Neko Productions

Neko Productions is an independent animation production studio founded in 2010 and based in Sherman Oaks, California. A woman-owned, minority-owned and immigrant-owned business, it creates 2D and 3D animation and visual development for television, streaming, feature films, documentaries, games and digital campaigns. Its work also extends to publishing, augmented reality and virtual reality.

The studio offers production from initial concept through final delivery, alongside specialized outsourcing and pipeline co-production. Its creative services include story and script development, storyboarding, animatics, previsualization, and character and environment design. Animation capabilities encompass traditional hand-drawn and cut-out 2D animation, 3D CGI character animation and motion-capture cleanup. Technical production covers modeling, rigging, texturing, lighting, rendering and compositing, with editorial, rotoscoping and look development also available. Audio services include original music composition, voice casting and voice-over recording.

Animation across entertainment formats

Neko produced the animated web series Sonic Mania Adventures and the companion promotional shorts Team Sonic Racing Overdrive for Sega. Its game work includes animated assets and cinematics for Marvel Avengers Academy with TinyCo/Jam City, as well as animation contributions to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. These projects sit alongside work for children's entertainment, mobile games and commercial clients.

For the documentary feature Ask Dr. Ruth, the studio created painterly sequences combining 2D and 3D animation to depict Dr. Ruth Westheimer's childhood and Holocaust survival. The film premiered at Sundance and Tribeca before streaming on Hulu. Neko also co-produced Saba, an animated short directed by Liron Topaz.

Original projects and education

Alongside commissioned production, Neko develops original intellectual property. Its projects include 101 Reasons Why, a children's graphic novel and companion animated series created with Ofir Lobel. The studio also supports Frame By Frame Animation, an affiliated online educational platform offering animation instruction and international curriculum programs taught by Hollywood professionals. This educational activity complements its commercial animation production and creative development work.