Mondo Media has signed GUNDAM WING character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto to design characters for an upcoming Mondo Mini Show. Currently the project is entitled SPIRAL, a sci-fi action adventure series which will be available on MondoMedia.com later this year. Kawamoto is best known for his character designs on COWBOY BEBOP, several GUNDAM series, GOLDEN BOY and the cinematics for THE GHOST IN THE SHELL video game. Also brought onto the project as key animator is Cindy Yamauchi, whose credits include AKIRA, VENUS WARS and RANMA 1/2.

Al Shier has been promoted to visual effects producer at Venice-based Blur Studio, a 3D animation, visual effects and motion graphics design company. For the past two years at Blur, Sheir has served as a line producer and visual effects coordinator. In his new role, Shier will oversee the production of 2D and 3D visual effects and act as liaison between clients and the company's artistic staff. Shier began producing over a year ago, during which he received numerous producing credits.

Animation Foundation interviews Eric Armstrong, Animation Director at

Sony Pictures Imageworks. In the interview, Eric gives his insights

and thoughts about the role of the animation director, facial

animation and much, much more. An AWN affiliate,

Animation Foundation

is an Internet-based portal providing information about advanced

animation techniques and assisting student animators in developing

San Francisco, California-based When In Doubt Productions, Inc. is

looking for a 2D ANIMATOR/MOTION GRAPHICS for a hot-cool fusion of

storytelling, poetry, performance, music, drama and animation

project. . . Austin, Texas-based Digital People is looking for a 3D

ARTIST/ANIMATION MANAGER and a 3D ARTIST/ANIMATOR. . . Portland,

Oregon-based Will Vinton Studios, a leading animation studio

specialized in CG and stop-motion character animation, is looking for

Facets Video's fantastic animation inventory has been added to the

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Facets Whole Toon Catalog is now available in the AWN Store. Betty

Boop, Fritz the Cat, Tex Avery, Looney Tunes Classics and more

Facets Video's fantastic animation inventory has been added to the

AWN Store! Over 3,000 new videos available worldwide! From popular

Disney titles and the Peanuts to surrealist animation from Eastern

Europe, from action-packed Japanese anime to animation created with

paper cutouts, sand, clay, puppets and computer technology, the

Facets Whole Toon Catalog is now available in the AWN Store. Betty

Boop, Fritz the Cat, Tex Avery, Looney Tunes Classics and more

Munich, Germany-based H5B5 Media AG is looking for 3D ANIMATORS, an

ASSISTANT VFX-PRODUCER, DIGITAL MATTE ARTISTS, MODELERS, TEXTURING

ARTISTS and CHARACTER ANIMATORS as well as ALLROUNDERS for various

documentary, fiction and science-fiction productions. . . San Rafael,

California-based Artmaze, Inc., producers of media types such as

still images, panoramas, walk through animation and real-time 3D, is

looking for a 3D MODELER and a 3D TECHNICAL DIRECTOR. . . Fremont,

The anime title, THE PROFESSIONAL: GOLGO 13 will be re-released on video. Hitting stores on VHS August 29, 2000, THE PROFESSIONAL follows hitman Duke Togo who has the cross hairs turned on him after he assassinates the son of a notorious industrial tycoon, Golgo. The film is based on the popular comic book series of the same name. Osamu Dezaki directed the film. The new release from Urban Vision Entertainment will have an English dubbed and English subtitled version, selling for US$19.95 and $29.95, respectively.

Stan Lee Media, Inc. (SLM) has teamed with Venture Soft Co., Ltd., Asia's leading creator and aggregator of anime and manga, to form a joint venture that will bring SLM's superhero and fantasy story franchises to Asia. Coming on the heels of a similar deal with Fox Kids Latin America, the Asian venture will be called SLM Japan and will continue SLM’s strategy to partner with strong regional communication companies to introduce its branded content via the Internet and then leveraging it into global partnerships.

From popular Disney titles and the Peanuts to surrealist animation

from Eastern Europe, from action-packed Japanese anime to animation

created with paper cutouts, sand, clay, puppets and computer

technology, the Facets Whole Toon Catalog is now available in the AWN

Store. Betty Boop, Fritz the Cat, Tex Avery, Looney Tunes Classics

and more animation treasures from around the world, from the silent

era to the present have also been added! Here are a few examples of