| Titmouse, Inc. | |
| Founders: | Chris Prynoski Shannon Prynoski |
| Type: | Privately |
| Location City: | Los Angeles, California |
| Location Country: | U.S.[1] |
| Num Employees: | over 700[2] |
| Subsid: | Titmouse New York Titmouse Canada |
Titmouse, Inc. is an American animation studio based in Los Angeles, California founded in 1999 that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, music videos, title sequences, commercials, and short films. The name is derived of the titmouse, which serves as the company's mascot.
Founder and CEO Chris Prynoski began working at MTV in New York on shows such as Daria, Beavis and Butt-Head, and his own creation, Downtown, which was nominated for a primetime Emmy Award.[3] In the early 2000s, Prynoski opened a small T-shirt company with his wife, Shannon Prynoski. However, upon getting more requests for cartoons than for T-shirts, they decided to abandon screen-printing in favor of animation. The Prynoskis moved to California, and opened the revamped Titmouse, Inc., an animation studio. Antonio Canobbio, who had worked with Chris Prynoski at MTV and both Prynoskis at Cartoon Network in L.A., was hired as creative director.[4] Titmouse opened a games division in 2009.[5]
Due to projects like Cartoon Network's Metalocalypse, Superjail! and The Venture Bros.[6] [7] the company expanded and opened a sister studio in New York City in 2010.[8] The California studio later added a wholly owned subsidiary, Robin Redbreast, which was then unionized in order to produce Motorcity for Disney XD.[9]
The company has a YouTube channel, Rug Burn, launched in December 2012 with 6 Point Harness. Rug Burn was launched with a handful of shows.[10]
In April 2016, Titmouse released its first feature-length film, the R-rated Nerdland, which stars Paul Rudd and Patton Oswalt.[11] Two years later, in 2018, Titmouse became the studio behind the Disney and Lucasfilm YouTube series of one-minute shorts, Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures. The series is directed by Titmouse’s Barry Kelly.[12]
In October 2020, Titmouse Vancouver became the first animation studio in Canada to join a union. Following a vote that captured 87% of the workforce, 98% of Titmouse Vancouver's workforce voted to join the newly founded Animation Guild IATSE Local 938.[13] In response to this, some said that the issues raised by the workers of Titmouse were the same ones heard "from unrepresented animation workers everywhere" and that the unionization of the Titmouse workers acknowledges the contributions by animation workers to the industry.[14] [15]
In January 2022, the employees of Titmouse New York formed a union with Animation Guild IATSE Local 839, the first to do so outside of Los Angeles County in more than 70 years. In the card check process, Titmouse NY employees showed more than 90% of support for the organizing effort. Following the union becoming public, Titmouse management chose to voluntarily recognize the union and agreed to negotiate with the Animation Guild in good faith.[16]
Titmouse has been the animation studio for the Star Trek Paramount+ comedy series since 2020.[17] [18] In early 2020, Titmouse signed a multiyear production deal with Netflix.[19] Titmouse and Netflix co-produced the Pendleton Ward and Duncan Trussell-created series The Midnight Gospel, which aired the same year.[20] Also for Netflix, Titmouse animated an episode of Blur Studio’s sci-fi anthology Netflix series Love, Death & Robots titled “Kill Team Kill.”[21] [22]
Titmouse worked with Critical Role and Amazon MGM Studios to co-produce and serve as the animation studio for the Amazon Prime Video series The Legend of Vox Machina.[23] [24]
Titmouse also co-produced the Emmy-nominated spinoff series, for Amazon Prime Video,[25] and produced the adult animated science fiction television series Scavengers Reign with Green Street Pictures in 2023, with Chris Prynoski serving as an executive producer.[26]
| Series | Year | Notes | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 MTV Movie Awards | 2002 | Opening and graphics | MTV | |
| The Osbournes | Main titles (produced for Ka-Chew!) | |||
| Megas XLR | 2004–05 | Main titles, additional animation (season 1 only) | Cartoon Network | |
| 2005–08 | Main title sequence[27] | Nickelodeon | ||
| The Simple Life | 2006 | Season 4 opening (produced for Ka-Chew!) | Fox | |
| Shorty McShorts' Shorts | "Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing" (animation production) | Disney Channel | ||
| American Dad! | Preproduction for MMORPG scenes in "Dungeons and Wagons" | Fox | ||
| The Amazing Screw-On Head | Pilot | Sci Fi | ||
| Metalocalypse | 2006–13 | [28] | Adult Swim | |
| Class of 3000 | 2007 | Digital effects | Cartoon Network | |
| Afro Samurai | Opening | Funimation | ||
| Let's Fish | Pilot | Adult Swim | ||
| Happy Monster Band | 2007–08 | Playhouse Disney | ||
| Frank TV | 2007 | "Frankincense and Myrrh" (animation) | TBS | |
| 2009 | [29] | Adult Swim | ||
| DJ & the Fro | MTV | |||
| Attack of the Show! | "Slasher School" shorts[30] | G4 | ||
| 2010 | Adult Swim | |||
| Black Panther | BET | |||
| Mad | 2010–11 | Additional animation | Cartoon Network | |
| Superjail! | 2011–14 | Seasons 2–4 | Adult Swim | |
| The Venture Bros. | 2011–18 | Seasons 5–7, three specials | ||
| Black Dynamite | 2011–12 | Season 1[31] | ||
| China, IL | 2011–15 | |||
| Major Lazer | 2011 | Pilot (unaired/unreleased) | ||
| Sesame Street Growing Hope Against Hunger | "Hunger" sequence | PBS | ||
| Community | 2011–12 | Animated sequences in “A Fistful of Paintballs”, “Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism” and “Digital Estate Planning”[32] [33] | NBC | |
| Motorcity | 2012–13 | [34] | Disney XD | |
| 2012–15 | [35] | |||
| Liquid Television | 2013 | MTV | ||
| Turbo FAST | 2013–16 | Netflix | ||
| Breadwinners | 2014–16 | Nickelodeon | ||
| TripTank | "Jerk Chicken" shorts | Comedy Central | ||
| King Star King | 2014 | Series only | Adult Swim | |
| Hot in Cleveland | "The Animated Episode" | TV Land | ||
| Kirby Buckets | 2014–17 | Animation | Disney XD | |
| Niko and the Sword of Light | 2015–19 | Amazon Prime Video | ||
| Yoyotoki HappyEars | 2015 | Pilot | ||
| Moonbeam City | [36] | Comedy Central | ||
| TMNT Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past | Nickelodeon | |||
| Doble Fried | Pilot[37] (unaired/unreleased; co-produced with PFFFR) | Adult Swim | ||
| Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack | 2016 | Animated sequences | TruTV | |
| Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio | Adult Swim | |||
| Lazor Wulf | Pilot (unaired/unreleased) | |||
| Very Important House | Pilot (unaired/unreleased) Animation "Next Time On" sequence | Disney XD | ||
| Little Big Awesome | 2016–18 | Amazon Prime Video | ||
| Son of Zorn | 2016–17 | Animation | Fox | |
| 2016–18 | Netflix | |||
| Future-Worm! | Disney XD | |||
| Comedy Crib | 2016 | Intro, transitions, promos | IFC | |
| [38] | 2017–19 | YouTube | ||
| Discovery Family | ||||
| The New V.I.P's | 2017 | Pilot | Amazon Prime Video | |
| Uncle Grandpa | "More Director Shorts" | Cartoon Network | ||
| Halt and Catch Fire | 2017 | Pilgrim gameplay | AMC | |
| Disjointed | 2017–18 | Animated sequences[39] | Netflix | |
| Goldie and Bear | Season 2 | Disney Junior | ||
| Big Mouth | 2017–present | Netflix | ||
| Project Runway All Stars | 2018 | "Thrown for a Loop by Betty Boop" (animation) | Lifetime | |
| 2018–20 | Adult Swim | |||
| Tigtone | 2018–20 | |||
| Trap Universe | 2018 | Pilot | ||
| Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters | "Bubba the Bear" (animation) | TruTV | ||
| The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants | 2018–20 | Animation | Netflix | |
| Neo Yokio Pink Christmas | 2018 | |||
| Deadly Class | 2019 | Animated sequences | Syfy | |
| T.O.T.S.[40] | 2019–22 | Disney Junior | ||
| [41] | 2019–20 | Cartoon Network | ||
| Archibald's Next Big Thing | 2019–21 | Animation | Netflix | |
| Bless the Harts | 2019–21 | Fox | ||
| Cleopatra in Space | 2020–21 | Hulu | ||
| Peacock | ||||
| The Midnight Gospel[42] [43] | 2020 | Netflix | ||
| 2020–present | Paramount+ | |||
| Animaniacs | 2020–23 | Animation | Hulu | |
| Kinderwood | 2020–21 | Noggin | ||
| Baby Shark's Big Show! | 2020–present | Animation | Nickelodeon | |
| WandaVision | 2021 | 2D animated sequences ("Don't Touch That Dial" only) | Disney+ | |
| Loki[44] | 2D animated sequences | |||
| Mythic Quest | Animated backstory sequence (Special Episode: "Everlight") | Apple TV+ | ||
| Devil May Care | TZGZ | |||
| Looney Tunes Cartoons | "Red, White and Bruised" | Warner Bros. Animation | ||
| We the People | Netflix | |||
| I Heart Arlo[45] | ||||
| Q-Force | ||||
| Chicago Party Aunt[46] | 2021–22 | |||
| The Harper House | 2021 | Paramount+ | ||
| Maya and the Three | Signatory services | Netflix | ||
| Inside Job | "Buzzkill" (additional design) | |||
| Fairfax | 2021–22 | Amazon Prime Video | ||
| Harriet the Spy | 2021–present | Apple TV+ | ||
| The Legend of Vox Machina | 2022–present | Animation[47] [48] [49] | Amazon Prime Video | |
| 2022 | Amazon Video | |||
| Human Resources | 2022–23 | Netflix | ||
| Trivia Quest | 2022 | |||
| Love, Death & Robots | "Kill Team Kill" | |||
| Duck & Goose | 2022–present | Apple Studios | ||
| Beavis and Butt-Head | Animation | Paramount+ | ||
| Pantheon[50] | 2022–23 | AMC+ (season 1) | ||
| Amazon Prime Video (season 2) | ||||
| The Paloni Show! Halloween Special | 2022 | Animation; "Palonis", "Banana Party", "Shitty Betelgeuse", "Slashtronaut" | Hulu | |
| My Dad the Bounty Hunter | 2023 | 2D sequences | Netflix | |
| Kiff | 2023–present | Disney Channel | ||
| Super Turbo Story Time | 2023 | MotorTrend+ | ||
| Agent Elvis | Netflix | |||
| Digman! | 2023–present | Comedy Central | ||
| Royal Crackers | Adult Swim[51] | |||
| Frog and Toad | Apple TV+ | |||
| Pupstruction | Disney Junior | |||
| 2023 | "Those Old Scientists" (animated sequences) | Paramount+ | ||
| Scavengers Reign | Max | |||
| The Ghost and Molly McGee | "Game On" (animation production) | Disney Channel | ||
| The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy | 2024–present | Amazon Prime Video | ||
| Angry Birds Mystery Island[52] | ||||
| Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Animation | Paramount+ | ||
| Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld | 2024 | Netflix | ||
| Invincible Fight Girl | Animation | Cartoon Network | ||
| StuGo[53] | Disney Channel | |||
| Everybody Still Hates Chris | Animation | Comedy Central | ||
| Among Us[54] [55] | TBA | TBA | ||
| Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult | Magic Machine | |||
| Golden Axe[56] | Animation | Comedy Central |
| Title | Year | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club) | 2001 | Animation | |
| Breaking the Habit | 2004 | With Gonzo Digimation | |
| Dirty Little Thing | Animation (produced for ka-chew!) | ||
| Heartless | 2009 | ||
| Black Rain | |||
| The Wind | 2012 | ||
| Miss Atomic Bomb | Animation | ||
| The Story of O.J. | 2017 | Character animation | |
| Hallucinate | 2020 | ||
| Don't Cry | |||
| Yankee and the Brave | |||
| Area21 | 2021 |
| Title | Year | Production company | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Dee and Dexter | 2003 | Produced for Klasky Csupo | ||
| The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl | 2008 | [61] | ||
| Barko | 2009 | |||
| Pinched | 2010 | [62] | ||
| Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| Gotham City Impostors animated shorts | 2011 | |||
| Diablo III Wrath | 2012 | [63] | ||
| Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me | Captain Super Ultra Mega Smile Man segments | |||
| R.I.P.D. | 2013 | |||
| Very Important House | 2015 | |||
| Team Hot Wheels Search for the 5th Driver! | ||||
| Space Face | ||||
| Menehunes | ||||
| Don Vs. Raph | ||||
| We Strike Hard and Fade Away Into the Night | ||||
| Toonami Exquisite Corpse | 2017 | Adult Swim | ||
| Rick and Morty Exquisite Corpse | ||||
| Bluehilda | ||||
| Heroes of the Storm Obey the Call | Blizzard Entertainment | [64] | ||
| Imaginary Friend Society: Long Hospital Stays | Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation | |||
| Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures | 2018–20 | |||
| Lost Kitties | 2018 | |||
| 2019 | ||||
| HBO Backstories | "Barry" | |||
| WTF is Christmas? | 2021 | Opening animation | ||
| It Takes Three | 2024 | 2D animation |
| Title | Year | Production company | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Neversoft | Cinematics[65] | ||
| Guitar Hero Aerosmith | 2008 | Intro and outro cinematics | ||
| Guitar Hero World Tour | Cinematics | |||
| 2009 | Cinematics[66] | |||
| Guitar Hero Smash Hits | Cinematics | |||
| Marvel Heroes | 2013 | Gazillion Entertainment | Opening cinematic | |
| The Legend of Korra | 2014 | PlatinumGames | Cinematics[67] | |
| Soundfall | 2018 | Drastic Games | Trailer | |
| Indivisible | Lab Zero Games | Opening cinematic (co-animated with Trigger) | ||
| Speed Brawl | Double Stallion | Animated launch trailer | ||
| Apex Legends | 2019 | Respawn Entertainment | "Stories from the Outlands: A Father's Letter" | |
| Purple Lamp Studios | Teaser | |||
| Hi-Fi Rush | 2023 | Tango Gameworks | Cinematics | |
| Spectre Divide | 2024 | Mountaintop Studuos | Animated launch trailer |