Spirit Animation
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2005
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 2
About Spirit Animation
Spirit Animation is an independent Brazilian animation studio based in Curitiba, Paraná. Founded in 2005, it creates original intellectual property and provides animation, visual effects and commercial production services. Its work spans children's and family entertainment, feature films, advertising and interactive media, combining original storytelling with production services for other entertainment companies and agencies.
The studio's original properties include Karl, also known as Carlos, an edutainment franchise that debuted on Disney XD Latin America. The franchise has accumulated more than one billion views across platforms including YouTube, Amazon Prime and Youku. Its catalogue extends across three seasons, nursery-rhyme spinoff Karl Babies and the feature spinoff Mysterious Tales of Ketchup Jack. Other original productions include the fantasy special Celeste, Cute Bible Stories and the 2D series Joly Olly. Its development and production slate also includes Rosie and the Artifact of Life.
Animation and production
Spirit offers services throughout the production process, from scripts, storyboards, concept art and character design through modeling, rigging, animation, lighting and final finishing. Its capabilities encompass both 3D and 2D animation, alongside photoreal compositing, VFX supervision, motion design and color grading. The studio also works with real-time rendering, VR and AR production, and interactive digital character experiences.
Its external production work includes animation services for Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice and Sheep and Wolves, as well as the animated series Tiny Furries for WildBrain Spark. Commercial projects include animation for Riot Games' Valorant, a Hyundai and Ghost in the Shell campaign, and GSK's Protect Who You Love. These projects sit alongside its own entertainment properties, reflecting a business that combines original production with commissioned animation.
Spirit also develops stories for institutional and public-health contexts. Its animated series It's Gonna Be Alright, known in Portuguese as Vai Ficar Tudo Bem, was created in partnership with Hospital Erastinho, a children's cancer hospital. This work extends the studio's family-oriented storytelling into projects addressing difficult experiences through animation.
More about Spirit Animation
Leadership
- Fernando Marcondes Macedo is the founder and Chief Creative Officer, working as a producer, director and writer.
- Partner Cleber Toloczko Coutinho is Head of Production, VFX Supervisor and Co-Director.
- Partner Marcos Yuji Higashiyama is Head of Animation and a director.
Production model and recognition
The studio describes a permanent senior team supported by a global network of specialized artists and partner studios, scaling its production capacity across project cycles.
Celeste received an Epic MegaGrant to integrate Unreal Engine into animated television and feature production. The project also received support from the Petrobras Animation Fund and a New York Festivals Animation Award.
Representation and collaboration
Fourth Wall Management represents the studio globally for entertainment properties.
In 2025, Spirit announced a partnership with independent infrastructure company Saga to develop interactive AI character agents and digital brand experiences using the Karl/Carlos IP.
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Where Spirit Animation is based
- Rua Herculano Carlos Franco de Souza, 579B, Bairro Água Verde, Curitiba, PR, CEP 80240-290, BrazilCuritiba, Paraná, Brazil
Curitiba office
HeadquartersThe company's sole physical production studio and overall corporate headquarters.
- Curitiba, State of Paraná, Brazil
Curitiba office
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