Little Blackstone Studios

Little Blackstone Studios is a boutique animation and visual effects production studio based in Toronto, Canada. Established in 2009, it develops and produces narrative entertainment through 2D animation, 3D character animation, documentary sequences and episodic visual effects. Its work spans television and streaming series, documentary films, children's entertainment and video games.

The company was established as a dedicated sister studio to Big Studios, with a focus on long-form storytelling, original series development and character animation. Its production work combines original design with animation and post-production, supporting projects from early visual development through finished sequences.

From development to finished animation

The studio's pre-production capabilities include storyboarding, concept art, character and world design, and original series design. Animation production encompasses hand-drawn and tradigital 2D work, CGI character animation, hybrid approaches, rigging and layout. Its finishing services include compositing, episodic graphics, VFX supervision, editorial and final colour.

This range supports different storytelling formats, from stylized documentary reconstructions to animated web series and game cinematics. The studio also develops original animation projects alongside its production collaborations.

Narrative and documentary work

Little Blackstone's documentary animation includes Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis, as well as work on Netflix's Worst Roommate Ever, Worst Ex Ever and Worst Neighbor Ever. It contributed animated dream and psychological sequences to Grand Army and character animation and archival recreations to both seasons of Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus.

Its work for younger audiences includes co-producing the CGI web series Kingdom Builders for MGA Entertainment. In games, the studio supplied hand-drawn animation and cinematics for Short Sleeve Studios' point-and-click adventure Voodoo Detective. Other supported projects include original character design, development and animation for Mixed Up, and the animated comedy co-production Camp Canuck with Lev Gleason Studios / Comic House.