Creator / Arc Productions

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Arc Productions (formerly known as DKP Studios and Starz Animation) was a Canadian animation studio based in Toronto that specialized itself in the realm of CGI.

Established in 1985 as Dan Krech Productions, it was one of the first visual effects companies in Toronto. DKP had produced visual effects and animation for over 2,000 commercials and long-form projects by 2000, many of them for U.S. clients. DKP moved to a new facility on Queen Street East in March 2001. American telecommunications company IDT Corporation acquired DKP on March 16, 2004.

In May 2006, Liberty Media bought IDT Entertainment from IDT, which also includes Anchor Bay Entertainment and fellow animation studio Film Roman, and merged it with the Starz cable network to form Starz Media, which led to the studio to be renamed to Starz Animation. In April 2011, Starz sold the studio to a Canadian consortium, and it was renamed to its current name. Under the new owner, the studio was planning to do more proprietary production.

The company went bankrupt in 2016, which locked out over 500 employees after telling them there was a payroll glitch and no one had been paid. It was then bought out by Jam Filled Entertainment shortly after.

Shows and films worked on by Arc:

• 3-2-1 Penguins! (3 videos)^List"Runaway Pride at Lightstation Kilowatt", "The Doom Funnel Rescue", "Moon Menace on Planet Tell-a-Lie!"
• 9 (with Duncan Studio and Luxanimation)
• The Amazing Spider-Man 1 (visual effects)
• Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse
  • Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse Specials
  • Barbie & Her Sisters in a Pony Tale
  • Barbie & Her Sisters in the Great Puppy Adventure
  • Barbie: Star Light Adventure
  • Barbie & Her Sisters in a Puppy Chase
• Before I Wake (visual effects)
• Bogus (visual effects)
• Bundle of Joy
• Camelot (1967) (visual effects)
• Chop Socky Chooks (9 episodes)^List"Game Over Chooks!", "Big Bad Bubba", "Kobura Strikes", "Now You Coliseum, Now You Don't", "Double Trouble", "If Looks Could Kill", "Do You Want Thighs with That?", "In Your Dreams", "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Breath"
• Dolphin Tale (visual effects)
• Elena of Avalor
• Enter the Sandbox
• Eve of Destruction (visual effects)
• Everyone's Hero
• The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (visual effects)
• Game Over
• Gnomeo & Juliet
• Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (visual effects)
• The Happy Elf
• High Tide (main title design and graphics)
• Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
• Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade
• Joseph: King of Dreams (special effects services for Tama Productions; with Bardel Entertainment, Wang Film Productions, Golden Bell, Fil-Cartoons, Starburst Animation, Mercury Filmworks, Character Builders, Canuck Creations, Heart of Texas, Spaff Animation, Studio Bihou, Baku Productions, Giant Productions, Design Office MECHAMAN, VirtualMagic Animation, Blue Sunflower, Mukuo Studio, Red Rover Studios, Dynomight Cartoons, Big Fish Animation, New Vision International, Wild Horse Animation Group, Hits for Less and Ray Pang Effects)
• LEGO Marvel Superheroes: Maximum Overload
  • LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled!
• The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
• Lost in Oz (2015) (Pilot only, the series is handled by Polygon Pictures)
• Matt Hatter Chronicles (seasons 1-2)
• MTV Movie & TV Award (2004's animation package)
• National Lampoon's Senior Trip (visual effects)
• The Nuttiest Nutcracker (with Pacific Title)
• Ormie
• Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (Last project before shutting down, since replaced with Cinesite)
• Picture Claire (visual effects)
• Pixie Hollow Bake Off
• Robosapien: Rebooted
• Rusty Rivets
• Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure (visual effects)
• Shoebox Zoo
• The Siege (visual effects)
• The Simpsons (2 episodes)^List"Angry Dad: The Movie" (Condiments segment, episode with Rough Draft Studios and Chiodo Bros. Productions), "The Falcon and the D'ohman" (CG segment, episode with AKOM)
• Snack Attack
• Space Chimps
  • Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (special thanks)
• Surly Squirrel, the predecessor short to The Nut Job
• Tarzan and Jane
• Thomas & Friends (seasons 17-20)
  • Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway
  • Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
  • Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins
  • Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
  • Thomas & Friends in 4-D: Bubbling Boilers
  • Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
• Trollhunters (3 episodes)^List"Becoming: Part 1", "Wherefore Art Thou, Trollhunter?", "Waka Chakka!"
• VeggieTales (11 videos)^List"A Snoodle's Tale", "Sumo of the Opera", "Bob and Larry's How to Draw!", "Duke and the Great Pie War", "Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush", "Lord of the Beans", "Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler", "LarryBoy and the Bad Apple", "Gideon: Tuba Warrior", "Moe and the Big Exit", "The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's" (with SlimboJones and Magnetic Dreams)
  • The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
• X-Men 1 (visual effects)
• Yes, Virginia