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Dargaud Media

Formerly	Dargaud Films (1984–1999) Dargaud Marina (1999–2008)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Animation
Predecessor	Marina Productions (1990–1999) Millésime Productions (1993–1999)
Founded	March 2, 1984; 41 years ago (1984-03-02)
Headquarters	France
Products	Television series
Parent	Dargaud (1984–2022) Ellipse Animation (2022–present)

Dargaud Media is a French production company andanimation studio that produces animation, documentaries and feature-length films. It was created in 1984 by the French-Belgian comic book publishing houseDargaud. It is one of the production labels of Ellipse Animation of theMédia-Participations group.

In 1967, Dargaud entered the animation production services with the movieAsterix the Gaul. Subsequently, the company produced or co-produced several Asterix, Lucky Luke and Tintin feature films.

By 1972, Dargaud announced that they've teamed up with American production and distributorUnited Artists to produce the movieLe Viager which was directed byPierre Tchernia. Two years later in 1974, Dargaud announced that they had joined forces with René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.

In June 1997, Dargaud alongside its parent Média-Participations announced that they've acquired French animation and production companyMarina Productions which was founded by Claude Berthier expanding Dargaud's animation output and Média-Participations' production activities with Marina Productions being placed under Dargaud's film & television production division Dargaud Films thrus becoming Dargaud's own animation subsidiary within Dargaud Films.^[1] One year later in June 1998 following Dargaud's acquisition of Marina Productions, Dargaud expanded their animation and productions operations by acquiring a majority interest in French production company Millésime Productions which was headed by Gaspard de Chavagnac with Dargaud combining Marina and Millésime's functions into one group with Gaspard de Chavagnac heading Dargaud's two production companies.^[2] The following year at the start of 1999, Dargaud Film announced that they have merged their own animation production companies Marina Productions and Millésime Productions into one entity animation production division named Dargaud Marina with the merged group will handle their projects annually.^[3][4][5]

In July 2003 three years after Dargaud merged their animation and drama production outputs, Dargaud Marina expanded their animation production activities by their parent company Dargaud along with their ownerMédia-Participations as their parent company had acquired French animation production studioEllipsanime fromCanal+ owned production outfit StudioExpand, thrus giving Dargaud another production animation studio and assuming all ownership of Ellipsanime's production activities with Ellipsanime's animated production portfolio joining Dargaud's own production portfolio, marking Dargaud Marina becoming the largest animation production division of France.^[6][7]

On January 31, 2007, Dargaud Marina's parent companyDargaud announced that they've rebranded their international distribution division Dargaud Distribution to Mediatoon Distribution following Media Participations's launch of Mediatoon.^[8]

In late-December 2008, Dargaud Media's international distributor Mediatoon under their interactive division Mediatoon Interactive announced the launch of the online channel that bring all of Dargaud Media's productions including Ellipsanime's programs under one brand named eToon to bring all of Mediatoon programs on VOD and SVOD platforms.^[9]

In June 2022 during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Dargaud Media alongside their parent company Dargaud and its ownerMedia Participations announced that they were bringing their French animation production labels (which were Dargaud Media,Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel andEllipsanime Productions (including Roubaix-based joint venture animation studio Madlab Animations) alongside Paris & Angoulême-based in-house animation production studio Ellipse Studio) under one umbrella group named Ellipse Animation, with Dargaud Media being placed under Ellipse Animation as their production label.^[10]

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