Cartoons

TV Academy Unveils 70th Primetime Emmy Award Nominations

‘Big Hero 6: The Series,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Rick and Morty,’ ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘South Park’ receive nominations for Outstanding Animated Program.

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TV Animation Headline News

‘South Park’ Return Set Along with Cartman’s Escape Room Comic-Con Debut

Two interactive activations coming to San Diego next week will prime fans for upcoming Season 22 premiere.

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Rainbow Headline News

SPA, DreamWorks Veteran Rick Mischel Appointed CEO of Bardel Entertainment

Company founders Delna Bhesania and Barry Ward to step down later this year.

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Tonko House Headline News

Tonko House’s ‘PIG: The Dam Keeper Poems’ Now Online!

Hand-drawn 2D-animated series written and directed by Erick Oh follows the 2014 Oscar-nominated short film directed by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi.

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Animation Festival Events

CINANIMA Runs From November 12 – 18, 2018

Begins: November 12, 2018

Since 1976, CINANIMA has been promoting Animation as cinema, while supporting its creators. CINANIMA has won international recognition independently of Portugal’s main cultural centers of Lisbon or Porto.

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Animation Festival Events

ANIMAGE is Coming to Pernambuco October 12 - 21, 2018

Begins: October 12, 2018

ANIMAGE 2018 aims to offer a safe-haven for the freedom of ideas by sheltering the visual creations of filmmakers in the conflicted contemporary context of Brazil and the world.

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Television Headline News

Cartoon Italia Speaks Out Against France 4 TV Channel Shut Down

Italian association of animation producers issues appeal of solidarity with French animation industry against planned kids channel closing.

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Warner Bros. Animation ANIMATIONWorld

Warner Bros. Animation Ramps Up for the Streaming Age

With a new ‘Animaniacs’ reboot and a Harley Quinn series in the works, WBA series VP Audrey Diehl reveals what she looks for in new talent and what gives a pitch that special spark.

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Blue-Zoo Headline News

Blue Zoo Set for Second Season of ‘Digby Dragon’

Magical CG-animated preschool series is poised for take-off on Channel 5’s Milkshake! and Nick, Jr.

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Guru Studio Headline News

Guru Studio’s ‘Big Blue’ Greenlit by CBC/Radio-Canada

Original comedy-adventure created by Gyimah Garibah is set to make a splash on Canada’s public broadcast network.

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Animated TV Series Headline News

Cartoon Network Greenlights ‘Elliott From Earth’

New series from UK team behind award-winning hit ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ starts production in September.

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Nickelodeon Headline News

Nickelodeon Greenlights ‘Loud House’ Spinoff ‘Los Casagrandes’

Original animated spinoff featuring the Casagrandes family kicks off with a five-episode story arc in season four of hit series ‘The Loud House.’

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Frederator Headline News

TEASER: Natasha Allegri’s ‘Bee and PuppyCat’ Set for Second Season

New series, ‘Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space,’ to be produced by the team behind ‘Castlevania,’ ‘Adventure Time,’ and ‘The Fairly OddParents’ in partnership with OLM, Inc.

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Dreamworks Animation ANIMATIONWorld

DreamWorks Animation Television Spreads its Wings

In creating multiple family-friendly series for Netflix streaming, the studio finds an exhilarating creative freedom.

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Netflix Headline News

‘BoJack Horseman’ Returns with New Episodes in September

Netflix has set the Season 5 launch date for Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s hit adult animated series.

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Webseries Blogs

‘The Parakeets:’ Who Knew Birdwatching Could be so Funny

Two bickering birds and their hapless owner make an amusing dysfunctional ensemble in this new animated web series.

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Platige Image Headline News

Platige Image Developing ‘Los Monsteros’ TV Series

Scathing and ironic satire on fame in the age of social media stardom directed by Aliaksandr “Sasza” Kanavalau.

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SVOD Headline News

Hulu Strikes Exclusive Viacom Licensing Deal for ‘Daria’

All five seasons of MTV’s classic animated series now available for streaming.

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Bill Plympton Headline News

Bill Plympton Takes A Bite Out of Trump with New Web Series

New York Times debuts ‘Trump Bites’ web series using real audio clips as the basis of surreal animations that capture Trump's paranoia, narcissism, and xenophobia.

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MTV Headline News

‘Daria’ Returning with Launch of MTV Studios

Global youth brand to open its vault for the first time, develop new and reimagined iconic series and franchises for SVOD and linear partners.

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Julia Pott ANIMATIONWorld

Unconditional Love: Julia Pott Journeys to ‘Summer Camp Island’

With a new series in production at Cartoon Network Studios, the ‘Adventure Time’ alum reflects on learning to collaborate and the benefits of selling out.