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David Hudson DePatie and [[Friz Freleng|Isidore "Friz" Freleng]] founded this animation studio in 1963 after [[Warner Bros]] shut down their animation department. Their first collaboration was the opening titles to Blake Edwards' comedy-mystery ''[[The Pink Panther]]''. The Pink Panther character later starred in a long-running series of short theatrical cartoons released by [[United Artists]] (which also released the film), most of which were [[No Dialogue Episode|No Dialogue Episodes]]. Other theatrical series included ''[[The Inspector (Animationanimation)|The Inspector]]'', ''Roland and Rattfink'', ''[[The Ant and The Aardvark (Animation)|The Ant and Thethe Aardvark]]'', ''Tijuana Toads'', ''Hoot Kloot'' and ''The Dogfather'', all of which are also released by UA. They also produced new ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts from 1963-1967, with the majority of them (at least not the ones outsourced to Format Films) directed by WB veteran [[Robert McKimson]].

DePatie and Freleng also produced several [[Animated Shows]] for television, including ''[[Here Comes the Grump (Animation)|Here Comes the Grump]]'', ''[[Baileys Comets]]'', ''[[Western Animation/The Houndcats|The Houndcats]]'', ''[[The Super 6]]'', ''[[Super President]]'', ''[[Baggypants And The Nitwits]]'', ''[[The Oddball Couple (Animation)|The Oddball Couple]]'' and the 1978 version of ''[[The Fantastic Four (Animationanimation)|The Fantastic Four]]''. Their biggest success in TV, however, would come after DFE was sold to [[Marvel Comics]] after Freleng retired; renamed '''Marvel Productions Ltd.''', the studio produced some of the most famous animated shows of [[The Eighties]], including ''[[The Transformers (Animationanimation)|The Transformers]]'', the first few series of ''[[G.I. Joe]]'', and ''[[Muppet Babies]]'', as well as a considerable amount of Marvel superhero programs.

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