bigchild Entertainment

bigchild Entertainment is an independent German animation and media-production studio focused on premium, character-driven children’s and family entertainment. The Erfurt-based company develops original properties, contributes to international co-productions and provides specialist animation services for other production partners.

Its work spans the full CGI production process, from story development, writers’ rooms and visual development through concept art, character and environment design, storyboarding and animatics. The studio’s 3D capabilities include modelling, sculpting, rigging, shading, texturing, lighting, rendering, character animation, layout and compositing. It also offers motion design and scalable production-pipeline management.

Original productions and co-productions

bigchild creates and produces original IP for children’s and family audiences while participating in European co-productions and service-animation work. Its production activity includes broadcaster and platform relationships across German public media, including KiKA, MDR, WDR, ARD and ARD Mediathek, as well as regional funding collaboration with Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung.

Selected work includes the 3D preschool series Maari – Abenteuer am Riff, the bedtime series Fieps, kleiner Spatz, große Stadt for Unser Sandmännchen, and European co-productions including ASH, Agent 203 and Der Zauberlehrling. The studio is also developing the original 3D family-fantasy feature Jacky o’Lantern.

Animation services

Alongside its own productions, bigchild supplies character animation, layout, modelling and rigging services for German animation productions. Its service credits include character animation for Das Neinhorn, 3D animation for Kikaninchen, modelling, rigging and animation for Traumkugelkiste, layout and animation for Schalotte, and animation services for Fritzi & Sophie – Grenzenlose Freundschaft.

The company operates as bigchild Entertainment GmbH, following its 2019 rebrand from Happy Asylum Entertainment GmbH. It is led by creative producer and director Kai Roman Schöttle.