News :: Asia

Oriental DreamWorks Sets Shanghai Base

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Oriental DreamWorks, the joint venture set up by DreamWorks Animation and a state-backed Chinese consortium, will be the flagship company at a new media center under development in Shanghai's West Bank Media Port.

SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Call for Entries

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The deadline for submissions to the SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Computer Animation Festival is July 3.

DQE Announces Jungle Book Feature

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DQ Entertainment announces production on a $45 million stereoscopic 3D animated feature film based on Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale “The Jungle Book.”

Pixomondo Scores Slam Dunk for Adidas

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Miniatures of NBA superstars Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard take it to the hoop in a new :30 web spot for Adidas by Pixomondo.

CLO Virtual Fashion Launches Marvelous Designer

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CLO Virtual Fashion ushers in the future of 3D clothing with the launch of Marvelous Designer, software that produces realistic clothes for 3D models.

SIGGRAPH Asia Seeks 2012 Volunteers

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The deadline for applications to participate as a student volunteer at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 is July 3.

Melissa Tinker Named VP at Cartoon Network Enterprises

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Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. has named Melissa Tinker as Vice President of its licensing and merchandise division, Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE).

Dates Set for Asian Animation Summit

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Kidscreen’s inaugural Asian Animation Summit, an initiative of Australia’s ABC TV, Korea’s KOCCA and Malaysia’s MDeC, is set to take place on December 10 & 11 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Pukeko Signs Deal with Beijing Animation School

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Pukeko Pictures signed an agreement deal with the Animation School of the Beijing Film Academy and Grand Entertainment Ltd. (GZ) to establish the “International Animation Technology Joint Research Centre” to actively promote the development of animated projects and open up the expanding international, Chinese and film and television markets.

Coolabi Signs New Agents for Poppy Cat

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Children’s and family entertainment producer and rights management company Coolabi has appointed two new agents for its hit property, Poppy Cat, extending the brand further into France and Korea.

Bandai Licenses Tamagotchi to Sync Beatz

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Bandai has named Los Angeles-based Sync Beatz Entertainment as the exclusive United States Licensing Agent and Brand Manager for its hugely popular Tamagotchi brand.

Captive Breeding Offers Hope for Malaysian Animation Studios

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Seamus, a 33-year old male Irish animator in his prime, captured by authorities while bus touring through Kuala Lumpur in 2007, is one of the reasons hope remains for the Malaysian animation industry.

Mistika Powers AFA Winner Flying Swords of Dragon Gate

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SGO's Mistika was used for the stereoscopic 3D post production work for China's first 3D IMAX martial arts action film “The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate,” which won Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Designer at the Asian Film Awards.

JimJam Acquires Two New Series

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Global pre-school channel JimJam, part of Chello Zone’s portfolio of channels, has acquired two playful animation series, “Monkey See, Monkey Do” and “MuMuHug.”

Millimages Licenses Louie to Nickelodeon

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Leading European production and distribution company Millimages has secured a far-reaching multi-territory deal with Nickelodeon for its highly successful pre-school show “Louie.”

Animator Zhang Songlin Dies at 80

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Famous Chinese animator Zhang Songlin, 80, died Tuesday afternoon due to a sudden brain infarction.

Sony Corp. Reports Fourth Fiscal Year Loss

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The entertainment and consumer electronics giant attributed its record $5.7 billion deficit to the effects of disasters in Japan, a weak global economy and a strong yen as its film unit reported full-year revenue growth, but a lower operating profit.

GOBELINS Announces Summer Character Animation Courses

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GOBELINS, l'ecole de l'image, an applied arts, print and digital media school in Paris, is organizing for the seventh time an international summer school to enable students and professionals from around the world to gain a better understanding of what makes for successful character animation.

Super 78 Partners with China Dinosaur Land for Mido Dino

Super 78 Studios is producing an animated feature for release in both the U.S. and China in late 2013.

Letter to Momo Wins Best Feature at AniFest 2012

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Hiroyuki Okiura’s second directorial effort, "A LETTER TO MOMO," won the Best Feature Film Prize at the 11th AniFest (FFF 2012), held in Teplice, Czech Republic from April 26 to May 1, 2012.