Ramsey Naito Exits As Paramount Animation President Amid Skydance Merger Shakeup
Naito departs Paramount Animation, leaving a legacy as a thoughtful steward of beloved franchises who kept classic properties fresh and relevant.
Naito departs Paramount Animation, leaving a legacy as a thoughtful steward of beloved franchises who kept classic properties fresh and relevant.
Senate Bill 630 extends a 35% tax credit to animated features, series, or shorts that are produced in California, with a minimum production budget of $1 million.
As animation directors explore longer film formats, the trend is causing headaches for producers, distributors, festival programmers, and educators.
"We are absolutely committed to making original animated films and are in development on a handful of projects," said Naito.
Support for reform is growing as pro-animation WGA member Raphael Bob-Waksberg campaigns to join the organization's board.
In a lame attempt to justify Cartoon Network's return to live-action, Amy Friedman alienated a huge number of animation fans and professionals.
Watching the series "was the first time that it really became clear to me what a director does," says Chung.
"There was a magical quality in it: it's more like little dolls that were coming to life," says Park of the classic British stop-motion series.
The feature, which will be rooted in lore and mythology from del Carmen's native Philippines, is part of an exclusive overall deal the veteran story artist has signed with Netflix.
A rift has emerged between the organizations that ran Hiroshima Int'l Animation Festival for more than 35 years.
The new event will still feature an animation element, but the festival's co-founder and director Sayoko Kinoshita will not be involved.
The first few episodes of this animated documentary are now online. We speak to co-director Ed Bell.
You know you've created a popular cartoon character when fans turn up at your studio asking to meet her.
We speak to director Dean DeBlois and head of character animation Simon Otto about the Oscar-nominated "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World."
Shorter festival windows, easy access to digital production tools, and uninhibited explorations of sexuality are just some of the recent developments in the world of animated shorts.
"How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" has revitalized a lackluster 2019 box office and earned the biggest opening of the year so far—animated or otherwise.
Originality is overrated. Let's just make Dr. Seuss cartoons forever.
Anibar is an animation festival, but it's also much, much more.
"The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design" ranks among the most unique and delightful animation books in recent memory.
'Luz Diabla' is a folk-horror story from the team behind 2022 standout 'Carne de Dios,' blending queer rave culture with Argentine myth and neon 2D animation.