‘The Simpsons’ Episode Removed from Disney+ in Hong Kong for ‘Labor Camp’ Comment
Streamer takes down ‘One Angry Lisa’ episode from its Season 34 offering, joining a previously removed episode from Season 16 which mentions Tiananmen Square.
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‘New Gods: Yang Jian’ Fuses Ancient Chinese Folklore with Steampunk CG
Light Chaser’s second animated feature in their ‘New Gods’ series, hitting U.S. theaters January 20, aims to make Chinese mythology more engaging for young audiences, humanizing and contemporizing deities that have dominated folklore for centuries.
China Lifts Longstanding Ban on Marvel Films
While no specific reason for the official policy change was revealed, China’s ban is over, for the time being, allowing both ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ and ‘Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania’ to premiere in February now they’ve been approved by the China Film Administration.
Exclusive: GKIDS Shares ‘New Gods: Yang Jian’ Making of Video
Light Chaser Animation’s 2nd installment of the ‘New Gods’ franchise, inspired by Chinese mythology, comes to theaters nationwide January 20.
What About Bob?
Bob Iger’s re-entry upon Bob Chapek’s exit highlights Disney’s C-suite succession problems.
Xilam Animation Announces ‘Lupin’s Tales’ Season 2
The French animation studio continues its partnership with Youku on a new season of the popular series about the impetuous wolf-cub Lupin, who dreams of being like his storybook heroes; coming to the streamer and France Télévisions in early 2024.
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‘Eternal Spring’ Revisits 2 Decades of Religious Persecution Through a Survivor’s Drawings
Jason Loftus’ live-action and animated documentary uses lead concept artist Daxiong’s evocative art – based on his own experiences – to tell the story of the Falun Gong’s 2002 hijacking of a Chinese TV station and the swift, bloody, and deadly police response still felt today.
Peppa Pig Play Café Launches in China
Hasbro’s hugely popular global kids’ entertainment franchise and animated series character, at one time the center of controversy in the Middle Kingdom, OK’d for commercialization only a few years after facing sweeping bans.
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China Censors ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ By Adding Less Despicable Ending
Instead of the villains getting away scot-free, one gets a prison sentence, and the other a change of heart, courtesy of the film’s new PowerPoint-style still image finale.
ASIFA International Announces New Executive Board
New members appointed to 3-year terms, an international community of storied animation professionals, include Deanna Morse (U.S.) as president, Thomas Renoldner (Austria) as Secretary General, Anatasia Dimitra (Hellas) as vice president, Johnchill Lee (China) as vice president, and Stefan Stratil (Austria) as Treasurer.
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Metaverse Musings with Alvin Wang Graylin
HTC’s China President looks forward to the metaverse’s third phase.
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Catch You on the Flip Side
Creators and studios pivot to Southeast Asia as China jumps the shark.
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Silvergate and Tencent Bringing ‘The Creature Cases’ Animated Series to China
Animated by TeamTO and recently launched on Netflix, the animated action comedy is coming soon to families in the Middle Kingdom through Tencent Video.
Metaverse = Multiverse
Everything, everywhere, all at once.
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Has China Jumped the Shark?
China’s changing media environment and the pivot of attention to Southeast Asia.
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For Whom the Polls Toll
Should you be paid less by your company for working from home? (and other queries).
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Frank Zhu Named Managing Director Riot Games' China Entertainment
Former CEO of Pearl Studio and executive producer of Netflix’s ‘Over the Moon’ will head up new division to develop and expand existing IP, building on relationships with key Chinese partners to launch entertainment products targeting Chinese audiences.
‘Octonauts: Above & Beyond’ Coming to Netflix
Silvergate’s global hit eco-series spins-off an all-new CG animated show extending the team’s adventures beyond the sea and onto land; Season 1 hits the streamer on September 7 with Season 2 coming in 2022.
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Call for Entries: West Lake International Animation Festival 2021
Taking place this November in Hangzhou, China, IAF looks at ‘Chinese Independent Animation in the 21st Century;’ submissions are now open for international animated films, research papers, and proposals focused on Chinese animation; entries must be received by September 30.
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eOne Launching 2D/3D ‘Ninja Express’ Series
New animated kids’ show follows three little Ninjas who run the ultimate delivery service – anywhere, anything, and anytime; rollout underway as of July 1.
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Producers Chris Bremble and Aron Warner Unpack Their ‘Wish Dragon’ Journey
For the BASE Media CEO and Oscar-winning ‘Shrek’ franchise producer, nothing was accidental about their critically acclaimed new animated feature, now streaming on Netflix, other than the fact they actually got it made.
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Chris Appelhans Talks ‘Wish Dragon’
The writer and director discusses his captivating tale of a cynical, all-powerful dragon joining forces with a humble Chinese student, and how an unforgiving budget and his own naiveté almost derailed him more than once.
Netflix Drops ‘Wish Dragon’ Official Trailer and Images
Can long lost friends find ground to reconnect? Chris Appelhans’ animated comedy, about what in our lives is really worth wishing for, premieres June 11.
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Juice Merges with PixelBox, Opens VFX Studio in Shanghai
The visual effects and sound studio’s new branch makes previously remote services more hands-on for its China-based clients; PixelBox deal increases the studio’s resources and capabilities.
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