Warner Bros. Animation (also known as
Warner Animation Group for theatrical films) is the animation division of
Warner Bros., a subsidiary of
Time Warner. The
studio is closely associated with the
Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies characters, among others. The studio is the successor to
Warner Bros. Cartoons (formerly
Leon Schlesinger Productions), the studio which produced
Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies cartoon shorts from 1933 to 1963, and from 1967 to 1969. Warner reestablished its own animation division in 1980 to produce
Looney Tunes related works.