In-Person Kidscreen Summit 2022 Postponed Until Summer
Source: Kidscreen Summit Debbie Diamond Sarto is assistant news editor at Animation World Network. The online event, Kidscreen Summit Virtual, will still run as planned from March 7-11, offering a full week of panels, presentations, Q&As and adapted…
COVID-19 Sends Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ to Disney+
“Disney Plus subscribers around the world enthusiastically embraced Pixar’s Academy Award-winning Soul and the critically-acclaimed Luca when they premiered exclusively on the service, and we look forward to bringing them Pixar’s next…
‘Turning Red’ Becomes The Third Pixar Original In A Row To Head Straight-To-Streaming
The last two Pixar releases – Pete Docter’s Soul and Enrico Casarosa’s Luca – have also gone straight to streaming, while the pandemic-era releases from Walt Disney Animation Studios – Raya and the Last Dragon and Encanto…
Europe Produces Over 5,000 Episodes Of TV Animation Per Year — And That Number Is Growing
The authors cautiously note that European tv animation is seeing year-on-year growth, which “is likely partly driven by web-only animation tv series, primarily on Youtube and other video-sharing platforms.” But they stress the limits of their…
Swiss line Cosmetics Diamond Line Launch Film by Miki Nemcek
Director/animation: Miki Nemcek Client: Swiss line Cosmetics In the follow up to his Swiss line “Force Vitale” launch film, Prague-based director/animator and CG artist Miki Nemcek merges the fluid and the crystalline for the launch of…
BlinkInk’s Renee Zhan Asks “What’s that Lurking in the Basement?”
“As my first advertising job, I felt incredibly lucky to have worked on something that was so in my wheelhouse and which fit perfectly with my own visual language. Post: BlinkInkVFX Supervisor: Jason FarrowCG Producer: Emma CookEditor: Laurence…
Scholar Adds EPs Kate Aspell and Ryan McLaughlin in New York
Scholar couldn’t be more ecstatic about the coming year or the leadership team that will be representing them from the East Coast. According to Skopas, “I wanted to build a production team of smart, diverse leaders to support that vision. I…
Cartoon Network Invites Kids Around Asia to Redraw Their World
Source: Cartoon Network The video series, Craft Your World, will launch on Cartoon Network Asia and Crayola websites and social channels in the coming weeks until the end of 2022. Crayola has inspired artistic creativity in children for almost 120 years…
FXX “Always Sunny in Philadelphia” S15 Graphics Package by Block & Tackle
“In this record-breaking 15th season of Sunny, the gang’s is just as outrageous and debauched than ever, only now it’s post-2020 (read: ballot tampering, Covid, QAnon, Giuliani) and they’re in Ireland (cue bartending monkeys,…
DreamWorks Drops ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ Season 4 Trailer
True to Gabby’s signature phrase “we failed fantastically,” every episode encourages flexible thinking and imaginative problem-solving through resilience and resourcefulness. Through DIY crafting projects, baking recipes, and brain…
How The School Of Visual Arts Is Helping Students Extend Their Learning Outside The Classroom
The first workshop took place in August and was taught by Satish Goda, a Technical Director currently at Netflix. In the first session, participants were able to familiarize themselves with the user interface, set up a scene, add physics to objects, and…
The Secret To ‘Arcane’ Studio Fortiche’s Success: It’s Owned By Artists
Netflix’s new series Arcane isn’t just good by the iffy standards of video-game adaptations — it’s something of a masterpiece in its own right. Audiences and pros have reacted accordingly: the League of Legends spin-off shot to…
“ADVENT x FAREWELL” Short Film / NFT Diptych by Fabian Aerts
Director/animator: Fabian Aerts “It portrays the dawn and the dusk, the light and the shadows, setting the two key points without which everything we live would simply not be possible. Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 · Leave a…
NVIDIA Canvas Update with New AI Model Released
The update adds five new materials to create richer landscape environments: straw, flowers, mud, dirt, and bushes. Artwork Made More Easel-y NVIDIA Canvas, the free beta app and part of the NVIDIA Studio suite of creative apps and tools, brings real-time…
Yat Fung Leung Conjures Memories of Childhood in “Snack F#ck No Series”
Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 · Leave a Comment Director/animator: Yat Fung Leung “Did I do it just to entertain my audience while streaming? Or was it repressed in my mind only to be set free? Either way, I embraced the…
Call for Entries: Anibar International Animation Festival
Source: Anibar International Animation Festival The Anibar International Animation Festival, coming July 11-17, 2022, is the only animation festival in Kosovo, and one of the biggest cultural events in the country. The festival is now accepting film…
LIST: All The New Animated Series For TV And Streaming In 2022
Below is the list as it currently stands, along with the series’ premiere dates. The list is accessible from the Charts & Data dropdown on the homepage. If we’re missing any new debuts, please drop us a line. We’re only including…
Why The Anime Industry Lacks Unions And How That Could Change: A Veteran Producer Speaks
Image at top: “The Little Norse Prince” (1968), produced by Toei Doga. Its director Isao Takahata was a prominent member of the union. One of the bleaker themes running through our coverage is the poor conditions in which anime artists work.…
“Forever” Short Film by Mitch McGlocklin
“This junction of technology and filmmaking intersects with the subject of the film. AI uses LiDAR to ‘see’ humanity in accurate detail, but has resolution limitations. Director Mitch McGlocklin in Los Angeles: “A life insurance…
“2022 WCK Preseason Invitational” Opening Sequence by GOFF
Agency: VSPN Category: Animation, CG, Character Animation, Motion Graphics, The Inbox, Titles · Tags: GLAD Studio, GOFF, Riot Games, VSPN, Wild Rift Champions, Woo Gangsik Posted on Sunday, January 2, 2022 · Leave a Comment From the…
Cartoon Brew Pick: ‘Leviathan’ By Nick Cross
[embedded content] Production info: Animated in Toon Boom Harmony with post done in Adobe After Effects. Backgrounds painted in Adobe Photoshop. “That which is above is like that which is below, and that which is below is like that which is…