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Digital Media

Hidden Pigeon Flies with Little Dot Studios to Increase Presence on YouTube

Ramin Zahed - August 5, 2025

Hidden Pigeon Company (HPC), the company co-founded by #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book author and illustrator Mo Willems along with RedBird Capital Partners and Stampede Ventures, has...

Anime

Disney+ Announces Premiere Date for ‘Twisted-Wonderland’ Anime Adaptation

Ramin Zahed - August 5, 2025

A Tokyo high school student named Yuken Enma is spirited away to a magical world of familar Disney villains from its classic animated movies...

Features

Netflix’s ‘The Twits’ Will Premiere Oct. 17 and Feature 4 New Songs by David Byrne, Hayley Williams

Ramin Zahed - August 5, 2025

Netflix has revealed new details about its upcoming animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Twits, which will premiere on the streamer on Oct. 17....

Shorts

‘Windy Day’ Creators Discuss the Making of Their SIGGRAPH Award Winner

Ramin Zahed - August 4, 2025

This year’s winner of the Jury’s Choice Award at SIGGRAPH is Jour de Vent (Windy Day), a wordless poetic short about various people encountering...

Features

Watch: Epic New Trailer for Mamoru Hosoda’s Upcoming Feature ‘Scarlet’ Debuts Online

Ramin Zahed - August 3, 2025

There’s always a great level of excitement amongst animation fans when a new film from Japanese auteur Mamoru Hosoda is about to be released....

Features

DreamWorks’ ‘The Bad Guys 2’ Steals the No. 2 Spot at the U.S. Box Office with a $22.2 Million Opening Weekend

Ramin Zahed - August 3, 2025

Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark and Ms. Tarantula had a great opening weekend! DreamWorks’ fast-moving sequel The Bad Guys 2 scored...

Shorts

‘Trash’ Student Directors Discuss the Making of Their SIGGRAPH Prize-Winning Short

Ramin Zahed - July 31, 2025

When ESMA (France’s École Spéciale de Mécanique et d'Electricité) students Maxime Crançon and Matteo Durand set out to make their graduation project in the...

Features

Comic-Con Buzz: Ketchup Ent. to Release ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ in August 2026

Ramin Zahed - July 26, 2025

“Ketchup is single-handedly saving the Looney Tunes: Mr. Ketchup, we salute you!” said actor Paul Sheer, who moderated today’s Coyote Vs. Acme panel at...

Animated People

Eddie Alcazar Hits the Target with ‘Bullet Time,’ a Clever Homage to Outrageous ’90s Toons

Ramin Zahed - July 23, 2025

Bullet Time, a new animated short premiering at Montreal's Fantasia Festival this week, is a hilarious homage to the fun cartoons that entertained us...

Television

‘Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+’ Builds a New Addition onto a Disney Jr. Favorite

Ramin Zahed - July 22, 2025

On Monday, Disney Jr. premiered Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+, a continuation of the original Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, with the first 10 episodes available to...

Streaming

‘Long Story Short’ Supervising Producer Lisa Hanawalt Delves into the Bonds & Memories Behind the Show

Ramin Zahed - July 21, 2025

Fans of funny, poignant and sophisticated adult animation will have a major treat awaiting them in August when the new show by three-time Emmy-nominated...

Festivals & Events

Animation Magazine Online Introduces Content in Ten Additional Languages Worldwide

Ramin Zahed - July 21, 2025

As part of Animation Magazine’s ongoing efforts to make our content available to more readers around the world, we have introduced a major new...

Features

Sony Changes Release Date for 2027’s ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’

Ramin Zahed - July 18, 2025

Sony Pictures Animation is making fans of the eagerly anticipated Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse wait three additional weeks. The studio announced today that it...

Features

Level 33 Ent. Will Release ‘Hola Frida’ in Select Theaters on August 8 (Trailer)

Ramin Zahed - July 18, 2025

André Kadi and Karine Vézina’s charming animated feature Hola Frida, will begin its limited theatrical run in the U.S. courtesy of Level 33 Entertainment on August...

Streaming

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Praises Success of Streamer’s Animated Hits, Led by ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

Ramin Zahed - July 18, 2025

In a letter to Netflix shareholders, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos sang the praises of the popular animated feature KPop Demon Hunters, which premiered on...

Streaming

Tencent Video and Aniplex Launch ‘Dragon Raja’ S2 on Crunchyroll

Ramin Zahed - July 18, 2025

Leading Chinese online video streaming platform Tencent Video and anime distributor Animplex are launching the Chinese dubbed version of animated series Dragon Raja Season 2...

Streaming

That Dang Ol’ Gang Is Back! ‘King of the Hill’ Creators Spill the Beans on the Hulu Revival

Ramin Zahed - July 18, 2025

In January 1997, a new prime-time animated show joined the Fox TV lineup that was quite different from what audiences expected to see in...

Features

First Look: Writer-Director Daniel Chong Offers a Peek at His Eagerly Anticipated 2026 Pixar Feature ‘Hoppers’

Ramin Zahed - July 16, 2025

Animation fans have been super excited about Pixar’s March 2026 movie Hoppers since June when Disney revealed some great-looking footage of the Daniel Chong-directed...

Awards

Gritty, Adult-Targeting Shows Gain More Traction in the 2025 Emmy Animation Race

Ramin Zahed - July 15, 2025

The nominees for the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and five animated series were picked to compete for the coveted prize...

Features

Smurfy with a Chance of Gargamel: Director Chris Miller Talks about Bringing Peyo’s Popular Creatures to Animated Life Again

Ramin Zahed - July 15, 2025

The singing little blue folks are ready for their close-ups — again! Thanks to Paramount Animation’s summer feature Smurfs, a new generation of audiences...

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