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Sanriotoons is an American animated short film series created by Emanuel Vincent and produced by SanrioToons Studios and ran theatrically from 1940 to 1985. It is known for introducing well-known cartoon characters such as Tom Nook, Isabelle, Timmy, Tommy, Hello Kitty, Henry Stickmin, Captain Underpants, George Beard, Harold Hutchins, and many more cartoon characters.

The studio that produced the series SanrioToons Studios, founded by Emanuel Vincent, based in Los Angeles, California, on August 30, 1940. On July 14, 2001, Emanuel Vincent passed away at the age of 95.

In 1967, it was announced that Sanriotoons would no longer have theatrical short films due to them focusing more on cartoons for television, and also, SanrioToons Studios was renamed to Vincent Animation Studios and moved to a new location on December 31, 1967 and some of the SanrioToons Studios staff went on to join Vincent Animation Studios, respectively.

During the following years after its debut, Sanriotoons has since become a worldwide media franchise, establishing Tom Nook as the mascot of Ezekiel Vincent Productions/Green Helicopter Entertainment and spawning several television series, feature films, comic books, albums, video games, and amusement park rides, as well as serving as Ezekiel Vincent Productions and Green Helicopter's flagship franchise and one of the most popular cartoon series in the Golden age of American animation right after Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, Walter Lantz's Woody Woodpecker, Max Fleischer/Paramount's Popeye the Sailor, and MGM's Tom and Jerry. The most famous Sanriotoons character, Tom Nook, is regarded as a cultural icon and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Characters
Main article: List of Sanriotoons characters

This lists all of the characters in the entire franchise.

Franchises

 * The Tanuki and the Dog (1939-1972)
 * Henry Stickmin (1942-1970)
 * Hello Kitty (1946-1971)
 * Timmy and Tommy (1949-1966)
 * Captain Underpants (1952-1967)

Beginnings: 1952-1955
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Golden Age: 1955-1971
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Dark Age: 1971-1975
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2nd Golden Age: 1975-1985
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New Age: 1995-present
In 1995, a new Sanriotoons series was produced, titled Sanriotoons Presents. The shorts appeared before films, starting with TBA.

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Filmography
Main article: Sanriotoons filmography

License and ownership
In 1956, Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) acquired television distribution rights to the Emanuel Vincent Entertainment library, including all Sanriotoons shorts that were released up to this point. This package had the Republic titles kept intact and an "Associated Artists Productions presents" title inserted at the head of each reel. Two years later, United Artists bought a.a.p. who merged the company into its television division, United Artists Television. United Artists also bought Emanuel Vincent Entertainment at that time.

In 1981, UA was sold to MGM, and Emanuel Vincent Entertainment was renamed to Vincent Enterprises due to MGM buying the company, and five years later, TBA acquired the pre-May 1986 MGM library, as well the rights to the a.a.p. library, and also the Vincent Enterprises library. In 1994, Ezekiel Vincent Productions' company, Green Helicopter Entertainment (whose division oversaw the film library), was purchased by Viacom (now ViacomCBS) and Universal (now NBCUniversal) who also owned Paramount and Comcast. Today, Green Helicopter Home Entertainment holds the video rights to the entire Sanriotoons animated output by virtue of Green Helicopter's ownership of Viacom and Comcast.

Syndication
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Trivia
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