10 Oct 2008
7:00 pm


ANTS forays into animation and gaming production
 
By ANKITA SHAH

Bangalore-based Animation Training major ANTS (Animation Training School) has forayed into animation and gaming production with the launch of its production arm Antroid Productions. The studio will be involved in outsourcing as well as IP creation. It already has some projects in the pipeline.

"We always aimed at setting up a production house sometime in the future but decided to focus on one thing at a time. In the beginning we kept our focus on academia to produce the required expertise for the industry and now we are ready for production," ANTS MD Chetan S told AnimationXpress.com.

ANTS will now be operational through two divisions, namely ANTS Academy and Antroid Productions.

An investment of Rs 50 lakh has been made for the production house, which is around 7500 sq ft large, with state-of-the art technology. The studio’s team of 15 has people with varying experiences ranging from 2 to 22 years.

Antroid Productions has already received projects related to game art and game development. The studio will also produce animation and VFX. In due course of time, the studio plans to induct students passing out from the academy.

Regarding their future plans, Chetan commented, "Currently we are just beginning with production work for clients in gaming and are concentrating on producing content of the highest quality for them; but our long term plans include animated features, TV series as well as visual effects.”

“In the next five years, we hope to see the studio triple in capacity and involved in IP production across all verticals," Chetan concluded.

ankita.shah@animationxpress.com

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