Gaumont Animation (founded in 1997 as Alphanim) is a French animation studio. It was acquired by Gaumont Film Company in 2008 as a return to television production, and an entry into English-language productions, after Gaumont Television was sold in 1999. It was rebranded as Gaumont Animation in 2013. The company's animated catalog comprises over 800 half-hours, broadcast in over 130 countries. Productions include Noddy (after the rights were acquired from DreamWorks in 2013), Trulli Tales, Belle and Sebastian, Furiki Wheels, and F is for Family (season three) for Netflix. Gaumont has numerous properties in development for television. In 2020, the company optioned the rights to develop the comic book series Usagi Yojimbo from the creator, writer, and illustrator Stan Sakai. Other projects i