Big Cat Studio Co., Ltd. ( Chinese: 大貓工作室股份有限公司

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: Dà māo gōngzuò shì yǒuxiàn gōngsī) (also known as Big Cat Studio, and formely Big Cat Studio Ltd.) is a Taiwanese

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studio based in

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. The studio was established in 2012 by Wang Wei Xiu. It is best known for creating the animated fantasy black comedy show

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History

Big cat was founded in December 25, 2012 by Wang Wei Xiu, in 2014 Big cat released his first short film "First Launch" who has been praised by his animation and has been selected in the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival of 2014, later in 2018 Wei Xiu colaborated with Yang Zi Ting in the short film "Our Moon" which has been selected in the South Taiwan Film Festival. Bigcat studio logo 2013-2017

In 2019 Big Cat colaborated with Fourdesire and

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for his first animated series "Diego and Pea", which it was released in July 14, 2019,the series was well recived by the Taiwanese audience. Later in July 4, 2021, in association with Aries Creative they released his most recognized project "

", which is based on the comic book series by Yellow Book, the series was praised by the audience and won to Best Animated Series in the

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,in September 1, 2021, the series was released worldwide on Netflix.However, due to the expiration of a 3 -year distribution contract, the series was removed from the catalog in August 31, 2024, currently all episodes can be seen on

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. In 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, and it's set to be released in August of 2025. Adittionally in September 12, 2021, in association with the Ministry of Sciense and Technology of Taiwan, They released "The Brainly Giant" an educational animated series who combine the teachings about the

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with a

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history, it was released first in PTS 3 and later in FTV. On July 31, 2024, it was revealed that Big Cat Studio and Aries Creative will produce and animate the sequel of the 1988 film "Grandma and her Ghosts", The sequel was produced through a fundraising campaign that ran from September 6 to October 15. The project reached its goal on September 16, raising a total of NT$13.1 million.

Filmography

Television

Films

Short Films

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