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mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources powerhouse animation studios news newspapers books scholar jstor free images january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message powerhouse animation studios type animation studio industry animation founded 2001 headquarters austin texas key people frank gabriel brad graeber bruce tinnin products animation number of employees 42 website http www.powerhouseanimation.com powerhouse animation studios inc. is an austin texas based animation studio founded in april 2001 with a subsidiary called powerhaus animation llc established in summer of 2014 . powerhouse develops and produces traditional 2d animation motion comics motion graphics art assets digital paint and illustration for television series motion pictures video game cinemas commercials advertising campaigns educational properties and entertainment companies . contents 1 history 2 projects 3 references 4 external links history edit headquartered in austin tx powerhouse animation was founded on april fools day 2001 as a privately held animation service studio by frank gabriel brad graeber and bruce tinnin . powerhouse animation s name is partially inspired by raymond scott s song powerhouse which was often placed in scores that carl stalling wrote for warner bros. shorts and has been featured in many animated cartoons . powerhouse s motto is animation by american capitalists . in the fall of 2014 powerhouse animation studios inc. opened its first satellite office in burbank ca . powerhaus animation llc a division of parent company powerhouse joined the animation guild and became a signatory of iatse international alliance of theatrical and stage employees in may 2015 . projects edit in 2002 powerhouse produced the short heroes which parodied the film clerks as well as marvel comics characters . after seeing the short kevin smith the director of clerks contacted powerhouse to produce an unfinished commercial from the film dogma . after producing the short smith hired powerhouse to create an arcade machine that featured a custom video game . the game was given as a wrap party present for ben affleck and jennifer lopez for their work on the film jersey girl . in the game you played as jennifer lopez trying to rescue ben affleck from an unknown villain and a band of ninjas . the player fights several bosses including a robotic matt damon and finally kevin smith himself . in 2003 powerhouse created a 35mm test for a feature film based on clerks the animated series for kevin smith . powerhouse animated clerks the lost scene 1 2 which was park of the clerks x 10th anniversary dvd . as writer director kevin smith explains in the introduction to the scene on the dvd it had originally been written for the clerks film but was not filmed due to budgetary restraints . the short was named the best bonus feature of 2004 by rolling stone magazine . in 2004 powerhouse animated the mr. mom video for the band lonestar . in 2008 powerhouse worked with hothead games to produce mini games and cinemas for the video game penny arcade on the rain slick precipice of darkness . in 2010 powerhouse created in game animation and cinemas for the game risk factions 3 4 produced by electronic arts and hasbro . powerhouse produces animated versions of many syndicated comic strips including dilbert pearls before swine cul de sac pooch caf 5 and over the hedge produced by ringtales . powerhouse has animated over 300 dilbert shorts . powerhouse has produced animated content for educational companies including ted ed brain chase compass learning ignite learning and the national fire protection association . powerhouse produces animated content for websites podcasts and other internet companies including several segments of the b.s. report animated archives and jalen rose story time for espn s grantland and episodes of kevin smith s spoilers series for smodcast and hulu . powerhouse has created animated video games cinematics for aaa console titles and ios games such as mortal kombat x epic mickey & epic mickey 2 dc universe online darksiders 2 starhawk the banner saga 6 w.a.r.p. avengers initiative grey goo disney s hidden worlds man of steel and others . in 2014 powerhouse worked with disney interactive to create an 8 episode season of it s a small world the animated series . powerhouse has produced animated advertising content for brands such as old spice iams metlife coca cola oreo mountain dew ruffles godaddy.com and many others . in 2015 powerhouse worked with weiden kennedy to animate a segment for a weight watchers ad called all you can eat that aired during super bowl xlix . powerhouse has produced animated music videos for the pains of being pure at heart wale ft. french montana a sound of thunder and lonestar . powerhouse also develops original ips and has optioned a series to a toy company . in 2015 powerhouse wrote created designed and voiced a short series for awesomeness dreamworkstv called advice times with grandpa theo that can be seen on dreamworkstv s youtube page . references edit animated clerks lost scene first look kevin smith hopes to make jay and silent bob animated film risk factions ea sets stage for world domination with risk factions pooch caf animated strips now on youtube the banner saga external links edit http www.powerhouseanimation.com http www.powerhousecreative.com categories retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title powerhouse animation studios & oldid 668247079 categories american animation studioscompanies based in austin texashidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from january 2015articles with a promotional tone from january 2015all articles with a promotional tonearticles with topics of unclear notability from january 2015all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools 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