Aroba Animation

Aroba Animation (often shortened to Aroba) is an American animation studio headquartered at Burbank, California. Founded in 1989, the studio creates animated films, short films and television programs, including the Mercenaries franchise, Metalboy and The Elf and his Staff, among others. Its first film, Mercenaries, was released in August 17th, 2004, whereas its latest release was Wubs Loses It, which was released in September 19th, 2019.

Aroba was formed by college partners, Jeff Raferin and Lance Weltch, who had an idea to make a cartoon akin to those from the 1930's.

The studio is commonly associated with 20th Century Fox, but also has Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios distributing some of its productions.

History
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Theatrical projects
Aroba's first film was Mercenaries (2004), which had been in the production for 7 years. It starred the voices of Debi Derryberry, David Kaufman, Martin Bruke, Alan Cumming and Richard Steven Horvitz. Elite Mercenaries Unit (E.M.U.), who are best known for preventing extraterrestrial lifeforms from commiting crimes. They invite an enthusiastic 11-year-old Tim Dreeks, who, during a chat, comes up with his plans of stopping a extraterrestrial cyborg, named Cybernetic Organism of Radical Energy, enhanced to be impossible to defeat. Directed by Jeff Raferin and Lance Weltch, it was a critical and commercial success.

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Upcoming projects
Aroba is currently working on an theatrical adapation of the TV series Rainmaker, Project Titanium, an ambitious fast-paced Japanese-styled movie, a Kirby: Planet Robobot adapatation, and a Mercenaries spin-off film. In October 2019, Aroba announced the release dates for the four aforementioned movies; May 7th, 2020, September 20th, 2020, August 13th, 2021 and April 27th, 2023 respectively.