One Animation Announces New Key Personnel Amid Global Licensed Products Roll Out
Former Hasbro exec Anabel Higgin and licensing and brand professional Pauline Hiu join powerhouse animation studio behind ‘Oddbods’ and ‘Insectibles.’
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Adult Swim’s Toonami Celebrates 20 Years of Action
‘Ghost in the Shell’ director Mamoru Oshii to premiere new micro-series, ‘Sand Whale and Me,’ on anniversary weekend.
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Disney Junior Orders New Season Pickups for ‘Mickey and the Roadster Racers’ and ‘The Lion Guard’
Disney Television Animation series ‘Mickey and the Roadster Racers’ renewed for second season; ‘The Lion Guard’ renewed for third season.
Gaumont Options Neal Shusterman’s ‘The Star Shards Chronicles’
Trilogy from ‘New York Times’ bestselling author to be developed into an animated series.
Disney XD Orders Second Season of ‘Big Hero 6 The Series’
Second season pickup of the Disney Television Animation series based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios feature ‘Big Hero 6’ comes ahead of season one fall premiere.
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Marvel & Disney XD Unveil New ‘Rocket & Groot’ Animated Shorts
Passion Pictures animates 12-episode series of ‘Rocket & Groot’ animated shorts for Disney XD.
Cartoon Network Greenlights ‘OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes’
New series created by Ian Jones-Quartey gets enters production at Cartoon Network Studios alongside an integrated console game jointly developed with indie video game studio Capybara Games.
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Animation Ireland Announces Nominees for 2017 Irish Animation Awards
‘Danger Mouse,’ ‘Puffin Rock,’ ‘Octonauts,’ ‘Wander Over Yonder,’ and more receive nominations for the second annual Irish Animation Awards to be held in Dingle on Saturday, March 25th.
Gutsy Animations Crowdfunding New Moomin TV Series
Finnish production company unveils first visual concept to launch a $200K Indiegogo campaign for new 2D/3D hybrid animated television series, ‘The Moomin,’ set to arrive in spring 2019.
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NipponNordic Universe Accelerator Announces Call for Projects
Three-week artist residency hosted by The Animation Workshop to be held September 11-29 in Viborg, Denmark.
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Nickelodeon’s ‘Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Returns March 19
Mark Hamill to guest star as the villainous Kavaxas in season 5 premiere episode.
CAKE Launches Second Season of ‘Space Racers’
Forty brand-new episodes of the award-winning preschool series to feature some of NASA’s most famous scientific explorations.
Genndy Tartakovsky and the Return to ‘Samurai Jack’
AWN editor-in-chief Dan Sarto sits down with celebrated animation director Genndy Tartakovsky to discuss his roller-coaster ride at Sony, the shifting landscape of television animation production, and the return of a beloved TV property.
Irish Animation Awards Salute Outstanding Talent
Animation Ireland’s second annual awards ceremony honoring outstanding creative talent within the Irish animation, visual effects and game industries will take place on Saturday, March 25th as part of the Animation Dingle Festival.
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Cartoon Network’s ‘We Bare Bears’ Returns March 13
Series creator Daniel Chong of ‘Toy Story of Terror!’ fame to take part in a Facebook Live Q&A on March 13.
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Nickelodeon Unveils Robust Content Pipeline at Annual Upfront Presentation
Nick readies new shows and specials, including an animated series based on live-action hit ‘Henry Danger,’ reimagined animated ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ series, and Paramount Pictures animated feature ‘Amusement Park,’ which will be followed by a Nickelodeon-produced TV series the next year.
First Look: Disney Unveils Sneak Peek at New ‘DuckTales’ Series
Disney XD orders second season of Disney Television Animation-produced series ahead of its summer premiere.
‘Star vs. the Forces of Evil’ Unleashes First-Ever Gay Kiss from Disney
Subtle background art showing a range of couples kissing during a romantic moment at a concert helps usher in a brave new world for the Mouse House.
J.K. Simmons Guest Voicing ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’
‘Snooze You Lose’ episode premiering March 4 to be followed by a special crossover episode of Butch Hartman’s ‘Bunsen is a Beast’ with ‘The Fairly OddParents.’
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m4e’s ‘Wissper’ Picks Up New Broadcasters in Iberia
CG-animated preschool series created by London-based animation studio Cuckoo is licensed by Spain’s Clan TVE and Portugal’s RTP and Canal Panda.
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Asian Animation Summit Returning to Australia in 2017
Running November 29 through December 1 in Brisbane, AAS 2017 to showcase new projects from Australia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
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eOne Signs New Licensing Deals for ‘Peppa Pig’ in the U.S. and Canada
Popular preschool entertainment brand generates over $1 billion in global retail sales per year.
9 Story Licenses ‘Nature Cat’ in Latin America
Hit children’s series created by the Emmy Award-winning creative team at Spiffy Pictures for PBS Kids headed to Discovery Kids Latin America.
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‘VIXEN: The Movie’ Heads to Blu-ray May 23
Feature-length film combines the first two seasons of the CW Seed digital series into a single uniform story with 15 minutes of all-new, never-before-seen content
Toei, Funimation Announce New Licensing Deals for ‘Dragon Ball Super’
New deals with multiple licensing partners include a range of apparel categories for the new ‘Dragon Ball Super’ and original ‘Dragon Ball Z’ anime series.
