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Entertainment ProvidersCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
CounterPunch, A Virtuos Studio, is a mid-sized CG animation studio based in Culver City, California, delivering a full-service production pipeline for animation projects. It handles facial and full-body animation using both hand-keyed and motion-captured approaches, and it develops textures and shaders for both pre-rendered and real-time rendering. The company also designs and implements production pipelines tailored to each project's needs and budget, supports on-site startup, and conducts client approvals at every stage, with transparent budgeting and cost reporting. The founders are Andrew Egiziano and Kay Arutyunyan, and the studio is supported by an experienced team with backgrounds across feature films, episodic television animation, AAA video games, and commercials. It serves a broad set of entertainment-industry clients seeking high-quality animation services and scalable pipelines, maintains global partnerships with motion-capture studios, and is licensed to use Faceware for facial animation. In June 2024, the studio announced a collaboration with 343 Industries, underscoring its active engagement with major players in the field.