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StarToons is an American animation studio operated by former Hanna-Barbera animator, Jon McClenahan. It was founded in 1988 and defunct in 2001.

Why it Rocks
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 * 1) The studio is best known for its bouncy, fluid and expressive animation. They were responsible for animating shows such as Tiny Toon Adventures, Taz-Mania, Animaniacs and Histeria.
 * 2) Outside of Warner Bros., they worked for Hanna-Barbera on a pilot of their own and commercials for television.
 * 3) Despite its demise in 2001, the studio held its legacy by migrating other animators to different studios:
 * 4) * Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone, Jeff Siergey and Neal Sternecky for Warner Bros.
 * 5) * Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network.
 * 6) McClenahan worked on a few scenes for the first season of Tiny Toon Adventures at Kennedy Cartoons (which later moved over to Disney after they were fired).
 * 7) He once used a USAnimation digital ink and paint system for his What A Cartoon pilot, which looked decent for its time (despite being substandard).
 * 8) The animation at StarToons is an improvement over McClenahan's previous animation work at Hanna-Barbera Australia. Previously, he had to animate while he had to cut corners in anyway he could.
 * 9) While most of the overseas studios have downgraded on Animaniacs, the animation quality for StarToons has improved a bit for 1997-98. In place of the previous animators, David Pryor came along to help McClenahan with the animation of the episodes. Neal Sternecky is also the only animator to remain on board since the Fox Kids era of Animaniacs.

Bad Qualities
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 * 1) Some episodes of Animaniacs had poor animation in scenes that feels nothing like McClenahan's usual style, such as "And Justice for Slappy..." and "Plane Pals".
 * 2) The studio was let go in 1995 when Animaniacs moved to Kids WB and Warner Bros. had to rely on cheaper animation studios to keep their shows afloat. Fortunately in 1997, they were given a few more episodes to work on until Animaniacs was over and had their share of animating episodes for Histeria.