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Animated Slugfest: YUCA & Colossal Relaunch The Ring

Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Working with Brazilian animation house Colossal, The Youth directors Daniella Schuarts and Leonardo Salomão (aka YUCA) rally a massive team of artists for a mixed-media rampage thru the history of boxing for The Ring magazine.

Produced thru Riyadh agency BigTime Creative to relaunch the “the bible of boxing” first published in 1922, the film features frenetic action and dynamic interpretations of dozens of boxing greats in styles including CG, traditional cel animation, charcoal/pastel, stop-motion, collage, and a nod to director/animator Alberto Mielgo.

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Credits:

Client: The Ring Magazine

Agency: BigTime Creative
CEO: Mohammed Sehly
CCO: Rayyan Aoun
CD: Saymon Medeiros
ACD: Eoin Cronolly & Fadi Abdeen
Art Director: Bruno Freitas
Production Lead: Inas Nagy

Production: The Youth

Animation: Colossal
Director/writer: YUCA
ECD: João Machado, Eduardo Lubiazi
EP: João Machado, Daniel Maia, Eduardo Lubiazi, Carol Cherobim
Head of Production: Daniel Maia
Producer: Daniel Maia, Yasmim Uehara, Kazu Yamashita
Post Supervisor: Yasmim Uehara
Post Production Coordination: Nicole Lia Rêgo da Silva, Karla Milkem, Pamela de Almeida
Assistant Line Producers: Eduardo Harger, Alan José Dias, Everton Ricardo Sabino
DOP: YUCA
3D Coordinator: Yasmim Uehara, Livia Portugal
VFX Supervisor: Rodrigo Stradiotto, Boris Handsome, Lucas Almeida, Daniel Barros
2D Animation Supervisor: Felipe Simões, Bruno Brasil
Cleanup and Texture Supervisor: Denis Bargos
Project Manager: Amanda de Oliveira
Assistant Art Director: Janaína da Veiga
Production Coordinator: Carol Cherobim
Assistant Coordinator: Camila Pires, Lu Krasa
Account: Carol Cherobim, Camila Pires e Lu Krasa
Finance Department: Iza Lubiazi
Head of art: João Machado + YUCA
Screenplay: YUCA
Editor: Leonardo Salomão
Conform and Delivery: Ricardo Jug, Victor Balestrin, Leonardo Mariani
Conform Assistant: Maikon Miranda
Storyboard: Walfrido Monteiro
Concept Artist: Bruno Rosal, Fabio Miraglia, Diogo Saraiva, Natália Lima e Júnior Sapo Lendário, Antonio Lucas Alves Oliveira, Rhuan Gonçalves, Leonardo Vincensi, Boris Handsome
Texture Artist: Diones Ignacio, Mateuz Fernandes, Rhuan Gonçalves, Cassiel Costa dos Santos, Edu Souza, Paula Miya, Fabio Soro, Siddhartha Ahearne, Marcela Luiza Mendes
2D Animation Rough: André “Ruivo” Franco, Robb Reis, Alexandre Salles, Lucas Moraes, Diones Ignacio, Marcela Luiza Mendes, Siddhartha Ahearne, Ton Presley, Nana Siqueira
2D Animation Tie Down: Jeff Mouky, André “Ruivo” Franco, Robb Reis, Alexandre Salles, Lucas Moraes, Diones Ignacio, Siddhartha Ahearne, Ton Presley, Nana Siqueira, Marcela Luiza Mendes, Bruna Goddini, Eduardo Querubins, Alex Santos De Souza
2D Animation Clean-up: Mateuz Fernandes, Luiz Henrique Alvares, Ulisses Jucá, Willian Lieder, Carol Caporrino, Giovanna Jahjah, Taiza Nogueira, JP Andre, Moacyr Machado Cardoso Neto, Andressa Ataucei, Moacir Barros, Pedro Solano, Diones Ignacio, Ton Presley, Bruna Goddini
2D VFX Animation: Rodrigo Toporcov, Jeff Mouky, Robb Reis, Siddhartha Ahearne
3D Environment Modeling: Lucas Lira “Peronio”
3D Character Modeling: Giovani Kososki, Tiago da Silva
Lookdev: Boris Handsome, Pedro Conti, Giovani Kososki, Lucas Lira “Peronio”, Diego Esteves
Grooming: Giovani Kososki, Paulo Lima
Fur Simulation: Marcelo Souza
Clothes Simulation: Advaldo Vieira Alves, Marcos Leite
3D Props Simulation: Vini Lavor, Marcos Leite, Vinicius Abdala, Lucas Girotto, Gustavo Costa, Gabriel Leite
Rigging: Felipe Papa Gimenes, Everton Schneider
3D Animation Lead: Alexandre Eschenbach
3D Animation Supervisor: Lucas Almeida, Felipe Simões
3D Animation: Alexandre Eschenbach, Kawe de Sá, Bruno Cornelsen, Danila Ribeiro
Lighting and Rendering: Lucas Almeida, Diego Esteves, Thiago de Sul
Nuke Compositing: Michel Takahashi, Rodrigo Ridolpho, Beta Lewis, Fernando Leka, Jason Moreira, Nícolas Braga de Medeiros Nicolak, Matheus Silva
After Effects Compositing: Adelir Boeira “Cherry”, Guilherme Carneiro, Gabriel Rocha, Diego Loz
Motion Graphics: Janaina da Veiga,
Image Stabilizer: Everton Ricardo Sabino
Colorist: Johann Stollmeier, Erick Moraes

Printing Studio: Farbewerk Fine Art Lab
Printing Producer: Daniel Farbewerk

Painting Studio: ATELIÊ 39
Painting Artists: Ana Beatriz Artigas João Paulo de Carvalho

Stop Motion: Pedro Peluso, Ana Barroso Calle
Analogical Studies: YUCA, Gabriel Rolim
Stop Motion Retoucher: Siso

Posters Designer: “Xinoby” Alexander Dias

Boxing Gym: Boxe Training Club
Unit Director : YUCA
Fighters: Cristiano Simões, Marlos Simões, Ricardo Conan, Luana Barbosa, Gabriel Segalla
Mkof: Melvin Quaresma, Jheni Andrade

Music & Sound Company: Bumblebeat
Composers: Henrique Tanji, Lucas Sfair, Leonardo Lima
Sound Design: Henrique Tanji, Lucas Sfair, Leonardo Lima
Voice over: Michael Buffer
Mr Vergara’s Voice: Jed Herold
EP: Luisa Hacket

Sound Mix: Bumblebeat Team