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‘The First Slam Dunk’ Producer Dandelion Animation Studio Adapting Viral Webcomic ‘Eleceed’
Webtoon Entertainment’s Line Digital Frontier teams with Oscar-nominated Dandelion Animation Studio on the adaptation.
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AI Animation Startup Animaj Raises $85 Million In New Funding Round
Animaj's business model is unique compared to other animation AI startups because it is also a content company that owns and monetizes children's IP.
Lionsgate Vice-Chairman Michael Burns Claims He Can Produce Anime Films In 3 Hours With AI
The head of Lionsgate claims that making an anime feature is as simple as telling an AI software, "Do it in anime."
‘Olivia & The Clouds,’ A Wildly Creative Feature From The Dominican Republic Made For Under $1 Million
Director Tomás Pichardo Espaillat speaks about his bigscreen accomplishment and how he turned limitations, like a lack of animators in his country, into an opportunity to experiment creatively.
Momoko Seto’s ‘Dandelion’s Odyssey’ Is An Experimental Animated Feature Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before
'Dandelion's Odyssey,' which premiered at Cannes Critics' Week, presents a daring fusion of time-lapse photography, robots, cg animation, and macro-photography.
AI-Driven Animated Video Generator Hedra Raises $32 Million
Money continues to flow into tech startups that have their sights set on eliminating every single last animation artist.
Jeffrey Katzenberg-Backed AI Animation Software Cartwheel Raises $10 Million
The company, which says its software will do for animation what “the iPhone did for photography,” also announced the hiring of two veteran Pixar animators.
Report: Disney’s Shift Of ‘Moana 2’ Production To Canada Cost California Hundreds Of Millions In Economic Benefit
A new study shows that California's animation industry is in dire condition and without stronger government support, the industry could collapse.
AI Animation Tech Startup Cheehoo, Backed By Netflix Head Of Film Dan Lin, Raises $10 Million
The company wants to make the process of creating animation less expensive and complex.
South Korean Government To Invest $1 Billion Into Animation Industry
As animation booms across Asia, the Korean government has announced a major investment initiative to grow its local industry.
Report: In 2024, Over $5 Million Was Pledged To Animation Projects On Kickstarter
The amount pledged to animation pales in comparison to the amounts given to tabletop games ($220 million) and comics ($46.5 million).
‘Ne Zha 2’ Hits $2 Billion Milestone
It is now the seventh-highest grossing film in history.
VFX And Animation Conglomerate Cinesite Reports $29 Million Loss In Annual Report
The company said in its annual report that it expects its current fiscal year to also be negatively impacted by the ongoing fallout from the Hollywood writers' and actors' strikes.
Artist Seeks $10 Billion From Disney In ‘Moana’ Copyright Lawsuit
Buck Woodall claims that 'Moana' is based on his idea 'Bucky.'
‘Moana 2’ Crosses $1 Billion At Global Box Office
Half of the top ten highest-grossing films at the global box office in 2024 were animated.
European Union To Spend Over $4 Million And 3 Years To Create Report On European Animation Industry
The report is described as the "first academic, interdisciplinary, and multistakeholder project dedicated to the European animation industry ecosystem."
AI-Assisted CG Animation App Company Swoove Studios Just Raised $7.5 Million
The app allows anyone, regardless of experience or skill, to generate cg animation.
Lionsgate Signs Deal With AI Company Runway, Hopes That AI Can Eliminate Storyboard Artists and VFX Crews
The studi says that replacing human artists with AI will save “millions and millions of dollars.”
‘Inside Out 2’ Surpasses ‘The Lion King’ Remake, Becomes Highest-Grossing Animated Feature Of All Time
The Kelsey Mann film has become the all-time animation leader with $1.66 billion.
Canadian Generative AI Animation Start-Up Viggle AI Raises $19 Million
The company's aim is to redefine the possibilities in AI-driven character animation with a video-3D foundation model that’s built with an understanding of physics.
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