Festivals and Events
UPDATING: COVID-19 Risk Shuts Down Global Festivals, Cons, Conferences
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Top Stories
Channel 5 Serves Up More Free Kids Content on Milkshake!
March 26, 2020Channel 5 (U.K.) announced Thursday that it is ramping up the amount of free kids’ content...
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Features
GKIDS Snatches ‘Lupin the 3rd: The First’ Franchise CG Debut
March 26, 2020GKIDS has acquired the North American distribution rights to new animated feature Lupin the 3rd: The...
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Television
Rai Ragazzi & Sergio Bonelli Editore Roar Ahead with ‘Dragonero’
March 26, 2020While the coronavirus emergency is putting new focus on kids’ content offerings, animation production in Italy...
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Passings
William Dufris, Voice of Bob the Builder, Dies Age 62
March 26, 2020American voice actor William Dufris, who voiced iconic kids’ character Bob the Builder in the U.S....
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Internet
80 Level Launches Streamlined Artist Recruiting Service 80 Level RFP
March 26, 202080 Level, a leading source of information for the latest innovations in digital art and video...
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Gaming
Stitch Vs. Syndrome?! Toon Legends Collide as Glu Launches ‘Disney Sorcerer’s Arena’
March 25, 2020Leading mobile games developer-publisher Glu Mobile Inc. announces the worldwide availability of Disney Sorcerer’s Arena on...
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Animated People
Acclaimed Short ‘The Wheel Turns’ Debuts Online
March 25, 2020Korean animation director Kim Sang-joon’s The Wheel Turns is available today to view online. The short,...
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Technology
TurboSquid Unleashes Kraken Pro AI-Powered 3D Asset Manager
March 25, 2020TurboSquid introduces Kraken Pro, a turnkey version of its 3D asset manager designed to help content...
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Technology
Autodesk Launches 3ds Max 2021
March 25, 2020Autodesk unveiled 3ds Max 2021 on Wednesday, debuting a new version of its 3D modeling, animation...
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Television
ViacomCBS, DIRECTV GO Mexico Deal Brings Nickelodeon to OTT
March 25, 2020ViacomCBS Networks Americas announced its global channels MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central and Paramount Channel...
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Television
Mondo TV’s ‘MeteoHeroes’ Premieres Earth Day on Cartoonito
March 25, 2020An exciting animated eco-adventure will begin with a special sneak-preview next month, as Mondo TV’s highly...
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Streaming
Hulu Trailers ‘Solar Opposites’, Invading May 8 from Justin Roiland, Mike McMahan
March 25, 2020The official trailer for upcoming Hulu adult animated series Solar Opposites has officially crash-landed on our...
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Streaming
New ‘Angry Birds: Summer Madness’ Series Flaps to Netflix
March 25, 2020Netflix and CAKE, in partnership with Rovio Entertainment, announced the new animated series Angry Birds: Summer...
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Features
Global Animation & VFX Community Responds to COVID-19 Crisis
March 24, 2020Over the past few weeks, the animation and VFX industries have banded together to face the...
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Anime
‘Three-Body Problem’ Inspired Bilibili Anime Earns Rave Reviews
March 24, 2020My Three-Body: The Legend of Zhang Beihai — a nine-part animated series inspired by Liu Cixin’s...
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Television
Jennifer Garner, Warren Buffet & Genius Brands Toon Up Hygiene Tips for Kids
March 24, 2020In an effort to provide valuable information to parents and children in the midst of the...
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Festivals and Events
Animation Dingle Winners Announced in Streamed JAM Media Event
March 24, 2020Although JAM Media had to forego presenting a full edition of the Animation Dingle festival in...
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Streaming
Big Bad Boo’s ‘1001 Nights’ Launches on Amazon Prime
March 24, 2020Big Bad Boo’s original series 1001 Nights has launched on Amazon Prime Video — giving fans...
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Home Entertainment
Mungo Mole Goes for the Goal in Stop-Mo Adventure ‘Strike’
March 24, 2020An underground animal hero reaches for soccer stardom in Strike — a new animated adventure coming...
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Passings
Asterix Co-Creator Albert Uderzo Dies, Age 92
March 24, 2020French comic-book artist Albert Uderzo, the creator of hugely popular character Asterix (with writer Rene Goscinny)...
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Animated People
Kirsten Vangsness Opens Up to Animation with Debut Short ‘Curtains’
March 23, 2020Actor and writer Kirsten Vangsness is well known for her role on long-running CBS crime drama...
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Anime
KyoAni Unveils New ‘Violet Evergarden: The Movie’ Trailer, Poster
March 23, 2020Despite the understandable delays caused by the tragic Kyoto Animation arson attack last year, the celebrated...
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Festivals and Events
Titmouse 5 Second Day Twitch Livestream Set for Friday
March 23, 2020Emmy Award-winning animation production company Titmouse announced Monday it will broadcast the 90-minute-long 5 Second Day...
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Streaming
Amazon Delivers Free Kids’ Content for All Customers
March 23, 2020Stir-crazy homebound kids will soon have more options to pass the time, as Amazon has announced...
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Internet
Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Caring for Each Other’ Coronavirus Initiative
March 23, 2020In response to the unprecedented uncertainty facing young children and families, Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational...
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Top Stories
VES Statement Urges VFX Artists Work Remotely
March 23, 2020Monday, the Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s professional global honorary society, issued the following statement...
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Streaming
Homebound Watchlist: Where to Find LAIKA’s Oscar-Nominated Flicks
March 23, 2020As families and animation fans of all ages try to keep entertained and inspired while following...
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Streaming
Trailer: ‘The Willoughbys’ Wild Road Trip Begins April 22
March 23, 2020Netflix has dropped the official trailer for its original animated feature The Willoughbys — an offkilter...
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Archives
Animation Magazine – #298 March 2020
March 20, 2020March 2020 Issue No. 298 Aardman Animations brings some intergalactic fun to Shaun the Sheep’s second...
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People
Animag’s 2020 Rising Stars of Animation
March 20, 2020The 14 women and men we profile in this year’s Rising Stars feature in Animation Magazine‘s...
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Television
‘Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart’: Parker Simmons’ Loveable Trio Hits the Road
June 30, 2019***This story was written for the August ’19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)*** If you...
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Features
Watch: New English-Language Trailer for ‘Maquia’
August 16, 2018Eleven Arts Anime Studio has announced the English dub cast and English dubbed trailer for Maquia:...
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