2009 type division industry traditional animation cgi animation flash animation predecessor fred alan chauncey street productions inc. founded january 6 1997 ; 19 years ago 1997 01 06 founder fred seibert headquarters new york city new york united states number of locations 2 offices 2013 key people eric homan creative development kevin kolde supervising producer carrie miller producer products what a cartoon oh yeah cartoons the fairly oddparents chalkzone my life as a teenage robot nicktoons film festival random cartoons fanboy & chum chum adventure time bravest warriors frederator films parent frederator networks inc. divisions frederator films website frederator.com frederator studios is an independent american animation studio founded by fred seibert in 1997 with its first series launching in 1998 . the studio focuses primarily on artists who write their own shorts series and movies . 1 their slogan is original cartoons since 1998 . the studio has locations in new york city and burbank california . 2 frederator studios is part of frederator networks inc. contents 1 history 2 productions 2.1 television series 2.2 online series 2.3 shorts 2.3.1 too cool cartoons 2.3.2 go cartoons 2.4 feature films 2.4.1 television films 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit before frederator in 1983 fred seibert founded fred alan inc. in new york city with his college friend alan goodman ; in 1988 fred alan partnered with albie hecht in chauncey street productions to produce television programs for nickelodeon mtv a & e and cbs . seibert became the president of hanna barbera cartoons in 1992 and created what a cartoon . in 1996 when time warner merged with turner broadcasting owner of hanna barbera he left the studio . frederator incorporated was formed in january 1997 3 its first cartoons were released in 1998 and was housed at a temporary location of the nickelodeon animation studio in north hollywood california . 4 frederator s debut production was the cartoon short incubator a television series called oh yeah cartoons which later spun off three series the fairly oddparents chalkzone and my life as a teenage robot in addition to 51 original short cartoons by a group of creators including the first films by creators like butch hartman rob renzetti tim biskup larry huber pat ventura seth macfarlane and carlos ramos . oh yeah cartoons was based on seibert s what a cartoon series of shorts from hanna barbera cartoons and cartoon network which brought hanna barbera its first hit series in 10 years dexter s laboratory johnny bravo cow and chicken i am weasel the powerpuff girls and courage the cowardly dog . frederator has produced a total of 16 television series and over 200 miniseries including webisodes . the company is now in a producing partnership with sony pictures entertainment and youtube . 5 in 2002 frederator created a joint venture for preschool cartoons with producer susan miller s mixed media group inc. and produced their first preschool series wow wow wubbzy . frederator studios created a television series and competition the nicktoons film festival now known as the nicktoons network animation festival for the nicktoons network which debuted october 24 2004 . in 2004 david karp interned at frederator studios at its first manhattan location and built their first blogging platform . 6 in 2007 he launched tumblr from a rented desk at frederator studios park avenue south offices with chief engineer marco arment . 7 8 seibert was one of tumblr s first bloggers . 9 on november 1 2005 frederator launched what it called the first cartoon podcast . 10 named channel frederator by david karp who also structured and edited the initial episodes this weekly animation network features submitted films from around the world and quickly became one of the top video podcasts on apple inc. s itunes . in quick succession the wubbcast was launched for pre schoolers in january 2006 and refrederator featuring vintage public domain cartoons in april 2006 . channel frederator became the model for seibert s media company next new networks and reaches almost 4 000 000 video views monthly . on june 25 2007 variety article announced the studio had formed frederator films dedicated to creating animated feature films budgeted under 20 million . 10 frederator s first feature is set up at paramount pictures co produced with j.j. abrams bad robot productions . they have also set up their first two animated features in a first look production arrangement for sony pictures animation . 11 the studio produced its first original internet cartoons with independent animator dan meth . the meth minute 39 launched on september 5 2007 featuring 39 of meth s original character shorts . the first cartoon was internet people a video on the viral video sites youtube and myspacetv that featured some of the best internet memes and internet people . a spin off nite fite debuted in october 2008 . these series have totaled over 35 000 000 video views to date . random cartoons the latest frederator series of short cartoon series began airing on nicktoons in 2009 ; 12 it spawned two tv series fanboy & chum chum and adventure time as well as the web series bravest warriors . frederator announced its new youtube funded channel and adult production label cartoon hangover in february 2012 . 13 at launch frederator produced three animated series for the channel bravest warriors created by pendleton ward ; superf ckers created by james kochalka ; and too cool cartoons an incubator featuring content from different animators . 14 bravest warriors premiered on november 8 2012 and superf ckers premiered on november 30 2012 . in july 2013 as part of too cool cartoons cartoon hangover premiered the first part of the 10 minute short film bee and puppycat created by natasha allegri . due to its popularity in november 2013 frederator launched a kickstarter to fund a first season of the series 15 which was successful and raised 872 133 toward more episodes of the show . the project was the most funded animation and webseries kickstarter at conclusion and the fourth most funded film video project . 16 in 2013 frederator launched a digital only ebook company frederator books . frederator books published its first title the lieography of babe ruth in march 2013 . citation needed in 2014 frederator announced the launch of the channel frederator network multi channel network 17 mcn of independently owned animation channels on youtube . since its start channel frederator network has generated more than one billion views and averages more than 30 million views a month across its network of more than 200 channels . 18 some of its leading channels are filmcow just over 1 million subscribers cartoon hangover over 1 million subscribers 19 and simon s cat over 2 800 000 subscribers 20 which is youtube s 2 animated channel . 21 once part of the network frederator handles all advertising and distribution for its channels on youtube promoting the show and its licensed merchandise . 22 in 2016 mexican animation studio nima estudios and frederator studios have launched a new youtube network called tomo network focusing on spanish language content . 23 productions edit television series edit for nickelodeon oh yeah cartoons 1998 2001 the fairly oddparents 2001 present chalkzone 2002 08 my life as a teenage robot 2003 09 wow wow wubbzy 2006 10 fanboy & chum chum 2009 14 for nicktoons nicktoons film festival 2004 09 random cartoons 2008 09 ape escape 2009 for cartoon network what a cartoon 1995 2002 adventure time 2010 present for global broadcast rocket dog 2018 24 online series edit channel frederator the meth minute 39 september 5 2007 cartoon conspiracy april 24 2014 cartoon hangover bravest warriors november 8 2012 superf ckers november 30 2012 too cool cartoons april 4 2013 bee and puppycat series november 6 2014 shorts edit costume quest directed by patrick mchale tba 25 too cool cartoons edit our new electrical morals created by mike rosenthal april 4 2013 rocket dog created by mel roach may 2 2013 ace discovery created by tom gran and martin woolley may 30 2013 bee and puppycat part 1 july 11 2013 part 2 august 7 2013 doctor lollipop created by kelly martin september 12 2013 chainsaw richard created by chris reineman july 17 2014 dead end june 26 2014 manly created by jesse moynihan and justin moynihan july 31 2014 blackford manor created by jiwook kim 2014 spacebear created by andy helms 2014 go cartoons edit go cartoons will begin in 2016 . frederator will partner with sony pictures animation for the series . 26 feature films edit adventure time movie 27 television films edit the electric piper 2003 produced in 2000 abra catastrophe 2003 channel chasers 2004 the jimmy timmy power hour 2004 2006 co production with o entertainment and dna productions crossover three part special with the adventures of jimmy neutron boy genius wubbzy s big movie 2008 co production with bolder media film roman and starz media wubb idol 2009 co production with bolder media film roman and starz media wishology 2009 a fairly odd movie grow up timmy turner 2011 co production with billionfold inc. and pacific bay entertainment a fairly odd christmas 2012 co production with billionfold inc. and pacific bay entertainment a fairly odd summer 2014 co production with billionfold inc. and pacific bay entertainment see also edit new york city portal greater los angeles portal companies portal klasky csupo nickelodeon animation studio cartoon network studios frederator films another division made by seibert to produce movies references edit the fred seibert interview awn.com july 15 2003 about . frederator studios . retrieved march 7 2013 . fred seibert dot com frederator begins . it seemed unlikely i d stay in ... . fred seibert . retrieved 2016 03 19 . the frederator launch seibert fred . who are we . frederator frederator loves you . frederator studios . retrieved october 23 2013 . archive.org march 31 2006 karp david ; alexandria julie may 27 2008 . david karp and tumblr video . wallstrip . event occurs at 1 30 . retrieved february 24 2013 . sometime in 2006 we had a couple of weeks between contracts and said let s see what we can do let s see if we can built this thing and we threw together the first working version of tumblr . tumblr david karp s 800 million art project forbes january 2 2013 . forbes.com . 2012 04 18 . retrieved 2013 04 17 . http archives.frederatorblogs.com frederator studios 2007 11 01 killing them softly a b welcome . channel frederator blog . october 25 2005 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name feature defined multiple times with different content see the help page . mclean thomas j. seibert sony team for toon features animation magazine . fri sep. 11 2009 . frederator launches new cartoon hangover channel animation magazine february 21 2012 frederator launches new cartoon hangover channel animation magazine february 21 2012 come work with us june 14 2012 https www.kickstarter.com projects frederator bee and puppycat the series http www.tubefilter.com 2013 11 14 bee and puppycat kickstarter web series record http www.thevideoink.com news simons cat new home channel frederator networks . uyhbtpswlq5 http www.awn.com news simon s cat joins frederator network fred seibert foresees next golden age of animation on internet la times december 18 2013 http www.thewrap.com simons cat youtubes second biggest animation channel new home http www.deadline.com 2014 02 youtubes channel frederator network forms animation pact with simons cat http streamdaily.tv 2014 02 19 simons cat joins animation mcn frederator utm source stream newsletter & utm medium email & utm campaign simons cat joins animation mcn frederator spangler todd 18 february 2016 . frederator anima estudios launch spanish language youtube animation network exclusive . variety magazine . penske business media llc . retrieved 18 february 2016 . http www.tubefilter.com 2015 02 24 frederator studios studio moshi rocket