An independent animation studio · Clifton Forge, Virginia

Nostalgia reborn.Worlds built to last.

An independent animation studio with a published fantasy saga, a five-property original universe built to grow up with its audience, and a restoration pipeline that brings classic animation back to today's screens.

3 novels in print · 5 connected properties · 1 founder-built mythology

Quest Animation logo — a golden compass shield
What we do

Old craft, new worlds

A studio built on two loves: the Saturday-morning classics that raised us, and the original stories still waiting to be told.

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Original worlds

The Ravenwood Universe — five connected properties on an audience ladder that runs from family storytime to adult fantasy.

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Restoration services

Remastering and modernization for networks, platforms, rights holders, and archives — classic content, made broadcast-ready again.

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Classic revivals

Bringing beloved animation back to new screens and new generations — announcements to come.

The stories that shaped a generation deserve a studio that can carry them forward.

Quest Kids channel logo
Our kids' channel

Saturday mornings live here

Quest Kids is our own destination for family animation — a bright, wonder-first channel built the way Saturday mornings used to feel. It's the family gateway to the Ravenwood Universe: the home of Old Garrick's Fireside Fables and the warm village years of Elderwood as they come to screen.

Launching soon · Made for families · Safe by design

Studio services

We restore classics — starting with yours

A full remastering and modernization pipeline for networks, FAST operators, rights holders, and archives — the same craft we bring to our own productions.

SD → HD / 4K

AI-assisted upscaling with manual polish, artifact cleanup, and scene matching.

Restoration

Dropout and noise correction, stabilization, color recovery, archival masters.

Compliance & captions

Broadcast-legal QC, FCC and streaming captions, multi-language subtitles.

Delivery

ProRes, DNxHR, H.265, and IMF — OTT-, FAST-, and broadcast-ready.

And then, after dark

When the sun goes down, the real story begins: a founder-created, wholly-owned story universe — from family firesides to adult gothic horror.

Quest Fantasy — the banner for the dark half of the universe
The Ravenwood Universe

Ten books. Two tones. One mythology.

Five connected properties form an audience ladder — each rung darker than the last. Viewers don't age out of the universe. They age up inside it.

I

Fireside Fables

A live-action and animation anthology — Old Garrick tells tales by the fire. The first original into production.

All ages
II

Elderwood

Four warm seasons of Thorin's village years — ending the very night the film begins.

Ages 6–11
III

Stormweaver

The event film — Book I of the saga, adapted for the screen.

Family / 8+
IV

Thorin's Quest

The action saga continues beyond the film, drawn from Books II–VI.

Teen / Adult
V

Thorn & Veil

Adult gothic horror under a separate banner — Thorin's twin daughters against the Sundered God.

Adult

From storytime to adult fantasy — one mythology, climbing with you.

Painterly study of Thorin Ravenwood and the lightning-wolf Stormfang Thorin & Stormfang — painterly study
The event film

Stormweaver

  • Three novels already in print — with verified five-star reader and editorial acclaim.
  • Book IV is 95% complete — and the series is mapped through Book X.
  • A 72-shot pilot production package is finished — pre-production can start on day one.
  • Elderwood feeds it; Thorin's Quest extends it — the kids' series ends the night the film begins.

"A decade of adaptable source material — already written, already mapped."

In print now

The Stormweaver Saga

Three novels in print — the source material behind the film and series slate. Book IV is 95% complete, and the saga is mapped through Book X.

The Stormweaver Codex

The Company, on record

Character codex cards from the production bible — the art and lore development already done. Drag or scroll to meet the Company.

Codex card: Thorin Ravenwood, Heir of Storm and Steel Codex card: Stormfang, Wolf of the Storm Codex card: Eilidh, Shield of Thorin Codex card: Garrick, the Warden Codex card: Rennik, the Watchful Ranger Codex card: Lirael, the Mystic Codex card: Shiori, Keeper of Blossoms
The pipeline

Artists, amplified

One AI-human hybrid pipeline powers both worlds — Saturday-morning fun and Ravenwood dark alike — with human leads holding quality at every gate.

Write

Weeks, not months

A writers' room supported by AI drafting and localization compresses pre-production.

Design

Characters stay true

Custom-trained style models keep every frame on-model; artists refine, AI iterates.

Animate

Months, not years

Hybrid generation plus human polish collapses animation cycles.

Protect

Authorship on record

Human creative authorship is documented at every stage — registrations, logs, chain of title.

"The goal isn't replacing artists — it's amplifying them."

The studio

Built in Clifton Forge, Virginia

A working production home

A phased studio build-out in the Alleghany Highlands — production floor, voice booth, and remastering infrastructure under one roof.

A state that backs film

Virginia's production incentive programs and motion picture funds make it one of the smartest places in America to build an animation studio.

Jobs where they're needed

A creative-economy anchor for a historic railroad town — training and hiring local talent as the studio grows.

Founder & CEO

Steven Turner

Artist first. MFA studies at Columbus College of Art & Design, where he served as a Disney Animation intern working alongside the artists creating The Lion King.

Technology gave it back. After a career-ending injury closed his illustration career, he spent 17+ years in broadcast and media technology, including building AI captioning systems.

Operator. Founder and CEO of IMN/SimulTV, built to a negotiated $30M acquisition agreement; later President of Mojo Media.

Author. Published fantasy author — three novels of the Stormweaver Saga in print, and creator of the Ravenwood Universe.

"Every studio starts as two kids drawing."