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Cartoon Network Studios, as you know it, is gone thanks to David Zaslav. It consolidating into a single unit with Warner Bros. Animation, and this is HUGE news. It's also an ominous sign for the future of new, original Cartoon Network animation.
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Studio Ghibli has shared a new teaser for Ghibli Park, opening on November 1. Tickets were only available via a now-closed lottery, so if you don't have one, don't buy a plane ticket just yet.
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Counterargument from Guillermo del Toro: “[A]nimation is not a genre for kids; it’s a medium. Animation is film. Animation is art. And it can tell stories that are gorgeous and complex that feel handmade by humans for humans.”
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The art-of book for 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' is now available for free online, courtesy of Netflix. Find it here:
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A group of former Blue Sky artists have anonymously uploaded this piece of animation, with the following message: "In the final days of Blue Sky Studios, a small team of artists came together to do one final shot. This shot is a farewell, a send-off on our own terms."
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Desirée Goyette (
@desimuse
) who composed and performed the music for Garfield's first animation - "Here Comes Garfield" in 1982 - also served as the live-action model for Garfield. This footage compares her performance to the final animation.
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Comparison between the two animated versions of The Lion King.
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First look at the stage production of Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, currently at Tokyo's Imperial Theatre.
Directed by John Caird. Puppetry designer:
@TobyOlie
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The one and only Charles Martinet, voice of Mario and Luigi, at last night's LA premiere of "Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero," which will debut in N. American theaters starting August 19. ( (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Crunchyroll)
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A24 Picks Up Vivienne Medrano's Online Pilot ‘Hazbin Hotel’ For Series
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Happy 50th Anniversary, Scooby Doo! The iconic characters were designed by Iwao Takamoto, an American artist who was forcibly incarcerated in a concentration camp as a teen bc of his Japanese ancestry. He was hired at Disney in 1945 while his parents/siblings were still interned.
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Not a CG shot.
Animated by Vanessa Rowett at
@mercuryfilmwrks
As an animator...
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!? 😳😨💕💖😭
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The amazing team at
@ani_obsessive
has put together a totally free unofficial "Art of Coraline" book, since the film never had a proper art-of book. It's over 150 pages and it's fantastic.
View it online:
Download the book here:
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Trailer: ‘You Son Of A Bitch,’ Adult Romantic-Comedy From Philippines
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Have you ever seen an animation drawing transferred from paper to cel? This early-90s behind-the-scenes vid of Sailor Moon’s production is one of the only times we’ve seen the process documented on film.
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Tips on drawing Bugs Bunny from director Chuck Jones, who was born on this day 107 years ago.
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“Animation is not a fucking genre. Animation is film!”
-
@RealGDT
, speaking at Annecy today
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How often do you get to see a full animatic for a cancelled major studio feature?
The 87-minute animatic for Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Popeye’ has leaked online. Watch the video here.
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Guide for "Lilo & Stitch" production artists explaining how to emulate the drawing style of director Chris Sanders.
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Sony Pictures Animation & Netflix's "The Mitchells vs. the Machines" dominated the feature side of the Annie Awards, winning 8 honors, including Best Feature.
Netflix's "Arcane" dominated on the series side with 9 wins.
"Flee" won Best Indie Feature.
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Genie creator Eric Goldberg on making the original 'Aladdin' animated feature: "That's the amazing thing — the stuff we thought was funny stayed in the movie." Anyone who has worked in Hollywood animation production knows how rare that is.
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GKIDS, the U.S. distributor of 'The Boy and the Heron,' has confirmed to us that Geraldine Fernández Ruiz's name does not appear anywhere in their official list of credits for Miyazaki's film.
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#RIP
Syd Mead, the concept artist & illustrator who played a pivotal role in designing the look of films like BLADE RUNNER, ALIENS, TRON, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, TOMORROWLAND and SHORT CIRCUIT, has died at 86. He was to be honored by the Art Directors Guild next February.
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For the first time, studios are allowing us to publicly share the character designs that have been nominated for an Annie Award. Here's a look at each of the nominated projects:
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Director Kevin Bao Fired By Animation Studio After Accused Of Plagiarism In Sony Playstation Spot
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A strong candidate for the funniest drawing in "The Iron Giant"
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Expressive 2d animation exercise with the Joker by Danish animator Amanda J. Holm. See more of her work at
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First trailer is out for “Entergalactic,” new Netflix series by Kid Cudi and Kenya Barris about “two young artists navigating the twists and turns of finding love in New York City.”
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Richard Williams animated for 74 years. Here is the first animation that he ever made, age 12.
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Disney almost bought Twitter, but Disney CEO Bob Iger called it off last minute: “The nastiness is extraordinary…I like looking at my Twitter newsfeed…Then you turn and look at your notifications and you're immediately saying, Why am I doing this? Why do I endure this pain?"
Bob Iger on why Disney walked away from Twitter: 'The nastiness is extraordinary'
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This one's for Looney Tunes aficionados
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Some questions from readers about whether the character animation in Klaus is actually hand-drawn. It is.
Here's an early test that gives a sense of the lighting/rendering pipeline that follows the drawn animation. We'll have more about it on the site soon.
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One weird and rare minute of Disney animation, animated by Cliff Nordberg and Eric Larson.
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The unique look of "The Mitchells vs. The Machines" owes a lot to production designer and lead character designer Lindsey Olivares (
@lindseydraws
). We spoke with her about how the visual language of the film was developed:
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RIP, Ralph Eggleston, who has died from pancreatic cancer at 56. He won an Oscar for his short 'For the Birds,' but that doesn't even begin to describe his legacy. Pixar films look the way they do in large part because of him. A cornerstone of that company. Full obit to come.
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A bit of animation by Maël Gourmelen from the unproduced Dreamworks film Me & My Shadow that shows what the film's 2D world would have looked like
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One of the greatest pilot pitches of all-time: the pencil-test trailer that
@MikeJudge
used to sell "King of the Hill"
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Calarts students are protesting their $50.8K annual tuition. But really, US animation students everywhere should be protesting. Here are some other animation school tuitions for 2019-20 programs:
RISD: $51.8K
Pratt: $51.7K
Ringling: $48K+ (est)
SVA: $44K
MCAD: $39.9K
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Calarts Students Launch Protest As Annual Tuition Rises To Over $50K
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‘The Cuphead Show!’ trailer is out. The Netflix series will debut February 18. More details here:
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Here's the Japanese poster for Wes Anderson's "Isle of Dogs," drawn by "Akira" creator Katsuhiro Otomo.
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The United States Copyright Office has determined that AI-generated images are not protectable under current copyright law, as they “are not the product of human authorship.”
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Animation is everywhere: Japan edition. This CG cat is near the Shinjuku station in Tokyo.
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First images from Kid Cosmic, new series from
@CrackMcCraigen
(The Powerpuff Girls, Wander Over Yonder). It's set to launch February 2 on Netflix. Animated by
@mercuryfilmwrks
(Tangled: The Series, Hilda) in Ottawa.
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RIP: Albert Uderzo, the co-creator and artist of "Asterix," has died at 92. He drew the comic from 1959 to 2009.
In the photo, he is pictured at right, with co-creator Rene Goscinny.
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Animation doesn’t just have to be presented on flat screens. Here’s an example of animation on a screen with a 90-degree angle.
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Some CATS history: Steven Spielberg has been trying to do an animated version since at least 1990. Here's design concepts ca. 1995 by Nico Marlet, who'd go on to be a key designer on Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon. If you have more art or worked on this, get in touch.
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Disney’s 🤡CEO explaining how animation is strictly for kids: “I always say that when [parents] put their kids to bed at night after watching [an animated film], they're probably not going to tune into another animated movie. They want something for them."
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This 3D-printed Cuphead zoetrope will be on display at the
@ACMI
in Melbourne for the next decade.
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One of the new Looney Tunes shorts played during an outdoor screening at
#AnnecyFestival
tonight and just look at the insanely great work of
@PeterBrowngardt
and crew!
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Not all kids' shows have to look alike: here's the charming concept trailer for Stinky Dog, an upcoming European kids series from Folivari, Dandelooo, Panique, and Pikkukala
Directors: Davy Durand, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier
Based on the book illustrations of Marc Boutavant
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Surprise Of The Year: Sony Animation’s ‘Spider-Man’ Has Emerged As Oscar Frontrunner
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Back when Disney princess parodies were popular in advertising, this is a 2001 ad for Moviefone produced by the now-defunct Columbus, Ohio studio Character Builders.
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Distributors of Academy Award for Best Animated Feature:
2007: Disney
2008: Disney
2009: Disney
2010: Disney
2011: Paramount
2012: Disney
2013: Disney
2014: Disney
2015: Disney
2016: Disney
2017: Disney
2018: Sony
2019: Disney
2020: Disney
2021: Disney
2022: Netflix
2023: GKIDS
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Animation fans every time they log into HBO Max
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A Gorillaz film is in the works at Netflix, Damon Albarn confirms. “Making an animated film that’s kind of abstract is quite a big risk for a movie studio because they’re very expensive,” says Albarn.
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Incredible stop-mo craftsmanship in
@LAIKAStudios
' Missing Link, available on Blu-ray, dvd, and digital this month.
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Jin Kim's development and design work on Mamoru Hosoda's "Belle" and Disney's "Encanto." See lots more on his Tumblr:
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Genndy Tartakovsky has signed a new deal with Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios that gives him “maximum creative flexibility to develop original material and access to the extensive character and franchise libraries at each studio.”
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Happy birthday to legendary cartoonist Sergio Aragones who turns 81 years old today! 🎂
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Breaking: ‘Bojack Horseman’ Crew Is Victorious In Unionizing With Animation Guild. Congrats To All Of The Artists!
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All of these people got a credit on Warner Bros. Animation’s “Green Eggs and Ham,” yet almost none of the animators did. How is this OK?
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If Hayao Miyazaki wins the Oscar for The Boy and the Heron, he will become the oldest person to win the animated feature Oscar, at age 83.
The current oldest person to win the category? Also, MIyazaki, who was 62 when he won the Oscar for Spirited Away in 2003.
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Happy 78th Birthday To Hayao Miyazaki. Celebrate The Day By Learning A Valuable Lesson About Storytelling From The Master Filmmaker
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Flames in Burbank are less than 2 miles away from Cartoon Network Studios. No danger to studio, but striking shot. (Photo by
@Jomar_Miranda
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Netflix's upcoming stop-motion slate is epic:
Henry Selick's Wendell & Wild (2022)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Aardman's Chicken Run 2 (2023)
Nick Park's Wallace & Gromit film (2024)
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A great day for CG tech: Dreamworks’ rendering software Moonray, used on 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' and 'The Bad Guys,' is now available open source.
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Happy 63rd birthday to Bruce Timm! Here's a memorable gag drawing by BT highlighting everything Standards and Practices didn't allow to be depicted in Batman TAS:
1: Guns
2: Drugs
3: Breaking glass
4: Alcohol
5: Smoking
6: Nudity
7: Child endangerment
8: Religion
9: Strangulation
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Hearing the sad news that Sue Nichols Maciorowski, longtime Disney character designer/visdev/story artist, passed away yesterday at age 55. She had a hand in most of Disney's modern 2D films: Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Hunchback, Mulan, Fantasia 2000, Lilo & Stitch.
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Line animation by Amanda Jespersen Holm from today's Short Pick, "The Mighty Grand Piton." Animated in
@TVPaintDev
.
Watch the finished project:
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Cool find – The out-of-print art-of book for “Batman: The Animated Series" is available as a free downloadable PDF here:
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A ‘King of the Hill’ writer shares how he’s still getting paid hundreds of dollars in monthly residuals for episodes he wrote over a decade ago. This is what artists in the Animation Guild deserve too.
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Green Eggs & Ham returns to Netflix for its 2nd season on April 8.
In "The Second Serving," Guy and Sam venture out on a road trip to save an endangered animal from a far off zoo.
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We're hearing tragic news that stop-motion titan Mark Gustafson, who recently directed Pinocchio with Guillermo del Toro, passed away today from a heart attack.
He was a master of the craft with a tremendous list of credits from Fantastic Mr. Fox to The PJs and Meet the Raisins.
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The Boy and the Heron just won Best Animated Motion Picture at the Golden Globes. It's the first time the Globes have awarded a non-American animated film in the category's 18-year-history!
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Happy 20th anniversary to Brad Bird's masterful first feature, The Iron Giant, which premiered in LA on this day in 1999. Who's old enough to have watched it in the theater on its original release?
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Released on this day 20 years ago: "Titan A.E.", a rare major studio animated sci-fi directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman.
It was the last feature directed by either of the men, as well as the last film produced by the short-lived Fox Animation Studios in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Chuck Jones may have said it best: “June Foray isn't the female Mel Blanc. Mel Blanc is the male June Foray.”
RIP:
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Our Pick of the Day: Afternoon Class, a Korean graduation film by Seoro Oh made in Flash
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How The Creators Of Hulu’s ‘Animaniacs’ Reboot Subtly Updated The Look Of The Series
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The secret to ‘Arcane’ studio Fortiche's success: It's owned by artists. That's according to 'Arcane' lead animator Alexis Wanneroy, who explains how the French studio avoids “the watered-down things” that result from Hollywood’s profit-seeking formulas.
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Sony Pictures Animation's "Wish Dragon" is currently ranked no. 2 globally on Netflix's most-viewed movies list. The film debuted yesterday on the streamer.
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"Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles," the series inspired by Stan Sakai's long-running indie comic Usagi Yojimbo, debuts April 28 on Netflix.
EPs: Stan Sakai, Candie and Doug Langdale (Langdales are also showrunners)
Supervising producer: Ben Jones
Art director: Khang Le
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TRAILER EXCLUSIVE: A First Look at
@CartoonSaloon
's ‘Wolfwalkers,’ Tomm Moore’s New Feature
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You know it's an Illumination film when the characters are facing backwards and looking off into the distance
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One of the most groundbreaking US animated shows of modern times, 'Batman: The Animated Series,' turns 30 years old this week. Enjoy the out-of-print art-of book as a free downloadable PDF here:
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To underline the significance of this deal, Netflix just made the largest financial investment by an American company in a fully-2D feature since 2011 when Disney released "Winnie the Pooh."
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The CW Network is developing a live-action Powerpuff Girls series with "disillusioned twentysomething" versions of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup who "resent having lost their childhood to crime fighting."
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