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Animation Studio in London, UK

Animation that

powers brands forward

We combine art and technology to craft

animation that's impossible to ignore.

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CGI | Animation | Motion | 2D | 3D | VFX

Creativity without constraints

Frantic is the creative animation studio delivering high-end 3D animation and motion design for brands that deserve the hype.

As a global animation company based in London, we’ve partnered with some of the world’s biggest brands, and some of the boldest up-and-comers. For us, size doesn’t matter, ambition does. We have created animation for a diverse range of clients and industries, including brands, agencies, healthcare, entertainment, games, and startups, demonstrating our versatility and expertise.

Every animation project gets the same passion, precision and creative firepower, with a characterful animation style that brings vivid, expressive personality to every frame, whether it’s a global campaign or a single standout asset. Our structured development and production process ensures every project meets the highest standards, and our creative pipeline takes your idea from concept to delivery, optimised for all screens.

So if you’re a brand chasing brilliant content, or an agency seeking a reliable partner, you’ll find both here. We’re ready to take on any challenge, from a complex production to tight deadlines, our team of talented animators and producers bring every project to life. Talk with us about your project goals and discover why Frantic is trusted as one of the leading animation studios in the world.

Powered by possibility

We turn imagination into impressive visuals that move people, products and perceptions.

Blending creative vision with technical precision, we push your company beyond physical boundaries. With skill, artistry and seamless delivery, we turn strategies into stories that show the world what you’re made of.

Every detail. Any angle. All dimensions. We craft groundbreaking CGI production that creates brand attention. As a future-forward animation studio, we create CGI that commands attention and earns results. High-impact visual engineered to move your brand forward. From photoreal products to kinetic concepts, our animations do more than tell your story, they sell it.

Whether you’re launching a product, rebranding a platform, or pitching to investors, our animation studio builds assets that scale with your ambition. We blend cinematic scope with commercial purpose, delivering not just visuals, but a visual strategy, designed to inform, persuade and convert across every channel.

End to end expertise,

making everything possible

Scripting and Storyboarding

Every great visual starts with a strong story. Our scripts and storyboards set the stage, turning bold ideas into captivating narratives ready for action.

CGI, Motion and Animation

From static visuals to dynamic motion, we craft ultra-real CGI and animation that turns ideas into action and brands into icons.

Voiceover and Sound

We design soundtracks and voices that hit the right note, amplifying your visuals with audio that moves audiences and brings every story to life.

Finishing and Delivery

Flawless visuals demand seamless polish. From final tweaks to localisations and repurposing, our post-production expertise ensures every frame is perfection.

Our client partners

At Frantic, we’ve collaborated with some of the world’s biggest brands and agencies.

But don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what some of our clients have to say about what we’ve done for them.

  • Frantic = legends. Briefs are nailed in record time, and the creative results are always a cut above even our best expectations. When in need of animation wizardry, look no further than Frantic.

    Impero
    Creative Director
  • Thank you so much to you and the team. A great suite of animations and everyone is so pleased with them. Appreciate your patience with us and dedication to getting everything just perfect!

    Molton Brown
    Senior Creative
  • Fantastic work! A real pleasure to work with.

    The Walt Disney Company
    Senior Producer
  • The videos look amazing! Really happy with the project! We’re super excited to get them live.

    Sony Europe
    Brand Marketing Manager
  • I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for the incredible work on the animation! The final result looks fantastic, and we truly appreciate the creativity, effort, and attention to detail your team put into it. It’s been a pleasure collaborating with you.

    Unitel
    Marketing Innovation Officer
  • Frantic produced a great animated video for us. They came up with great ideas and always reacted immediately to our requests.

    Fujitsu
    Content Programme Manager
  • It’s been really great being involved in this project, thank you so much for being so accommodating and easy to work with! Hopefully we’ll get to work together in the future for another exciting project like this one.

    University of the Arts London
    Communications Manager
  • The finished film was an amazing interpretation of our brief. Finished on budget and on time. We were really pleased with the results and would be more than happy to work with Frantic again.

    Symphony Environmental
    Marketing Manager
  • Our experience with Frantic was excellent. From the moment I reached out with an urgent request, through to delivery, Frantic were brilliant – responsive, creative and helpful – and more importantly, receptive to a fairly prescriptive brief, able to turn what was imagined into a slick, eye-catching animation. Great work, highly recommended.

    Mura Technology
    Marketing Manager
  • Brilliant work on the animations – super quick, efficient and constant communication throughout! Frantic did a top job, looking forward to working with them again!

    Active Matter
    Producer
  • Top quality motion graphics, animation and service. Highly recommend.

    Wax/On
    Founder
  • Just shared at the show and tell and everyone loved the videos. Let me know how we can be a reference source for you, as we’re really impressed.

    Beamly
    CEO
  • Frantic are a fantastic partner. Speed, style and incredible customer service means working with them on any project is a pleasure. We have done a number of very polished CGI animation projects with the team and would recommend them completely. Impero will continue working with Frantic whenever we have motion needs.

    Impero
    Head Of Operations
  • Frantic were a pleasure to work with. They nailed the brief and gave us something we are really proud to get to market.

    Active Minds
    Director
  • Always awesome.

    Active Matter
    Managing Director
  • Absolute pleasure to work with the Frantic team. A great understanding of my brief and excellent creative output. Highly recommended if you’re looking for your ideas to be taken to the next level.

    Spinnaker London
    Creative Director
  • Thank you so much for all your work on this project, it has been a really smooth process and I have enjoyed working with you on this.

    COPA90
    Creative Director
  • The directors and I are delighted with the outcome and excited to see the general feedback from our partners and clients. It’s my first project I’ve been fortunate enough to work on involving 3D animation, which has been a real pleasure and great fun to work with yourself and the Frantic team.

    Tempestas Copper
    Head of Brand & Marketing
  • Frantic = legends. Briefs are nailed in record time, and the creative results are always a cut above even our best expectations. When in need of animation wizardry, look no further than Frantic.

    Impero
    Creative Director
  • Thank you so much to you and the team. A great suite of animations and everyone is so pleased with them. Appreciate your patience with us and dedication to getting everything just perfect!

    Molton Brown
    Senior Creative
  • Fantastic work! A real pleasure to work with.

    The Walt Disney Company
    Senior Producer
  • The videos look amazing! Really happy with the project! We’re super excited to get them live.

    Sony Europe
    Brand Marketing Manager
  • I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for the incredible work on the animation! The final result looks fantastic, and we truly appreciate the creativity, effort, and attention to detail your team put into it. It’s been a pleasure collaborating with you.

    Unitel
    Marketing Innovation Officer
  • Frantic produced a great animated video for us. They came up with great ideas and always reacted immediately to our requests.

    Fujitsu
    Content Programme Manager
  • It’s been really great being involved in this project, thank you so much for being so accommodating and easy to work with! Hopefully we’ll get to work together in the future for another exciting project like this one.

    University of the Arts London
    Communications Manager
  • The finished film was an amazing interpretation of our brief. Finished on budget and on time. We were really pleased with the results and would be more than happy to work with Frantic again.

    Symphony Environmental
    Marketing Manager
  • Our experience with Frantic was excellent. From the moment I reached out with an urgent request, through to delivery, Frantic were brilliant – responsive, creative and helpful – and more importantly, receptive to a fairly prescriptive brief, able to turn what was imagined into a slick, eye-catching animation. Great work, highly recommended.

    Mura Technology
    Marketing Manager
  • Brilliant work on the animations – super quick, efficient and constant communication throughout! Frantic did a top job, looking forward to working with them again!

    Active Matter
    Producer
  • Top quality motion graphics, animation and service. Highly recommend.

    Wax/On
    Founder
  • Just shared at the show and tell and everyone loved the videos. Let me know how we can be a reference source for you, as we’re really impressed.

    Beamly
    CEO
  • Frantic are a fantastic partner. Speed, style and incredible customer service means working with them on any project is a pleasure. We have done a number of very polished CGI animation projects with the team and would recommend them completely. Impero will continue working with Frantic whenever we have motion needs.

    Impero
    Head Of Operations
  • Frantic were a pleasure to work with. They nailed the brief and gave us something we are really proud to get to market.

    Active Minds
    Director
  • Always awesome.

    Active Matter
    Managing Director
  • Absolute pleasure to work with the Frantic team. A great understanding of my brief and excellent creative output. Highly recommended if you’re looking for your ideas to be taken to the next level.

    Spinnaker London
    Creative Director
  • Thank you so much for all your work on this project, it has been a really smooth process and I have enjoyed working with you on this.

    COPA90
    Creative Director
  • The directors and I are delighted with the outcome and excited to see the general feedback from our partners and clients. It’s my first project I’ve been fortunate enough to work on involving 3D animation, which has been a real pleasure and great fun to work with yourself and the Frantic team.

    Tempestas Copper
    Head of Brand & Marketing

A flawless process for faster progress

Our streamlined process turns ideas into action at the speed of imagination.

Research

We dive deep into your brand, product, and goals to understand your audience and ambition.

Refine

Creative concepts meet technical planning as we develop ideas that align with your strategy.

Realise

Our specialists bring your vision to life, crafting animation with pixel-perfect precision.

Release

We deliver visuals ready to captivate, engage, and perform across every platform.

Our animation services

Working from our animation studios between London and Oxford, we produce leading-edge motion design, CGI and 3D animation work for brands and agencies throughout the UK and around the world.

From high-end TV commercials to CGI animations to showcase a new product, we know the right techniques to drive audience engagement for your content.

We devise concepts, write scripts, model products, animate, render CGI stills, produce and deliver. We also partner with the best in the business across sound design, voiceover recording and music, so that your animation not only looks the part, but also sounds brilliant too.

We don’t pull animations out of thin air. Every project begins with an idea. Researched, tested, sketched, refined, until it’s not just fully formed, but exactly right for your objectives. And if you’re an agency with a creative treatment ready to go, we’re just as happy to bring it to life.

Tying everything together is the work we do in our studio. We know what it takes to run an efficient CGI animation workflow, whether that’s delivering 18 language versions of the same product video in 18 languages, or making sure a GIF does its job differently from an mp4.

But above all, we’re driven by passion for animation. We believe everything that moves on a screen should be beautiful. That’s why we put in the hours (from silly o’clock to sillier o’clock) to deliver the best possible work for every client.

We’re not just an animation production company. We’re the motion design studio brands and agencies trust first. We are Frantic.

FAQs

What styles of animation do you create?

From photorealistic CGI to stylised 2D motion design, character work to product renders. If it moves, we can make it.

How long does an animation project take?

Most projects run 4–8 weeks, depending on complexity and scope. A large scale project with multiple environments and complex simulations can take up to 12 weeks. Need it faster? We can scale our team to meet tight deadlines.

Do you provide scriptwriting and storyboarding?

Yes. We can take projects from initial idea through script, storyboard, design, animation, and delivery, or pick up at any stage if you already have a concept.

Do you work with agencies as well as brands?

Absolutely. We regularly partner with agencies to deliver high-quality animation under their creative direction, or step in as a full production partner when needed.

What does an animation project cost?

The cost depends on the scope. Things like length, style, level of detail, and how many deliverables you need. A simple motion graphic is very different from a cinematic 3D sequence. What we can promise is clarity: before we start, you’ll know exactly what’s included, what it takes to get there, and how it meets your objectives. No hidden extras, no nasty surprises – just a process designed to deliver the best value for your budget.

What's the difference between 2D and 3D?

While both kinds of animation will most likely be seen by viewers on a 2D screen, the difference between 2D and 3D animation is in the planes the videos themselves create. A 2D animation only moves vertically and horizontally in its space, whereas an object designed using a 3D animation process can move through the depth of its background. This is why most 3D animation is done through computer generation, while the majority of 2D animation is completed in illustrated form. 

Is CGI animation the same as 3D?

The short answer? Yes! CGI stands for computer-generated imagery and is the wider term for any visuals created digitally using computer software.

The term can be used interchangeably. 3D animation can be used to create a flat colour 3D look, but it is most commonly used by animation studios to create photo-realistic 3D animation and visual effects. CGI on the other hand is rarely used to describe more stylised looks.

Do you only create 3D animation?

No. While 3D CGI is a core strength, we also produce 2D animation, motion graphics, character animation, and mixed-media work, depending on what’s right for your project.

What if I don’t have a script or concept yet?

No problem. We can help shape your idea from the ground up: researching, scripting, and storyboarding to create a clear foundation before production starts.

Who do you typically work with?

Our clients range from global brands to startups, agencies, and non-profits. What they all share is ambition: they want to make content that cuts through and makes an impact.

Why animation instead of live action?

Animation gives you freedom: to simplify complexity, visualise the invisible, and push beyond physical limits. It can be more cost-effective, more scalable, and more memorable than live filming, depending on your goals.

Do you use AI in your animation process?

Yes, when it helps us move faster or smarter. AI can support tasks like generating style references, refining scripts, or automating repetitive production steps. But the creative heart of every project – storytelling, design, performance, emotion – comes from people. We use AI as a tool, not a replacement, to give you the best balance of efficiency, originality, and quality.

Can you repurpose content?

Yes. We design animations to work across multiple channels – social, web, broadcast, live events – optimised for the specs and attention spans of each.

Why choose Frantic over another studio?

Because we don’t just make things move, we make them work. Our focus is always on your business objective: sell, explain, train, persuade. Beautiful visuals are the start, not the end.

3D Animation Production

From new product visualisations for startups to adding the finishing touches to high-end beauty product commercials.

Frantic can provide your business with a wide range of 3D animation services.

As a leading UK based 3D animation company, we understand the complex workflows and processes required to deliver stunning, photo-realistic promotional animation, from detailed designs to intricate liquid animation. We work with clients internationally from our London and Oxford animation studios.

What is 3D animation?

3D animation is made up of three sequential stages, all of which are essential for making your videos look as good as possible.

As an experienced 3D animation studio, we understand that there’s a lot that goes into creating a 3D animated video, from designing every object it features, to lighting design, then rendering how they move within the 3D animated space. The process can be broken down as follows:

3D Modelling, Texturing & Lighting

In order to create high-quality 3D animated videos, the various 3D elements and objects need to be created and designed in advance of animation.

Once modelled, the surface and texture of every object will be designed. Each material reflects and absorbs light, casts shadows and interacts with other textures differently, and an object as complex as a car can require up to 200 different materials.

Animation

You might be surprised to see that animation itself is not the first part of the process, but there’s is a lot to consider, plan and design in advance before you’ve animated the first frame.

Since each moving part in a 3D animation needs to be manipulated accurately – whether by keyframe animation, using motion capture data, or programming a set path – preparation is essential for making your animated video look as impressive as it possibly can.

3D Rendering

The final part of the 3D animation process is 3D rendering, which turns the raw working 3D files into fully-finished animations.

As a highly technical endeavour in its own right, using the right renderer for the right task is very important to achieving the final look.

We use Redshift and Cinema 4D to give our animations the ultimate combination of realism, quality and speed.

EXPERTS IN

3D Liquids Animation

At Frantic, we have a deep understanding of many specialist areas, including how to set up, simulate, animate, and texture liquids for complex 3D animation.

This highly specialist area uses a lot of computing power and technical know-how, but the results are stunning. The technique also offers a vast range of flexibility for brands to showcase drinks, beauty products, or natural environments in a way that traditional live-action filming cannot achieve.

EXPERTS IN

Stop Motion Animation

A much more organic and tactile style of animation production, which involves photographing real objects and compiling a sequence based on a series of still photographs. 

Stop motion not only looks beautiful and traditional, but it can also create a unique tone of voice for any brand. It is also easily replicated, to stunning effect, without the need to actually shoot the real thing. Motion graphics and animation are rendered using a lower frame rate and shutter irregularities to simulate stop motion in a realistic way. Our 3D animation company has produced stunning stop motion productions for household brands and SMEs in London, the UK and worldwide.

Ready to show the world what you're made of?