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Laika Entertainment, LLC. is an American
stop-motion animation studio specializing in
feature films, commercial content for all media,
music videos and short films. It is best known for its stop-motion feature films,
Coraline,
ParaNorman and
The Boxtrolls. The studio is owned by
Nike co-founder and chairman
Phil Knight and is located in Oregon's
Portland metropolitan area. His son,
Travis acts as its president and CEO. The company had two divisions, Laika Entertainment for feature films and House Special Formally Laika/house for commercial content. Laika spun off the commercial division in July 2014 to focus on feature film production exclusively. The new independent commercial division is now called HouseSpecial.
