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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | IP development co-production brand development and support |
| Genre | Live action and animation |
| Founded | 1974; 52 years ago (1974)[1] |
| Founder | Ken Morrison Dave Thomas |
| Headquarters | Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada |
Key people | Ken Morrison[1] Diana Gage Troy A. Taillon Keith A. Goddard Karl Willems |
Ocean Productions, Inc. is a Canadian media production anddubbing company, based inVancouver,British Columbia, that is part of the Ocean Group of businesses. Ocean Group is involved inintellectual property acquisition and development, co-production and the creation of English versions of non-English animation for international distribution.
The Group also works with global toy companies and producers to create and distribute animation properties in conjunction with game development as well as licensing and merchandising programs.
Ocean Media Inc. creates world master versions of programming to promote intellectual properties on a global basis. The company's productions are recorded at Ocean Studios (originally known as Ocean Sound) in Vancouver and Blue Water Studios inCalgary andEdmonton,Alberta.
Founded by Ken Morrison and Dave Thomas in 1974, the company, then known as Ocean Sound, originally started as aNorth Vancouver-based musicrecording studio. Musicians such asArt Bergmann,Chilliwack,D.O.A andk.d. lang recorded albums and songs there.[2]
In 1979, Ocean moved to its current location in theKitsilano community. Sometime after, the company began producing voice over work for animation. By the late 1990s, Ocean claimed to control about 85% of the market for animation voice-over in Vancouver.[3] During this time, Ocean was one of the largest production houses working on English-language versions of Japaneseanime series.[4] Among others, the company's clients includedBandai Entertainment,Central Park Media,Geneon Entertainment andViz Media.
Ocean now works on animation and live action media from around the world.
These series were produced at Ocean Studios inVancouver,British Columbia.
These series were recorded at Blue Water Studios inCalgary andEdmonton,Alberta.