Studio Yotta

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Studio Yotta
IndustryAnimation
Founded2012; 14 years ago (2012)
FounderJacob Ganz
Brandon Clark
Headquarters
St. Petersburg, Florida
,
United States
Key people
  • Jacob Ganz (owner)
  • Joel Cheetham (art director)
  • Joshua Tomar (co-owner/systems engineer)
Websitestudioyotta.com

Studio Yotta (officially Studio Yotta LLC[1]) is an American independent animation studio founded by Jacob Ganz and Brandon Clark in 2012.[2][3] The company consists of a remote team of artists and animators that produces animation for the internet, video games, and television. The studio derives its name from "Yotta-", a metric prefix that denotes a factor of 1024.

History

Studio Yotta was founded in 2012 by Jacob Ganz and Brandon Clark. Ganz and Clark's animation careers originally began on Newgrounds, joining the website under the monikers "jakeganz" and "Bug", respectively.[4][5] The studio initially assisted in producing online web animations, with some of their earliest works including projects by Chris O'Neill, Harry Partridge, and Arin Hanson.[6] The studio's first attempt at industry work would be producing webisodes for OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes in 2016.[7]

Many of Studio Yotta's creative talents got their start producing independent web animations on sites such as Newgrounds and YouTube during the heyday of online Flash animation.[3][8][9] In an interview with Anime News Network, Ganz stated that one of his goals with Studio Yotta is to leverage online connections to bridge the gap between independent web animation and the professional animation industry.[10]

In 2024, Studio Yotta officially incorporated as a limited liability company in Florida.[1]

Filmography

Television series

Series Year Notes Network
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes 2016–17 "Rad", "Enid's Bad Day", "Barrels and Crates", "Power-Up!!!", and "Commercial" shorts[7] Cartoon Network
Planet Panic 2017 Animated short Nickelodeon
Rick and Morty 2018-19 "Bushworld Adventures"[11][12] and "Edge of Tomorty: Rick Die Rickpeat" (Ferro fluid sequence)[13] Adult Swim
ThunderCats Roar 2018 Opening Cartoon Network
Amphibia Opening[9] Disney Channel
Twelve Forever Opening Netflix
Smiling Friends 2020-24 "Desmond's Big Day Out",[14] "The Smiling Friends Go to Brazil!", and season 2[15] Adult Swim
DuckTales 2020 "Astro B.O.Y.D.!" sequence[7] Disney XD, Disney Channel
Animaniacs "Bun Control" (Anime sequence)[7] Hulu
Digimon Ghost Game 2021–22 "Scribbles", "Nightly Procession of Monsters", "Warped Time", and "The Land of Children" Fuji TV

Web series

Title Year Original network(s) Notes
Hellbenders 2012 YouTube "A Hellbenders Christmas"[6]
BearShark 2013 CollegeHumor, Nintendo Video "Space", "Money", "Dragon", "Ghost", and "Old"[6]
Starbarians YouTube "Episode 1.5" and "Episode 2" (animation assistance)[6]
Timewaster 2014 "Goodbye Babe" (background art), "Copper Kids" (inbetweens)
Obituary: A Grave Beginning 2016 Pilot[16]
JonTron 2018 Opening
Gig Work 2025 Pilot[17]

Feature films

Title Release date Co-production with Distributor Notes
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity April 6, 2018 Don Mischer Productions, Netflix Studios Netflix "Charity Brothers" sequence
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell March 1, 2021 Small Biggie Productions, Netflix Animated sequence[18]
Craig Before the Creek December 11, 2023 Cartoon Network Studios Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Additional animation

Music videos

Title Year Artist Notes
With Animation You Can! 2013 Harry Partridge Animation
Luigi's Ballad Starbomb Animation assistance
It's Dangerous to Go Alone Animation
Back to Tamriel 2014 Harry Partridge Animation assistance
Smash! Starbomb Animation
The Hero of Rhyme
Minecraft is for Everyone Additional animation
The Simple Plot of Metal Gear Solid Animation
Oh Mama 2018 Run the Jewels Run the Jewels/Rick and Morty crossover music video[11][12]
Waking Up Down 2020 Yaeji Production

Video games

Title Year Production company Notes
Skullgirls 2013 Lab Zero Games DLC characters[6]
SpeedRunners 2014 tinyBuild YouTuber packs
Rivals of Aether 2017–20 Dan Fornace Launch trailer and intro cinematic (2017/2020), Ori reveal trailer (2017), Shovel Knight DLC announcement (2018)
Full Throttle Remastered 2017 Double Fine
Sonic Mania Sega Opening and ending cinematics[7]
Brawlhalla Ubisoft Cinematic launch trailer
Battle Chef Brigade – Deluxe Edition 2018 Adult Swim Games Animated launch trailer[19]
Duck Game 2019 Trailer
Shantae and the Seven Sirens WayForward Additional animation
Crystal Crisis Nicalis Pre-visualization
River City Girls WayForward Trailer and cinematics
Indivisible Lab Zero Games Animation
Neon White 2022 Angel Matrix Opening cinematic[20]
Vampire Survivors poncle DLC trailer
The Battle Cats 2025 PONOS Corporation Sonic the Hedgehog x The Battle Cats animated trailer[21]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Studio Yotta LLC". Sunbiz. Florida Division of Corporations. August 5, 2024. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  2. ↑ "About Page". Studio Yotta. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Reeves, Ben (December 22, 2018). "How Flash Games Changed Video Game History". Game Informer. Retrieved January 31, 2026. In 2012, a group of Flash animators met on Newgrounds and formed Studio Yotta, a successful freelance animation studio that has worked on games like Skullgirls as well as the Cartoon Network show OK K.O.
  4. ↑ "Jacob Ganz at Newgrounds.com (jakeganz)".
  5. ↑ "Brandon Clark at Newgrounds.com (Bug)". Archived from the original on October 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Studio Yotta — Works". Studio Yotta. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Planty, Blake (November 20, 2020). "FEATURE: The Animaniacs Animators Who Love Anime". Crunchyroll. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  8. ↑ Jenkins, Tom. "Growing Your Own Animation Channel". Skwigly. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Braly, Matthew; Taylor, Drew (March 2025). The Art of Amphibia. Marina del Rey, CA: Tokyopop. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-4278-7560-0. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  10. ↑ May, Callum (April 14, 2017). "How Online Animators are Revolutionizing Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Whalen, Andrew (April 2, 2018). "'Rick And Morty' April Fools' Day Episode, 'Bushworld Adventures,' Premieres Instead of Season 4". Newsweek. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Reilly, Luke (April 3, 2018). "Adult Swim's Aussie Rick and Morty Parody Special Is a Wild Ride, Mates". IGN. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  13. ↑ Studio Yotta [@StudioYotta] (November 14, 2019). "Huge thank you to the team at @RickandMorty for the opportunity to work on the Season 4 premiere's Ferrofluid sequences!" (Tweet). Retrieved February 2, 2026 – via Twitter.
  14. ↑ Sarto, Dan; Hofferman, Jon (January 6, 2022). "'Smiling Friends' Provides Big Laughs in a Small, Suspicious-Looking Package". Animation World Network. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  15. ↑ Schwarz, John (July 1, 2024). "Season Review: Smiling Friends Season Two". BubbleBlabber. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Obituary". Character Design References. November 24, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  17. ↑ Lucena, Jorge (June 28, 2024). "From Concept to Cult Following: Co-Creators Max Giraldo and Andrew Giraldo Defy Streaming Service Drama with 'Gig Work'". Flaunt Magazine. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  18. ↑ Adams, Tim (March 5, 2021). "The Notorious B.I.G. Turns Into a Hip-Hop Superhero in Animated Short for Netflix Doc (Exclusive)". CBR. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Battle Chef Brigade - Trailer du jeu (animé par le Studio Yotta)". Catsuka (in français). August 30, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  20. ↑ Joshua, Orpheus (June 13, 2022). "Neon White Reveals Captivating Opening Movie By Studio Yotta". Noisy Pixel. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  21. ↑ Studio Yotta [@StudioYotta] (July 25, 2025). "Our deepest gratitude goes out to @PONOS_EN and SEGA for giving our team the opportunity to produce this special promotional animation! It was an honor for us to work on this project, and we look forward to the collaboration's release on 8/4" (Tweet). Retrieved February 2, 2026 – via Twitter.

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