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A Mother’s Prophetic Dreams: Kang Min Kim’s OIAF Winner ‘KKUM’

Ramin Zahed - November 4, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the December '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 305)*** A mother prays for her son after having prophetic dreams in...

Features

First Look: Cinesite and Aniventure Offer a Sneak Peek at ‘Princess Awesome’

Ramin Zahed - October 30, 2020

Cinesite has unveiled new images and details about its upcoming animated feature Princess Awesome, a collaboration with London-based studio Aniventure which is in preproduction...

Licensing

Toho Reveals Kaiju-Size Plans for Godzilla’s Birthday

Ramin Zahed - October 30, 2020

November 3rd might be widely known as Election Day in the U.S., but it’s also Godzilla’s 66th birthday. Toho Intl. has unveiled a monstrous...

North America

Dr. God Spills the Beans on Second Season of Their TZGZ show ‘Hell Den’

Ramin Zahed - October 30, 2020

Since its debut in November of last year, Hell Den has been one of the more popular animated offerings on SYFY. Next Saturday, the...

Features

Pixar’s ‘Soul’: Creative Notes on the Meaning of Life

Ramin Zahed - October 30, 2020

***This article originally appears in the December '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 305)*** There are lots of reasons to appreciate and admire Soul, Pixar’s...

Streaming

New Trailer/Q&A: Sofía Alexander Reanimates Mesoamerican Myths in ‘Onyx Equinox’

Ramin Zahed - October 29, 2020

***This interview originally appeared in the December '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 305)*** One of the animation highlights of the fall season is the...

Features

‘Wolfwalkers’: A Trip to Kilkenny’s Magical Past

Ramin Zahed - October 28, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the December '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 305)*** In another example of how inspiring animated projects can lift spirits...

Streaming

Rebooting ‘Zany to the Max’! Wellesley Wild & Gabe Swarr Give Us the Scoop on ‘Animaniacs’

Ramin Zahed - October 27, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the December '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 305)*** For those of us who lived through the '90s, the popular...

Streaming

A Friendship to Treasure: All About Max Keane’s New Netflix Series ‘Trash Truck’

Ramin Zahed - October 26, 2020

Many preschool kids have a peculiar obsession with giant trucks. So, it’s no big surprise that Netflix’s hot new animated preschool toon features a...

Europe

‘Klaus,’ ‘Calamity,’ ‘Josep’ and ‘The Nose’ Up for European Film Awards

Ramin Zahed - October 20, 2020

Four eclectic animated features have been selected as the nominees for this year’s European Film Awards. The winner will be presented at the 33rd European...

Television

Studio Spotlight: Mercury Filmworks

Ramin Zahed - October 16, 2020

Ever since it was founded in 1997, Canadian animation house Mercury Filmworks has been a hotbed of artistic and commercial activity. Working on shows...

Television

A Spellbinding Adventure: Federation’s ‘Presto! School of Magic’

Ramin Zahed - October 16, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the November '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 304)*** A few years ago, director Ben Stassen’s Belgian-French movie House of...

Television

Delightful Cat-and-Mouse Games: Blue Spirit’s ‘Splat & Seymour’

Ramin Zahed - October 13, 2020

Cats and mice have always made great subjects for both children’s books and animated projects. So, it’s not surprising that French animation house Blue...

Europe

Autour De Minuit Launches Animation Channel Called Animatic

Ramin Zahed - October 13, 2020

This Wednesday, French animation studio Autour de Minuit will launch Animatic, a new Youtube channel devoted to short-form animated festival favorites. The channel will...

Animated People

Showrunner Giles Pilbrow Gives Us a Frightfully Fun Tour of CBBC’s ‘Scream Street’

Ramin Zahed - October 9, 2020

The children’s series Scream Street has offered an enjoyable mix of stop-motion madness and harmless frights since it debuted on CBBC five years ago....

Features

Exclusive Clip: French-Cambodian Feature ‘The Khmer Smile’

Ramin Zahed - October 7, 2020

We are very pleased to present an exclusive clip from the upcoming animated feature The Khmer Smile, (Le Sourire Khmer) written and directed by...

Animated People

Patrick Gehlen Examines Climate Crisis from Orbit in ‘Astronaut Spaceman’

Ramin Zahed - October 6, 2020

Sometimes, before you can solve a problem, you need to step back and get a fresh perspective on it. A view from space of...

Immersive

Reliving the Immigrant Experience: Randall Okita’s NFB VR Project ‘The Book of Distance’ Available Free Oct. 8

Ramin Zahed - October 5, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the November '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 304)*** Randall Okita’s powerful The Book of Distance is one of the...

Television

Swashbuckling with Santi: Nickelodeon Makes a Splash with ‘Santiago of the Seas’

Ramin Zahed - October 2, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the November '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 304)*** Ahoy, amigos. Get ready for a new swashbuckling hero as Nickelodeon’s...

Television

An Extraordinary Friendship: WildBrain & Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Dorg Van Dango’

Ramin Zahed - October 2, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the October '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 303)*** A normal kid named Dorg finds his life turned upside down...

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