Nerd Corps Entertainment Explained

Type:	Division
Fate:	Merged with Studio B Productions to form DHX Studios
Location City:	Vancouver, British Columbia
Location Country:	Canada
Parent:	DHX Media (2014–2016)

Nerd Corps Entertainment was a Canadian animation studio located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded by former Mainframe Studios producers Asaph Fipke and Chuck Johnson in 2002, it specialized in CGI animation, computer animation, and Flash animation.

Aside just animation, Nerd Corps developed and produced in-house television works and produced promotional materials and creative services for merchandising and licensing partners.^[1]

It was acquired by DHX Media on December 24, 2014, who then merged it with another acquired animation studio, Studio B Productions, to form its in-house flagship division, DHX Studios in 2016.

The studio notably produces the Monster High animated films for Mattel and animated series including Slugterra, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Kate & Mim-Mim, Storm Hawks, League of Super Evil, Hot Wheels Battle Force 5, and Max Steel.

History

On December 24, 2014, Canadian company DHX Media acquired Nerd Corps.

In 2016, the former Nerd Corps team was relocated to a new facility in Vancouver, which also houses the former Studio B Productions, an animation studio which DHX Media acquired in 2007.^[2]

Productions

Television series

• Dragon Booster (2004–2006) (co-produced with ApolloScreen Filmproduktion, the Story Hat and Alliance Atlantis)
• Storm Hawks (2007–2009)
• League of Super Evil (2009–2012)
• Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 (2009–2011) (co-produced with Mattel and Nelvana)
• Rated A for Awesome (2011–2012)
• Slugterra (2012–2016, continued on as DHX Studios Vancouver)
• Max Steel (2013–2014) (co-produced with FremantleMedia Kids & Family and Mattel Playground Productions)
• Kate & Mim-Mim (2014–2018) (co-produced with FremantleMedia Kids & Family, continued on as DHX Studios Vancouver)
• Blaze and the Monster Machines (season 1) (2014–present) (co-produced with Nickelodeon Animation Studio, continued on as WildBrain Studios)
• Endangered Species (2015)
• The Deep (2015–present) (season 1) (co-produced with A Stark Production and BBC Children’s Productions, continued on as WildBrain Studios)

Feature films

• Monster High: Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love? (2012) (co-produced with Mattel Entertainment)
• (2012) (co-produced with Mattel Entertainment)
• Monster High: Ghouls Rule (2012) (co-produced with Mattel Entertainment)
• (2013) (co-produced with Mattel Entertainment)
• Monster High: Scaris: City of Frights (2013) (co-produced with Mattel Entertainment)
• Monster High: 13 Wishes (2013) (co-produced with Mattel Entertainment)
• Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action! (2014) (co-production with Mattel Playground Productions)
• (2014)
• (2014)^[3]
• Monster High: Freaky Fusion (2014) (co-produced with Mattel Playground Productions)
• Monster High: Haunted (2015) (co-produced with Mattel Playground Productions)
• Max Steel: The Warth of Makino (2015) (co-produced with Mattel Playground Productions)
• Max Steel: Dawn of Morphos (2015) (co-produced with Mattel Playground Productions)
• Max Steel: Maximum Morphos (2015) (co-produced with Mattel Playground Productions)
• Monster High: Boo York, Boo York (2015) (co-production with Mattel Playground Productions) (credited as DHX Media)
• Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef (2016) (co-production with Mattel Playground Productions) (credited as DHX Media)

Notes and References

1. Web site: About. Nerd Corps Entertainment. 28 December 2012. 24 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121224135745/http://www.nerdcorps.com/about/. live.
2. Web site: DHX Studios to open new state-of-the-art animation facility in Vancouver. Kenneth. Chan. February 3, 2016. October 15, 2017. VanCity Buzz. November 22, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171122021523/http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/dhx-studios-vancouver/. dead.
3. Web site: Beck . Jerry . Shout Factory to Release "Slugterra" Theatrical Feature i | Animation Scoop . July 2014 . . 2015-06-04 . 2015-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150708114320/http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/shout-factory-to-release-slugterra-theatrical-feature-in-august-20140701 . live .