 Peter Lawrence aimed to " go beyond cartooning and into animated film @-@ making " for the show 's storytelling . Producers contracted seven studios to animate the first season , including Pacific Animation Co. in Japan and Toon 's Factory in France . Japanese and Korean animators drew traditional cel sequences and added color ; an international team handled digital post @-@ production and QuestWorld scenes . Teva , a subsidiary of Total Group , organized a post @-@ production team in Paris , led by Eric <unk> , Gilles <unk> , and Pascal <unk> . Using video post @-@ production high @-@ end specialized tools , including Henry , Spirit , Flame , and others , the team strove to deliver a high @-@ speed computer editing and post @-@ production process . The majority of the first season 's footage was digitally inked and painted to enhance background elements . Producers applied the process in excess of twenty hours per episode , adding light effects , rain , snow , glitter , reflections , and fog . 
