![]() Sendak was not directly involved in the animation. Early in the show's production, two-weeks worth of animation was accidentally erased due to unfamiliarity with the new animation systems. ![]() Little Bear was inked, painted, and composited digitally on Nelvana's Animo 2D computer animation system. It was produced at Nelvana's Toronto headquarters. The season's budget was approximated to be $5 million. By this time, Nelvana anticipated that all thirteen episodes could be aired before the end of 1995. By this time, it had been announced that the show would air on CBC Television in addition to Nickelodeon. In February 1995, Nelvana announced that production on Little Bear would begin in April. ![]() ![]() Based on the series of books by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Sendak, it would consist of thirteen episodes produced by Nickelodeon, Nelvana Limited, and Wild Things Productions. The show, created by Maurice Sendak, was set to premier in fall 1995 and was entitled Little Bear. On July 10, 1994, at the Television Critics Association tour at the Universal Hilton Hotel, Herb Scannell, senior vice president of programming at Nickelodeon, announced that the network would premiere a children's animated series as part of their Nick Jr. ![]()
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