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ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the rule and category changes for the upcoming 40th anniversary edition of the Annie Awards. Changes to the rules and categories this year include: Achievement Awards for Television are now referred to as Television/Broadcast and include not only general television and cable programming, but also internet, mobile, [...]

Indie U.S. distributor GKids has picked up rights to the French animated features The Rabbi’s Cat and Zarafa, according to Variety. The announcements come on the eve of the Annecy Animation Film Festival and at the end of the debut, limited-release weekend for the Oscar-nominated feature A Cat in Paris. [...]

Women in Animation’s next general meeting will include a special panel discussion titled “The Green Light: Who Says ‘Yes’ and Why?” The panel will include executives who work in development, production and consumer products, and will be held June 21 in the second-floor meeting room of The Animation Guild, 1105 [...]

The New York Anime Festival is merging with the New York Comic-Con. ReedPOP, organizer of both shows, announced the anime-oriented event would no longer be a separate, stand-along event from NYCC. The anime event was launched in December 2007, following the success of the comic event’s successful first editions in [...]

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive has set a special look Aug. 3-7 at the art of animation with Disney director John Musker, whose credits include Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and The Princess and the Frog. The series of events begins with Musker appearing for an event called [...]

The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association announced its inaugural Retail & Branding Conference: Driving Brand Impact Through Consumer Touchpoints. The half-day event, which will explore transformations in branding, collaboration and shopper-centric strategies, will be held Sept. 13 at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York City. With participation limited to [...]

Before you think you’ve got your plans for Comic-Con worked out — there’s even more stuff being announced for the 41st edition, set for July 21-24. For a shortcut to all the animation-tagged programming at the convention, click here. http://comic-con.org/cci/cci_search_results.php?strShow=30&chkCat[]=278 And don’t forget to stop by booth 1535 and say [...]

Before you snap your spine picking up the official event guide for San Diego’s massive comics, animation and pop-culture event, take a quick glance at what the 41st edition has to offer this July 21-24. There’s so much going on, check back at AnimationMagazine.net over the next day or so [...]

The final Harry Potter movie is just a week away, and fans all over the world are preparing to both celebrate the franchise and mourn its ending (at least for now). Fans in the Southern California area will want to check out the Harry Potter Tribute Exhibition, opening tomorrow, July [...]

Disney has scheduled an untitled 3D movie from Pixar for release in theaters Nov. 27, 2013. According to a report on Deadline.com, the release will be an original feature and not a sequel. No other details on the film have been confirmed, though speculation runs high that the film will [...]


A special musical treat is in store for attendees of this year’s D23...

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Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...

