Aniventure is a British content creation and intellectual property company based in London, England and set up in 2013 to produce family-oriented feature animation.
Aniventure works with production partners to take feature film concepts from pitch development through to completion. It has a first-look service deal with visual effects and animation service studio Cinesite.
In February 2016 it was announced that Comic Animations was in development on an animated feature adaptation of the stage production Riverdance, in association with River Productions and Cinesite.
The following year it was reported that they had entered into a partnership with the Harold Lloyd estate to adapt Harold Lloyd based animated content.
In 2019 Klaus, the traditionally animated Christmas adventure written and directed by Sergio Pablos, was released. Produced by his company SPA Studios in partnership with Atresmedia Cine and Aniventure, the film was distributed by Netflix. Klaus won seven awards at the 47th Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature, and also Best Animated Film at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards. It was the first animated film from Netflix to be nominated for an Academy Awards. That year, Comic Animations changed its name to Aniventure. would be the first film to be released under the Aniventure label.
In November 2019 Aniventure's association with Blazing Samurai, to be later renamed , was announced (reported to be loosely inspired by the Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles). A collaboration between Aniventure and GFM Animation, the news came on the first day of the American Film Market in 2019 that the project was fully-funded and moving into production at Cinesite.
In October 2020, Aniventure revealed the voice cast of its upcoming animated film Hitpig!, with Peter Dinklage and Lilly Singh in the leading roles. The film is based on Berkeley Breathed's picture book Pete and Pickles.
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