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Exclusive Clip: ‘Dandelion’s Odyssey’ Animates a Post-Apocalyptic Quest Across the Cosmos

Animation Magazine - May 8, 2025

A fiery cataclysm launches unusual animated heroes on a journey through space in the new clip from Dandelion's Odyssey, shared with Animation Magazine ahead of the...

Festivals & Events

SIGGRAPH ’25 Honors ‘Toy Story’s Legacy with 30th Anniversary Look Back

Animation Magazine - May 7, 2025

SIGGRAPH 2025 will open its conference this August by honoring a film that forever changed the course of animation, technology and storytelling. Pixar’s Toy...

Television

Trump Administration Stops Grants Used for PBS Kids’ Animation & Education

Animation Magazine - May 6, 2025

Educational animated content for kids is among the latest great national threats to be addressed by the Trump administration. The publicly funded non-profit Corporation...

Passings

TV Animation Director Mark Thornton Dies Age 55

Animation Magazine - May 6, 2025

Mark Thornton, a Canadian animator, designer and television director known for co-creating the series Grojband and his work on the long-running hit Total Drama, died April...

Television

Dive into Summer with Animated Favorites in Freeform’s ’30 Days of Disney’

Animation Magazine - May 6, 2025

Freeform’s “30 Days of Disney” will make a splash this Summer with themed weeks full of feel-good favorites and nostalgic classics. Highlights include the world...

Features

Sales Agents Scoop ‘Saurus City,’ ‘Nimuendajú’ Animated Indies Ahead of Cannes

Animation Magazine - May 5, 2025

With the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-23) and Market (13-21) around the corner, two very different but equally intriguing independent animated feature projects have...

Festivals & Events

10K Heroes Announces 2nd Annual 24-Hour Animation Livestream for Children’s Cancer Research

Animation Magazine - May 2, 2025

The animation industry’s innovative cancer research fund-raising initiative, 10K Heroes, announced its second annual Animation Heroes 24-hour Livestream, set to take place this Mother's Day...

Features

‘Little Amelie’ Debuts Trailer ahead of Cannes Premiere

Animation Magazine - May 1, 2025

The official trailer has arrived for Little Amelie or the Character of Rain (Amélie et la Métaphysique des Tubes), a new French animated feature...

Features

New Study Proposes Updates to California’s Animation Tax Credits

Animation Magazine - May 1, 2025

As the animation industry lobbies to be included in proposed updates to California’s motion picture tax credits bills (Assembly Bill 1138 and Senate Bill...

Anime

Crunchyroll Brings 2025 Ani-May Festivities Worldwide Across Retail & Streaming

Animation Magazine - April 30, 2025

Crunchyroll is kicking off the third annual Ani-May celebration with global retail, digital and streaming activations. New and exclusive products and promotions will be...

Features

Mokster Films Shops Taiwanese Roto-Animated Movie ‘Welcome to Dolly’s House’ at Cannes

Animation Magazine - April 30, 2025

Singapore-based Mokster Films has picked up worldwide distribution rights to Welcome to Dolly's House, the first major rotoscoped 2D animated feature production in Taiwan. Presenting...

Features

‘Dreamers – The Hunt for Shadowclaw’ Adds Epsilon Film as Co-Pro & Sales Partner

Animation Magazine - April 30, 2025

Heading into the Cannes Film Market, Epsilon Film has signed on with the family 3D CG-animated features Dreamers – The Hunt for Shadowclaw as co-producer...

Immersive

Disney Debuts ‘A Goofy Movie’ VR Experience for 30th Anniversary

Animation Magazine - April 30, 2025

On April 30, as part of the 30th anniversary celebration of A Goofy Movie, Disney will release an all-new virtual reality version of the film’s iconic...

Technology

Cheehoo, A New Entertainment/Tech Outfit Focusing on AI-Enabled Animation, Launches in Beta

Animation Magazine - April 28, 2025

A new technology and entertainment new company focusing on a AI-enabled animation name Cheehoo has launched in beta. The studio’s organizing team includes producer...

Europe

Paris Court Orders Total Liquidation of Cyber Group Studios

Animation Magazine - April 28, 2025

French animation outfit Cyber Group Studios will be liquidated, according to a ruling by the Paris Commercial Court. This means that none of the...

Features

Korean Gov’t Commits $1 Billion to Grow Animation Industry

Animation Magazine - April 25, 2025

South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched its “Basic Plan for the Promotion of the Animation Industry” this week, announced more than...

Anime

Toonami Adds ‘Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War’ & ‘Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga’ to May Lineup

Animation Magazine - April 25, 2025

Adult Swim's Toonami anime block revealed highlights of its May 2025 programming lineup, which will bring Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga to...

Features

Trailer: ‘Junk World’ Expands Takahide Hori’s Stop-Motion Sci-Fi Story

Animation Magazine - April 23, 2025

Over a decade since introducing his post-apocalyptic world, where human scientists launch a desperate quest to save the species with the help of a...

Features

‘Ne Zha 2’ Powers IMAX to Record Q1 Box Office

Animation Magazine - April 23, 2025

IMAX has reported its highest-grossing first quarter box office yet, taking in $298 million (+12% from last year). This achievement was fueled by a...

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