Animation Magic
| Founded | 1991 (Massachusetts branch) 1992 (Saint Petersburg branch) |
|---|---|
| Founders | Igor Razboff and Dale DeSharone |
| Defunct | 2001 |
| Fate | Dissolved by Vivendi Universal |
| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 3 |
| Products | Video games and animation |
Number of employees | ~150 |
| Parent | Capitol Multimedia (1994–1997) Davidson & Associates (1997–1998) Vivendi Universal Games (1998–2001) |
| Subsidiaries | ООО "АМИ" |
Animation Magic (Russian: «Магия анимации», romanized: Magiya Animatsii) was a Russian-American animation studio founded in Gaithersburg, Maryland in 1991, with offices later added in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a 100%-owned subsidiary in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The company developed animations for CD-based software. It was acquired in December 1994 by Capitol Multimedia. The assets and rights that Capitol owned would be sold to Davidson & Associates in April 1997.
By 1994 Animation Magic had 90 employees, including 12 software engineers and approximately 60 animators, computer graphic, background and sprite artists. Its products included Hotel Mario, Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam, Pyramid Adventures, I.M. Meen, King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride, Darby the Dragon, and the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans.