Rough Draft Studios

Rough Draft Studios is the animation company that Futurama uses for its production. The studio was founded by Gregg Vanzo in 1991. Other than Futurama, the animation studio also works for The Simpsons, ', ' and many more. From the sixth season of Futurama, more animation work is done by the overseas department Rough Draft, Korea.

History
Gregg Vanzo founded the studios in a garage in, California in 1991. A year and half later, he decided to leave the country together with his wife Nikki Vanzo to set up a branch in Korea. After three years of work, they had set up Rough Draft, Korea in Seoul, South Korea.

After training Korean animators, he went back to the United States, where he met Claudia Katz to be the producer for the studio's first series, . Gregg's brother, Scott Vanzo became head of the digital department, while Gregg and Claudia assembled an animation staff.

In 1995, they hired Rich Moore and Bret Haaland as head directors, and moved to a much bigger location in.