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CMG Bets on SHAX’s Louis La Chance
Cinema Management Group is putting good money down on a new CG-animated feature about the Monaco Grand Prix. The international sales outfit signed worldwide sales rights to Louis La Chance, a $16 million CG-animated feature produced by SHAX France and LuxAnimation. Directed by veteran French toon helmer Philippe Leclerk (The [...]
Toei Preps Six Different Kitaro Movies
Fans of the popular otherworldly Japanese series Kitaro will have six reasons to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the property next year. According to Daily Variety, a new animated feature titled Gegege Kitaro’Nihon Bakuretsu! (Gegege Kitaro’Japan Explodes!!), will be released in six different versions, one for each major region of [...]
Animation Magazine’s featured School of the Month: The DAVE School
As anyone who attended the recent NAB confab in Las Vegas can tell you, the growth of stereoscopic 3-D technologies is having a huge impact on the entertainment and animation business. That’s why Orlando, Florida-based DAVE School has incorporated a new series of lessons in conjunction with tech studio 3DBlast [...]
Strong Buzz for Oshi’s Sky Crawlers
Mamoru Oshi’s new anime feature The Sky Crawlers (Sukai Kurora) is expected to generate a lot of interest at the Cannes Film market this month (May 14-25) according to insiders. The new movie, which is produced by Nippon TV and animated by Production I.G., centers on two teenagers caught in [...]
Ottawa Festival Deadline Only 3 Weeks Away
If you plan to get your animated projects considered by the prestigious Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), you have about three weeks left to make the June 1, 2008 entry deadline. The event, which takes place September 17 to 21, is considered one of the largest events of its kind: [...]
New Speed Racer and Avatar: Book 3 DVDs Roll Out Today
Riding the wave of publicity building up to this Friday’s release of the Wachowski brothers’ live-action Speed Racer, Lionsgate is releasing Speed Racer the Next Generation: The Beginning DVD today. The single-disc Speed Racer: The Next Generation focuses on a new racing academy cadet who learns that he is the [...]
Henson’s Sid the Science Kid to Debut on Labor Day
The Jim Henson Company announced recently that it’s deep in production of the new digital puppet-animated series Sid the Science Kid. Produced with Los Angeles PBS station, KCET, the 40 half-hour series will premiere September 1 on PBS Kids. Billed as the Henson Company’s first curriculum-based series, the series uses [...]
Daytime Emmys Show Love for Toons
The nominating committee for the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards did a fine job of spreading the wealth among animated contenders yesterday. PBS, Disney Channel, Discovery Kids, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Cartoon Network, National Geo Kids and Kids’ WB! were all well-represented in the nominations list. The June 20 ceremony will [...]
Buster Animates Sweet Mrs. Butterworth
L.A-based conceptual design studio Buster has created two new animated ads featuring classic syrup matriarch, Mrs. Butterworth. Buster’s new 2008 version of the toon spokeswoman stars in an ad for Butterworth syrup as well as a creative spot for Geico insurance. Jonas Morganstein, Buster’s executive creative director, oversaw the concurrent [...]
GDH’s Online Anime Hennako-chan Premieres Today
Anime fans can look for a new series about an elementary schoolgirl with special telekinetic powers online today. Based on a popular manga by Fujio Akatsuka, the new adaptation is titled Hennako-chan and is produced by Tokyo’s animation powerhouse GDH and its subsidiary Gonzo Rosso. The comic-strip original ran in [...]
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
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Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
