Tag "Storyboard Pro"

Japan’s HeARTBIT Beats for Toon Boom Pipeline

April 15, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Japanse studio HeARTBIT Digital Creation has announced that it will use a Toon Boom pipeline, namely Storyboard Pro and Toon Boom Harmony for its upcoming production Francesca, which is based on a popular manga. “I feel extremely honored to use Toon Boom technology. I find it far superior, providing users [...]

A Capital Venture

April 12, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

Show creators Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick discuss tackling season five of The Venture Bros. for Adult Swim, and what keeps fans coming back for more. Back in 2003, as Adult Swim viewers were enjoying spoofy recycles of defunct toon heroes in shows like Space Ghost Coast to Coast, The [...]

Industry Pros Gather at Animation Feature Summit

October 29, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

On Sunday, the inaugural World Animation Feature Films and VFX Summit was launched in grand style at the Marina del Rey California Yacht Club. During a special opening night cocktail party, sponsored by Disney Studios, Animation Magazine president and event organizer Jean Thoren awarded Joan Vogelesang, president and CEO of [...]

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro Scores Emmy

October 9, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Toon Boom’s flagship storyboarding software Storyboard Pro has been awarded a Primetime Engineering Emmy by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the tech house announced today. The Primetime Engineering Emmys are presented for engineering developments so significant an improvement on existing methods, or so innovative in nature, that they [...]

Fox Strives for Flippin’ Good TV

September 7, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

Fox TV’s new animation lineup sees the awkward teens of Napoleon Dynamite get a toon makeover, and Jonah Hill as a sophisticated schoolboy in Allen Gregory. In the next few months, Fox TV audiences will be treated to two new kids on the channel’s animation block: Napoleon Dynamite and Allen [...]