Bear Bones Entertainment

Bear Bones Entertainment is an American multimedia and entertainment company which produces and develops animated films, television programming and video games. The company was founded in 1999 as a result of a merger between Bear Bones Productions, Maloing Entertainment, Sensation Animation, Naughty Bear Animation,  and Bear Bones Classics.

History
In January 1999, Bear Bones announced its new singular entertainment studio due to new opportunities as well as more offerings if the company goes independent. In addition, Bear Bones Productions was transferred into a new entertainment company called Bear Bones Entertainment, LLC, headed by its president Clive Nakayashiki.

On February 17, 2021, New York City-based WarnerMedia announced that including the rights to the Malachi Universal franchise (the comics, merchandise and animated cartoons). Jim Davis will continue to make comics, and a new Malachi preschool animated series is in production for Warner Bros Animation, Cartoon Network, HBO Max and Bear Bones Productions.

Units
The company's operating units, as of 2020, include:

Current

 * Bear Bones Productions
 * Bear Bones Australia
 * Naughty Bear Animation
 * Maloing Entertainment
 * Maloing Japan
 * Sensation Animation
 * Bear Bones Classics
 * BBToons
 * BBToons Originals


 * Nurtix


 * BBStream

Former

 * Bear Bones Channel (folded into BBToons)
 * Bear Bones Lineup (last broadcast in 2005)
 * Bear Bones Toon-On! (joint venture with Nickelodeon; ended in 2009)
 * Bear Bones Comics (folded into Bear Bones Media and Licensing in 2010)
 * Bear Bones Home Entertainment (folded into Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2015)