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Technology

Rocking the Digital Landscape World: BiteTheBytes’ World Creator 3

Ramin Zahed - August 11, 2020

Stefan Kraus, CEO of German software developer BiteTheBytes, answered a few of our questions about the latest version of his company’s fantastic terrain and...

Festivals & Events

New York Comic Con Will be Held Online in October

Ramin Zahed - August 11, 2020

The New York Comic Con has joined the ranks of all of this year’s events that have gone virtual. The event organizers announced today...

Festivals & Events

Forbidden Planet Plans Virtual 42nd Birthday Bash

Ramin Zahed - August 11, 2020

Comic-book and cult entertainment retail shop Forbidden Planet is planning a major online event celebrating its 42nd birthday. The epic virtual event features interviews...

Animated People

Pollution Evolution: Pascal Schelbli’s SIGGRAPH-Winning Short ‘The Beauty’

Ramin Zahed - August 10, 2020

At the close of July, the SIGGRAPH 2020 Computer Animation Festival revealed the winning short films which will be offered to audiences around the...

Animated People

Ringling Grad Jeremy Schaefer Opens Up ‘The Box Assassin’

Ramin Zahed - August 6, 2020

Ringling College of Art and Design graduate Jeremy Schaefer’s action-packed new short The Box Assassin centers on an unassuming pizza delivery guy who unwittingly...

Streaming

‘Hoops’: Ben Hoffman & Netflix Shoot for a Comedic Slam Dunk (NEW Trailer)

Ramin Zahed - August 6, 2020

Did you hear there’s yet another adult animated show aiming to stretch the limits of what regular toons can get away with on regular...

Features

My Buddy, the Bloodsucker: Joann Sfar Uncloaks His ‘Little Vampire’ Movie

Ramin Zahed - August 5, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the August '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 302)*** This fall, movie audiences in France will be treated to Little...

Streaming

An Arthurian Finale: EPs Chad Hammes & Marc Guggenheim Talk ‘Wizards: Tales of Arcadia’

Ramin Zahed - August 4, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the August '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 302)*** There’s a hidden rule written somewhere that all fantasy epics must...

North America

‘Star Trek’ Boldly Goes Beyond Live Action in Mike McMahan’s ‘Lower Decks’

Ramin Zahed - August 3, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the August '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 302)*** Imagine being the successful showrunner of Adult Swim’s popular toon Rick...

Animated People

Directors Regina Welker and Nina Wels Discuss Their New Movie ‘Latte & the Magic Waterstone’

Ramin Zahed - August 3, 2020

The new German-Belgian animated feature Latte & the Magic Waterstone debuted on Netflix this past Friday. Directed by Regina Welker and Nina Wels, the...

Streaming

Phineas & Ferb’s Great Space Adventure

Ramin Zahed - August 3, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the August '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 302)*** It’s hard to believe that it has been 13 years since...

Shorts

SparkShorts Spotlight: LGBTQ Visibility in ‘Out’ and the Program’s Drive for Diverse Stories

Ramin Zahed - July 31, 2020

***These articles originally ran in the August '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 302)*** A New Benchmark in LGBTQ Visibility Steven Clay Hunter’s well-received short Out...

Animated People

‘Ride Your Wave’: Exclusive Clip and Q&A with Producer Eunyoung Choi

Ramin Zahed - July 31, 2020

This week, fans of anime auteur Masaaki Yuasa will be able to catch his latest movie Ride Your Wave on digital download, On Demand...

Animated People

Craig ‘Spike’ Decker and Director Kat Alioshin on the New Doc ‘Animation Outlaws’

Ramin Zahed - July 22, 2020

The new documentary Animation Outlaws celebrates the legacy of Spike & Mike’s popular shorts festival, which left a big impression in the cultural landscape...

Festivals & Events

Watch: Animation Masters Panel on ‘Creating Relevant Toons’

Ramin Zahed - July 21, 2020

You can now watch Animation Magazine’s timely Animation Masters Summit panel on “Creating Relevant Toons During Turbulent Times,” right here on our website! The...

North America

Dynamic Duo: Myke Chilian Talks ‘Tig n’ Seek’, Debuting on HBO Max July 23

Ramin Zahed - July 20, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the August '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 302)*** This summer, a cheerful eight-year-old boy named Tiggy and his gadget-building...

Features

The Next Big Time-Traveling Adventure

Ramin Zahed - July 17, 2020

Burnaby-based Arcana continues work on its most ambitious animated feature to date during a challenging year. An American teenager gets magically transported in time to...

Television

Gigantic Growth Spurts: Cyber Group’s ‘Gigantosaurus’ Is Ready for Phase II

Ramin Zahed - July 14, 2020

The runaway success of Cyber Group Studios’ Gigantosaurus came as no surprise to anyone who’s familiar with the children’s animation landscape. The Paris-based outfit...

Animated People

‘The Fabric of You’: How Josephine Lohoar Self Tailored an Award-Winning Stop-Motion Tale

Ramin Zahed - July 14, 2020

When animation writer/director Josephine Lohoar Self read Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus in 2017, she was quite moved by its portrayal of...

Festivals & Events