Build in Public: March 2025 Update

Welcome to our latest CGWire and Kitsu update! Over the past three months, we’ve been hard at work, and we’re excited to share all the progress, new features, and improvements we’ve made. Let’s dive in! 🚀

Kitsu Updates 🦊

We’re continually adding new and exciting features to Kitsu. Here are some of the highlights from the past few months:

We’ve improved the Production Schedule page with clearer views, visible task names, and hover-based durations—making planning easier than ever. Plus, navigating shot lists is now a breeze with new click-and-drag panning support, perfect for dense data or smaller screens. 🧩🖱️

2. Better Support for Traditional 2D Workflows

Kitsu now supports 2D (Paper) animation! Select this style when setting up a production to track drawings instead of frames—ideal for hand-drawn animation workflows and accurate paper-based reporting. ✏️📄

3. Faster Task Filtering & Playlist Building

Need to find something fast? You can now filter tasks by Studio and Department from the All Tasks page. And when building playlists, new buttons let you instantly add daily or all pending asset tasks, just like with shots. 🚀🎯

4. Smarter Previews

We’ve made reviewing visuals even easier: use the new Contact Sheet View to quickly scan preview files within an entity. And for 3D models, our viewer now plays looping animations and lets you switch between multiple loops. 🎞️👁️

5. Enhanced Drawing Tools

Kitsu’s drawing annotations now support pen pressure, offering dynamic line thickness for more natural and precise feedback. Bonus: if your device doesn’t support pressure, we simulate it based on path movement! ✍️🖊️

Infrastructure Updates 💽

We’ve continued to improve the robustness of our infrastructure this quarter by adding more automation around instance management. It’s now significantly easier to recover closed instances or migrate a Kitsu instance from one region to another.

Another improvement we made is that you can now see more metrics about your Kitsu instance on your account page. Active users, maximum users, and storage usage are now displayed alongside your instance information.

These upgrades reduce manual intervention, improve response time, and make it easier for us to support studios operating across multiple regions.

Events 🎫

We had a great time at GDC this year, where we made valuable new contacts and saw growing interest from the video game industry—particularly among contractors looking for lightweight, flexible production tracking solutions like Kitsu. 🎮
Next up, we’re getting ready for FMX in May and Annecy MIFA in June. If you’ll be attending, we’d love to connect—come say hi!

Finance 💰

The market continues to be challenging, with overall conditions making growth difficult across the industry. Despite this, our financial position remains solid. We’re staying cautious, but stable—focused on long-term sustainability while keeping a close eye on opportunities to grow when the time is right.

You can check out our public financial metrics below:

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This webpage shows the KPI of the company. We made them public because we are part of the Open Company movement. Transparency is important to build trust. Let us know if you want to see additional information.

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Communication 🗣️

Flow, a stunning animated film that used Kitsu as its production management software, brought home both an Oscar and a Golden Globe! 🎉 It’s a proud moment to see a Kitsu-powered production receive such high recognition on the global stage.
We’ve also begun early planning for the first-ever Kitsu Summit—a community event where studios, artists, and pipeline teams can come together to share ideas and workflows. We’re currently brainstorming presentation topics and exploring potential formats and pricing models. More to come soon!

Studios & Productions 🏫

Over the past three months, we’ve had the privilege of welcoming several top-tier organizations to the Kitsu family. These studios span games, film, and animation—and each one brings new energy, feedback, and creativity into the ecosystem.

Here’s the full list of recent additions:

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We’re thrilled to support these teams as they scale their pipelines, streamline their reviews, and bring incredible stories to life. Welcome aboard! 👋✨

Closing Notes ✍️

As we close out Q1, we’re more excited than ever about what’s ahead. Between new features, infrastructure gains, and growing interest from studios of all sizes, Kitsu continues to evolve in meaningful ways.

Your feedback and ideas keep us grounded and ambitious. If you’ve got thoughts, we’re always listening—drop us a message, suggest a feature, or just say hi.

Thank you for reading! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. 💬 See you in June for the next update! 👋