China has set release dates for Warner Bros.’s Tom & Jerry and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon. The films will come out in theaters on February 26 and March 5 respectively — at the same time as in other territories. …
Month: February 2021
Long Live Animation!
The Disney Renaissance The Disney Renaissance Early Cinematic Animation Though the following images barely scratch the surface of the entirety of animation history and the content of my course, I hope they serve as a reminder that the art of …
“The Beauty” Short Film by Pascal Schelbli
Music: Alexander Wolf David, Petteri SainioOrchestration/Additional Composer: Meike Katrin SteinOrchestra: Deutsches Filmorchester BabelsbergSound Design/Mix: Robin Harff “The main challenge for the team was to find a proper way to integrate the CG elements into the underwater footage, which was shot …
Netflix Teams with Lupita Nyong’o on New Animated Musical ‘Sulwe’
Sulwe joins Netflix’s fast growing original slate of animated features which includes Sergio Pablos’ Academy Award-nominated Klaus, Kris Pearn’s The Willoughbys, and Glen Keane’s Over the Moon. Features recently announced and in production include the upcoming comedy Back to the Outback, directed by Clare Knight …
Don’t Miss Tonight’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards!
[embedded content] Source: Crunchyroll The night you’ve been waiting for! Tonight, February 19, 2021, the fifth annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards will celebrate the best anime of 2020. The event will be subtitled in 8 languages and available for replay after …
Animation Is Key To The BBC’s Efforts To Preserve An Endangered Language
The channel dubs live action, too. But animation provides a major advantage: lip sync is more straightforward. “It never ceases to amaze me how seamless it looks when it’s done,” says Cameron. “It definitely affords flexibility and lets you get …
Bilibili Acquires Haoliners Animation, Including Tokyo’s Emon Animation Company
Bilibili is building up its animation production capacity. The Chinese streaming titan has acquired the Shanghai-based animation company Haoliners Animation League, including its Japanese subsidiary Emon Animation Company. Last April, Sony acquired a stake of just under 5% in Bilibili, …
Makmak “Back to yourself” Campaign Video by Korb
“Starting with the slogan ‘Back to Yourself’, we used various reverse actions of the Buddha statue collapsing back into itself to represent the ‘Back’ and the Buddha to represent ‘Your Self’. Then we edited the best takes into multiple storylines …
‘Constantine’ Series in Development at HBO Max
Laurén Alexa acts as social content producer and journalist for AWN. I said what I said. pic.twitter.com/6EhItsLdW6 — Ben Tweets (@squash_tweets) February 17, 2021 Who do you want to see as the beloved occult detective? Is Matt Ryan our man, …
Disney Drops Official Trailer for ‘Cruella’ Origin Story
The highly stylized reveal immediately brings to mind DC film-style villains: perhaps Cruella will become the family friendly outlet’s Harley Quinn. It is unclear whether we’re supposed to sympathize with the unhinged Miss de Vil, a-la Maleficent, or just enjoy the …