Argosy Animation Campus

The Argosy Animation Campus is a building in Seattle. Argosy Animation Studios, the largest animation studio in Washington State, is based at the campus.

Early history
In 1979, Ellen Peck and Paul Lopez started an animation studio inside a trailer park in Seattle.

Peck, Lopez, and Argosy
In 1980, Peck and Lopez met David Marshall III, CEO of Argosy Media, who quickly saw the potential in the studio. When the studio declared its bankruptcy, Argosy stepped in to assist. Marshall combined his experience of the film and TV world (being related to William Marshall, founder of Cairo Pictures) with the talent of Peck and Lopez to form Argosy Animation Studios. The trailer park was demolished (with the permission of its owner John Marshall Sr., who was also a member of the Marshall family), and a proper studio was built.

Paul Lopez died in 1993. Doctors were uncertain whether the cause of death was lung cancer or a heart attack.

Claster Animation Campus
In 1995, the studio was purchased by Hasbro and given a proper name: the Claster Animation Campus.

In 2005, Claster made a distribution deal with Cairo Pictures.

In 2010, Claster won a $155 million bid to acquire Charles Hill Films.

On April 28, 2011, Argosy Media officially announced its intent to acquire Claster from Hasbro for $3.8 billion. The purchase was closed on August 22, 2011; the company operates as a division of Cairo/MTM Pictures.

In 2013, the campus was renamed Argosy Animation Campus.