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There are a lot of business and companies in Australia for the animation industry that cover a range of sectors of this industry. Surprisingly enough, there are quite a few Adelaide-Based companies that are big players in the industry, who have contributed to the industry. Some of these companies include the following:

Rising Sun Pictures

A well known Adelaide based company known for specializing in visual effects for movies. Primarily known for their contributions to the Harry Potter, X-Men and the Hunger Games franchises.

• Works focus on visual effects animation.
• Work on high profile films.
• Employ mainly compositors.
• An award winning studio and were nominated for an Oscar.
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AniFex
Another leading animation company that focus on stop-motion animation. They do a lot of advertisement work and have a lot of well known characters from TV adds.

• Based in Adelaide.
• Work mainly with stop motion animation.
• Get a lot of advertisement work but also create short and feature films.
• Have won numerous awards.
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MonkeyStack

An established animation company that works mainly with advertisements, but also works on animated TV shows, games, and concept art.

• Based in Adelaide.
• Work on both 2D and 3D animation.
• Get mostly advertisement work.
• Also work on separate animated shows and games.
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Asides from Adelaide based companies, there are still a lot of other animation based companies in Australia, these include the following:

Vishus

• Animation company.
• Based in Adelaide.
• Created the children's television show Figaro Pho.

Halfbrick Studios

An Australian games development studio responsible for the Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja franchises. 

• Based in Brisbane.
• Hiring game artists, programmers and QA testers.
• Focuses on games development for both mobile devices and the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One. 

Animal Logic

An award winning animation and visual effects studio situated in Sydney, Australia. They have worked on major films such as The Lego Movie, Prometheus, Happy Feet and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.

• Currently hiring for various positions for both their Sydney and Vancouver studios, such as lighting artists, C++ developers and many more positions.
• Specialize in both animation and visual effects for film.
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