Formidable Studio

Formidable Studio is an independent animation and design production company based in Santiago, Chile. Founded in 2007 as Carburadores, also known as Carburadores.tv, it adopted its current name in 2022 on its fifteenth anniversary. Its work spans animated feature films, television series, commercial advertising, motion graphics and cultural projects, combining commissioned production with the development of original stories.

The studio offers complete animated production, from concept and script development through final delivery. Its preproduction work includes visual development, art direction, character design, model sheets, color scripting, storyboards, animatics and proof-of-concept animation. Production capabilities encompass traditional frame-by-frame animation, digital animation and hybrid cutout techniques, followed by compositing, cinematic lighting and finishing. Its commercial background includes broadcast branding, advertising spots and visual campaigns for clients such as TVN, Entel, Coca-Cola and Nestlé.

Original films and series

A central production is Nahuel y el libro mágico (Nahuel and the Magic Book, 2020), a 98-minute animated feature directed by Germán Acuña. Drawing on Chilean Chilote mythology, the film was produced with Punkrobot and Brazil’s Levante Films and selected for Annecy’s official feature competition. Latido Films handled its international distribution. The film received recognition including the Tokyo Anime Award Festival Excellence Award and the Quirino Award for Best Visual Development.

The studio’s development slate includes La Veta del Diablo, a historical-fantasy animated feature set in the nitrate pampa of northern Chile, and Anita Ranita, an animated series project developed with Colombia’s Lucy Animation Studio. Anita Ranita received the Encuentros Award at the Ventana Sur Animation! Pitching Sessions in 2025.

International co-production has become an important part of the studio’s work. In 2025, Formidable and Lucy Animation Studio announced the strategic partnership Animales del Sur at Annecy. This collaboration builds on Formidable’s expansion from its advertising and motion graphics roots into long-form narrative animation while the two studios remain independent companies.