NicThic Productions (formerly NicThic Studios until 2007) is an American-Canadian animation company and film distributor based in Leicester, New York in the U.S. and in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. Founded by D.A. Nichols and Abbey Thickson in April 2005, the studio is an independent studio run by Nichols and Thickson. NicThic creates animated feature films, short films, television series, and video games, which are mostly centered around children, teens, and early young adults. The studio has currently produced a total of 90 feature films, with its most recent being The Origin Of The Simpsons (2023). It is also best known for its franchises including Fox's Island, Ash & Lance, Bad Kitty, Skippyjon Jones, and later sequels of Rock Dog.
Its subsidiaries include NicThic Cinemation Studios, NicThic Interactive Studios, NicThic Home Entertainment, NicThic Violence Studios, NicThic/Fredbear Animation, Lyrick Studios, Shadow Projects, Nickson-Graf Enterprises, and a 50% share of Mandoo Pictures.
On November 1, 2019, Harmonic Entertainment announced their intent to acquire NicThic Productions, with the acquisition completed on January 2, 2020.
