Ninoc Studio

Ninoc Studio is an independent French animation and pre-production studio based in Reims. Founded in July 2020 by Romain Barriaux and Simon Andriveau, it creates hand-drawn and digital 2D animation for films, music videos, game cinematics, television, streaming and advertising. Its work combines complete animated productions with specialist contributions to projects developed by other production companies.

The studio’s founders previously worked together at Fortiche Production in Paris. Their experience there included storyboard and animatic work on Arcane Season 1, Rise and K/DA – POP/STARS. These projects form part of the founders’ professional backgrounds before Ninoc’s establishment.

From concept to finished animation

Ninoc supports animated projects from their initial visual ideas through final delivery. Its pre-production work includes concept design, moodboards, style frames, character and background design, storyboards and polished animatics. The studio also provides animation direction and art direction, helping establish a production’s visual language and how its scenes unfold.

Production capabilities extend to 2D animation, animated effects, compositing, editing and color grading. For projects that combine techniques, its post-production services include 2D/3D hybrid camera mapping and visual integration. This range allows the company to undertake full productions or provide a defined stage of a larger animation pipeline.

Original films and commissioned projects

Alongside work involving external intellectual properties, Ninoc develops original projects. These include Les parapluies de Maude, a 15-minute animated short written and directed by Romain Barriaux, and the animated trailer for the video game Hexagoon, directed by Barriaux and Andriveau.

In 2026, the studio directed and produced Pick Your Poison, an animated music video for I-D, the virtual band from the Dungeon Fighter Online universe. Ninoc delivered direction, storyboards, visual development, 2D animation and compositing. The production illustrates how its drawing-led approach can extend into hybrid animation while retaining responsibility for the film’s overall direction and final visual assembly.