Assemblage Entertainment is an Indian animation and visual effects studio headquartered in Mumbai, founded in December 2013, by industry veteran AK Madhavan (fondly known as Madmax). The studio distributes animation productions of major Hollywood studios and other independent production companies from around the world.

Background

In September 2015, Assemblage Entertainment completed work on its first feature animation film, Blinky Bill the Movie, a full-length feature film co-produced by Flying Bark Productions, Telegael.

Starting with a team of fewer than 20 artists in the suburbs of Mumbai, the company has grown rapidly into a studio of over 450 people, working on full-length features for global audiences. It has established itself as a leading independent player in animation, with numerous projects from global producers. The CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai mentioned Assemblage Entertainment as forebear of their Google Cloud Platform at the GCP Next Global User Conference on 23 March 2016.

The company also experiments with different types of film making. Recently, it ventured into short-film making with Living Idle.

Visual effects In 2021, the company set up their VFX unit and was one of the leading VFX studios to work on Rocketry: The Nambi Effect directed by R. Madhavan. The movie was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was appreciated by critics and audience alike. Assemblage also received a Filmfare Awards nomination for Best VFX in 2023.

Feature films # Title Release date Production companies Distributor/Network 1 Blinky Bill the Movie Flying Bark Productions Studio 100 (international sales) StudioCanal (Australia) 2 Norm of the North Splash EntertainmentTelegael Lionsgate Films 3 Arctic Dogs AMBI Media GroupAIC StudiosTATATU Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures 4 Sneaks18 April 2025 Cinema Gypsy ProductionsLengi StudiosHouse of CoolGFM AnimationAshland Hill Media FinanceRTG FeaturesRabbits BlackWaffle Iron Entertainment Briarcliff Entertainment5 Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie 26 September 2025 DreamWorks Animation Universal Pictures 6 Stitch Head 29 October 2025 Gringo FilmsGFM AnimationStudio RaketeAniventureFabrique d'imagesSenator FilmTraumhaus StudiosWild Bunch Briarcliff Entertainment7Groove TailsTBAImprint EntertainmentAloe EntertainmentTBA8I, ChihuahuaSnafu PicturesMexopolis9MoonedWhisper Pictures

TV series # Title Release date Network 1 Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir TF1 2 Trollhunters Netflix 3 Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt Netflix 4 Puffins Apple TV+ 5 Super Giant Robot Brothers Netflix 6 Eureka! Disney Junior 7 S.M.A.S.H Max 8 Jipo & Baby Puffins Amazon Prime Video 9 Morphle and the Magic Pets Disney Junior 10 Press Start! Peacock 11 The Three Musketeers ZDF/France TV/RAI 12 Wolf King Netflix

Visual effects # Title Release date 1 Rocketry: The Nambi Effect 2 Chhaava 3 Raja Shivaji 4 G.D.N 5 Varanasi

DVD # Title Release date 1 Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure 2 The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today 3 The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover 4 The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery 5 Norm of the North: Keys to the Kingdom 6 Norm of the North: King Sized Adventure 7 The Swan Princess: Kingdom of Music 8 Norm of the North: Family Vacation

Awards Group Category (Recipient) Result ANN Awards 2024 Best Preschool show for Morphle and the Magic Pets Best Animated Digital Series for Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Best Animated Series for Puffins Impossible Studio of the Year ANN Awards 2023 Best Preschool show for Eureka! Best Animated Digital Series for Booba Best animated series for Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Best Partnered Animation Work for Super Giant Robot Brothers Filmfare Awards 2023 Best VFX for Rocketry: The Nambi Effect ANN Awards 2025 Best Preschool show for Press Start! Best animated series for Wolf King Best Partnered Animation Work for Wolf King Best Animated Full Length Feature Film for Sneaks (film) Studio of the Year Zee Cine Awards 2026 Best VFX for Chhaava Indian National Cine Academy (INCA) Awards 2026 Best VFX for Chhaava

Short films The FAB Gift of Life (2018)

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