[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 …

Panoply Stays Curious With “Oxymoron”
“Technically this might seem straight forward however the lighter instances are attached to an invisible pyro simulation which gives the busy yet delicate motion without feeling too chaotic. Audio: Human Robot Soul “Also, the lighter model is highly detailed down …

Lion Forge Animation Announces 7 Hires To Creative And Executive Team
Launched in 2019 by David Steward II (image at top), Lion Forge is one of the rare animation studios owned by an African American — and the only one of those that has an Oscar, which it won last year …

Skydance Animation Signs Multi-Year Pact With Apple For Features And Series
The deal will give a boost to the tech giant’s streaming service, which although available in over 100 countries has rolled out a noticeably meager amount of content compared to other streamers. To date, Apple has released just one animated …

Laura Jayne Hodkin and giffgaff Invite Fellow Brits to “Have a Proper Chat”
Agency: Don’t Panic “To help launch the initiative, [we] worked with renowned relationship therapist Simone Bose to create three scientific reasons why chatting on our phone has a real-world impact on loneliness.” Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 · Leave …