At the 19th edition of the premier event for European animation, new media -- and, once again, France -- lead the way.

Tara Bennett talks to showrunner and exec producer Gary Scott Thompson and Stargate Digital's Sam Nicholson about updating the much-loved franchise for a tech-savvy audience.

Tara Bennett talks to Heroes vfx producer Mark Spatny about the explosion of awesome work in the series' new season.

This month anime reviewer James Brusuelas checks out Death Note Vol. 6, InuYasha Fifth Season, Dead Space Downfall and Bleach Uncut Season 2.

Bill Desowitz experiences NVISION 08: the inaugural visual computing conference in San Jose sponsored by NVIDIA.

 

Andrew Farago reviews five short films: The Breakout by Arnaud Demuynck, John and Karen by Matthew Walker, The White Wolf by Pierre-Luc Granjon, The Bridge by Vincent Bierrewaerts and A Mouse's Tale by Benjamin Renner.

In this month's column, Peter "The Rizk" Rizkalla visits the world of digital downloads with 1942: Joint Strike, Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 and Rocketmen: Axis of Evil.

Andrew Farago reviews five short films: Chainsaw by Dennis Tupicoff, Hot Dog by Bill Plympton, Mammon by Robin Fuller, Styri (Four) by Ivana Sebestová and Vaterschaftstest (Paternity Test) by Katherine Landgrebe.

Ellen Wolff gets deeper into Meet Dave with VFX Supervisor Mark Stetson.