Incessant Rain Studios

Incessant Rain Studios is a Nepal- and US-based digital production studio specializing in visual effects, 3D CGI animation, game assets and post-production. Founded in January 2008 by Kiran Bhakta Joshi, the independently held company combines vendor work for film and episodic productions with original animation and co-production development.

Its integrated animation pipeline covers concept and visual development, storyboarding, character creation, modelling, texturing, rigging, layout, animation, lighting and rendering. The studio also supplies feature and episodic VFX, including previs and postviz, matchmoving, roto and paint, environment integration, matte painting, simulation, compositing and finishing. Its interactive work includes high- and low-poly assets, character and environment design, and real-time engine integration.

Screen, streaming and interactive work

Incessant Rain has contributed animation and visual effects to theatrical, television and streaming productions. Supported credits include House of the Dragon Season 2, Stranger Things, Wednesday, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lost in Space, Mr. Robot, Legion, Da Vinci's Demons and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.

Feature work includes The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, John Wick: Chapter 4, Red Sparrow, The Meg, San Andreas, Chappie, Ghostbusters and Divergent. The studio has also worked on animated productions including LEGO Ninjago, Team Hot Wheels: The Origin of Awesome and the HBO special Tig Notaro: Drawn.

Original productions

Alongside client services, the studio develops culturally rooted original intellectual property. Its independent work includes the 2019 animated short Mandala and the 2015 earthquake documentary Moving Mountains: The Awakening. It is co-producing Lost in Mandala, an international animated feature directed by Kiran Bhakta Joshi and produced by Deepa Chipalu Joshi, with a screenplay co-written by Zack Stentz.

The company is led by Co-CEOs Kiran Bhakta Joshi, also a visual effects supervisor, and Deepa Chipalu Joshi, executive VFX producer. Its Kathmandu production facility is Trusted Partner Network certified for secure handling of pre-release material.