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Witch Hat Atelier’s upcoming anime adaptation receives a brand new trailer and key visual for the new year, revealing voice cast and both opening and ending themes, as well as its scheduled release of April 6, 2026. The stunningly whimsical anime with a darker underbelly will be streaming only on Crunchyroll outside of Asia, introducing […]

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Annie Awards
ARCO wins Best Feature-Independent; Pixar's WIN OR LOSE named Best Limited TV Series; SNOW BEAR takes Best Short. A complete......
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, the highest-grossing Japanese movie of all time, will return to theatres on March......

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To celebrate its 50th anniversary in September, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), North America’s largest animation festival, has unveiled its official 2026 poster, created by acclaimed Canadian cartoonist and designer Seth.
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Pixar
An all-new trailer and poster for Disney and Pixar’s highly anticipated upcoming animated adventure Toy Story 5 debut today. Watch it here.
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Disney+
The company invited journalists to its Chatsworth, California headquarters for its press event on February 5. It became apparent that they, and the publicists, had pulled all the stops for the presentation.
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Laika
ParaNorman: The Thrifting, a seven-minute short starring characters from the Oscar nominated 2012 stop-motion horror comedy — and some new ones — is LAIKA's first venture into CG animation. Director Thibault Leclercq joins me for this Animation Scoop Q&A.
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Obituary
Longtime notable animator, producer and industry pioneer, Jane Baer passed quietly in her sleep, Monday, February 16th, 2026, at her home in Van Nuys, California.
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Nickelodeon
We talk to Aton Soumach, the producer of new family animated series "Mr. Crocodile", premiering Monday Feb. 23 at 10:30am.
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Reviews
Despite very odd character designs, the animation is wonderful. The film's action sequences are an animated equivalent of jazz fusion translated to the screen. Layout, perspective, and movement are so fluid that the film flows, rather than projects, on the audience's eyes.
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Disney+

Dinosaurs? Check. Outer space aliens? Check. Transforming battle mecha? Check. Martial arts action? Check. Dazzling morphing sequences? Check. Over-the-top villains with way-out costumes? Check. Series catch phrase? “Armor up.” Check. Five misfit teens carefully selected to defend the Earth? Check. And they bond with the dinosaurs? Check. Tokusatsu/Super sentai-style pop music? Check. With themes extolling […]

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ARX Anima
the exclusive international trailer for the animated feature Monster Mia, while also announcing a wave of additional international sales ahead of the European Film Market (EFM), running alongside the Berlin Film Festival.
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Sony Animation
For director Tyree Dillihay (Bob's Burgers), GOAT began as an animal basketball concept in 2018 at Sony Pictures Animation. It grew into his passion project about roarball.
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Asifa
ASIFA-Hollywood announced today the launch of its newest grant program, The Will Ryan Excellence in Humor Award, that encourages and recognizes emerging and talented individuals for their contributions to further the innovative future of animation with an emphasis on humor.
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