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Features

Tokidoki’s Mermicorno Getting Animated with Atomic Cartoons

Mercedes Milligan - February 4, 2019

Atomic Cartoons, the kids’ division of Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc., is partnering with pop-culture brand tokidoki ("sometimes" in Japanese) to develop an original animated...

Disney’s ‘Ralph’ Logs On with Google’s Internet Citizenship Program

Mercedes Milligan - February 4, 2019

Walt Disney Animation Studio's Ralph Breaks the Internet is teaming up with Google's Be Internet Awesome program to encourage the fundaments of digital citizenship...

North America

Exclusive Clip: Jane Lynch Guest Stars on Nickelodeon’s ‘Loud House’

Mercedes Milligan - February 4, 2019

In Tuesday’s new episode of smash hit animated comedy The Loud House, “Driving Ambition,” the inimitable Jane Lynch (Glee) guest stars as the voice...

Festivals & Events

‘Spider-Verse’ Sweeps Annie Awards with 7 Wins, Including Best Feature

Mercedes Milligan - February 2, 2019

Sony’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse won Best Animated Feature at the 46th Annual Annie Awards Saturday evening, and garnered top honors across seven categories...

Commercials

Animation Spotlights Survivors’ Stories in Me Too PSAs

Mercedes Milligan - February 1, 2019

Content warning: This article and the videos embedded relate to sexual violence and survivors’ personal stories. A new four-piece PSA collection for Me Too --...

Europe

FMX: ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Missing Link,’ Indie Animation & Trailer #2!

Mercedes Milligan - February 1, 2019

More delightful and intriguing programming has been added to the lineup for FMX 2019, taking place April 30-May 3 in Stuttgart, Germany (www.fmx.de). The...

Features

News Bytes: Georgia Cano Opens Up About Lawsuit, Machinima Shuts Down, Tom DeLonge Toons Up His Kids’ Book & More

Mercedes Milligan - February 1, 2019

Meet a Guy Who Taught Himself to Animate His Own Sci-Fi Web Series Denver Jackson, who won last year’s TAC Pitch This! competition with the...

Festivals & Events

Puppet Animation Feature ‘Dollhouse’ Wins Grand Prize at Slamdance

Mercedes Milligan - February 1, 2019

Park City, Utah’s funkier cinema convocation, Slamdance Film Festival, has wrapped up its 25th edition, with Nicole Brending’s throat-punch puppet animation Dollhouse: The Eradication...

Streaming

Trailer: ‘The Dragon Prince’ Season 2 Debuts Feb. 15

Mercedes Milligan - February 1, 2019

Netflix Original animated series The Dragon Prince returns with a second, nine-episode season on February 15. The fan-favorite show from Wonderstorm, created by Aaron...

North America

PBS KIDS Premiering ‘Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum’ November 11

Mercedes Milligan - February 1, 2019

During the Television Critics Association Press Tour, PBS KIDS announced that its new animated series Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum will premiere Monday,...

North America

Netflix Heats up with ‘Big Mouth’ Valentine’s Special Feb. 8

Mercedes Milligan - February 1, 2019

Nick Kroll , Andrew Goldberg’s edgy half-hour adult toon about the tribulations of puberty is returning February 8 with a brand new holiday themed...

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