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Features

Disney’s ‘Zootopia 2’ Serves Up a Big Feast with Record-Breaking $556 Million Opening Weekend Worldwide

Ramin Zahed - November 30, 2025

As predicted, Disney’s charming anthropomorphic animals/cop buddies served up a big cinematic feast at the box office this Thanksgiving weekend. Directed by Jared Bush...

Passings

Longtime Hanna-Barbera Writer and Storyboard Artist Tony Benedict Dies at 89

Ramin Zahed - November 29, 2025

Much-loved Hanna-Barbera writer and storyboard artist Tony Benedict has passed away at the age of 89. Mark Evanier reported the news on his blog...

Awards

Bo-sol Kim’s ‘The Square’ Wins Best Animated Feature Prize at the Asian Pacific Film Awards

Ramin Zahed - November 28, 2025

Korean filmmaker Bo-sol Kim’s acclaimed new feature The Square has won the Best Animated Feature award at the 18th Asian Pacific Film Awards on...

Shorts

Three New ‘Gruffalo and Friends’ Spots by Magic Light Pictures Shine on the BBC

Ramin Zahed - November 28, 2025

Over the years, Magic Light Pictures has had great success with its Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning adaptations of pictures books penned by Julia Donaldson and...

Features

Toonz Media Group CEO P. Jayakumar to Step Down After 26 Years of Leading the Prominent Indian Animation Studio

Ramin Zahed - November 27, 2025

Toonz Media Group long-time CEO P. Jayakumar will be stepping down from his role after eading the Indian animation studio for ever 26 years, effective...

Animated People

‘God’s Gang’ Appoints New Team Members, CEO Nimrod May Discusses the Holy Heroes’ Future (Exclusive)

Ramin Zahed - November 27, 2025

God’s Gang Ltd., the production company behind God’s Gang, led by former Disney Channel executive Nimrod Avraham May, today announces three key appointments to...

Animated People

Nordic Flight: Anu-Laura Tuttelberg Looks Back at Her Award-Winning Porcelain-Animated ‘On Weary Wings Go By’

Ramin Zahed - November 26, 2025

A porcelain girl wanders a bleak, but stunning Nordic landscape in Anu-Laura Tuttelberg’s haunting and memorable stop-motion short On Weary Wings Go By (original...

Animated People

Director Joey Clift Captures an Indigenous Adolescent Experience in His Award-Winning Short ‘Pow!’

Ramin Zahed - November 24, 2025

Joey Clift’s charming animated short Pow! centers on a young Native American boy who tries to charge his video game console at a large...

Television

Disney Veteran Kevin Deters Revisits ‘Prep & Landing’ in a Charming New Holiday Special

Ramin Zahed - November 23, 2025

Back in 2009, a couple of charming elves named Wayne and Magee (voiced by Dave Foley and Sarah Chalke) made their debut in an...

Awards

It’s a Wrap: This Year’s Record-Breaking World Animation Summit Offered a Hopeful Primer on Navigating a Changing Biz

Ramin Zahed - November 22, 2025

The 2025 edition of Animation Magazine’s World Animation Summit and the Annual Hall of Fame Awards proved to be a resounding success this past...

Animated People

Showrunner J. Chris Wall on the Epic Developments of ‘The Wingfeather Saga’ S3

Ramin Zahed - November 20, 2025

Christmas came early for fans of the animated family fantasy The Wingfeather Saga this month as the third season of the show premiered online...

Animated People

Pixar Alum Masha Ellsworth Discusses Her Ukrainian Folktale-Inspired Short, ‘Bound’

Ramin Zahed - November 19, 2025

Writer-director Masha Ellsworth’s new animated short Bound (Переплетені) is one of the more striking and original shorts up for Oscar voting consideration in the...

Shorts

‘Wednesdays with Gramps’ Directors Chris & Justin Copeland Explore Family Ties and Love for Gaming in Their Heartwarming Short

Ramin Zahed - November 17, 2025

“Whenever we work on a film, we ask ourselves: what about this idea makes it work as an animated film? What separates it from...

Passings

Dan McGrath, Emmy-Winning Writer/Producer on ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘King of the Hill,’ Dies at 61

Ramin Zahed - November 15, 2025

The animation community mourns the passing of Emmy-winning writer Dan McGrath who worked on some of the more memorable episodes of The Simpsons, King...

Animated People

Pietro Giliberti Gives Us the Scoop on His Super Cool, Viral Muppets/Sesame Street Spots

Ramin Zahed - November 15, 2025

If you love to see Miss Piggy and Kermit grooving to “The Lambada,” or Bert, Ernie, the Count and Grover shaking their booties to...

Shorts

Brief Encounter: ‘The Night Boots’ Director Pierre-Luc Granjon Reflects on the Making of His Award-Winning Short

Ramin Zahed - November 14, 2025

Earlier this year, French writer-director Pierre-Luc Granjon (The White Wolf, co-director on the 2023 feature The Inventor) took home the Oscar-qualifying short film Cristal...

Shorts

Flight from a Dark Past: ‘Shadows’ Director Randy Beiruty Discusses Her Oscar-Qualified Animated Short

Ramin Zahed - November 13, 2025

“Animation can soften the edges of very difficult topics, making them easier for audiences to face without losing their weight. That combination of protection,...

Animated People

‘Decorado’ Director Alberto Vázquez Introduces Us to His Animals in Existential Crisis

Ramin Zahed - November 12, 2025

“The current global situation is very disturbing: wars, hyperconnectivity, polarization, artificial intelligence, megalomaniac leaders, mega-corporations that control everything. I think Decorado is a contemporary...

Digital Media

Claynosaurz Co-Founder Nicholas Cabana on the Super Success of His Transmedia IP

Ramin Zahed - November 11, 2025

“With newer internet technology that allows for ownership, instead of animators being paid once for their labor, the work they create can actually hold...

Features

The Fast and the Funny: ‘Rally — From Paris to the Pyramids’ Director Details the Animated Racing Adventure

Ramin Zahed - November 10, 2025

Norwegian director Rasmus A. Siversten is no stranger to ambitious, international animated features. He is the man behind Euro crowd pleasers such as Three...

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