Midnight Oil Animation

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Midnight Oil Animation

A trusted and reputable name in factory fresh "toon-ups!" We're reimagining what’s possible for the medium and doing it one spark at a time.

Midnight Oil Animation is a company that excels in inventive animated content and top-tier storytelling. Our award-winning, full-service indie animation studio exists to make creator-driven stories that deviate from the ordinary. Fueled by open collaboration, original thinking, and excellent storytelling, our singular mission is to set the whole animation world ablaze with daring quality content!

Midnight Oil takes a chance on the mavericks, dreamers, and weirdos who dare to infuse their offbeat tales with a turbocharged dose of heart and emotion. We don’t just work on in-house projects–we’d love to collaborate with you, too! Our dedicated team of producers, animators, illustrators, composers, and writers can help bring your ideas to life, whether it’s an animation, graphic novel, music video, storyboard work, or something more. Our team has what it takes to help you strike oil with your projects. Some of the best ideas are made at Midnight!

07/21/2024

Some awesome news that was 5 years in the making- Midnight Oil Animation is so excited to present to you some behind the scenes photos of our upcoming pilot, "BUBBE!" BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR UPDATES!!

06/13/2024

YOPPAMAN IS PUBLIC!! This is such an amazing project we got the opportunity to work on. Big thanks to Six Point Harness, Zack Fox, Donald Glover, and Chibuyum for giving us a shot to prove ourselves!! Another big thanks to our Midnight Oil Animation team. Thank you all so much for working with us, and you should be very proud of yourselves!! I appreciate you peeps, and keep shining as always!! WATCH YOPPAMAN: HAPPY GRITS TRAINING VIDEO ON YOUTUBE!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXmw-VNi7VQ
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-Midnight Oil Animation Internal Credits-

Animation Supervisor:
DeLon R. Warren

Animation Producers/ Line Producers:
Barry Strum
DeLon R. Warren

Production Assistant:
Michael McClean

Animators:
Alex Graboyes
Starr Horton
Kalvin Kulz
Ciel Lopez
Yuki Mori
Caleb Nelson
Emily Serrano
Michelle Velasco
DeLon R. Warren

Additional Colorists & Clean Up:
Irem Epikmen
Davey Jarrell
Sammi Kay
Berkeley Rosenstein

Layout & Background Artists:
Wasan Hayajneh
Caleb Nelson
Florence Wu

Editing & Compositing By:
Wasan Hayajneh
DeLon R. Warren

06/12/2024

What’s good, everyone?!
Tune into Gilga.com at 1:30 p.m. PST to hear the story of (and watch!) the anime short our company Midnight Oil Animation did animation services for Six Point Harness, Donald Glover, and Zack Fox!

04/12/2024

We're excited to announce that Midnight Oil Animation was given the honor of contributing to this awesome new show, which will premiere on August 9th via Apple TV+! Thanks, Six Point Harness, for having us be part of this fantastic journey!

Director: DeLon R. Warren
Animator: Michelle Velasco
Background Artist: Megan Maniago
Production Cord: Barry Strum

Today, Apple TV+ revealed a first look at the new 10-episode series Yo Gabba GabbaLand!, inspired by the Emmy Award-nominated Yo Gabba Gabba!, to premiere globa

01/11/2024

Went a lil too fast there!

: Jennifer Alice Wright
: Katie Hood
: Sterling Gavinski

11/26/2023

Beware the Pizza Poltergeist

: Katie Hood
: Brett Scanlon
: Sterling Gavinski

11/03/2023

Kids can be so cruel :(

: Green Ohlson
: DeLon Warren, Banti D
: Sterling Gavinski

10/20/2023

Midnight Oil's Origins, The Story Behind The Wheel!

It all started with a car colliding into an abandoned gas station… allegedly… Peep the fantastical journey behind the wheel of MIDNIGHT OIL ANIMATION thus far! ⛽️

Illustrator: Ciel Lopez

10/13/2023

Creativity is the card we're playing

: LiquidCultureShock
: David Amberg
: Sterling Gavinski

09/14/2023

Use Bubbles to rid yourself of pesky mosquitoes 🦟

Storyboards: DeLon Warren & Banti D.
Animation: Caleb Nelson
Music: Sterling Gavinski

08/18/2023

Hey everyone, meet our studio mascot, the short-tempered Robi (row·bee) Muffle. She passionately runs the Gas Station here at Midnight Oil and is considered:

THE HONORARY EMPLOYEE OF THE FORė̷͎̞̮̰̯͈̯̭̣̮̹͚̮̼͛̋̀͑̏̐̑̌̄̉͌͗̽̕ṿ̴̢̨̗̲̓̎̔̀̿̓́̊͆ȩ̴̢̠̦̤̮̖̥̥̃͊͜͠r̴̖͈̞̗̤̝̘̟̦͊̍̈́̀̽̎̓̌͌͌̍̏̿͠ͅŖ̸̬̺̠͍̺̙̗̹̼̰̃̐R̷͓͋̒̔̊̾̍̍̒͗͝R̸͔̲͖̳̣̲̘̘͗R̸͚̮̣̔̆̑̆͌̈!!

Robi usually can shoo away the oddities that circle the mini-mart, but ever since she slipped on an oil puddle and cracked her CPU, her programming has been a bit… janky. But business is a-boomin’, so if it’s broke, don’t fix it! 🤖

08/09/2023

Oil never tasted this sweet! Barry Strum DeLon Warren

08/05/2023

Let's make some cartoons!

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http://www.midnightoilanimation.com/

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What’s good, everyone?! Tune into Gilga.com at 1:30 p.m. PST to hear the story of (and watch!) the anime short our company Midnight Oil Animation did animation services for Six Point Harness, Donald Glover, and Zack Fox! #zackfox #donaldglover #happygrits #anime #Gilga

Went a lil too fast there! #Animation : Jennifer Alice Wright #storyboards : Katie Hood #music : Sterling Gavinski

Beware the Pizza Poltergeist #bumper2bumpers #Storyboards: Katie Hood #Animation: Brett Scanlon #Music: Sterling Gavinski

Kids can be so cruel :(

Kids can be so cruel :( #bumper2bumpers #animation : Green Ohlson #storyboards : DeLon Warren, Banti D #music : Sterling Gavinski

Creativity is the card we're playing #bumper2bumpers #Storyboards: LiquidCultureShock #Animation: David Amberg #Music: Sterling Gavinski #animation #animated

Use Bubbles to rid yourself of pesky mosquitoes 🦟 #bumper2bumpers Storyboards: DeLon Warren & Banti D. Animation: Caleb Nelson Music: Sterling Gavinski #animation #bumper #midnightoilanimation

Hey everyone, meet our studio mascot, the short-tempered Robi (row·bee) Muffle. She passionately runs the Gas Station here at Midnight Oil and is considered: THE HONORARY EMPLOYEE OF THE FORė̷͎̞̮̰̯͈̯̭̣̮̹͚̮̼͛̋̀͑̏̐̑̌̄̉͌͗̽̕ṿ̴̢̨̗̲̓̎̔̀̿̓́̊͆ȩ̴̢̠̦̤̮̖̥̥̃͊͜͠r̴̖͈̞̗̤̝̘̟̦͊̍̈́̀̽̎̓̌͌͌̍̏̿͠ͅŖ̸̬̺̠͍̺̙̗̹̼̰̃̐R̷͓͋̒̔̊̾̍̍̒͗͝R̸͔̲͖̳̣̲̘̘͗R̸͚̮̣̔̆̑̆͌̈!! Robi usually can shoo away the oddities that circle the mini-mart, but ever since she slipped on an oil puddle and cracked her CPU, her programming has been a bit… janky. But business is a-boomin’, so if it’s broke, don’t fix it! 🤖