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New episodes of series co-created by Amy Poehler and her ‘Parks and Recreation’ colleagues Mike and Julie Thacker Scully will air during 2021-2022 season.

Events Headline News

Stuttgart Animation Festival Going Digital, Announces OnlineFestival.ITFS.de

After canceling their 27^th ITFS edition scheduled for May 5-10, organizers will instead hold a digital festival during those same dates.

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FXX Headline News

FXX Pushes 'Archer' Season 11 Debut

Production delays related to coronavirus COVID-19 mean May 6 premiere has been postponed.

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Business Headline News

FOX Orders Second Season of ‘Duncanville’

New episodes of series co-created by Amy Poehler and her ‘Parks and Recreation’ colleagues Mike and Julie Thacker Scully will air during 2021-2022 season.

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Business Headline News

Skydance Media Acquires Ilion Animation Studios

John Lasseter-led animation studio’s purchase of Spanish CG animation studio brings development and production under one roof; new entity will be named Skydance Animation Madrid.

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People Headline News

Crunchyroll Bolsters Executive Team with Alden Budill and Terry Li

Budill to head Global Partnerships and Content Strategy; Li to becomes Head of 360 and GM of Games.

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Halon Entertainment Now Up and Running with Full Remote Workforce

CEO Chris Ferriter, in an open letter, announces that for the past three weeks, the studio has been successfully operating with a 100% remote workforce

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Animated TV Series Headline News

New Season of Seth MacFarlane’s ‘American Dad!’ Premieres April 13 on TBS

Now in its 15^th year, the satirical animated comedy will celebrate its milestone 300^th episode on September 14.

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Animated TV Series Headline News

Adult Swim Unleashing ‘JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales’ on May 10

Emmy-winning animator’s new series is a twisted take on classic Grimm’s’ Fairy Tales like ‘Cinderella’ and ‘Snow White.’

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streaming Headline News

‘Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL’ Coming to Ameba TV

Children’s content platform to stream three seasons of Konami Cross Media’s popular animated series outside of Asia.

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Awards Headline News

Magic Light Pictures’ ‘Zog’ Wins International Emmy for Kids Animation

Australian animated series, ‘Bluey,’ honored in the Best Preschool category.

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Animated TV Series Headline News

Nickelodeon’s Animated Series ‘Ollie’s Pack’ to Premiere April 6

Network's new original series is based on Monster Pack, a film made for Nickelodeon’s 2013 animated shorts program.

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call for entries Headline News

Call for Entries: BIAF 2020

Submissions now being accepted for the 22^nd Bucheon International Animation Festival taking place in Bucheon, South Korea October 23 -27.

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Animated TV Series Headline News

CBS All Access’ ‘Tooning Out the News’ Launching April 7

Production resuming remotely on animated variety news series from Stephen Colbert and Chris Licht; segments to stream Tuesday – Friday followed by full episode each week.

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SVOD Headline News

Digital Media Rights Launches RetroCrush Classic Anime Streaming Channel

New digital channel features more than 100 classic anime series and 40 features joining DMR’s other OTT channels, AsianCrush, Midnight Pulp, YuyuTV, Cocoro and KMTV.

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Anime Headline News

‘Kaguya-sama: Love is War’ Season 2 to Simulcast Exclusively this April on Funimation

Mystery anime series ‘The Millionaire Detective - Balance: UNLIMITED’ will also stream on Funimation this spring.

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Games Headline News

‘Gigantosaurus: The Game’ Now Available

Based on ‘Gigantosaurus’ series airing on Disney Junior, game lets players explore a vast, prehistoric world as their favorite dino buddy from the show.

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jobs and recruiting Headline News

Bento Box is Hiring: Art Directors, Background and Character Designers

Studio has a number of job openings, working safely and remotely, on several shows, including a new streaming comedy, primetime comedy, and kid’s show.

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Animated TV Series Headline News

Rai Ragazzi Greenlights ‘Dragonero’ Animated Series

Kids’ series, based on popular Bonelli comic, will use cel-shaded 3D/CG and 2D animation to create diverse fantasy worlds.

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streaming Headline News

Ameba Licensing 300+ Episodes from Toonz Media Group

In an effort to help families during the COVID-19 crisis, streaming platform offers free access to its extensive roster, now including Toonz shows like ‘Darwin and Newts.’

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Livestream Headline News

Titmouse ‘5 Second Day’ Screening Livestreaming on Twitch March 27

90-minute showcase of studio’s famed in-house animated shorts program will stream online for first time following postponement of planned Vancouver screening.

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Technology Headline News

Autodesk Releases 3ds Max 2021

New version includes fully scriptable baking, integrated Python 3 support, viewport and rendering improvements.

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SVOD Headline News

Netflix Orders New Animated ‘Angry Birds: Summer Madness’ Series

40 11-minute episodes ordered, to debut in 2021; series to be produced by CAKE and Rovio Entertainment.

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FIRST LOOK: Hulu Drops Teaser Trailer for Justin Roiland’s ‘Solar Opposites’

Highly anticipated new animated comedy about an alien family taking refuge in middle America, from 'Rick and Morty' co-creator Roiland and executive producer Mike McMahan, debuts May 8 on Hulu.