It was created in 1984 by the French-Belgian comic book publishing house Dargaud.
In 1967, Dargaud entered the animation production services with the movie Asterix the Gaul.
Subsequently, the company produced or co-produced several Asterix, Lucky Luke and Tintin feature films.
By 1972, Dargaud announced that they've teamed up with American production and distributor United Artists to produce the movie Le Viager which was directed by Pierre Tchernia.
Two years later in 1974, Dargaud announced that they had joined forces with René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.