Augenblick Studios

Augenblick Studios is an independent animation studio based in Brooklyn, New York City. Founded in 1999 by animator, writer and director Aaron Augenblick, it produces character-driven cartoons across television, feature films, digital shorts, music videos and advertising. Its work spans adult comedy and children’s programming, with an emphasis on distinctive visual styles, satirical storytelling and surreal humor.

The studio provides production services from development through delivery. Its capabilities include scripting, storyboarding, character design, background layout, traditional hand-drawn and digital 2D animation, compositing, sound design and post-production. Alongside episodic series, it undertakes feature animation, commercial campaigns, motion graphics and illustration. This range supports both complete productions and contributions to larger projects, including animated documentary sequences and segments within live-action films.

Television and film

Augenblick’s television portfolio includes the first season of Superjail!, Teenage Euthanasia and The Jellies! for Adult Swim, along with Comedy Central’s Ugly Americans and Shorties Watchin’ Shorties. The studio also produced animation segments for MTV2’s Wonder Showzen. These productions reflect its longstanding involvement in adult cartoon comedy, from episodic storytelling to short satirical sequences.

Its streaming work includes animated documentary material for Netflix’s Losers and animation for Headspace Guide to Meditation. Other projects include Golan the Insatiable, the Snapchat series Death Hacks, Zoolander: Supermodel and the “Lying Rhino” sequence in David Wain’s The Ten. Independent projects include the animated shorts Golden Age and Ramblin’ Man, while its music-video work includes contributed sequences for “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Polkamania! in 2024.

In 2021, Aaron Augenblick and producer Daniel Powell established Future Brain Media as a distinct children’s programming joint venture. Through that collaboration, Augenblick Studios extended its work in educational animation with City Island for PBS KIDS. The studio’s broader body of work combines commissioned production with original animated projects across broadcast, streaming and digital formats.