EXCLUSIVE: Smiling Friends creators Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel and producer Aron Fromm have teamed to launch Zam Studios , a new Los Angeles-based independent animation studio.

Zam will focus on high quality animation, VFX, production and post-production of all types, according to Cusack, Hadel and Fromm. The studio will also offer client services for television, feature film and commercial projects, as well as creating original content.

“Zam will focus on what matters most in animation – high-quality work made by people who understand the process, are obsessed with craft and have a knack for producing cartoons that recapture the magic of years past,” Cusack, Hadel and Fromm said in a joint statement.

The studio is handling all specialty and mixed media animation, live

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