‘Saga,’ ‘Lumberjanes,’ ‘Little Nemo’ Top 2015 Eisner Awards
The big winners at the 2015 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, were Image Comics’ ‘Saga,’ BOOM! Box’s ‘Lumberjanes,’ and Winsor McCay’s classic newspaper series ‘Little Nemo.’
Miyazaki Announces New CG-animated Short
Ten-minute computer animated short, centered on the story of a caterpillar named Boro, is being developed for screening at the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo.
TAIS Unveils 2015 Animation Showcase & Psychedelic Anijam Lineup
Annual Toronto Animated Image Society Animation Showcase to showcase 21 short films, including Nicolas Menard’s ‘Loop Ring Chop Drink,’ Fraser Wright’s ‘Storage Space,’ exquisite corpse film ‘A Sailor's Grave,’ and Martina Scarpelli’s ‘Cosmoetico.’
Aardman Animations Coming to The Academy and SIGGRAPH 2015
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrates the work of Aardman Animations with three programs featuring the studio’s Oscar-winning and nominated ‘Wallace and Gromit’ shorts.
ASIFA-Hollywood Announces 2015 AEF Scholarship Recipients
Scholarship recipients include Tomek Pilarski from Poland’s University of Arts, CSU Long Beach’s Alan Huynh, Sheridan College’s Anastasiia Platoshyna, Ringling’s Michael Trikosko, Sheridan College’s Eustace Ng, Griffith College’s Michael Linhart, MOPA’s Sarah Chalek, Academy of Art University’s Joanna K. Stopyra, and California College of the Arts’ Tiffany Rodriquez.
Box Office Report: ‘Minions’ Sets Records with $115.2M Domestic Debut
Taking first place at the North American box office with a $115.2 million debut, Illumination Entertainment’s ‘Despicable Me’ spinoff scores the second-biggest opening weekend of all time for an animated title.
UCLA, Hammer Museum to Present Free UPA Screening on July 12
Free screening will feature mid-century animation produced by United Productions of America, including classics such as ‘Madeline,’ ‘Robin Hood,’ ‘Dr. Seuss’ and the Academy Award-winning ‘Gerald McBoing Boing.’
Crackle’s ‘Supermansion’ Makes its San Diego Comic-Con Debut
Executive producers Bryan Cranston and Seth Green, along with co-creators Matthew Senreich and Zeb Wells, offer fans a first look at Crackle’s upcoming super hero stop-motion animated comedy series.
Jocelyn Hamilton Exits Corus, Joins eOne Television
Former Corus Kids executive to lead strategic planning and day-to-day management of the independent studio’s television development and production activities in Canada.
Christopher Lloyd Joins ‘House of Monsters’
Legendary actor joins new stop-motion animated web series debuting on Vimeo On Demand beginning July 28th.
The Academy Elects 2015-16 Board of Governors
John Knoll is re-elected to Visual Effects branch of the Academy’s Board of Governors; Bill Kroyer is re-elected to the Short Films and Feature Animation branch.
Splash Sends Five Animated Series to DISH TV
Splash Entertainment’s hit animated series ‘Chloe’s Closet,’ ‘Dive Olly Dive,’ ‘The DaVincibles’ and more are now available on DISH Video-On-Demand.
Aardman’s Peter Lord Honored with Gold Badge from Blue Peter
CBBC’s ‘Blue Peter’ presents Morph co-creator Peter Lord with the show’s highest accolade, the gold Blue Peter badge, in an animation special that aired on Thursday, July 9.
Japan Media Arts Festival Opens 2015 Call for Entries
The deadline for submissions to the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival is Wednesday, September 9, 2015.
‘Pokémon’ Extends Broadcast Reach in Germany
‘Pokémon The Series: XY’ to air in Nickelodeon’s boys’ action block, with the 19th season premiering in 2016.
Third Season of ‘Mickey Mouse’ Shorts Arrives July 17
‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ inspired episode to debut at Disney's D23 Expo on August 14.
WATCH: New Trailer for ‘Floyd Norman: An Animated Life’
From filmmakers Michael Fiore and Erik Sharkey, ‘Floyd Norman: An Animated Life’ examines the prolific animator and story artist’s life from growing up in Santa Barbara, CA to his years working as an animator at Disney, Hanna-Barbera, Pixar and beyond.
Cartoon Network Launches New Flagship App
Redesigned app allows kids to customize their digital experience with “The Mix,” a new way for kids to create personalized playlists comprised of their favorite shows.
IKinema LiveAction and Unreal Engine Create Interactive Experience for The Met
Interactive art installation combines digital puppetry, motion capture and live action.
‘Peanuts Movie’ Unveils Little Red-Haired Girl
The Little Red-Haired Girl from Blue Sky’s ‘The Peanuts Movie’ makes her big CG debut with the help of voice actor Francesca Capaldi.
AMD FirePro Graphics Power Virtual Reality Solution from zSpace
AMD professional graphics offers VR-based educational solutions for the classroom.
Imagination Workshops and the World at Large: Part 3
Continued reflections on how society has a critical need for igniting and cultivating imagination as the origin of all ideation, inspiration, invention and innovation.
Fantasia International Film Fest Unveils Full 2015 Lineup
Japanese animated feature ‘Miss Hokusai,’ winner of the Jury Award at Annecy 2015 from director Keiichi Hara and Production I.G., and Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ set to open Fantasia 2015.
Zoic Studios Takes a Prehistoric Joyride with Trolli
Culver City, CA-based VFX shop takes off on a blissful dinosaur adventure in the new stop-motion animated ‘Dino Trip’ for Trolli.
WATCH: Illumination Mac Guff’s Kyle Balda Talks ‘Minions’ at FMX 2015
Illumination Mac Guff director Kyle Balda discusses the challenges of bringing Illumination’s CG-animated feature, ‘Minions,’ to the screen.
