Hooligan Animation

Hooligan Animation is an independently owned Australian animation studio established in 2022 to develop and produce adult and children’s animated entertainment for international broadcasters and streaming platforms. Its work spans original development, co-productions and scalable production services, combining story development with 2D, 3D, stop-motion and hybrid animation techniques.

The studio offers end-to-end production support from scripts, storyboards, character and world design through voice direction, animation, compositing, rendering and delivery. It also provides work-for-hire animation production, including 2D rigging, scene planning, layout and visual-effects support, alongside early-stage creative development and production-financing structuring for Australian and international projects.

Production capabilities

• 2D character animation using CelAction and Toon Boom Harmony pipelines
• Stylised 3D CGI production using Autodesk Maya
• Stop-motion and practical frame-by-frame animation
• Story, visual and character development
• Rigging, scene planning, compositing and 2D visual effects
• Adult and children’s episodic television production

Hooligan combines Australian production talent with infrastructure designed for international collaboration. Its production approach includes secure, TPN-aligned environments, cloud-hybrid rendering and a follow-the-sun workflow intended to support overlapping review periods with partners in Los Angeles and London.

Recent productions

Hooligan Animation is producing Deano, an eight-episode adult animated comedy derived from Dean Thomas and David Ferrier’s Childish Deano web series. The series is a co-production with BBC Studios and 20th Television Animation for BBC and Hulu, with Joe Brumm serving as script editor and executive producer. The studio’s animation work on the project is supported by Australian Producer Offset and Screen Queensland PDV funding.

The company also took on animation production and character-rigging pipelines for Season 3 of The Freak Brothers. Hot House Tiger Mama, created by Sal Balharrie, is in late-stage development with the Hoodlum and Hooligan Animation team.

Hooligan Animation acknowledges that its Brisbane operations create on the unceded lands of the Turrbal and Yuggera (Jagara) peoples.