Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Oscar-winning animation director Rich Moore will be joining Sony Pictures Animation to develop, produce and direct original animated features. Moore will also be be available to act in an advisory capacity with ongoing feature film and series-based projects at the rapidly-expanding studio. “Rich is a world-class storyteller and he brings with him a wealth of […]
A gentle melancholy hangs over the anime feature Penguin Highway (2018), setting it apart from similar fantasy-adventures. Fourth-grader Aoyama (voice by Kana Kita) is almost too precocious and self-possessed. Never at a loss for a reply to a bully or an interfering adult, he says what viewers may wish they’d thought to say in school. […]
As a Brit, Justin Trefgarne was well versed in the legend of “Robin Hood”. What the writer of the new YouTube Originals animated series, “Sherwood” wasn’t prepared for was the instant popularity of the show. Sherwood is a futuristic take on the classic story, with a tech savvy 14-year-old girl as Robin. The series debuted […]
Dropping today – April Fools Day appropriately – check out the official Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Trailer. Aardman’s 2nd feature featuring the lamb character opens December 13th via Studiocanal, in this production directed by Will Becher and Richard Phelan. Synopsis: When an alien with amazing powers crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun the Sheep […]
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced today its key dates for the 47th Annie Awards ceremony set for Saturday, January 25, 2020 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. “We try to set the Annie Awards early in the award season so that the media and other award ceremonies have a window into how our industry members […]
GKIDS and Beijing Film Panorama have partnered to present ANIMATION IS FILM BEIJING, a special animation section within the upcoming Beijing Int’l Film Festival (BJIFF), which runs April 13-20, 2019. The ANIMATION IS FILM BEIJING lineup will be the largest slate of non-Chinese feature film animation ever to be presented in China and will highlight […]
One of the biggest anime hits of recent years, the broadcast series My Hero Academia (2016) blends the popular genres of the superhero adventure and the high school comedy-drama. The first feature, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, earned a 100% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes and a respectable $28 million in its US theatrical release […]
For decades, “animation” meant drawn animation in America. Except for George Pal’s Puppetoons, stop-motion was a minor variant, used for movie monsters, Alka-Seltzer commercials and the occasional holiday special. But in recent years stop-motion animation has enjoyed an unprecedented efflorescence. One of principle creators of that flowering is the Aardman Animations studio. The found dialogue […]
Although Pokémon is no longer the craze bordering on mania it was 20 years ago, the property remains extremely popular. The TV series, which runs to more than 800 episodes, enjoys a worldwide audience on TV, streaming services and discs; YouTube lists more than 100,000,000 Pokémon films. Pokémon merchandise is ubiquitous, and on a typical […]
What’s inside the Abyss? It’s a giant hole in the middle of an island, thousands of feet deep. It beckons explorers and fortune-seekers to build a city around it, for within its depths are valuable relics—and monsters. Those who dare to retrieve the relics are known as “cave raiders.” Some are orphaned children, exploited by […]
