About Us

Big Bad Boo Studios is an award-winning, creative-led animation and production studio that originates, develops, produces and distributes compelling kids’ content. Our shows, books and games  are entertaining, educational, and multicultural. Our programs have broadcast in over 100 countries and 40 languages. We also operate our own streaming service, Oznoz.com, which offers premium family content in over 10 languages.

With studios, facilities and teams in Canada, the United States and Austria, we are proud to work with a roster of international broadcasters and local partners alike. Our animation facility in beautiful Yaletown offers a full range of animation production services for clients and original shows alike. All our offices have a green production and sustainability directive, named GREENCAP, which ensures our pipelines are efficient, environmentally conscious, and mindful. We leverage European and Canadian incentives, enabling us to produce shows at competitive rates, making us an ideal co-production partner in the global landscape.

Original IP Development

Big Bad Boo Studios prides itself on creating original IP in-house. Having developed multiple original productions, our team is well-versed in ideation, character development, character design, story development, bible creation and pitching new series ideas. To date, we have been finalists or winners at many international pitch contests, including the Mip Junior Pitch Contest in Cannes, Central and Eastern European Animation Forum, The Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield and Cartoon Forum. We understand what broadcasters are looking for and tailor our shows to meet their brand’s needs.

We have worked with world-class networks such as Hulu, Netflix, CBC Kids, Disney, Al Jazeera Children’s, TVOkids and many others.

21ST-CENTURY SKILLS, LITERACY AND NUMERACY

All Big Bad Boo shows are designed to be super entertaining for kids but also educational. When developing shows, our teams not only work with award-winning creatives from places like Disney and Warner Bros. but also include educators, childhood development psychologists and other subject matter experts from Sesame Workshop, PBS and departments of education worldwide.

All of our programs teach 21st-century skills, tightly aligned with globally recognized frameworks including CASEL, OECD and UNICEF Life Skills. We also create cartoon-based curricula used by schools, ministries of education, UNICEF and other educational institutions in over 15 countries and 40 languages.

Our Head of Childhood Development and Curriculum, Dr. Sholly Fisch, is the former Head of Childhood Development, Research and Curriculum for Sesame Workshop. Outside of 21st-century skills, we also develop shows and curricula that teach and accelerate foundational literacy and numeracy skills.

But don’t worry—while our shows are educational, they are first and foremost entertaining for kids!

Production

At Big Bad Boo Studios, we oversee the entire 2D animation production pipeline under one roof. We not only create, develop and finance new IP, films and TV series but also raise funding and produce the shows in-house.

Our pipeline includes: idea generation, script writing, character design, background design, prop design, storyboarding, editing, animatics, animation, voice recording, music composition, mixing and delivery. We always keep story and characters in mind, and we are proud to have produced twelve award-winning animated series to date.

We welcome co-productions with like-minded producers from around the world. We also work as partners, consultants or executive producers, providing deep support for young creatives who need guidance from an experienced crew.

DISTRIBUTION

We distribute children’s content to traditional broadcasters, international television stations, online platforms, second-window platforms and sub-distributors for monetization and scale.

Our distribution team has direct contacts with over 120 consumer channels worldwide, with strongholds in North America and Europe. We regularly attend children’s television markets, industry events and festivals for training, networking, selling and expanding our network. These include Mipcom, Kidscreen, Cartoon Forum and many others.

Top broadcasters include: CBC Kids, Hulu, TVOKids, SRC Radio-Canada, TFO, Okto Singapore, PBS Kids, Hop Channel, RTP Portugal, Teletoon, Disney Channel, Bein, Gloob Brazil, ICI TV, VmeKids, Edye, Discovery Kids and Oznoz.

Curriculum

Alongside our TV shows, we create complementary curriculum materials and help partners implement them in schools, libraries, community centers, museums, universities and special events.

Our curriculum programs cover:

  • Civic education
  • Social-emotional learning
  • Executive function
  • Climate change
  • Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Cultural programs for preschoolers and school-aged children

So far, Big Bad Boo has participated in over 400 events centered around Persian culture, celebrating Norooz, Tirgan and Yalda. We have also collaborated with hundreds of museums to celebrate various cultures, such as Chinese New Year, and have implemented science programs through our series Galapagos X.

Workshops

Big Bad Boo has a proud history of training young talent in writing, storyboarding, animation and production.

Our free, regular BIPOC Workshop Series, launched in 2021, is designed to help young BIPOC creatives hone their skills, build their portfolio and network with decision-makers in the children’s industry.

Our partners include Canadian Media Fund, CBC Kids, Shaw Rocket Fund and others. To learn about the next workshop, follow our company’s LinkedIn page, where we post the latest company news.