Nickelodeon Greenlights ‘Bunsen is a Beast!’
Original animated comedy is created by animation veteran Butch Hartman; network also picks up seven additional episodes for season 10 of Hartman’s long-running hit, ‘The Fairly OddParents.’
Tom McCarthy Elected MPSE President
Academy Award and BAFTA Award-winning Sound Supervisor currently serves as Executive Vice President Post Production Facilities at Sony Pictures Studios.
Art Directors Club Announces Design and Motion Juries for ADC 95th Annual Awards
Nineteen creative jury members from seven countries to judge the best global work in Motion Graphics, Animation and Production based on excellence in idea and craft.
Flavor Tours Target's Wonderpack Factory
New animated brand film promotes Target’s playful line of curated, specially designed Wonderpacks now available on Target.com.
Triggerfish Story Lab Announces Top Stories from Continent-Wide Search
Selected storytellers include Lucy Heavens, one of the writers on the breakout South African animation hit ‘Supa Strikas,’ which is broadcast in 120 countries around the world.
Awesome Inc & Bluetube Create ‘Evolving Thoughts’ for Adult Swim
First of three new Adult Swim broadcast IDs directed by Awesome Inc features music and sound by Bluetube.
Disney’s ‘The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar’ Lands on DVD Feb. 23
Directed by Howy Parkins of ‘Jake and the Never Land Pirates’ fame, the ‘Lion King’ spinoff movie first premiered on the Disney Channel on November 22.
Sundance Sets 2016 Animated Short Selections
Twelve animated shorts are selected to screen in competition, including ‘Bob Dylan Hates Me,’ ‘A Coat Made Dark,’ ‘Deer Flower,’ ‘Edmond,’ ‘Glove,’ ‘The Grandfather Drum,’ ‘The Itching,’ ‘Life Smartphone,’ ‘Limbo Limbo Travel,’ ‘Pombo Loves You,’ Shiny’ and ‘Waves '98.’
Aaron Blaise Brings Expert Animation Instruction to the Masses
Former Disney animator and designer channels personal adversity into a quest to make animation instruction affordable to everyone.
‘Spooky Kitarō’ Creator Shigeru Mizuki Dies at 93
Japan’s beloved one-armed manga creator, social critic and war veteran Shigeru Mizuki dies at a Tokyo hospital on November 30.
Bosnia’s Berin Tuzlic Unveils New Animated Short, ‘I run away even if I am not guilty’
With likeable characters and their stories, celebrated Bosnian animator and cartoonist draws on some of the basic questions of today.
74 Original Songs Compete for 2015 Oscar
The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016.
Hornet’s Peter Sluszka Hits the Road with Bosch
Hornet director Peter Sluszka teams with agency Grey to show drivers what happens on the other side of the windshield in a clever new puppetry PSA, ‘Stop The Roadkill,’ for The Humane Society.
Universal Studios Launching ‘Harry Potter’ Theme Park Attraction
‘The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’ featuring the iconic Hogwarts Castle officially opens at Universal Studios Hollywood on Thursday, April 7, 2016.
Toonz Animation and Gummybear International Sign Content Deal For Hit Character
‘Gummy Bear’ series already commissioned by YouTube; further plans in the works for webisodes, TV specials, feature film and merchandising.
Fig, Stick, Maple and Friends Return to Amazon Prime for More ‘Tumble Leaf’
Creators Kelli Bixler and Drew Hodges discuss Season 2 of their Annie and Daytime Emmy Award-winning stop-motion animated kid’s series.
‘The Lion Guard’ Leaping onto Disney Junior Jan. 15
Animated series follows the adventures of Kion, Simba and Nala's second-born cub; Blair Underwood, Ana Gasteyer and Maia Mitchell among recurring voice cast; Jason Marsden, Andy Dick and Lacey Chabert reprise roles from ‘The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.’
GKIDS Sets 25th Anniversary Release of Studio Ghibli’s ‘Only Yesterday’
GKIDS bringing complete 22-film Studio Ghibli retrospective to New York’s IFC Center December 11-31; Nationwide release of ‘Only Yesterday’ follows on February 26.
WATCH: Focus Features Unveils First Look at LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’
New teaser for stop-motion animated action-adventure set in mythic Japan gives a taste of the film’s ornate visual style and epic setting.
‘Sarofsky Scales Editorial and VFX powers for ‘Ant-Man’ Main-On-End Titles
Chicago design studio draws inspiration from glowing red Pym Particle and macro/micro world visual language to create unique main-on-end title sequence for Marvel hit’s feature film.
Aardman Nathan Love Spreads Holiday Cheer with Title Sequence for ‘Santas in the Barn’
TruTV’s holiday fantasy camp competition series launches with an animated title sequence from Aardman Nathan Love.
Meet the Team Behind ‘Pig Goat Banana Cricket’ at Animation Breakdown 2015
Panel and screening of Nickelodeon’s newest hit show with series creator Johnny Ryan and exec producer David Sacks to be followed by a live table read by voice actors Candi Milo, Paul Rugg and Thomas F. Wilson.
Axis Animation Taps Fusion Studio for ‘Halo 5: Guardians’ Game Cinematic
Axis Animation completes compositing for the opening sequence for Microsoft’s ‘Halo 5: Guardians’ Xbox game using Blackmagic Design’s Fusion Studio.
Portland Gets Animated by Blacklist and WIZZ
Latest Travel Portland campaign from Paris-based WIZZ Design Studios led by director CRCR is Inspired by a collection of would-be Portland-themed ‘zines.’
73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards: The Nominees React
Filmmakers Steve Martino, Richard Starzak, Mark Burton, Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson, Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera, Pete Sohn and Denise Ream react to the news of the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Award nominations.
