Bardel Entertainment

Bardel Entertainment, Inc. 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 Teen Titans Go!. On October 5, 2015, Bardel was purchased by Rainbow S.p.A., an Italian production company owned by Iginio Straffi and formerly co-owned by Paramount Global..

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