Warner Bros. Animation, abbreviated WBA, is an American animation studio and the main animation division and label of Warner Bros., owned by its Television Studios division. It was established on March 15, 1980 as the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons, which was active from 1933 to 1969 and is closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters. The original cartoon studio closed in October 1969 because of the rising cost and declining returns of short subjects, and Warner Bros. re-established its animation division in 1980 to produce Looney Tunes related works. After Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner in 1996, the Turner-acquired studio Hanna-Barbera was absorbed into it in March 2001. The studio specializes in television and direct-to-video animation featuring characters from other Warner Bros. properties, including Turner Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears and DC Entertainment.
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1. Warner Bros. Animation (Wikipedia)
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is an American animation studio
Hanna-Barbera (Wikipedia)
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was fully integrated into Warner Bros. Animation
Cartoon Network Studios (Wikipedia)
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the studio was consolidated into Warner Bros. Animation, and continued to operate as a separate division
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