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Acclaimed Short ‘The Wheel Turns’ Debuts Online
Korean animation director Kim Sang-joon’s The Wheel Turns is available today to view online. The short, which won the Best Short Film prize at...
‘Ne Zha’: Creating China’s Charming Demon Boy
***This article originally ran in the January ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 296)***
In a year full of the usual animated sequels — talking...
Angels and Daemons: Russell Dodgson Reveals the VFX of ‘His Dark Materials’
***This article originally ran in the January ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 296)***
Back in 2007, the dense, richly imagined world of author Philip...
Artifex Scares Up 200 Shots (and 10K Scorpions) for Nick’s ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark’
Vancouver’s Artifex Studios provided over two hundred sophisticated visual effects shots for the reboot of fondly-remembered frightener Are You Afraid of the Dark, which...
‘Hors Piste’: That Irresistible Alpine Humor
***This article originally appeared in the December ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 295)***
It has been quite a year for France’s École des Nouvelles...
Nelvana’s ‘Most Magnificent Thing’ Promotes Positive Values
A few years ago, former president of Canadian animation studio Nelvana Scott Dyer and creative producer Pamela Slavin contacted Arna Selznick (The Care Bears...
Talking 20 Years of Toonz Media Group with CEO P. Jayakumar
It was about 20 years ago when Toonz Media Group opened its first studio in Kerala, India. Back then, there were only a few commercial animation...
From Rockers to Walkers: Secrets of New V-Ray for Houdini from Ingenuity Studios
Chaos Group has released V-Ray for Houdini, a production-proven renderer built for high-end VFX and animation projects. Artists can now assemble their scenes in...
Top 10 Tech Tools @ SIGGRAPH
Centered around the theme of “Thrive,” the 46th edition of SIGGRAPH is right around the corner, featuring the latest innovations in computer graphics and...
The Mane Event: ‘The Lion King’ Takes Pride in Virtual Production
***This article originally appeared in the August ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)***
One of the more surreal moments experienced by animation supervisor Andy...
Fox Renderfarm Backs Ambitious CG Fanimation ‘Dragon Ball Z Legacy’
A group of international CG artists and super Dragon Ball fans are teaming up to create a 3D reimagining of the iconic action-anime in...
10 Questions for Locksmith Animation’s Sarah Smith & Julie Lockhart
This month, we had a chance to chat with Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart, founders of London-based Locksmith Animation, which specializes in making CG-animated...
Ed Bignell Discusses His Latest Animated Venture Robozuna
We recently had the chance to chat with Ed Bignell, founder, CEO and creative director of Kidscave Studio. Ed began his career at Amblimation,...
Magic Light Pictures Flies High with ‘Zog’ Special
Over the past decade, we’ve come to expect great things from the discerning animation production team of Michael Rose and Martin Pope of Magic...
Po Bounces Back in ‘Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny’
***This story originally ran in the December ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 285)***
When Po, the beloved hero of the three Kung Fu Panda...
‘Fixies vs. Crabots’: More Miniature Adventures on the Big Screen
Animation fans will remember The Fixies as the charming little creatures that live inside our machines, appliances and devices, and help repair them when...
Student Academy Awards Winners Display Remarkable Artistry and Diversity
When Student Academy Award winners accept their medals each year, you can see the future of animation reflected in their faces. These fledging artists...
The Force Is Alive (and Animated) in ‘Star Wars Resistance’
***This story originally appeared in the November ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine (#284)***
This year, Christmas comes early for Star Wars fans as the fantastic-looking...
HouseSpecial’s Armadillo Love Story Makes a Date with Portland Airport
Portland, Oregon-based animation studio HouseSpecial and director Kirk Kelley have launched a new short about the love life of one of America’s odder creatures,...
Exclusive Clip: ‘The Breadwinner’ Arrives in UK Cinemas May 25
This Friday, May 25, family audiences and lovers of great animated storytelling will be able to take in The Breadwinner on the big screen...
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