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‘Gundam’ Creator Yoshiyuki Tomino Unveiled As Guest Speaker For 2024 Niigata International Animation Festival
The festival’s second edition kicks of March 15 with a 12 film competition lineup.
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Box Office Report: ‘Boonie Bears’ Closes In On Franchise Record In China, ‘Haikyu’ Posts Japan’s Biggest Opening Weekend Of 2024
Domestically, ‘Migration’ finished in the top five again in its ninth week in cinemas.
Award-Winning 2D Animation Tips From The 2024 Cartoon Animator Contest
Learn nine pro techniques from 2024 Cartoon Animator contest winners to boost your 2D animation skills with creative rigs and smart motion tools.
Watch Ross Stringer’s ‘Crab Day,’ Winner Of The British Short Animation BAFTA Over The Weekend
Stick figure characters and a minimalist color palette help tell a charming coming-of-age tale is ‘Crab Day.’
‘The Boy And The Heron’ Becomes First Non-U.S. Film To Win Animated Feature BAFTA, Set Up Oscars Faceoff With ‘Spider-Man’
Ross Stringer’s coming-of-age short ‘Crab Day’ won best British short animation and ‘Poor Things’ won best effects.
‘Across The Spider-Verse,’ ‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Come Up Big At Annie Awards – Full List Of Winners
Company-wise, Netflix led the way with nine wins, followed by Sony and Disney with seven apiece.
OpenAI’s Sora Creates Minute-Long Photorealistic Animation From Text Prompts
Built on OpenAI’s Dall-E and GPT models, Sora can also take an existing video and extend it or fill in missing frames.
A Closer Look At New Animated Features Available At This Year’s European Film Market
Independent animated features from around the world are looking for distribution partners at this year’s EFM.
How Autodesk’s New Asset Management Platform Flow Evolves Cloud-Based Production Pipelines
Autodesk senior engineering director Jeff Bell explains the benefits of the company’s new cloud-based asset management platform, Flow.
Paramount Has Laid Off All Of Noggin’s Staff And Will Shut Down The Preschool Streaming Platform
Paramount announced 800 layoffs this week, and it looks like the company’s preschool platform Noggin will be particularly hard-hit.
Apple’s Keyframer AI Lets Users Generate Animation And Edit The Results With Additional Text Prompts
Apple has published a research paper which explains the advancements its making in the generative AI field with its Keyframer model.
Watch The First Trailer For ‘X-Men ’97,’ Coming To Disney+ On March 20
The iconic comic book series will pick up where its predecessor left off and, apparently, keep its legendary theme song.
Emmy-Winning French Label Dandelooo Launches Dedicated Feature Animation Division
The new unit, based in Paris, will be overseen by Dandelooo’s international sales and acquisitions manager Luna Sirvin.
This 12-Minute Video Is Loaded With Constructive Advice For Out-Of-Work Animation Artists
Board artist Meridian Gray Culpepper has posted a video full of wisdom learned over 11 months of unemployment.
Production Workers At Dreamworks Animation And Flying Bark’s U.S. Office Move Towards Unionizing
The Animation Guild has asked both studios to voluntarily recognize their workers’ requests to join the union.
Laika’s Travis Knight In Final Talks To Reboot ‘Masters Of The Universe’ With New Feature
Knight is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker who previously directed ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ and ‘Bumblebee.’
Paramount Hit By Mass Layoffs: 800 People To Lose Jobs
CEO Bob Bakish thanked the employees for helping to “advance [Paramount’s] mission of unleashing the power of content around the world.”
New Crunchyroll Docuseries Celebrates 25 Years Of ‘Fullmetal Alchemist,’ ‘My Hero Academia’ Studio Bones
Bones animated many classic titles such as ‘Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,’ ‘My Hero Academia,’ and ‘Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.’
‘Parasite’ Director Bong Joon-ho’s Upcoming Animated Feature Will Begin Production Later This Year
Bong’s longtime vfx collaborators 4th Creative Party will animate the film, about the relationship between mankind and marine life.
China’s Hit Animation Franchise ‘Boonie Bears’ Delivers $61 Million Opening
The box office total of every single film in the United States last weekend was less than the amount that ‘Boonie Bears’ grossed in China.
Oscar Nominee ‘Robot Dreams’ Wins Animated Feature, Adapted Screenplay Prizes At Spain’s Goya Awards
‘To Bird or Not to Bird’ won best animated short and ‘The Society of the Snow’ won best special effects.
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