Rough Draft Studios

Rough Draft Studios, Inc. is an American animation production studio based in Glendale, California, with a second studio in Glendale and its sister studio Rough Draft Korea located in Seoul, South Korea. The studio was founded in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California by Gregg Vanzo in 1991.
Rough Draft has produced animation for shows like "Futurama", "Napoleon Dynamite", "Sit Down, Shut Up", "Drawn Together", "Baby Blues", and "The Maxx". Rough Draft Korea has animated shows such as "The Simpsons", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "The Ren & Stimpy Show", "Amphibia", "Beavis and Butt-Head", "Dexter's Laboratory", "The Powerpuff Girls", "Samurai Jack", "Phineas and Ferb", "Rocko's Modern Life", "The Angry Beavers", "Star vs. the Forces of Evil", "Family Guy", "Adventure Time", "Sheep in the Big City", "Dragon Tales", "Gravity Falls", "Steven Universe", "The Owl House", and "King of the Hill".
Rough Draft Studios and its divisions have also produced specials, commercials and direct-to-video work for companies like Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, 20th Television Animation, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Film Roman and Disney Television Animation.
Founding.
Rough Draft Studios was founded in a Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California garage by Gregg and Nikki Vanzo. While working on "The Ren & Stimpy Show", Nikki approached John Kricfalusi, creator of "The Ren & Stimpy Show", about taking the animation to Korea. Nikki founded and runs Rough Draft Korea.
Growth in business.
After working on "The Ren & Stimpy Show", many other shows requested the assistance of "Rough Draft Korea" in animation and ink & paint. In 1992, Rough Draft Studios began producing animation for "The Simpsons" and then for "Beavis and Butt-Head" in 1993. Also in 1993, Gregg's brother Scott Vanzo was brought on board. Rough Draft Korea quickly built a strong portfolio in the animation business with shows like their first series "The Maxx" in 1995, which was nominated for an Annie Award. Claudia Katz, who had joined Rough Draft Studios in 1994 to produce "The Maxx", and Rich Moore, joining in 1995 after having worked with Gregg on "The Simpsons", completed the core of a Rough Draft Studios which would help "drive the cartoon boom of the late ‘90s". It was also in 1995 that Rough Draft Studios moved to Glendale, California.
Technology.
Rough Draft Studios is known for its blending of 2-D with computer animation, or non-photorealistic rendering which it first used on "The Maxx" and further utilized with "Futurama", and "The Simpsons Movie".
Filmography.
Rough Draft Studios.
Most projects produced by Rough Draft Studios are animated overseas by Rough Draft Korea.
Rough Draft Korea.
Rough Draft Korea, RDS' sister studio based in South Korea, has produced animation for the following series, features and specials: