Atomic Cartoons

The studio was founded in March 1999 by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller, and Rob Davies.^[6] Sent back to Vancouver, British Columbia, after losing his job at Warner Bros. Animation following the cancellation of Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain, Davies received a phone call from Sunwoo Entertainment's Jae Moh to help produce Milo's Bug Quest. Together with Miller, Bentley, and Casalese, the four launched Atomic Cartoons to assist in creating the series.^[2]

Between 2004 and 2008, the company produced Atomic Betty for Teletoon in association with Breakthrough Entertainment and Tele Images Kids.^[7] Atomic's first fully original creation, the show's titular heroine served as the studio's mascot for a number of years. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Miller left to launch his own studio. The following year, Jennifer McCarron was appointed head of production.^[8] On July 8, 2015, Atomic Cartoons was bought by Canadian production company Thunderbird Films.^[4] The three founders remain on board. McCarron was named president and chief executive officer in 2016.^[9]

In December 2018, the company opened a second animation studio in Ottawa, Ontario.^[10] Its first project was the Netflix series The Last Kids on Earth.^[11]

In February 2020, Atomic Cartoons opened its third studio in Los Angeles, California.^[12]

In November 2025, Blue Ant Media (who owns Jam Filled Entertainment) announced a deal to acquire Atomic Cartoons and its parent Thunderbird Entertainment in an all-cash deal.^[5]