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Collaboration with Highly Unlikely on LEGO NINJAGO's new Serpentine Kingdom set with including...
Concept, character design and world building.
Creature, mech and vehicle interpretations of the sets in 2d.
Creating a complete 28 second adventure in a saturday morning cartoon style.

We teamed up with director David Mellor and the awesome crew at Highly Unlikely to create a commercial for the new set of Ninjago creatures and vehicles. The brilliant and playful folks at LEGO allowed us to explore their world in a breathless flurry of 2D.

We wanted to capture the non-stop pace of a classic 80s cartoon title sequence as the real-world boy is transported to the underwater kingdom in full 2d animation.

Picnic Studio Animation LEGO Ninjago Anime 2d

Client: LEGO
Production Company: Highly Unlikely
Director: David Mellor
Executive Producer: Alexander Davis
Producer: Marilyn Napaul
DOP: Jordan Buck
Editor: Laura Cairney-Keize
Grade: NICE SHOES
Music and Sound Design: BOX OF TOYS
Online Editor: James Littlemore
Picnic Studio:
Director: Liam O'Connor
Exec Producer: Mina Song
Storyboard: Louis Kynd
Creature and Vehicle design: Thành Trần
Background art: Igor Piwowarczyk
2D Animation: Leandro Vargas, Phương Pipou, Thành Trần
Additional Colouring: Amix Film
Lead Compositor: Chris Sayer