Animated Features Lift Japanese Box Office To New Post-Pandemic Heights
Japanese box office numbers rose from 2022 to 2023, although there is still a long way to go before the country hits its pre-pandemic figures.
Japanese box office numbers rose from 2022 to 2023, although there is still a long way to go before the country hits its pre-pandemic figures.
Notably, all seven of the films also had theatrical releases, making a strong argument that a theatrical run can pay dividends for years after a film has left cinemas.
Tenerife’s animation and vfx industries are booming thanks to highly competitive tax incentives and an influx of talented artists.
Lumiere advances the tech industry’s push to generate animation through artificial intelligence.
Visual effects supervisor M. Scott McKee shares insights and artwork from behind the scenes of Netflix’s upcoming feature.
Gaming giant Embracer continues a restructuring made necessary by the collapse of a $2b investment deal in mid-2023.
Developed by computer scientists at the University of Chicago, Nightshade confuses AI training models with bad data.
‘In Lies We Trust’ is the feature adaptation of Ishan Shukla’s 2016 Oscar-qualified animated short.
Universal will bring ‘Despicable Me’ back to theaters on July 3.
Bush’s 30-plus year career included stops at Film Roman, Disney TV Animation, WB Animation, and Jim Henson Company.
The supernatural feature is the latest from ‘The Guardian’ director Zhigang Yang, popularly referred to as Busifan.
‘Piece by Piece’ is produced by Focus Features and will hit U.S. theaters on October 11.
After its theatrical run, ‘Stopmotion’ will head to the Shudder streaming platform on May 31.
Tribeca is teaming with Giant Pictures to distribute independent films across streaming platforms and generate revenue for filmmakers.
Ponoc, founded by former Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, previously produced ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’ and ‘Modest Heroes.’
The film will be produced by Mattel, Shadowmachine, Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, and Anthony Ramos.
The layoffs come three months after the company purchased Activision Blizzard for $69 billion.
The year’s race features a 1920s-set stop-motion immigration tale, a vibrant mother-daughter story, and a sci-fi noir thriller.
Artists Animation Studio will focus on 2d Harmony and hand-drawn animation services for productions aimed at all ages.
A Kyoto District Court Judge said the man was neither mentally incompetent nor in a diminished mental state at the time of the attack.
‘The Brave Locomotive’ is a musical throwback to a bygone era featuring all the hallmarks of mid-century animation.