Adult Swim serves up eight new series/specials, nine pilots and 16 returning series.

Seth MacFarlane will guest-voice on the season finale of “The Simpsons,” airing May 19.

“The Venture Bros.” returns June 2, for a fifth season on Adult Swim.

Coolabi announces new licensing deals in the UK, Ireland, and Finland for “Poppy Cat.”

The 2013 Asian Animation Summit will take place on the tropical island of Phuket in Thailand December 9-11, 2013.

Winners are announced for the 2013 edition of the New York School of Visual Art’s Dusty Film & Animation Festival and Awards.

Recording star Beyoncé creates an original song, “Rise Up,” for the upcoming Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios motion picture, “Epic,” for which she also voices one of the lead characters.

Disney officially announces “Big Hero 6,” the first Disney animated feature based on a Marvel Comics property.

Disney Channel promotes Adam Bonnett to the newly created position of executive vice president, Original Programming, Disney Channels Worldwide.

The Jedi master returns in “LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles.” A 30-minute special premieres Wednesday, May 29, at 8:00 p.m. (ET, PT), with two additional specials to air in 2013.