Based on the manga series by Riichiro Inagaki, illustrated by Boichi, and serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, Dr. STONE follows the extraordinarily intelligent, science-driven boy, Senku Ishigami as he wakes up several thousand years after all of humanity had been turned …
Month: March 2023

Epic Games Unveils Metahuman Animator, A Potential Game Changer For Automated Facial Animation And Lip Sync
And here’s the five-minute real-time demo from the State of Unreal keynote at GDC that explains how it all works: Here’s a look at what Metahuman Animator generates: Epic Games has unveiled a new module of its Metahuman platform called …

Marcel Ziul and State Offer “An Invitation to Look Inside” With OFFF 2023 Titles
“In general, matrices are experiential patterns, worlds with specific parameters and unique characteristics. They define the way in which a person sees themselves, the world, and everything that exists. Therefore, we are always under the influence of some matrix, in …

Material Focus’ Hypnocat Says Recycle Your Electricals
Agency: Truant LondonCreative Director: David GambleCreative Team: Charlie Lindsay & George BartlettDesigner: Emily ForresterProducer: Chris WilliamsHead of Music: Jemma SkidmoreMusic Supervisor: Luke GeorgiouAccount Director: Eloise ThompsonAccount Manager: Kiran SandhuProject Manager: Lois WhiteStrategic Lead: Don LarotondaJunior Strategist: Ruby Carter Working with …

‘We Lost Our Human’: Unpacking Netflix’s Largest Ever Interactive Special
Today is a historic day for Netflix, as the platform has released its largest interactive special to date: We Lost Our Human. He continues, “And we had an order to it so we couldn’t just branch off in a million …

Watch: The Making Of The Norwegian Hand-Drawn Feature ‘Titina’ With Director Kajsa Næss – Exclusive
As you say in the video, it’s hard to say how much of the story is truth and how much is myth. What kinds of considerations did you make when deciding how to tell this story? Were there any parts …

Illo Keeps it Light for Found Weight Loss App
Creative directors Cristina Pasquale and Ilenia Notarangelo at Illo in Turin, Italy: “Found is not just a doctor-led weight loss app, but a platform offering a new lifestyle. It provides clinical treatment as well as coaching for issues related to …

Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Signe Baumane
This week’s subject is Latvian-born American animator, Signe Baumane. Influences: Says Baumane: My work is a combination of these two contradicting influences – the serious, moody, artsy Eastern European with upbeat, funny, gag-based American animation. Currently working on: Her latest …

Robin Hollander Talks ‘Cocaine Bear,’ Wētā FX’s New Favorite Project
As Hollander and his crew built Cokey’s 3D model, they also started building the animation rig inside the model, which allowed the animators to work on all of Cokey’s movements. Which was good because cocaine is certainly not the only …