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UpskillingCebuanimators.

Cebu's animation studios produce for international clients. Cebuanimation gives them the contracts, IP strategy, tax compliance, and business skills to own that work. Funded through the ADB SunPH grant. Running through November 2026.

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Cebu has the animators. We teach the business.

Cebu's animation studios are technically strong. Many operate without formal knowledge of intellectual property law, tax compliance, contract structures, or business development strategy. Cebuanimation was built to close that gap.

The network brings qualified trainers and expert speakers directly to member studios and open participants across Cebu island — building an animation industry that owns its craft on both sides: the creative and the commercial.

11
Member studios
4
Training tracks
ADB
SunPH grant, Phase 2
Nov 2026
Phase 2 end date
SunPH Phase 2 Launch — Appreciation of Speaker James Tan
January 2026
SunPH Phase 2 Launch Session
Cebuanimation Branding Workshop — Corporate Compliance, Fundraising, and IP for Startups and Creatives session
March 2026
Cebuanimation Branding Workshop
Cebuanimation OrgDev and Leadership Series 1 — virtual session
May 2026
OrgDev & Leadership Series 1
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Four key training areas.

Sessions are led by practicing experts — attorneys, marketers, and business operators who work in the creative sector.

Track 01

Finance & Legal / IP

Intellectual property law, taxation for creative freelancers and studios, contract structures, licensing, and royalty frameworks. Covers the legal instruments every studio needs before taking on an international client.

SGV Quest Ventures Micaela Gabot · Bellolandia Atty. Kenneth Varona Atty. Rami Hourani
Track 02

Marketing

Client acquisition, portfolio positioning, and pitch strategy for international clients. How to get found, how to get hired, and how to grow a studio's client base beyond local referrals.

Dual Story
Track 03

Organizational Development

Studio management, team structure, HR practices, and scaling from freelance to studio operations. How to build an organization that can sustain growth, navigate hard client seasons, and grow headcount deliberately.

Speakers to be confirmed
Track 04

Technical Animation

Animation pipeline optimization, production efficiency, and quality control for international-standard output. Where the industry is heading and how Cebu studios can be ahead of it.

TOEI Philippines Warrior Art Camp

Session archive.

Every session runs against a specific business problem that Cebu animation studios face. These are the ones we've run so far.

May
2026
OrgDev & Leadership Series 1 — Building Your Audience from the Ground Up
Creative entrepreneurship fundamentals: audience-building, crowdfunding mechanics for independent animation projects, equity structures, and pitch strategy for creative businesses. Open session with 29 participants across Cebu's animation and creative sector.
29 participants Track 03 · Organizational Development
Mar
2026
Cebuanimation Branding Session
Co-creation workshop on the Cebuanimation visual identity — defining how the network presents itself to studios, partners, and the broader Philippine creative industry.
Facilitators: Fatima Tamala · EJ Viviene Cabataña · Ryan Tan Yu
Feb
2026
Dual Story × Cebuanimation
Collaborative session on co-production models, cross-studio collaboration frameworks, and how Cebu studios can structure partnerships for larger international projects.
Full session details available in Drive — Feb 5, 2026 transcript
Jan
2026
SunPH Phase 2 Launch Session
Official launch of the ADB SunPH Phase 2 grant period — orientation on scope, participating studios, training tracks, and program objectives for the full cohort running through November 2026.
Full session details available in Drive — [TSF] SunPH Phase 2 slides

Member studios.

Cebu-based animation and creative production studios participating in the network. Open to all studios operating within Cebu island.

Mata Technologies, Inc.
Emotoons Animation and Gadgets Shop
Damselfly Animation Studio
Exodia Services, Inc.
Cebu Advent Development Corporation
Enigma Kai
Polypix Studios
RAK SON OPC (ROCKSON)
XI XXVIII Studios Corp.
Pear Crate Media Inc.
Holysoft Studios Inc.

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Who makes this possible.

The originator
CCCI

Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The term "Cebuanimation" was originally conceptualized within CCCI's creative-industry and ICT-BPM committees in the early 2020s. The Chamber's work framing Cebu's animation sector as a distinct cluster worth naming is the conceptual origin of the program. When Mata and The Sandbox Foundation took on operations, the term — and the constituency — carried forward from the Chamber.

Program owner and operator
TSF

The Sandbox Foundation Inc.

The non-profit incubator under whose banner Cebuanimation runs. The Sandbox Foundation holds the program identity and the constituency relationship with the network — the studios come to Cebuanimation because of the Foundation's standing in the Cebu creative sector.

Mata

Mata Technologies Inc.

The operating entity behind Cebuanimation. Mata is the signatory on MOAs, the employer of the program team, and the fiscal handler of the SunPH grant. The operational infrastructure — scheduling, speakers, documentation, grant compliance — runs through Mata.

The funding stack
ADB

Asian Development Bank

ADB designed and capitalized SkillsUpNet Philippines as an employer-led skills development program. The primary funder in the grant stack.

DTI

Dept. of Trade and Industry

Joint government partner on SunPH. DTI 7 (Region VII / Central Visayas) provides on-the-ground oversight. DTI 7 announced the Cebuanimation Phase 2 award in October 2025.

TESDA

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

Second government partner on SunPH. Manages the technical-vocational alignment and certification side of the program.

PTTC

Philippine Trade Training Center

Implementing agency under DTI. Runs the SunPH program mechanics: proposal evaluation, grant disbursement, network visits, and liquidation review.

SunPH Secretariat

Cebu's animation industry doesn't have a talent problem. It has a business infrastructure problem. Cebuanimation is the fix.

The networkmeets monthly.

Sessions are open to member studios, enrolled participants, students, and creative professionals across Cebu island. Bring a problem. Leave with a framework.

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