Anime holds a special place in our childhood memories. Even as adults, anime still allows us to escape from our ordinary lives and venture into wonderful adventures. Shows like Full Metal Alchemist, Dragon Ball, One Piece, are masterpieces created by legendary anime artists. Anime’s popularity never seems to go away. Today, there are still many anime companies producing impressive works of art all around the world. In this article, we will take a look at the best anime production companies in the USA that are producing high-quality anime each year.
Top Anime Studios in the USA
- Pixune Studio
- Powerhouse Animation
- Atomic Cartoons
- Titmouse
- Awesome Inc
- Brazen Animation
- Six Point Harness
- Mana
- Nickeledoen Animation
- Animasia
Pixune Studios
Pixune Studio is a leading animation production company in the USA that has won several awards for its impressive productions in film festivals such as the 100 Second Film Festival, Acharya Tulsi, Skyline International, Anima Mundi, as well as other prestigious festivals.
The studio is composed of talented young artists with a wonderful track record of creating both feature films and outsourced animation. Pixune Studio offers 2D animation services including character animation, detailed environmental effects, and especially anime.
Pixune Studio’s portfolio highlights its ability to produce high-quality 2D animation. The studio’s highly positive reviews on Google Reviews and Clutch prove their passion for animation.
Powerhouse Animation
Powerhouse Animation is another well-known animation production company trusted by Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Walt Disney and many more important brands in the world of anime and comics. They offer a wide range of creative services such as character and concept design, storyboard and animatics, motion comics, commercial animation and more. Their portfolio includes almost all types of animation styles from anime to feature animation and web cartoons.
Powerhouse Animation has also worked with Riot Games and Activision creating animation for various gaming projects including Valorant.
Castlevania, Sonic Origins, Dawn of the Monsters, and Wagmi Defense Anime are some of the notable projects that the studio has worked on.
Atomic Cartoons
Atomic Cartoons is a well-known animation studio that has worked on famous animation projects such as Mermicorno: Starfall, Young Love, Super Team Canada, and Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, to name a few.
Young Love is a 2023 captivating 2D animated series created by Atomic Cartoons that airs on Max TV network. Atomic Cartoons creates feature film quality animation for various clients, including TV networks, filmmakers, and businesses.
Atomic Cartoons’ clients are mostly high-profile publishing networks such as Netflix, Nickelodeon, Disney and Adult Swim. Atomic Cartoons has offices in Vancouver, Ottawa, and Los Angeles.
Titmouse
Founded in 1999, Titmouse is an award-winning animation production company with studios in Los Angeles, New York City and Vancouver. Titmouse is one of the largest animation production companies in North America with over 700 staff including writers, animators, artists, directors, compositors and editors.
Titmouse has worked on numerous animated TV shows and feature animations including Spectre Divide, Pantheon, Forgotten Runes: Wizard’s Cult, StuGo, Among Us and many more. Titmouse’s animation portfolio mostly consists of high-end 2D animated videos. Agent Elvis and The Legend of Vox Machina are among their projects that showcase a unique anime style.
Awesome Inc
Founded in 2006, Awesome Incorporated is an Atlanta-based animation and comedy company that has worked on many high-profile projects such as Star Trek: Very Short Treks aired on CBS; and Raid Boss ID, Birdgirl, Squidbillies, and Tender Touches aired on Adult Swim. The company’s clients mostly consist of TV networks and publishing companies.
Awesome inc. creates animations for various brands such as KFC, RXBAR, and Pringles. The studio mostly creates 2D animated videos in various styles, including anime, commercials, motion graphics and series.
The company has received a perfect score of 5 out 5 on Google Reviews.
Brazen Animation
Next on our list of anime studios in the USA is Brazen Animation. Founded and assembled by a team of animation industry veterans, the Dallas-based studio produces 2D and 3D animation for some of the most prestigious brands in the USA. NBA, Riot Games , Chevron, Activision, and Epic games are just a few of their notable clients. The trailer for Rippaverse Isom #2 comics produced by Brazen Animation highlight their ability to produce high-quality animation with 2D anime style.
The studio has worked on Crash Bandicoot 4, Bugs and Daffy, Fortnite, Overwatch and last but not least, Valorant.
Six Point Harness
Six Point Harness is an award-winning American animation production studio. The studio produces animation for TV, film and commercials. They have won the Academy Award for its 2020 animated short film Hair Love.
Six Point Harness’s portfolio features high-quality 2D animation in various styles, including hand-drawn, anime, and cut out for film, TV, commercials and the web. The studio has produced animations for TV series like Adventure Time, The Boys, Blackish and many more.
Six Point Harness has also won Emmy and Annie Awards for its animations and has produced commercial animated videos for Kia, Taco Bell, Assassin’s Creed, Kool-Aid, McDonalds and many more brands.
Mana
Mana is a full-service design and animation company based in Los Angeles, United States. Mana’s portfolio showcases their frame-by-frame hand-drawn animation style that is identical to Japanese anime. Deadpool and Wolverine, Robo Escape, Cheese Cult, Planet Hulk, and Truth Initiative are some of Mana’s impressive creations.
The studio has produced commercial animation for various brands and events such as Fictitious Energy Drinks and SXSW Gaming Awards. They also provide 2D anime style illustrations for various comics and gaming projects such as Marvel Snap: Hellfire Gala.
Mana has received a score of 5 out of 5 on Google Reviews.
Nickelodeon Animation
Nickelodeon Animation is one of the most famous animation studios in the USA, founded in the 1990s and owned by Paramount Global, Nickelodeon has produced many TV animation series such as SpongeBob , Square Pants, The Fairly Odd Parents, Avatar : The Last Airbender and last but not least Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The studio has internship, writing, and artist programs which are excellent opportunities for creatives looking to enter this field. The popular Avatar series by Nickelodeon is a 2D animation series with an anime style produced in multiple seasons with a breathtaking plot and is considered one of the best anime series produced by an American studio.
Animasia
Founded in 2005, Animasia is a well-known 2D and 3D animation company based in Malaysia, and with offices in Los Angeles. They specialize in creating concept art, storyboarding, animation, and digital comics. Animasia has created TV series like Supa Strikas, Hello Neighbor and Roll No.21.
They have created Emmy-Award nominated episodes for TV series Ask Lara and dozens of trailers and music videos for various TV series. The series Supa Strikas has 7 seasons and 91 episodes, featuring 2D animation with an anime style. Animasia produces animation for prominent TV networks such as the Cartoon Network, Netflix, France Televisions and many more.
To Sum Up
Anime is an animation genre that is known to be created by Japanese animation studios. The term anime comes from the Japanese word ‘animeshon’, which translates to animation in English. Japanese anime and its popularity inspired many other animation studios all over the world to create animation with similar styles and storytelling techniques. American studios such as Rooster Teeth Animation, and Nickelodeon successfully created anime hits like RWBY and Avatar series to prove that the USA has its own anime talent too.
