Quick guide for people who need help understanding whether a studio is ‘Independent’ or not:

Studio Trigger -> Not a subsidiary -> Independent
Titmouse -> Not a subsidiary -> Independent
Spindlehorse -> Not a subsidiary -> Independent
Glitch Productions -> Not a subsidiary -> Independent

April 03, 2026 - 16:59 UTC

5
0
37
Go off king people have been weird about the term indie online

Like if you want to get technical Get Out was a indie film
0
0
6
>“Erm, Hazbin isn’t independent”

Shows themselves can’t be independent. Shows merely advertise platforms.

U.P.A. made shorts for by Columbia Pictures, but that didn’t mean they weren’t independent.

Studio Trigger making PASWG Season 2 for Amazon doesn’t make them not independent.
1
0
19
Like, this isn’t an intellectual exercise, these are questions with very clearly defined answers lol. You can find all this out yourself. The quickest way to find out if a studio is Independent or not is to look up whether or not it is a subsidiary of a larger corporate umbrella.
1
0
10
Continued:

Studio Ghibli -> Subsidiary of NTV -> Not Independent
*Pixar -> Subsidiary of Disney -> Not Independent
*Lucasfilm -> Subsidiary of Disney -> Not Independent

*Formerly Independent, later acquired by a larger company
1
0
14
Could Don Bluth be considered an example of formerly independent, later acquired by a larger company?

Even though the original Bluth Entertainment company went defunct due to bankruptcy, both Bluth and Gary Goldman eventually moved into the short lived Fox Animation Studios...
1
1
1
Most Animation Critics will say they love independent art and exclusively cover studio made art made by subsidiaries of larger corporate umbrellas. Most of them have a superficial love for the medium, and only stick around for the high of acting like they’re too smart for literal children’s movies.
1
0
10
The Mario Movie: Criticism NOT Welcome 😤
1
0
13
Follow me I talk about art sometimes
0
0
3