Hong Li Animation Studios

Hong Li Animation Studios is a Chinese 3D and CGI animation company founded in January 2017. Incorporated in Shanghai, with its principal creative and production base in Suzhou, the studio develops digital entertainment and provides full-pipeline production for animated features, game cinematics, short films and episodic animation. Its work combines commissioned production with the development of original intellectual property.

The company's capabilities cover the production process from concept design, storyboarding and cinematic pre-visualization through asset modeling, texturing, character rigging and animation. Simulation, visual effects, lighting, rendering and digital compositing complete its production offering. It undertakes both full-pipeline assignments and individual production stages, supporting animated theatrical projects as well as pre-visualization for live-action features. Its wider services include animated series, comics development and immersive VR storytelling.

Feature animation and cinematic work

The studio has contributed to Chinese animated features including Ne Zha, Legend of Deification, Deep Sea and Ne Zha 2. Its feature portfolio also includes collaborations on The Wind Guardians and the Boonie Bears films. These assignments encompass character animation, assets, effects and final image production, with the scope varying by project.

Alongside theatrical animation, Hong Li produces promotional cinematics and CG shorts for game publishers. Its reported work includes League of Legends: Homebound and the Wild Rift — Supreme Cells trailer for Riot Games, together with projects associated with Tencent's Honor of Kings and Chess Rush and NetEase's Onmyoji Arena and A Chinese Ghost Story. This commercial work extends the studio's character animation and cinematic production capabilities across film and interactive entertainment markets.

The studio also develops original animated properties, including Sister 7 and The Classic of Mountains and Seas, identified in the research as projects in development. Strategic backing from Coloroom Pictures connects its production activities with a wider animation ecosystem spanning development, marketing and distribution. The creative team's earlier collaboration predates the company's establishment, providing a production history distinct from its formal founding.