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Ghibli Co-Founder Reveals Dark Side of Isao Takahata: He ‘Destroyed So Many People’

In new comments, Studio Ghibli producer and co-founder Toshio Suzuki talks about the dark side of “Grave of the Fireflies” director Isao Takahata.

Happy 94th birthday to a living legend, Gene Deitch, who was born on this day in 1924.

The Adult Swim animator and voice talent died almost penniless, which some say could’ve been prevented.

Bodega will exclusively represent animation director Ken Duncan in the U.S. market for advertising.

Advice from one of L.A.’s most respected character designers.

Del Toro is gettting into animation in a big way!

“The Incredibles 2” will have its French premiere at Annecy.

The living animation master turned 85 years old today.

A Disney legend is stepping down after 40 years at the studio.

Pixar’s oldest employee, Luckey played a key role in the early years of the studio’s feature films.

Nathan Greno will create and direct an original animated feature for the fast-rising Skydance.

Creators can learn a lot from how Butch Hartman announced that he’s leaving Nickelodeon.

Warner Bros. Animation shares some photos with us of the big party they threw for this year’s Annie Award nominees.

Happy birthday to the last living animator from the Golden Age of the Walt Disney Company.

Jennifer Yuh Nelson reveals how she became the first woman to solo direct an animated feature.

PBS is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Disney’s “Bambi” with a new documentary about its Chinese-American production designer, Tyrus Wong.

Google is celebrating animation pioneer Oskar Fischinger, whose work paved the way for music videos and motion graphics.

Leo Matsuda, the director of “Inner Workings,” has left Disney to pursue opportunities as a director.

“In the end of the day, you are serving someone else’s story,” director Erick Oh says about working at Pixar.

This doesn’t happen often, but animators Kirsten Lepore and Bill Plympton have been the subject of discussion on recent late-night talk shows.