Festivals and Events
UPDATING: COVID-19 Risk Shuts Down Global Festivals, Cons, Conferences
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Shorts
Cartoon Network Premieres 100% African Shorts with Stellar Response
March 18, 2020Cartoon Network Africa started 2020 off on the right foot with Shesha Fest, which let viewers...
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People
IATSE Donates $2.5M Amid COVID-19 Shutdowns, GLAS Opens Grant Applications
March 18, 2020With a reported 120,000 entertainment union members out of work as a result of social distancing...
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Television
ViacomCBS & Sky Pick Magic Light’s Debut Pre-K Series ‘Pip and Posy’
March 18, 2020ViacomCBS and Sky announced their first co-production partnership on Wednesday, teaming up for preschool CG animated...
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Streaming
‘The Willoughbys’: A Most Peculiar Family Finds a Home on Netflix
March 18, 2020***This article originally appeared in the April ’20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 299)*** The eccentric...
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Festivals and Events
Reed MIDEM Launches MIPTV ONLINE+ March 30
March 18, 2020Reed MIDEM announced Wednesday a new premium online experience available for free to all registered MIPTV,...
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Features
News Bytes: Half of US Families Dig Disney+, Why ‘Angry Birds 2’ Rules the Netflix Roost, Cinesite’s ‘Witcher’ VFX Breakdown & More
March 18, 2020Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Announces ‘Birds of Prey and the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn’...
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Television
A Musical, Mystery Masala: Meet ‘Mira, Royal Detective’
March 17, 2020Disney Junior’s colorful new animated series offers a window to the beautiful colors, music and culture...
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Features
Animation in the Time of Corona!
March 17, 2020We are putting together an overview of how our friends in the animation and vfx communities...
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Festivals and Events
Cannes Makes Virtual Market Contingency Plans
March 17, 2020With the threat of coronavirus precautions looming over the year’s biggest film event, leading indie film...
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People
ACCESS:VFX Founder Simon Devereux Shortlisted for Visionary Honours
March 17, 2020ACCESS:VFX, an industry-led non-profit coalition of leading VFX, animation and games studios, shared the news that...
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Commercials
Gentleman Scholar Marks 10 Years with Relaunch as Scholar
March 17, 2020As it celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, live-action and animation-based production company Gentleman Scholar is...
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Internet
PBS KIDS Offers Free Resources During COVID-19 School Closures
March 17, 2020With schools closing across the U.S. to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, PBS KIDS is launching...
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Streaming
DreamWorks Unsheathes ‘She-Ra’ S5 on Netflix May 15
March 17, 2020The highly anticipated fifth and final season of DreamWorks Animation’s critically acclaimed and Emmy, Critics’ Choice...
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Features
‘Trolls World Tour’: Brighter, Louder, Wilder!
March 17, 2020***This article originally appeared in the April ’20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 299)*** Like any...
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People
NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music & Theatre Issues 94 Grants
March 17, 2020Commissioner Anne del Castillo announced today that the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) awarded...
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Home Entertainment
Boldly Go into an Expanding Universe with ‘Star Trek: Short Treks’
March 16, 2020In a few months, fans can dive deeper into key themes and characters that fit into...
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Television
Cartoon Network Scrubs Up Global Health PSAs Featuring Fave Characters
March 16, 2020Cartoon Network has launched global PSAs focused on the importance of good hygiene practices, in support...
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Technology
Celsys & Wacom Team to Bundle Clip Studio Paint with Cintiqs
March 16, 2020Software developer Celsys is partnering with Wacom to bundle a free license (up to six months)...
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Festivals and Events
Hiroshima Animation Festival Gears Up for 2020
March 16, 2020Plans are falling into place for the 2020 Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan. The 18th...
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Home Entertainment
Universal Plans Same Day Home & Theatrical Open for ‘Trolls World Tour’
March 16, 2020With the global and domestic box office far from humming a happy tune amid the COVID-19...
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Features
Coronavirus Fears & Theater Closures Batter Box Office
March 16, 2020It was a bleak weekend at the box office both at home and overseas, as cinemas...
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Streaming
First Look: ‘Midnight Gospel’ Premieres on Netflix April 20
March 16, 2020Netflix has revealed the official premiere date for its psychedelic new adult animated series The Midnight...
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Technology
CelAction Offers Free WFH Software for Students, Pros During COVID-19 Crisis
March 16, 2020CelAction, the 2D animation software developer, announced Monday that any of their clients who require licences...
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Festivals and Events
NYICFF: Triple Win for ‘My Life in Versailles’, ‘Grab My Hand’ Takes Animation Prize
March 15, 2020Despite moving online for its final weekend, the New York International Children’s Film Festival still celebrated...
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Streaming
‘Frozen II’ Debuts on Disney+ Three Months Early
March 15, 2020As more folks of all ages stay home to help curb COVID-19, The Walt Disney Company...
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People
Cartoon Italia Coronavirus Statement, Euro Animation Industry Shows Solidarity
March 15, 2020Italy’s National Association of Animation Producers, Cartoon Italia, issued a message to the European animation community...
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Features
Lockdown Toon-Up: Animated Options for Coping at Home
March 13, 2020With large gatherings discouraged, schools and offices opting for virtual attendance and individuals staying isolated in...
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Streaming
‘Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures’ S2 Blasts Off with 3 Episodes
March 13, 2020The Jedi Council’s animated, educational introduction to the Star Wars universe continues to unfold, with an...
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Television
CN’s Transformers Launch S3 ‘Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures’ Sunday
March 13, 2020On Sunday, March 15 at 7 a.m. EST Cartoon Network premieres the third season of the...
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Streaming
‘True and the Rainbow Kingdom’ Returns to Netflix with Easter Special
March 13, 2020The hit Netflix Original series True and the Rainbow Kingdom, produced by Guru Studio (PAW Patrol,...
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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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