Boulder Media

Boulder Media is an Irish animation studio and production company based in Dublin, creating 2D and CG animation for television and feature films. Founded in 2000, it works across children’s and family entertainment, franchise productions and adult animated comedy. Its business combines production services for international partners with the development of original intellectual property.

The studio offers a script-to-screen production process encompassing concept art, scriptwriting, character design, storyboarding, animation, lighting, compositing and final delivery. Its capabilities span digital 2D animation and rigging, CGI character animation and modeling, and visual development. Boulder works through both commissioned production services and co-production arrangements, serving broadcasters, streaming platforms and theatrical animation projects.

Television and feature production

Boulder’s television work includes Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, The Amazing World of Gumball, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and the 2015 Danger Mouse series. These productions form part of a portfolio developed through relationships with networks including Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and the BBC.

Its franchise animation includes Transformers: Cyberverse, Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy and My Little Pony: Pony Life. The studio also produced the CGI feature My Little Pony: A New Generation, released in 2021. More recent service work includes adult animated series such as Krapopolis, Grimsburg and Captain Fall, extending its production activity beyond the children’s and family market.

Company development

Hasbro acquired Boulder Media in July 2016, establishing the studio as a European in-house animation production hub. During that ownership period, Boulder expanded its television and feature production activity and delivered several projects based on Hasbro properties.

On 1 November 2022, Australian independent production company Princess Pictures acquired Boulder from Hasbro. Boulder continues to operate as an active animation production subsidiary, bringing together television and feature capabilities while pursuing international service work and original content development. Its current production scope encompasses both 2D and 3D projects across episodic and feature formats.