More than characterful animation!

We're a one-stop shop for animated content development, production and monetisation for modern audiences.

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A one-stop shop

We help bring brands to life, creating worldwide animated hits.

Our teams develop, produce and help monetise characteful content, working closely together for maximum impact and efficiency.

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Content Development

Translating much-loved brands including Paddington Bear, Miffy and LEGO into hit animated series through narrative and visual development.

Collaborating with our digital and licensing teams, they ensures that animated worlds are fit for maxium brand longevity.

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Episodic & Film Production

Creating high-quality animated content, from 52 episode series to film specials, the team has a proven track record of delivering.

With clients such as BBC, Netflix, and Paramount, the team has a worldwide reputation for crafting Emmy and BAFTA-winning projects.

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Commercials Production

Creates captivating TV commercials and premium brand-films for beloved mega-brands such as BBC, LEGO, Playmobil, and Clarks, as well as producing visually striking game trailers, including collaborations with Supercell.

The team excels at developing unique visual styles for each project that stand out in today's crowded media landscape, ensuring each project is distinctive, memorable and highly engaging.

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Digital Monetisation

Growing loyal fanbases through our YouTube channel managment, creating branded digital games, websites and social media marketing.

The team leverages YouTube analytics to collaborate with other teams, ensuring maximum impact and engagement with the studio's content, for maxium brand success.

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Digital Shortform Content

Creates engaging, fast-turnaround ancillary content tailored for hungry social media and YouTube audiences.

Utilizing a mix of media including custom digital puppetry technology and live-action filming, the team maximizes budgets to captivate modern viewers in the fast-evolving digital landscape.

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Brand Licensing

The licensing team extends beloved animated brands into consumer products, including toys, books, apparel and live shows.

Through strong visibility at global licensing trade shows they secure the best partnerships and ensure our characterful worlds can be enjoyed by fans in many new ways, beyond the screen.

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LookDev Insights: Creating Clouds

Lisa-Mae Evans explains how the team achieved the look for the fluffy clouds in The Adventures of Paddington

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Animation as a force for good: Blue Zoo becomes a B Corp

We couldn’t be prouder to announce that Blue Zoo is the first major animation studio in the world to receive B Corporation certification, using the power of animation for good.

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Our game-changing animation technology makes Blue Zoo one of CreaTech's 100 Ones to Watch

We’re massively thrilled to have been chosen as one of the UK Creative Industries Council’s CreaTech 100 Ones to Watch 2021.

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Sinking Feeling launches to mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2021

Blue Zoo is proud to announce the launch of our latest short film, Sinking Feeling.

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LookDev Insights: Redshift feather UVs

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It's Good To Be Back!

A few BZ'ers talk about what it's like to come back into the studio

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