Arx Anima
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2011
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 5
About Arx Anima
Arx Anima is a Vienna-founded animation studio specializing in 3D character animation, visual effects and original intellectual property development. Established in 2011, the company works across animated features, television series, commercials and branded content. Its production network spans Austria, Germany and Spain, supporting international co-productions alongside production services for other producers.
The studio offers a full production service from concept development through final delivery. Its capabilities encompass look development, modeling, grooming, rigging, character animation, lighting and compositing, together with motion capture, real-time rendering and previsualization. This combination supports both fully animated productions and visual effects work for live-action film and television.
From series production to theatrical features
Arx Anima developed its high-volume CGI production capabilities as the core animation studio for the first three seasons of Outfit7’s Talking Tom & Friends. It subsequently expanded its work in European animated features and international co-production, contributing to Raven the Little Rascal: Hunt for the Lost Treasure, The Elfkins – Baking a Difference, Rabbit Academy: Mission Eggpossible and The Super Elfkins.
Its feature work also includes Monster Mia, a 2026 animated co-production selected for Annecy. These projects sit alongside a broader production offering that includes short-form animation and advertising, including the Billa Elfie campaign.
Animation and visual effects
Beyond character animation, Arx Anima provides VFX supervision, visual effects production and compositing. Its live-action credits include Rubikon, Ein Mädchen namens Willow and the television series Schnell Ermittelt. The studio combines this work with animation production for cinema, broadcasting and streaming entertainment.
The company’s operating model brings together creative production, international co-production and technical development. Alongside its screen work, it develops custom pipeline tools and production management software. Its regional network supports feature production and access to European audiovisual incentive structures, while its technical capabilities accommodate both sustained series work and individual theatrical projects.
More about Arx Anima
Founders and leadership
- Dunja Bernatzky is co-founder and managing director.
- Christoph “Kris” Staber is co-founder and head of animation.
Production infrastructure
The studio’s technical infrastructure includes a 1,700 CPU-core render farm, an integrated OptiTrack and Rokoko Smartsuit Pro motion capture facility, the custom MARVIN ERP system and the proprietary UMUS pipeline management solution. Its real-time rendering and previsualization capabilities use Unreal Engine.
Sustainability
The studio describes its green animation pipeline as powered entirely by renewable energy and producing less than a quarter of the CO₂ of standard European production.
Collaboration and recognition
Arxlight Pictures was co-founded by Dunja Bernatzky, Nicolás Matji and Edmon Roch to co-finance and produce European animated features through collaboration with Lightbox Animation Studios.
The Billa Elfie commercial animation campaign received ADGAR Gold in 2024.
Notable credits
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Where Arx Anima is based
- Wehrgasse 9/2, 1050 Vienna, AustriaVienna, Austria
Vienna office
HeadquartersGlobal headquarters and original studio.
- Lindleystrasse 8a, 60314 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyFrankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
arx anima Hessen
Hesse regional branch providing animation services, 3D character production and television and cinema production.
- Media City Leipzig, Altenburger Str. 5, 04275 Leipzig, GermanyLeipzig, Saxony, Germany
arx anima MD
Opened 2024
Central German regional studio focused on layout, storyboarding and feature animation.
- Calle Lope de Vega 13, 28014 Madrid, SpainMadrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
arx aniMAD
Direct Spanish branch studio focused on character animation, 3D production and co-productions.
- Calle Juan Rejón 67, 35008 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, SpainLas Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
Arx Anima Canarias
About this office
Canary Islands regional production establishment created for feature production and regional audiovisual incentives. Current marketing emphasizes four other studio hubs; the report establishes no closure of these premises.
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