We love to collaborate. We love to tell stories.
From script to screen and everything in between, Mainframe Studios is a world-renowned IP development & animation studio producing premium, award-winning content for global audiences. Creativity and innovation are in our DNA, shaped by decades of experience. With our state of the art 3D, 2D, Unreal & hybrid pipelines we’re able to bring any and every story to life.
From service work to creative development to commercial support on distribution and monetization, we are able to tailor exactly what’s needed to elevate your project and take it across the finish line.
Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Mainframe has been on the forefront of animation since our inception in 1993. Our creative-driven approach marries seamlessly with our rock-solid production processes, allowing us to deliver great storytelling that’s on-time and on-budget.
We love bringing your show concepts to life, elevating storytelling, and executing creative across a variety of platforms. Our co-productions and creator partnerships demonstrate our ability to work across different animation styles and audiences – from preschool to young adult and beyond.
As a leader in international co-production, Mainframe combines deep roots in Canada’s production and funding ecosystem with an extensive global network of studio, broadcaster, and financing partners. We develop exceptional creative IP, structure the deals that get it made, and build the teams that deliver it; bringing the world’s most compelling stories to screen.
We work closely with creators and partners to shape the look and feel of each project, combining creativity and technology to deliver distinctive, visually impactful results. We also help expand brands through interactive and virtual experience that can grow alongside series or feature content.
Our global studio pipeline allows us to pair creative ambition with commercial strategy while keeping budgets viable. Our international distribution, licensing and merchandising team helps place content globally, grow franchise value, and unlock additional revenue opportunities for our partners.
We have multiple pipelines that can be tailored to suit the needs of each individual production. They allow us to produce a wide variety of styles and can easily be scaled to suit scopes and budgets both large and small.
Outside of our creative approach, one key differentiator we offer is our Global Studio Pipeline (GSP). Outsourcing is nothing new, but that’s not what our GSP is. It provides the benefits of outsourcing, without many of the drawbacks experienced by other studios.
On a GSP project, our studio and the overseas studio share the same pipeline, tools and methodologies in real-time. All assets, shots and takes are visible and shareable as they’re created, ensuring that we can monitor and track progress and give timely feedback, eliminating a huge amount of wasted time and back-and-forth. And time saved = money saved.