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Cartoon Brew Writers Pick Their Favorite Features, Series, And Shorts Of 2025
Cartoon Brew writers share their top animated features, series, and shorts of 2025, highlighting indie discoveries, global hits, and TV standouts.
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‘You Have To Leave Him How You Found Him’: Derek Drymon And The Reel FX Team On Bringing SpongeBob Back To The Big Screen
From story structure to CG textures, Derek Drymon and the Reel FX animation team detail how SpongeBob’s theatrical DNA was preserved and expanded.
2026 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Voyage Of The Red Rabbit’ Director Sam Gualtieri
The SCAD thesis short blends real family recordings with a rabbit’s cosmic journey, brought to life through Maurice Noble–inspired animation.
Hot Wheels: Creating The Toy-Car Titles For JJ Abrams and LaToya Morgan’s Crime Thriller Series ‘Duster’
'We treated the cars like characters': Kevin Van Der Meiren and David Nicolas on the show's surreal Hot Wheels-inspired titles.
Series Craft: Director Robert Valley Explains His Approach To Adapting Marc Laidlaw’s ‘400 Boys’ For ‘Love, Death & Robots’
Valley walks us through his inspirations and development of key scenes in his visually stunning installment for the Netflix anthology series.
How SVA Graduates Build And Keep Lifetime Connections
When it comes to building networks and planting roots outside of classrooms, the School of Visual Arts' three animation departments have fostered their own community support to extend the reach of recent graduates.
6 Open-Source Tools Used In The Production Of ‘The Wild Robot’
There's a lot more open-source software used in big-studio animated features than you may think.
KrumbleTV Creator On Making Animated Films With Metahuman Creator
Using his unique production methods, the self-taught Russia-born, Texas-based animator is able to produce an entire animated short in one workday.
3 SVA Students Share Their Amazing Creative Journeys Outside Of The Classroom
Breaks between academic semesters are valuable opportunities for growth and personal productivity for students at the School of Visual Arts.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Nate & John’ Director Jumai Yusuf
Barbershops and salons are "one of the last spaces in modern society that nurtures face-to-face connections, allowing people to bond on a basic human level," says director Jumai Yusuf about the setting of her short film.
Fragile Figures: BluBlu Studios On The Haunting Animated Vignettes Of ‘Porcelain War’ Documentary
A new documentary found a unique way to bring life to its ceramic subject matter through a mixed-media animation approach.
How They Made ‘Harold Halibut’: A Handcrafted Stop-Motion-Inspired Video Game
Ole Tillmann, art director of 'Harold Halibut,' walks us through the production process of one of 2024's most distinctive-looking video games.
How The School Of Visual Arts Sets Students Up For Success
From studio visits to guest speakers and an annual career fair, SVA provides a diverse array of opportunities for students to develop their professional voice in order to succeed.
If Aardman Made ‘The Office,’ It Would Probably Look A Lot Like Michael Please And Dan Ojari’s Latest Short, ‘Alan The Infinite’
The Oscar-nominated 'Robin Robin' directors joined us to share behind-the-scenes stories and artwork from their indie project.
Pedro Conti’s Stop-Motion-Inspired CG Is A Perfect Fit For The ‘Acabou, Mas Tem…’ Music Video
Clockwork toy characters and sets experience chaos mirroring the song's unsettled narrative.
‘3 Body Problem’ VFX Supervisor Stefen Fangmeier On Balancing Interplanetary Realities In Netflix’s Ambitious New Sci-Fi Series
Out today, '3 Body Problem' promises to be a spectacle unlike anything the streamer has released so far.
‘Elemental’ VFX Supervisor Sanjay Bakshi Discusses The Combustible Elements Behind Pixar’s Oscar-Nominated Feature
Bakshi also gave us access to a trove of behind-the-scenes artwork and explained how his team brought life to Element City and its characters.
Watch The Filmmakers’ Favorite Shots From This Year’s Five Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
The nominees shared their favorite shots with us and explained what makes them special.
‘Suzume’ Director Makoto Shinkai Talks About Writing And Storyboarding His Own Films
Shinkai opened up about his unique (mostly) solitary process of writing and developing films.
Inspiration From Everywhere All At Once: Expanding Educational Experience At SVA
SVA students and alumni discuss extracurricular activities that helped to enrich their educational experience at the school.
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