Toothpaste Animation Studios

Toothpaste Animation Studios (formerly Blue Monkey Animations) is a British computer-animation production and entertainment company owned by British animator James "Blue Monkey" Muckle and American mass media conglomerate Paramount Global and is based in London, England.

Toothpaste Animation is known for producing Minecraft and Roblox centric animated films, mainly using computer-generated imagery, or CGI, to produce it. It mainly works with 4J Studios Limited, Minecraft's console porting company based in Dundee.

2008-2012; Founding and rebranding
The company was founded on May 9, 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland by JD Allan as "Infin1ty Studios". Its first motion picture was The ChubbChubbs!, a 2008 British action comedy film co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation. It was distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing and grossed $304 million against a $89 million budget.

In 2012, British CG animator James Muckle acquired full ownership of the company and rebranded it to "Blue Monkey Animation", launching his YouTube channel.

2012-2013; Animation production and co-productions; 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, etc.
In 2012, the company hired 4 extra employees, boosting its employee number to 6. The 4 extra employees include Alex Brujiniks, Quinton Dean Chan, Preston Smith and Inge Hofstad. Brujiniks, Dean Chan and Smith are the CG animation supervisors, while Hofstad is in charge of CG animation and 3D assets.