For digital event and video producer Elvis Deane, discovering Reallusion’s software tools like Character Creator, iClone, and AccuPOSE allowed him to animate his feature film idea 20 years in the making.
The supervising director of BET+’s first original animated series, who like creator and star Kevin Hart, hails from Philadelphia, talks about the show’s affection for the city of brotherly love in its unique character designs, backgrounds, and animation style.
The Cartoon Network series creator riffs on the studio’s ‘green light’ to do most anything with its library, including bringing back classic HB characters, most likely no one wants to see, in the all-new third season, now airing.
AWN’s latest survey highlights under-the-radar animated shorts that are currently making their way through the festival circuit—or are newly available for online viewing.
Andrew Osmond crosses over to Chinese animation this week, to consider ‘Ne Zha 2,’ the highest grossing animated film in the world.
Why grassroots animation ecosystems are the way out of ‘no way’
From his early, revolutionary work at Disney on ‘Tron’ to his Oscar-nominated short, ‘Technological Threat’ and Coca Cola ‘Polar Bear’ commercials, the long-time industry veteran was front and center at the nexus of revolutionary change from hand-drawn to computer animation.
AWN columnist Andrew Osmond reviews this week’s cinema preview of the series, coming to both Crunchyroll and Netflix in April, reflecting on the rise of TV anime in American theaters and elsewhere.
Patrick Coleman joins as executive creative director, bringing team of long-time collaborators; Blake Nickle joins as Director of Production, Chicago, with Jason Esser coming on board as Thinkingbox creative director.
More of the 3DCG animated series, which follows the adventures of 2 seemingly typical teens with secret identities, is headed to Disney Channel and Disney XD on Saturdays from April 19 - May 10.
The 3DCG animated preschool series follows Ginger, a young Tricarrotops who embarks on journeys with her Pea-Rex friends; will also be available nationwide via PBS Passport.
We continue our journey through the land of Ooo with the next chapter of the ‘Best of Buds’ story arc from cartoonist and animator Nick Winn (‘Bloody Mary’) and artist Asia Simone (‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Wreck and Roll’); issue hits shelves May 7.
Running April 23-30, the auction will showcase rare and one-of-a-kind pieces spanning 90 years of animation history, with all proceeds directly benefiting over 70 animation professionals affected by the recent Los Angeles wildfires.
The new update allows users to automatically generate smooth, natural animation between two poses
Based on the original manga by Riyoko Ikeda, the animated film unfolds during the French Revolution and follows Oscar, a beautiful woman raised as a boy; debuts April 30.
The final phase of the ‘Trigun’ anime series, which will follow rookie reporter Meryl Stryfe and her veteran partner as they discover Vash the Stampede’s evil twin; premieres in 2026 on Crunchyroll.
The animated adventure-comedy preschool series, which follows a team of half-monster-half-rescue vehicle heroes, is back with a new season streaming May 5 on Netflix.
The feature-length episodes, which highlight the start of Tanjiro Kamado’s journey in a new format, are now streaming ahead of the ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle’ theatrical release on September 12.
Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Rachel Bloom and Danny McBride will reprise their roles as Red, Chuck, Silver, and Bomb in the 3rd entry in the popular animated film franchise, hitting theaters January 29, 2027; Rovio, SEGA, and Prime Focus Studios produce with animation partner DNEG.
Watch the first look… set in the predator universe and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who’s helming the upcoming live-action ‘Predator: Badlands,’ film tells 3 different stories where human warriors face off against the ultimate foe.
Tim Miller and David Fincher’s acclaimed, Emmy-winning animated anthology returns with stories of dinosaur gladiators, messianic cats, and string-puppet rock stars; Jennifer Yuh Nelson once again serves as supervising director.
The first-ever NGO-backed animated comedy, created in partnership with studio Wit & Wisdom, takes on the climate crisis through satire; campaign now live.
New multidisciplinary production studio boasts a global collective of directors and artists using a story-first approach to deliver content across animation, live-action, VFX and immersive media for advertising, TV, and film.
A record-breaking 1,800 animated short films from 83 countries were submitted, with 218 chosen by the pre-selection committee; the festival returns to Žilina, Slovakia June 24-29.
New feature includes a library of classic lighting scenarios with over a dozen presets that can be customized or replaced entirely via in-built generative AI prompt; now available via the Previs Pro app.
