Which studio animated Pixar’s Coco?

Pixar Animation Studios animated Coco.

Pixar developed and produced the film as a computer-animated feature, creating its living-world town, expansive Land of the Dead, expressive skeleton characters, and detailed musical performances. The animation had to make the dead characters visually distinctive while keeping them emotionally readable and family-friendly.

Coco was released through Disney, but Disney and Pixar are not interchangeable credits. Pixar Animation Studios made the film, while Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures handled its distribution. The distinction matters because viewers often identify a movie by its distributor rather than its production studio.

The film’s visual development drew on research trips to Mexico. Artists studied architecture, crafts, cemeteries, public celebrations, and family traditions before translating those references into an original fantasy setting. Coco’s production therefore combines Pixar’s computer animation techniques with a carefully researched cultural environment.