Bardel Entertainment

Bardel Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Bardel Animation) is a Canadian animation studio founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1987. The studio's name comes from its founders, Barry Ward and his wife Delna Bhesania.

Bardel is involved in the acquisition, development, production and distribution of animated programming. The studio is best known for animating Rick and Morty, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Dragon Prince. On October 5, 2015, Bardel was purchased by Rainbow S.p.A., an Italian studio owned by Iginio Straffi and formerly co-owned by Paramount Global until January 2023.

In September 2021, Bardel appointed Tina Chow as CEO and Richard Grieve as COO.