The Animation That Changed Me: Wesley Louis on ‘Akira’
“I just don’t think we’ll ever get something that game-changing in animation again,” says Louis of Katsuhiro Otomo’s cyberpunk classic.
“I just don’t think we’ll ever get something that game-changing in animation again,” says Louis of Katsuhiro Otomo’s cyberpunk classic.
The manga spin-off took $44 million in its first three days in Japan, more than doubling the previous record.
The 2d charcoal-drawn short is one of the year’s top animated shorts and won the Golden Dove at DOK Leipzig.
Japan’s beloved crime-caper franchise is rebooted in 3d cgi with skill and smarts.
“Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time” wraps up the tetralogy of films that began in 2007.
Forget about live animation events in the U.S. in the first half of next year.
The streamer’s partnerships with the two high-profile creators bring diversity to the fore.
Some of the best, funniest, and downright weirdest films on the animated shorts circuit are now available to view for free online.
“Tut” is described as “an afro-futuristic, coming-of-age story of the boy king Tutankhamun.”
“In the years leading up to this crisis,” writes Warren, “your company prioritized the enrichment of executives and stockholders.”
We dive into the feature projects presented at this year’s pitching forum.
Italy’s View Conference is offering 125 events free to stream this year.
“Covid accelerated the rate at which we made this transition,” said CEO Bob Chapek, “but [it] was going to happen anyway.”
“I don’t see [France’s] cinema theatre as any riskier than school,” says Xavier Albert, Universal Pictures France’s managing director.
The trade body for the sector has slammed Disney’s decision in a statement.
“The animation industry is still a boys’ club,” says Hannah Lau-Walker, founder of She Drew That.
The film is the first to be directed by Pete Docter, the studio’s new chief creative officer, since 2015’s “Inside Out.”
A loving elegy to a friend lost to suicide.
The opening segment of the first new “Animaniacs” episode is a tribute to its executive producer Steven Spielberg.
Netflix’s animation ambitions are to do what “no major studio has ever done.”