Indie animation has been increasing in popularity recently. It’s clear there is more demand than ever for fresh stories with creators, not large corporations in control. I thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of channels with the aim of getting more eyes on the smaller projects, and more people into indie animation as a whole.
To be eligible for this list, creators must be producing an original animated (2d or 3d) work of fiction not based on an existing property. Storytime animators and collections of animated skits (e.g. ASDFmovie) while great and loved by many are not the “right vibe” for this list.
How to use this list
Creators will be listed in alphabetical order by channel name followed by the name of the show in [square brackets]. The list will be updated periodically based on recommendations in the comments. All the initial channels listed here will be from YouTube, but feel free to suggest creators on other platforms.
Various notes will be provided as superscript numbers, the meanings are as follows:
- ^1 - Only a pilot released
- ^2 - Pilot not yet released
- ^3 - Channel frequently uploads other content not related to their own animation
But first the big one
The biggest name in the indie animation space right now is Glitch Productions they make several shows including the immensly popular “Murder Drones” and “The Amazing Digital Circus” with at least two more series currently in the works. For this reason, and because they have also done a lot of work to promote other indie animators I feel they deserve a special mention above the list.
The list
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- 11:11 Animation [Enceladus V^1 ]
A
- Alistocrat [Hugo’s Mind Palace^1 ]
B
- Browntable^3 [Interstellar Ranger Commence]
C
- Coal Town [Coal Town^1 ]
D
E
F
- Far-Fetched [Far-Fetched^2 ]
G
- Georden Whitman [Port by the Sea^1 ]
- Glitch Productions - SEE SECTION ABOVE
- Green Tea3 [Strawberry Hill^1 ]
H
I
J
K
L
- Lackadaisy [Lackadaisy^1 ]
M
- MAKE Originals [House on the Outlands]
- MechWest Show [MechWest]
- Mirandamations [Atlas and the Stars^1 ]
N
- Nezhahah [Heathens^2 ]
O
- Olan Rogers [Godspeed^1 ]
P
- Paul Georghiou [Day Job]
Q
R
- Rainbott [The Epilogue of Endings]
S
- Steamroller Animation [Spice Frontier^2 ]
- Studio Starseed [Cosmic Travellers^2 ]
T
- To Binge [Pandora’s Cubicle]
U
V
- Vivziepop [Helluva Boss]
W
- Wigglewood [Wigglewood Tales]
- Worthikids [Bigtop Burger]
X
Y
Z
- Zeddyzi [Ramshackle^1 ]
The greentea link isn’t working, seems to be the only one that isn’t working.
And for additions to the list, I suggest Mechwest
Thanks for letting me know about that link - weirdly, there was nothing wrong with the link I posted, there just seems to be a bizarre issue on YouTube’s end where that handle in particular just doesn’t work?! Fortunately the legacy /channel/[channel-id] url format does work so I’ve been able to fix it. Thanks for recommending MechWest, it looks awesome!
So glad you added Vivziepop, they are still indie with HelluvaBoss.
- WiggleWood [WiggleWood Tales]
- Worthikids [Bigtop Burger^3?]
Are we counting Vivziepop’s helluva boss?
Are we counting Vivziepop’s helluva boss?
Damn it, I had the feeling there was a big one I’d missed! Thanks for these, I’ll add them to the list
Edit: done, and also clarified note 3. Note 3 only really exists because looking at Browntable’s channel it’s not actually that easy to find Interstellar Ranger Commence unless you know to go looking for it.
