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Watch: Netflix Drops New Featurette on the Making of ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’

Ramin Zahed - December 1, 2023

Netflix is offering a cool behind the scenes look at the work of award-winning animation house Science SARU on the popular new series Scott...

Animated People

‘Awakening: The First Day’ Directors Discuss Their Oscar-Qualified Tale of Light & Darkness (EXCLUSIVE CLIP)

Ramin Zahed - December 1, 2023

Santiago Carrasquilla and Jos Diaz Contreras’ visually stunning new short Awakening: The First Day combines state-of-the-art 3D animation with finished hand-painted layer. The short,...

Animated People

The Director and Animator of ‘Sunflower Field’ Discuss Their Short About the Impact of War on Children

Ramin Zahed - November 28, 2023

A young Ukrainian girl waits for a call from her father in the powerful 2D-animated short Sunflower Field, directed by Polina Buchak (Pool Party)...

Animated People

‘Misaligned’ Director Marta Magnuska Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Her Debut Short

Ramin Zahed - November 27, 2023

Marta Magnuska’s animated short Misaligned finds parallels between the relationship between a man and a woman, and a gecko and several flies circling a...

Streaming

Animation Veteran Mike Blum Discusses His Animated Series ‘Dogster Kid Songs’ and YouTube Channel

Ramin Zahed - November 22, 2023

Animation writer and director Mike Blum (The Zit, Fifi Cat Therapist) is launching a fun new animated preschool show called Dogster Kid Songs on YouTube this...

Television

FOX-TV Moves ‘Family Guy’ to Wednesday Nights to Make Room for ‘Grimsburg’

Ramin Zahed - November 21, 2023

There’s going to be a little shake-up in FOX-TV’s Sunday night ‘Animation Domination’ lineup next year. FOX is moving Family Guy from its current...

Festivals & Events

Aardman Animations Studio Says It Has Found a New Plasticine Supplier

Ramin Zahed - November 19, 2023

This story was updated on Monday morning: It’s a plasticine shortage, Gromit! For Aardman Animations fans, 2023 may very well go down as the...

Animated People

Singing & Dancing along the New ‘CoComelon Lane’

Ramin Zahed - November 17, 2023

Like all popular animated series, Moonbug’s CoComelon series was destined to get a spinoff show. Preschoolers and their caregivers will be seeking out the...

Animated People

How ‘Morning Joy’ Director John Henry Hinkel’s Animated Bluebird of Happiness Took Flight

Ramin Zahed - November 16, 2023

In director John Henry Hinkel’s poignant new animated short Morning Joy, a recently widowed pianist learns to find happiness again after a friendly songbird...

Streaming

‘The Velveteen Rabbit’ Producer Martin Pope Discusses Bringing a Beloved Toy to Life

Ramin Zahed - November 16, 2023

The final weeks of the year are the perfect time for the family to catch well-made adaptations of heart-warming literary properties. This year, you...

Animated People

Alec Green & Finbar Watson Discuss the Creative Journey Behind the Making of Their Powerful Short, ‘Teacups’

Ramin Zahed - November 14, 2023

The new Australian-Irish short Teacups tells the true story of Don Ritchie, a man who would approach people contemplating suicide at the edge of...

Streaming

Watch: Trailer for 2024 Animated Witcher Movie: ‘Sirens of the Deep’

Ramin Zahed - November 11, 2023

We now have more details on Netflix’s second animated feature in The Witcher franchise, titled The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep, which is slated...

Animated People

Director Bret Parker Hits a Home Run with Her Gentle New Short, ‘Pete’

Ramin Zahed - November 10, 2023

Writer-director Bret Parker’s new short Pete centers on an eight-year old with a dream of playing baseball like all the other kids on the...

Animated People

Bay Dariz and Phil Earnest Discuss the Making of Their Doc, ‘Pencils vs. Pixels’

Ramin Zahed - November 9, 2023

Animation fans got an early holiday gift when the new documentary Pencils vs. Pixels premiered on VOD on Tuesday. Directed by Bay Dariz and...

Features

Watch: Meet Anxiety, the New Emotion Introduced in Pixar’s 2024 Sequel, ‘Inside Out 2’

Ramin Zahed - November 9, 2023

Pixar’s summer 2024 movie, Inside Out 2, will introduce a new emotion perfectly suited for our world: Anxiety. Disney has released a new trailer,...

Shorts

Poetry in Motion: Ryo Orikasa’s ‘Miserable Miracle’ Animates the Musings of Henri Michaux

Ramin Zahed - November 7, 2023

Ryo Orikasa, whose latest work, Miserable Miracle, won the top animated short prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in September, first became interested...

Features

‘Aliens FC’: Sefi Carmel’s Creation Entertainment Media Plays to Win with Animated Football Feature

Ramin Zahed - November 3, 2023

You may not know this, but apparently, soccer fever has taken over the whole universe! In Magic Frame Animation and Creation Entertainment Media’s upcoming...

Festivals & Events

Drawn to Big Laughs: ‘Picture This!’ Brings Animated Stand-Up to World Animation Summit

Ramin Zahed - November 3, 2023

We all know that animation and humor go hand in hand. However, marrying the fine art of stand-up with live art by animation pros...

Animated People

‘Trolls Band Together’ Producer Gina Shay on Her Colorful Career, Inspirations & Characters

Ramin Zahed - October 31, 2023

Veteran DreamWorks Animation producer Gina Shay, whose latest movie Trolls Band Together opens in theaters on November 17, is one of Animation Magazine’s 2023...

Features