PIP Animation Studios

PIP Animation Studios is an independent Canadian animation production company based in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in March 1998, the family-owned studio produces 2D digital animation and 3D CGI for television, feature films, specials and digital platforms. Its work includes educational children's programming, entertainment series and animated contributions to other screen productions.

The studio provides production support from concept development through final delivery. Pre-production capabilities include visual styling, art direction, character and prop design, storyboards, leica reels and animatics. Production encompasses character rigging, puppet animation, classical-style digital animation, background painting and scene staging. Its post-production work covers scene assembly, compositing, visual effects, picture editing and final masters.

Alongside creative production, PIP offers budgeting and production management, Canadian content compliance, and administration of Canadian federal and Ontario animation tax incentives. This combination supports both animation service assignments and co-production work with Canadian and international producers.

Television and feature work

A substantial part of PIP's television portfolio is its work on Cyberchase. The studio supplied primary animation production for Seasons 6 through 16, television specials and the Cyberchase Math Bytes series. Other television credits include Doki, FreakTown, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! and Margaret Atwood's Wandering Wenda. Its contribution to Doki covered the first two seasons and three broadcast specials.

The studio's feature work includes Pirate's Passage and Lamya's Poem, extending its production activity beyond episodic television. Its wider portfolio also includes animated shorts, background and colour-design assignments, and animated segments for live-action programming such as The Umbrella Academy.

Across these formats, PIP combines design, animation and finishing capabilities within a single production business. Its services accommodate individual production stages as well as projects requiring support across the complete animation pipeline.