Animation Coming To Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Crunchyroll, And More In September 2022
HBO Max is perhaps showing early signs of animation deterioration in a post-Discovery merger world, with only two animated premieres scheduled for the next month. Offerings from most of the other major platforms are equally uninspired in September, but…
Beloved Uncooked Egg ‘Gudetama’ Series Coming to Netflix
Watch the official teaser trailer now: [embedded content] Cybersecurity specialist by day, investigative journalist by night. As the premiere gets ever closer, details surrounding the series are beginning to emerge. We now know that the…
Korean Animated Influencer Apoki Drops First English-Language Single
If animated pop stars have been around for years, why are they booming now? For one, these characters are being marketed differently than in the past. Meta-internet buzzwords and acronyms like AI, NFT, and influencer appear all over the characters’…
908’s Mitte Home Product Film Adds New Depth to Water
Sound design: 908audioSound designer: Kai von GlasowVoice over: Martin Baden Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 From the team at motion design and multimedia studio 908 in Berlin: “This product film is an immersion into the water maker Mitte…
Scanline VFX Gets All Wrapped Up with ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4
Scanline used a digital replica of the Creel House to animate the vines and match the actors on-set performances for the moment that the vines grab hold and pin them to the wall. On-set elements helped to integrate the CG vines in the scene and V-Ray…
Demo Duck Animates Isabela’s “Finger Paintings” for 826CHI
Posted on Monday, August 29, 2022 Writer/VO: Isabela Sound Design/Recording: Nick Roth Producer Jarrett Hothan at Demo Duck in Chicago: “We specialize in animation and over the years we have often partnered with local nonprofits, producing pro bono…
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Kangmin Kim
What to watch next: 38-39 (2012). This exquisitely crafted stop-motion work with beautiful background designs continues Kim’s exploration of his family history. Set in a bathhouse, a man goes to soak in a hot tub. As the heat seeps through his…
Luma Pictures Travels to Graceland in ‘Elvis’ VFX
Photogrammetry was used for the digital matte paintings of the Hollywood environment backgrounds, which were created in CG, different than how the Graceland skies were made. “One of our supervisors in Los Angeles went to the Hollywood Hills and…
Gerald Potterton, ‘Heavy Metal’ Director, Dies At 91
“The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is saddened to learn of the death of filmmaker Gerald Potterton (1931–2022), who died at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec,” reads the NFB release which broke the sad…
Builders Club Launch Cloudgo Campaign for On Running
Agency: Studio Voile “We were lucky to have a really dynamic, open brief to play with, incredible mutual trust, and a team of creative minds all eager and open to creative exploration. Pushing outside of the usual brand approach to create a surreal…
Sphere Animation and BYUtv Team Up on ‘Saving Me’
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network. The show tells the story of a grumpy old tech billionaire from the distant future who has made a mess of his life, relationships, and the world. So he goes back in time to team up with his…
Peter Ramsey, Oscar-Winning Director of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”, Signs With Mirada
He delivers an exceptional breadth of knowledge, craft, creativity, and innovation across genres, further extending Mirada’s expertise across high-end filmmaking, commercials, animation, and immersive and digital experiences. “Whether…
L.A.’s Pauhaus Gallery Hosts Exhibition Of Artwork From Stop-Motion Innovator David Daniels’
Among Daniel’s most enduring legacies is the invention of the mind-melting Strata-Cut animation technique. The artist creates “loaves” of clay which are cut into thin slices, revealing the movement of the pre-animated images inside.…
HBO Max Axes ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Animated Series
The cuts keep coming! The latest victim of Warner Bros. Discovery’s mad inquisition is the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader, a continuation of the fan favorite Batman: The Animated Series of the mid-90s, which was slated to release on HBO Max…
9 Animated Shorts That Are Oscar Hopefuls For 2023
Liza is late coming home for dinner, and she’s walking into a trap. Steakhouse is a tense and intimate revenge fantasy that is as funny as it is disturbingly relatable, a hallmark of Cadez’s work. Made entirely using analog cut-outs under a…
Arena Breakout “Winner Takes All” Game Trailer by Morten Vinther and The Mill
Editorial: The MillEditor: Joe Mackedanz “Gamers are so savvy, when it comes to tactical warfare and weapon handling so I wanted to make sure everything felt realistic. On the mocap shoot, I employed a veteran Navy Seal weapons specialist to make…
Also Made on iPad: Zedd, Maren Morris & Beauz “Make You Say” Music Video
Working with Pulse Films director Colin Read, CD Will Johnson and the Scholar crew return to the Made on iPad pipeline with this hand-animated guide to the three phases of a breakup as experienced by singer-songwriter Maren Morris. Production: Pulse…
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Xi Chen
Other key works: The Winter Solstice (2008), Mahjong (2013) Says: “The starting point is often some photographs or ancient paintings. The temperament of the people in older times is very different from the people in today’s life. This…
Spire Animation Announces Investment from Temasek and Ericsenz
“Adding Temasek to our existing set of outstanding partners — Epic Games, CAA, and NEA — will help us realize our vision of bridging feature-quality linear and non-linear animated content,” said Spire’s Co-Founder and CEO…
It’s All About the Kugel in FOLKS’ ‘Umbrella Academy’ Season 3 VFX
The popular live-action series is based on Eisner award-winning comics and graphic novels of the same name created and written by Gerard Way (“My Chemical Romance”), illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics. The…
Director Hisko Hulsing Discusses Netflix’s Bonus Animated ‘Sandman’ Installment, ‘A Dream Of A Thousand Cats’
The Sandman currently sits in the top spot on Netflix’s English-language tv rankings for a second week in a row, and the series has appeared in Netflix’s Top 10 in 93 countries. [embedded content] One of the great things about the comic is…