Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
The dystopic science fiction tale Planetarian began as a kinetic or visual novel by “Key” in 2004. Twelve years later, it was adapted to five-part ONA (Original Net Animation). The story opens long after a biological/nuclear war devastated most of the Earth; the few surviving humans lead a hardscrabble existence, scavenging the ruined cities for […]
LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars, a new animated adventure series that spans all Star Wars eras, will debut beginning Monday, OCT. 29th, on Disney XD YouTube and DisneyNOW. Comprised of eight shorts and four half-hour episodes, the series features LEGO versions of the fresh faces of the Star Wars galaxy alongside iconic heroes including Kylo Ren, […]
Via an obituary in today’s Chicago Tribune, animation producer Ed Graham Jr. passed away last month – on September 20th. He is best remembered as the producer of the Linus the Lionhearted cartoon show aired by CBS and ABC between 1964 – 1969 After graduating from Dartmouth College, Ed worked as a newspaper copywriter and […]
What began as an unlikely friendship between an adolescent Viking and a fearsome Night Fury dragon has become an epic adventure spanning their lives. Welcome to the most astonishing chapter of one of the most beloved animated franchises in film history: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. For How to Train Your Dragon: […]
Twenty-five features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 91st Academy Awards. The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “Ana y Bruno” “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” “Early Man” “Fireworks” “Have a Nice Day” “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation” “Incredibles 2” “Isle of Dogs” “The Laws of the Universe […]
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood recently announced new officer appointments to its Executive Board of Directors. ServIng as Second and Third Vice Presidents, respectively, are Sue Shakespeare, President of the highly successful independent animation studio, Creative Capers Entertainment and Brooke Keesling, former Talent Development Director at Cartoon Network and more recently, Director of Community […]
Academy Award winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is making his animated feature film directorial debut at Netflix with his lifelong passion project, Pinocchio, which he will also write and produce as a stop motion musical. Pinocchio will be del Toro’s first feature film since The Shape of Water, which garnered four Academy Awards last year, […]
DreamWorks Animation Television is set to release three new kids series on Netflix in 2019 and 2020, including Archibald’s Next Big Thing from Emmy Award-winner Tony Hale. The new slate was announced during a MIPJr. keynote by Margie Cohn, president of DreamWorks Animation Television. Upcoming series include: DreamWorks Archibald’s Next Big Thing – 2019 Inspired […]
Saiyuki is one of several anime series based loosely—very loosely in this case—on Wu Ch’êng-ên’s Ming Dynasty novel “The Journey to the West,” sometimes called “Monkey” in English. The book chronicles the misdeeds of the Monkey King, Son Goku. (Akira Toriyama’s hit series Dragon Ball is also derived from the novel.) Goku’s antics disturb even […]
Kicking off with a screening and networking event at the SVA Theatre on Sunday, November 4 at 5 pm, Animated Spirits Film Festival – New Animation from Europe is returning to New York City for its fourth year with recent animated shorts from Europe and especially the Central Eastern European Region. Presented together with the […]
