint, Joe (August 6, 2019). "Fox to Buy Bento Box, the Animation House Behind 'Bob's Burgers'". Wall Street Journal.

[10] Milligan, Mercedes (April 8, 2020). "Bento Box & Princess Pictures Form First-Look Animation Pact". Retrieved May 27, 2021.

[11] Drummond, Catriona. "Catriona Drummond - Head of Design - Yolo Crystal Fantasy - Princess Bento Studio". LinkedIn. Retrieved October 15, 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] "Trailer: 'Smiling Friends' Deliver Happiness to Adult Swim". December 14, 2021.

[13] "Bento Box Production Workers Unionize with TAG". October 5, 2022.

[14] Milligan, Mercedes (December 1, 2022). "FOX's Bento Box and Boulder Media Forge Multi-Year Animation Pact". Animation Magazine. Retrieved December 2, 2022.

[Hoagie_Bros-15] White, Peter (November 7, 2022). "Fox Orders Animated Series 'Universal Basic Guys/The Hoagie Bros' From Adam & Craig Malamut, Sony TV". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 7, 2022.

[16] Petski, Denise (January 11, 2024). "'Elfquest' Animated Series Based On Comics In Works At Fox From Modern Magic; Susan Hurwitz Arneson To Pen Adaptation, Showrun & EP". Deadline.

[17] White, Peter (September 7, 2022). "Fox Plots Animated Drama Push With 'His Majesty's Dragon' As Renewal Talks Continue Over 'The Simpsons', 'Family Guy' & 'Bob's Burgers'". Deadline Hollywood.

[18] Petski, Denise (December 4, 2023). "'Taskmasters' Animated Workplace Comedy From Brian Keith Etheridge, Brendon Walsh, Johnny Ryan In Works At Fox". Deadline.

[19] Andreeva, Nellie (December 5, 2023). "'Zoo P.D.' Animated Comedy In Works At Fox From 'Family Guy's Alex Carter, Kapital & Bento Box". Deadline.

[20] "Andrew Davenport, Sutikki score CBeebies order". Retrieved May 27, 2021.

[21] Milligan, Mercedes (October 21, 2018). "WildBrain to Unbox Sutikki's 'Kuroba!' for Global YT Audience".

[22] Milligan, Mercedes (January 8, 2021). "Watch: Fox Debuts Denis Leary's 'Dogs Playing Poker'". Retrieved May 27, 2021.

[23] "Slug Swap - A Best Fiends Animation". YouTube.

[24] Schwarz, John (November 16, 2021). "Adult Swim Shows Off First-Look At 'AQUADONK SIDE PIECES'". Retrieved April 19, 2022.

[:0-25] Rosario, Alexandra Del (May 16, 2022). "Bento Box Original Animated Movies 'Pastacolypse,' Millenial Hunter' & 'Big Bruh' Set At Tubi – Upfronts". Deadline. Retrieved May 16, 2022.

[26] "Alicia Keys Launches New Animated App". Rap-Up.com. October 24, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.

[27] "Alicia Keys Launches Interactive App for Kids | Music News". Rolling Stone. October 25, 2012. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2012.

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Bento Box Entertainment

History

Productions

Television series

Bento Box Entertainment

Sutikki

Short form series

Direct-to-video animated films

Specials

Theatrical films

Streaming films

Bento Box Interactive

See also

Notes

References

External links

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