Happy Flyfish

Happy Flyfish was an independent Danish animation production company established in 2003 by producer Søren Fleng in Viborg. Its work combined original animated filmmaking with international co-production management, production consultancy and development services for external intellectual-property owners.

The studio worked across hand-drawn and cut-out 2D animation, computer-generated imagery and traditional stop-motion puppetry. Its production capabilities covered concept development and storyboarding through pre-production, animation and post-production. Alongside creative production, Happy Flyfish helped package international projects, structure financing and coordinate co-productions, connecting Danish animation talent with overseas production partners.

Films and commissioned animation

Happy Flyfish's independent short-film work included Goutte d'Or (2013), directed by Christophe Peladan and co-produced with ExFool's Productions. The studio also produced It Came From the West (2007), directed by Tor Fruergaard, with The Animation Workshop and the Danish Film Institute.

In 2021, Happy Flyfish produced Little Frog (Lille Frø), a 2D animated short directed by Kim Hagen Jensen and based on Jakob Martin Strid's children's book. The film reached Nordic public broadcasters through the seasonal anthology The Nordic Christmas Hour, also known as Snøbarnas juletime.

Its commercial collaborations included production consultancy and showrunner support for Rovio Entertainment's Angry Birds Toons, where the studio was credited as Happy Flyfish 2. It also worked with SYBO Games on animated content associated with Subway Surfers. These projects sat alongside educational commissions, including Williams overgang til skole (2015), developed with Vejle and Viborg municipalities and the Danish Ministry of Education.

Across these projects, Happy Flyfish combined a boutique production base with international collaboration, serving television, animated short films, digital entertainment franchises and public-sector educational communication.