Warner Bros. Animation is an American animation studio owned by the Global Kids, Young Adults, and Classics division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. The studio is closely associated with the Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, DC Comics and Animaniacs characters. The studio is the successor to Warner Bros. Cartoons, the studio which produced Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon shorts from 1933 to 1963, and from 1967 to 1969. Warner reestablished its animation division in 1980 to produce new animated content, including works related to Looney Tunes.