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3 Classic Cartoon Network Series Coming to DVD and Digital

‘Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Complete Series’ and ‘Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: The Complete Series’ release on Digital and DVD October 18; ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog: The Complete Series’ available now on Digital.

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Crunchyroll Drops ‘Suzume’ Trailer Along with A-list Japanese Cast Reveal

Makoto Shinkai’s latest film follows 17-year-old Suzume as she travels across Japan to close mysterious doors which, when open, usher in destruction and disaster.

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Cartoon Network Releases ‘Redraw Your World Without Bullying’

To support National Bullying Prevention Month, the network’s new ‘Stop Bullying: Speak Up’ campaign uses real life kids, original animation, and Cartoon Network characters to explain how to be an ally.

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Tonko House’s ‘ONI: Thunder God’s Tale’ Int’l Premiere Coming to VIEWFEST 2022

Only in Torino! Chapters 1 and 2 of Netflix’s highly anticipated CG and stop-motion animated series, set in a world of Japanese mythology, to screen October 15, followed by Q&A with EP Kane Lee.

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Paramount+ Shares ‘Transformers: EarthSpark’ Trailer

At NY Comic Con, Paramount+, Nickelodeon and Hasbro’s eOne treated fans to a panel with cast members and a trailer debut; the 3DCG series hits Paramount+ in the U.S. and on select Nickelodeon channels internationally in November.  

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Nickelodeon Shares ‘SpongeBob SquarePants Presents the Tidal Zone’ Clip

1-hour special coming to Nickelodeon next month will take viewers on a multidimensional journey of Bikini Bottom and beyond; first-ever ‘SpongeBob Universe’ crossover event revealed to NY Comic Con fans.

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Apple TV+ Nabs ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ Short for Christmas Day Release

Starring Tom Hollander, Idris Elba, Gabriel Byrne, and Jude Coward Nicoll, produced by J.J. Abrams and Hannah Minghella, and based on the best-selling book by Charlie Mackesy, the hand-drawn Apple Original Films short, about an unlikely friendship between a boy, a mole, a fox, and a horse, journeying together to find the boy’s home, will debut the same day on the BBC in the U.K.

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‘Spirit Rangers’: Bringing Native American Stories to Preschool Animation

In celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Samala Chumash tribal member and series showrunner Karissa Valencia takes audiences on an adventure of magic, animal lore, and Native kid empowerment, with superhero characters she wished she’d seen as a child; all-new CG preschool series debuts today on Netflix. 

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Trilogy Animation Group Reveals New Animation Slate

Roster includes reboots of Emmy-nominated preschool series, ‘Jay Jay The Jet Plane,’ and Emmy-winning ‘Tutenstein’ along with original IP ‘Doots,’ ‘Earth to Eden,’ and ‘Rubbernecks.’

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‘Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special’ Coming to HBO Max

How does Gotham’s power couple of DC villainy celebrate their first Valentine’s Day together? Perhaps with mayhem and madness… find out this February.

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Richard Linklater Takes on the Academy After ‘Apollo 10 ½ Rejected for Oscar Qualification

The noted filmmaker shared his outrage with the press after his and Netflix’s animated film, ‘Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood’ was disqualified in the Best Animated Feature Film category and their appeal has gone unanswered.

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‘The Legend of Vox Machina’ Nabs Season 3 Prime Video Renewal

By Dan Sarto | Friday, October 7, 2022 at 3:31pm

With Season 2 not airing until January 2023, the streamer announces a third season pickup during its New York ComicCon panel featuring stars and executive producers Travis Willingham, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Sam Riegel, Liam O’Brien, Laura Bailey, and Matthew Mercer.

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Untold Studios Gets its Dream VFX Project with Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Sandman’

Led by VFX supervisor James HattSmith, the studio delivers 360 shots filled with a wide range of expansive visuals on the Netflix dark fantasy that follows the journey of Morpheus, the King of Dreams, captured and held prisoner for over a century, who struggles to fix the chaos his absence has caused.

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Kadokawa Shares ‘Bungo Stray Dogs’ Season 4 Cast Additions and Key Image

‘Attack on Titan’ actor Yuuki Kaji and ‘Mobile Suit Gundam’ actor Yōhei Azakami join the cast; series hits Crunchyroll in January 2023.

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Duolingo Acquires Gunner Animation Studio

The deal adds 15 designers, illustrators, and animators to the learning platform’s design teams responsible for creating animation, a key component in how the company builds brand recognition and driving user engagement.

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FOX Renews Dan Harmon’s ‘Krapopolis’ for Season 2 Prior to Season 1 Premiere

The all-new animated comedy about a dysfunctional family of ancient Greek humans, gods, and monsters won’t air until 2023, but that didn’t keep the network from ordering a second season.

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Doing Hard VFX Time on ‘Spiderhead’

For director Joseph Kosinski and Netflix’s crime drama, VFX supervisor Ryan Tudhope managed a group of studios that produced 900 visual effects shots, including the prison facility, UI graphics and monitor replacements, CG environmental assets, and various set extensions.

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HBO Max Drops ‘Velma’ Teaser Trailer and Cast Reveal

Mindy Kaling’s ‘Scooby-Doo’ spin-off follows the origin story of the Mystery Inc. gang’s underappreciated brainy member Velma Dinkley; Glenn Howerton, Sam Richardson and Constance Wu join the cast.

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‘Disney Animation: Immersive Experience’ to Launch in Toronto December 2022

In collaboration with ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ exhibit creators Lighthouse Immersive Studios, the experiential exhibit will deliver music and artistry from Disney Animation’s iconic canon of films to live audiences as never experienced before.

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Musical Artist Bad Bunny to Star in Sony’s ‘El Muerto’

The rough and ready film, based on the Marvel comics anti-hero, follows a luchador who inherits superpowers; Jonás Cuarón directs from a script penned by Gareth Dunnet Alcocer.

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Netflix Drops ‘ONI: Thunder God’s Tale’ Official Trailer

From Oscar-nominated animation studio Tonko House, the 4-episode animated series, set in a world of Japanese mythology, follows an oddball creature’s free-spirited daughter and her determination to carry on the legacy of the mighty heroes of lore; the tale streams later this month.

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Netflix Shares Teaser Trailer for ‘Moonrise’ Sci-Fi Anime Series

‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ manga creator Hiromu Akawara is teaming up with WIT Studio on the Japanese Netflix Original series about two men confronting hardship in out space, slated to stream in 2024.

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Netflix Shares ‘Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant’ Trailer

The traveling taste-buddies serve up new creations in their very own restaurant with live-action, puppetry and CGI setting the stage for culinary adventures with notable visitors such as Michelle Obama; series debuts later this month.

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Global Mechanic Reveals New Kids’ Animation Slate and Partnerships

Studio’s new lineup includes ‘Wolf & Button,’ ‘Oddly Kids,’ ‘Shy Willow,’ ‘What on Earth,’ ‘Junior Explorers Club, and ‘Cup + Pup’ series designed to provide meaningful and educational content for young children.

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