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Features

Playmaker Trots Out ‘The Unicorn That Said No’ Animated Feature at EFM

Animation Magazine - January 23, 2026

Another children's book hero is looking to gallop to animation stardom, as The Playmaker announces it will launch international sales for CG family feature The...

Features

‘Arco’ Exclusive Clip: Iris Make a Wish

Animation Magazine - January 23, 2026

In an exclusive new clip from the Academy Award-nominated animated feature Arco, young heroine Iris (voiced by Romy Fay) shares a tender moment with her...

Awards

Academy Awards: The Animation & VFX Nominees React

Animation Magazine - January 22, 2026

Updating with reactions from the filmmakers behind the animated features, animated short films and visual effects feats nominated for the 98th Academy Awards. Animated Feature...

Awards

Awards Season Recap: ‘Snow White’ & ‘Smurfs’ Receive Razzie Noms, More Critics’ Wins for ‘KPop’

Animation Magazine - January 21, 2026

Awards season's most ignominious honors, the Razzie Awards, announced their nominations for the year's worst films. While Disney's animated sequel Zootopia 2 has been winning over...

Festivals & Events

San Diego Comic-Con Bans AI from Art Show

Animation Magazine - January 21, 2026

A rules update for the 2026 Art Show at San Diego Comic-Con, one of the largest pop-culture and collector events in the nation, will...

Streaming

French Animated Coming-of-Age Series ‘Samuel’ Sets Netflix Release

Animation Magazine - January 16, 2026

A new digital-to-series animation success story is ready to take off, with the news that the viral coming-of-age vignettes of Samuel will soon arrive on...

Publishing

Timeless Beauty: A Look Back at Frédéric Back’s Oscar-Winning Short, ‘The Man Who Planted Trees’ (Book Excerpt)

Animation Magazine - January 16, 2026

The following excerpt is from the beautiful new book The Animation Atlas: The Ghibliotheque Guide to the World of Animated Film by Michael Leader...

Streaming

YouTube Is Now Home to 100-Plus ‘Sesame Street’ Episodes

Animation Magazine - January 15, 2026

Following up on the deal between the platform and nonprofit prodco Sesame Workshop announced last fall, YouTube is kicking off the new year by...

Festivals & Events

D23 Celebrates ‘101 Dalmatians’ 65th Anniversary with DisneyWorld Screening Event

Animation Magazine - January 14, 2026

Fans have a unique opportunity to reconnect with Pongo, Perdita and their puppies next month, when D23, the official Disney fan club, presents a...

Streaming

‘Solar Opposites’ Veterans to Create New ‘Odd Jobs’ at Prime Video

Animation Magazine - January 14, 2026

Solar Opposites exec producers Mike McMahan and Dominic Dierkes have landed their next big gig. The duo’s new adult animated show Odd Jobs has...

Passings

‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Dies of Prostate Cancer Age 68

Animation Magazine - January 13, 2026

Cartoonist Scott Adams, who translated his experiences as a corporate middle manager into the comic-strip empire Dilbert, died today (January 13) at his home in...

Archives Animation Magazine – #356 February 2026

Animation Magazine - January 13, 2026

Inside the New Issue of Animation Magazine January 2026, Issue No. 355

Streaming

‘Backyard Sports’ Animated Special Reveals Cast & Characters

Animation Magazine - January 12, 2026

Backyard Sports, the 1990s kids' video game favorite, will debut its new animated special on YouTube later this month (after its premiere run at...

Passings

‘Fairly OddParents’ Composer Guy Moon Killed in Traffic Collision

Animation Magazine - January 12, 2026

Guy Moon, a multi-Emmy-nominated and Annie Award-winning composer for many popular animated series since the 1990s, as well as live-action television and film, died...

Milk Reveals the VFX Conjuring Tricks of ‘The Rats: A Witcher Tale’

Animation Magazine - January 12, 2026

U.K.-based Milk VFX, a Phantom Media Group company, delivered complex creature and visual effects work for The Rats: A Witcher Tale, the Netflix spin-off...

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life of Indie Animation King Bill Plympton!

Animation Magazine - January 11, 2026

How can anyone resist taking a peek at the daily life of indie animation icon Bill Plympton? With a highly acclaimed short (Whale 52)...

Awards

Seven Animated Features Make Academy Awards Best Picture Eligibility List

Animation Magazine - January 8, 2026

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences today revealed the list of 201 films eligible for consideration in the race for Best Picture...

Television

‘Mister Miracle’ Showrunner Says New DC Series Will ‘Push the Limits of Animation’

Animation Magazine - January 8, 2026

In a new episode of Comic Geek Speak, DC fans got additional hints of what's in store in the new adult animated series Mister Miracle...

Passings

‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Effects Supervisor Con Pederson Dies Age 91

Animation Magazine - January 6, 2026

American animator, visual effects artist and computer graphics pioneer Con Pederson — remembered as a key figure in bringing Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi opus 2001: A...

Television