AMC Networks Buys Anime Distributor Sentai
Deal includes company’s HIDIVE anime-focused subscription service and other brands, as well as its library of thousands of hours of popular titles including ‘Akame ga Kill,’ ‘Food Wars!’ and ‘Made in Abyss.’
Podcast EP143: How William Allinson Gets Stop-Motion Gigs in Toronto
The artist shares how he’s built his career working on animated on projects like ‘New Math,’ ‘Dad Fight,’ Canadian Tire spots, and ‘Ultra City Smiths.’
Watch Mary Apick’s Powerful ‘The Cat’ Short
The award-winning filmmaker and activist’s hand-drawn, black and white animated film tells the story of a happy little girl determined to overcome the darkness and oppression consuming her.
‘Dawn of the Monsters’: A Smash ‘Em Up Game Honoring the Origins of Kaiju
13AM’s new 2.5D animated brawler, set to release early this year, is a story-driven, co-operative monster mashup that lets players collaborate to destroy an alien horde and save the planet.
Animation First 2022 Announces Festival Slate
FIAF’s event will be held in-person February 11-13, followed by an online edition from February 14-21; highlights include film premieres, a glimpse at highly anticipated works in progress as well as panels with leading animators.
Watch Cinesite’s ‘The Addams Family 2’ Breakdown Reel and Images
Sole vendor on MGM’s ‘The Addams Family’ sequel used an open-source node-based app, Gaffer, along with Arnold ray tracing renderer to deliver a rich, stylized CG world, delivering over 1248 shots across 93 minutes.
NVIDIA Canvas Update with New AI Model Released
Latest version of tool, which allows artists to quickly turn simple brushstrokes into realistic landscape images, features powerful new AI model based on GauGAN2 research.
NVIDIA Releases Free Version of Omniverse for Individual Creators and Artists
The company’s real-time 3D design collaboration and simulation platform is now available to millions of NVIDIA GeForce Studio creators with RTX GPUs; new Omniverse Machinima and Omniverse Audio2Face platforms also revealed, as well as new platform features and 3D asset marketplaces.
Post Asylum/Element X Tackles A Tale of Two CG Cities
Dallas-based studio creates spots for AMC Networks’ IFC holiday promo and the 2022 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo.
Sentai Acquires ‘Teasing Master Takagi-san’ Season 3 and Upcoming Feature
Latest season of show, based on award-winning manga of the same name, will stream exclusively outside Asia on HIDIVE as part of Winter 2022 simulcast season.
Call for Entries: Anibar International Animation Festival
Kosovo’s only animation festival, running July 11-17, is now accepting film entries through March 31.
‘My Sunny Maad’ Explores Life and Love in Afghanistan
Award-winning Czech director Michaela Pavlátová discusses her first animated feature, about a Czech woman who marries an Afghan man with no idea what her life will be in post-Taliban Afghanistan, which won the Jury Award at Annecy and has been nominated for a Golden Globe.
Artjail Names Matt Greenwood Design Creative Director
Boutique studio further bolsters creative team with the addition of Jonathan Lee and Weicheih Yu as CG leads.
‘Summertime Rendering’ Anime Adaptation Coming to Disney+
Iconic ‘Akira’ Coming to 4K UHD Blu-Ray
Famed 1988 anime sci-fi feature, with remastered visuals and remixed audio, comes home January 18; also announced, Funimation’s home entertainment release line-up for January including ‘One Piece - Season 11 Voyage 6,’ ‘A3! - Season Autumn & Winter,’ and ‘That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 1.’
‘RWBY Volume 8’ Comes to Digital and Blu-Ray
‘Poupelle of Chimney Town’ Challenges Us to Look Up, Not Down
Akihiro Nishino’s award-winning 3D/CG film features a young chimney sweep who hides his dream of seeing the stars - and world - beyond the smoke-filled town where he lives, until he meets an odd man made of garbage; film hits U.S. theaters December 30.
Indie Band Oh Geeez Drops ‘Amphibia’-Inspired ‘Coming Home’ Mixtape
The Milwaukee-based trio releases a collection of 16 songs of family, friends, and fantasy, inspired by the first 16 episodes of Season 3 of Disney’s hit animated series.
How to Modernize Your Dragon
Supervising Producer Beth Sleven talks about the creation of DreamWorks Animation’s new CG series ‘Dragons: The Nine Realms,’ set 1,300 years after Hiccup and Toothless’ last adventures in the land of Berk; now streaming on Peacock and Hulu.
‘The Addams Family 2’ Coming to Blu-Ray and DVD
MGM’s CG animated ‘The Addams Family’ sequel that sees the famously mysterious and spooky family set out on a miserable road trip across the U.S. trying to reclaim its oddly special bond, will be available to own for the first time January 18; also available to own the same day, ‘The Addams Family 2-Movie Collection.’
‘Lucas the Spider’ Leaps onto Cartoonito from YouTube
After Disney-Pixar animator Joshua Slice’s 40-second shorts became on overnight streaming hit in 2017, Tom McGillis and his Fresh TV partners helped turn the adorable, kind-hearted, and lovable arachnid’s adventures into a fun, new series for Cartoon Network’s preschool animation block.
Funimation Unveils Winter 2022 Line-Up of 20+ Series
Ring in the new year with a slew of new and returning shows hitting the platform in January; new simulcasts streaming next month include ‘Tokyo 24th Ward,’ ‘My Dress-Up Darling,’ and ‘Akebi's Sailor Uniform;’ and several exclusives.
Podcast EP142: How Isaac King Established a Stop-Motion Career in Toronto
The artist shares how he built a career in Toronto, directing commercial shorts for nearly two decades while producing his own award-winning films including ‘Whatever Tree,’ ‘Fly Away,’ and ‘Sticks and Stones.’
WarnerMedia Releases ‘Thomas & Friends: Race for the Sodor Cup’ Trailer
The one-hour movie event offers Cartoon Network’s youngest viewers an action-packed adventure with new characters and new songs; special premieres today, December 27 on Cartoonito.
14TH ANIMASYROS & THE 7TH AGORA : 22 – 26 September 2021, Syros, Greece
For five days each year the beautiful island of Syros Greece becomes the capital of Greek animation. Along with numerous screenings, the festival also encompasses a Media Literacy program and the Agora which is the market section of the festival.