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The Oscar Shortlist Interviews: What Inspired The 15 Stories
The first in a three-part interview series with the shortlisted filmmakers for the Best Animated Short Academy Award.
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NBCUniversal To Take The Top 3 Animation Box Office Spots From 2022 As ‘Puss In Boots’ Continues To Put Up Big Numbers
Universal’s other two winners in 2022 were “Minions: The Rise of Gru” and “The Bad Guys.”
Why Did AMC And Netflix Drop Their Adult Animation Series ‘Pantheon’ And ‘Inside Job,’ And Could Either Come Back Elsewhere?
Adult animation fans and artists take another hit as two more series get canceled, with ‘Pantheon’ removed from AMC+ entirely.
Nvidia’s Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine, Designed To Simplify Animating Avatars, Enters Early Access
Developers can now access the suite of cloud-native AI microservices that make it easier to build and deploy avatars at scale.
Chris Ledesma, Music Editor On ‘The Simpsons’ Who Worked On Over 730 Episodes, Dies At 64
Ledesma was a prolific music editor, and worked on other animated shows including “The Critic” and “Mission Hill.”
‘Cricket & Antoinette,’ Croatia’s First-Ever CG-Animated Feature, Releases Tomorrow
The film, directed by Luka Rukavina and produced by Zagreb-based animation studio Diedra, will be distributed in more than 30 territories.
Oswald The Lucky Rabbit Shorts, ‘Metropolis,’ ‘The Jazz Singer’ Headline 2023 Public Domain Arrivals
Each year on January 1, thousands of films, books, and musical compositions become available for free public use.
‘ARK: The Animated Series’ Gets First Trailer With Star-Studded Voice Cast
The series is directed and co-showrun by Jay Oliva, whose animation studio Lex-Otis is producing.
‘Puss In Boots’ Finds New Legs Over New Year’s Weekend As ‘Avatar’ Continues To Dominate
And ‘Strange World’ inched closer to ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’ in total NA box office.
‘Chainsaw Man’ Stage Adaptation In The Works For Late 2023
The production will play in Tokyo and Kyoto in September and October of next year.
GLAS Animation Festival Will Relocate To Santa Cruz For A New In-Person Edition
The festival’s in-person return will take place in 2024.
Animation Coming To Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, And More In January 2023
Hulu debuts ‘Koala Man’ as other platforms bring back favorites including ‘The Legend of Vox Machina,’ ‘Vinland Saga,’ and ‘The Bad Batch.’
India’s Government Is Backing An Ambitious Growth Plan For Animation, VFX, And Video Games
Over the next eight years, India aims to have two million people working in the animation, vfx, and gaming industries.
12 Standout Animated Streaming Series That Defined 2022
Here are twelve animated series released in 2022 that we’ll be talking about for years to come.
What Happens When ‘Steamboat Willie’ Hits The Public Domain In 2024?
We explain what happens when Disney loses the copyright to ‘Steamboat Willie,’ but still owns the Mickey Mouse trademark.
Chris Williams’ ‘The Sea Beast’ Was Netflix’s Sixth Most Popular English-Language Film Of 2022
No animated series made this year’s Top 10, although ‘The Sandman,’ featuring an animated half-episode by Hisko Hulsing, was eighth.
Yuji Nunokawa, Founder Of ‘Naruto’ Studio Pierrot, Dies At 75
Starting his career as an artist, Nunokawa went on to launch one of Japan’s best known animation studios.
‘Avatar’ Crosses $850 Million Globally As ‘Puss In Boots’ Domestic Debut Is Battered By Brutal Weather
Both films are also being hurt by a down Chinese box office as ‘Strange World’ goes out with a whimper.
Russian Animation Director Andrei Svislotski, Key Figure At Klasky Csupo, Dies At 62
Svislotski worked for numerous studios including Russia’s first non-state-run outfit Pilot Studio, and on American series such as “Duckman” and “Rugrats.”
‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’ Reviews Roundup: Dreamworks’ Adventurous Animation Is Like Catnip For Critics
‘Puss in Boots’ is now one of the year’s best-reviewed animated features, and a guaranteed awards season contender.
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