Studio La Cachette
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Animation |
| Founded | 2014 in Paris, France |
| Founder | Ulysse Malassagne, Julien Chheng, Ousama Bouacheria |
| Headquarters | Paris , France |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ulysse Malassagne, Julien Chheng, Ousama Bouacheria |
| Products | Animation for television and film |
Studio La Cachette is a Paris-based French animation studio established in 2014 by Ulysse Malassagne, Julien Chheng, and Ousama Bouacheria. The studio has gained recognition for its animation contributions to Genndy Tartakovsky's series Primal and Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, as well as its involvement in projects like Love, Death & Robots and Star Wars: Visions.
History
In 2013, La Cachette first attracted attention with Kairos, an animated trailer for Malassagne’s comic that quickly went viral across animation news platforms. Following this, the studio created a 2D animated sequence for the French CGI feature film Mune: Guardian of the Moon (2014), where Bouacheria contributed as a storyboard artist.
By 2019, La Cachette was responsible for the sole fully 2D episode in Netflix’s adult animation anthology Love, Death & Robots. Concurrently, Genndy Tartakovsky enlisted the studio to produce the pilot episode of Primal, which premiered on Adult Swim in October 2019 to widespread critical praise. The show was renewed for a second season in 2020 and has earned five Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. Plans for a third season are underway.
The studio partnered once more with Tartakovsky on Unicorn: Warriors Eternal (2023), a long-developed concept originating from his early Cartoon Network tenure, which also received favorable reviews.
In 2023, Lucasfilm selected La Cachette among several studios to produce shorts for the second volume of Star Wars: Visions. Julien Chheng wrote and directed "The Spy Dancer", which was released on May 4, 2023, alongside other notable shorts.
More recently, the founding members have embarked on individual ventures. Malassagne’s adaptation of his comic, Le Collège Noir, premiered on October 31, 2023, on the French SVOD platform ADN. This six-episode series was produced in partnership with Japanese studio Toei Animation. Bouacheria is developing Mehdi, Avis de Passage, inspired by his time working as a postman before studying at Gobelins, l'école de l'image, while Chheng is creating Mu Yi, a fantasy film influenced by Chinese folklore.
Television
| # | Title | Premiere date | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love, Death & Robots: "Sucker of Souls" | March 15, 2019 | Netflix |
| 2 | Primal | October 8, 2019 | Adult Swim |
| 3 | Star Wars: Visions: "The Spy Dancer" | May 4, 2023 | Disney+ |
| 4 | Unicorn: Warriors Eternal | May 5, 2023 | Adult Swim |
| 5 | Le Collège Noir | October 31, 2023 | ADN |
| 6 | Devil May Cry: "The First Circle" | April 3, 2025 | Netflix |
Short films
- Le Royaume (2010)
- Kairos (2013)
- The Ballad of Bea & Cad (2018)
Contract works
- Mune: Guardian of the Moon (2014)