Disney, Nick, And Cartoon Network Saw Double-Digit Ratings Plummet (Again) This Year
For the first time this year, all the networks mentioned above have sister streamers within the same parent company. The Nick channels are associated with Paramount+, the Disney channels with Disney+, and Cartoon Network and Adult Swim with HBO Max.…
“Arcadia” Short Film / NFT by Andrés Reisinger, RAC, and Arch Hades
Posted on Friday, December 31, 2021 · Leave a Comment Director/animator: Andrés ReisingerMusic: RACPoet: Arch HadesDesigner/animator: Sebastian Baptista, Carlos Neda, Javier Bianchi Andrés Reisinger:…
Plátano de Canarias “La Palma Renacerá” by Manson and Bliss
Production: CanadaDirector: MansonEP: Victor MataPost-producer: Marina Martinez “The agency Lola Mullenlowe was the architect of the poetic idea behind the film: to use the real ashes that cover the island of La Palma and turn them into something…
Artjail Names Matt Greenwood Design Creative Director
Source: Artjail Lee says he’s happy to be joining the staff and is looking forward to “building a relationship within a team that results in better workflow while getting a chance to explore new techniques on future projects.” New York…
‘Summertime Rendering’ Anime Adaptation Coming to Disney+
The anime series adaptation of Udon Entertainment’s manga series “Summertime Rendering,” written and illustrated by Yasuki Tanaka, is coming to Disney+ in April 2022. Source: Diamond Comics Debbie Diamond Sarto is assistant news editor…
Iconic ‘Akira’ Coming to 4K UHD Blu-Ray
January 25, 2022 January 11, 2022 Set in the future, the film tells the story of Shotaro Kaneda and his motorcycle gang as they tear through Neo Tokyo, a city divided by growing tensions. But when caught in an accident, Kaneda’s friend Tetsuo Shima…
Best of Stash 2021: VFX
The Mill team weaves both invisible and dreamlike VFX into Anorak director Sebastian Strasser‘s stylish and stylized narrative of a car designer’s quest for perfection in this spot for Hyundai’s family of electrified SUVs. AVANTI WEST…
3 Animation Books I Can’t Wait To Read In 2022
The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s Golden Ageby Jake S. Friedman Making the Cut at Pixar: The Art of Editing Animationby Bill Kinder and Bobbie O’SteenEditing in feature animation is one of the most critical yet poorly…
I Attended A Festival During The Pandemic. Here’s What I Learned
In most ways, it was the same ‘ol Animateka. Lots of familiar and not-so-familiar faces, plenty of engaging screenings, talks, workshops, exhibitions, and installations. People are chatting, laughing, and drinking beer and coffee in Kinodvor, the…
Framestore Lends Its Invisible Touch to ‘No Time To Die’ VFX
Source: Framestore Working on No Time To Die was a dream project for Framestore, says Loch, as “the franchise was always a firm favorite growing up, and my pick of choice was always one from the Bond ‘VHS’ collection.” With the…
Best of Stash 2021: Game Films
SKY: CHILDREN OF THE LIGHTIncluded in STASH 148 Passion Pictures director Jon Saunders: “The problem going in was that when CG films try to emulate anime, oftentimes they only focus on mimicking the look with toon shaders and outlines, but we…
Framestore Helps ‘Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage’ Visualize a Serial Killer’s Childhood
Finding a unique look for the drawings and animation was a challenge. “We had nothing to base it on” says VFX supervisor Stuart Penn, “as the closest thing was probably the ‘Tale of the Three Brothers’ from the later Harry…
Best of Stash 2021: Explainers
From the team at Tendril in Toronto: “Kernel’s technology is unique in the field of brain scanning, acquiring real-time brain activity before, during, and after a psychedelic experience. Magically transforming a dry (often arcane, and…
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Elizabeth Hobbs
Here’s an introduction to her work: Other key works: The Emperor (2001), G-AAAH (2016), The Flounder (2019) Welcome to a new series in which we profile the most interesting independent animation filmmakers working today — the artists who,…
‘Lucas the Spider’ Leaps onto Cartoonito from YouTube
The new series – 78 7-minute episodes – aims to embrace and illustrate core values of kindness, inclusivity, and perseverance, grounded in social and emotional learning skills, all things that attracted executive producer Tom McGillis to…
Best of Stash 2021: Music Videos
“There were several major challenges to completing the project successfully. First was creating a piece that could complement the existing Johnny Cash anthology as this piece would live on his site next to his other work. This meant the subject,…
14TH ANIMASYROS & THE 7TH AGORA : 22 – 26 September 2021, Syros, Greece
SPECIAL MENTION – Love, Dad, Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Czech Republic Greek graphic designer and animator Margarita Simopoulous and her group of seniors explored the relationship between watercolors and the…
Best of Stash 2021: Advertising
Many tears flowed during Super Bowl LV thanks to this powerful work for Toyota from Radical Media director Tarsem Singh and the Framestore VFX crew recounting the incredible journey of Jessica Long from orphan amputee to Paralympic swimming…
Best of Stash 2021: Short Films
Co-director Claire Sun at Gobelins in Paris: “This is our graduation movie made in our last year of studying conception and direction of animated filmmaking at the Gobelins School in Paris. Ezequiel Pini and Sebastian Baptista at Six N. Five in…
Forget Charlie Brown: Here’s The Best Alternative Christmas Animation, As Chosen By Readers
The only Oscar winner on this list is Richard Williams’s A Christmas Carol, a visual tour de force featuring animation by the great Ken Harris. Not even Michael Caine in a world of Muppets can top this as an adaptation of the Dickens novella. It…
‘DC’s Stargirl: The Complete Second Season’ Coming Home February 8
Stargirl is based on the DC characters and created for television by Geoff Johns. Producers on the show are Berlanti Productions and Mad Ghost Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, with Geoff Johns (Titans, Wonder Woman; Greg Berlanti…