Hayao Miyazaki Building Children’s Nature Retreat
Oscar-winning director and Studio Ghibli co-founder is building a nature sanctuary for children on a remote Japanese island.
WATCH: New ‘Danger Mouse’ Trailer Now Online
Set to premiere on CBBC on September 28th, ‘Danger Mouse’ is a co-production with FremantleMedia Kids & Family animated by Boulder Media with Robert Cullen directing and Peter Lewis and Anne Tweedy producing.
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Nickelodeon Announces Fall Animation Lineup
New episodes of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants,’ ‘Pig Goat Banana Cricket,’ ‘Sanjay and Craig’ and ‘Harvey Beaks’ jumpstart fall lineup this Labor Day Monday.
TAAFI Issues 2016 Call for Entries
The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International now accepting online submissions for animated shorts, feature films, commercials, game trailers and motionography.
Ottawa Fest Draws Top Animators to 2015 Edition
Bruce Bickford and Michèle Cournoyer set to present retrospective works at this year’s Ottawa International Animation Festival, running September 16-20.
Acme Filmworks Brings '17th Annual Animation Show of Shows’ to Theaters
Eleven award-winning acclaimed animated shorts from around the world are highlighted in national theatrical showcase beginning September 24, 2015.
CITV Launches New Season of Novel Entertainment’s ‘Horrid Henry’
BAFTA-nominated animated series to see dedicated Summer Holiday Week and brand-new episodes beginning in September.
eOne Announces Broadcast Premiere of ‘PJ Masks’
Disney Junior and France 5 set to air Entertainment One’s new animated preschool super hero series produced by Frog Box and TeamTO in the U.S. and France this fall.
Google Zync Render Beta Now Live
Users can earn up to $800 in render credit on the newly-discounted service; Google also launches the Render More website and a competition giving one lucky artist the chance to have their work featured on the site.
Toei Animation Launches ‘Dragon Ball Super’
Set to launch internationally at MIPCOM 2015, Toei Animation’s ‘Dragon Ball’ IP returns after 18 years with a brand-new series.
Torill Kove Receives Norway’s Top Arts Prize
Oscar-winning director of ‘The Danish Poet’ and ‘Me and My Moulton’ receives the top cultural prize in her native Norway, the Anders Jahre Prize for the Arts.
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Light Chaser, Alibaba Team for ‘Little Door Gods’
Light Chaser Animation and Alibaba Pictures reach agreement to distribute and co-finance animated feature ‘Little Door Gods.’
Milano Film Fest Announces ‘Hands on Paper’ Animation Workshop
Two-day paper animation workshop in Milan, Italy to be led by Ové Pictures founders Veronika Obertová and Michaela Čopíková.
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival Announces Official Selections
Fifty-one films are selected to compete from 1,103 submissions, including Don Hertzfeldt’s ‘World of Tomorrow,’ Ainslie Henderson’s ‘Stems’ and Rosto’s ‘Splintertime.’
OIAF Announces 2015 Feature Competition
Four feature-length films make up this year’s official selection: ‘La Montagne Magique,’ (‘The Magic Mountain’), ‘Pos Eso’ (‘Possessed’), ‘Adama,’ and ‘Over The Garden Wall.’
WATCH: Trailer for ‘Borrowed Time’ Short Now Online
Five years in the making, CG-animated short ‘Borrowed Time’ is directed by Pixar animators Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj and produced by Amanda Deering Jones.
MAXON Announces Availability of Cinema 4D Release 17
Company to present powerful Cinema 4D Release 17 feature set at IBC2015, September 11- 15, RAI Amsterdam.
Bron Reorganizes as Bron Media Corp.
Daniel D. McClure Named President & COO of newly-reorganized company; CW Media Finance makes long-term commitment to Bron Media.
Cartoon Network Imagination Studios Launches Kids Competition
Channel champions future animators and introduces exciting mission for young creatives, with a chance for three winners to have their original creations shown on the channel.
Milkshake Cooks up Fun with ‘Shane the Chef’
Channel 5 announces the commission of Hoho Entertainment’s brand-new CG-animated series, ‘Shane the Chef,’ for its Milkshake strand.
‘The SpongeBob Musical’ Set to Premiere in Chicago
One-of-a-kind musical event to feature original songs by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Dirty Projectors, The Flaming Lips, John Legend, Cyndi Lauper, Panic! At the Disco, They Might Be Giants and more, with an additional song by David Bowie.
‘Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season One’ Now on Blu-ray
‘Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season One’ includes 15 action-packed episodes, never-before-seen bonus material, and interviews with the cast and crew.