Kickstarter Reveals 2024 Film, Animation Funding Data
Crowdfunding company releases free Creative Download report that includes Film and Animation projects, with new data spotlighting trends and data from the vertical, including the top-funded projects of the year.
Pocket Entertainment Launches Pocket Toons AI-Based Comics Platform
New platform utilizes company’s proprietary Blaze! AI studio to automate background rendering, scene composition, coloring, and quality control to allow artists to focus on storytelling and character development rather than production.
‘Mini Smiley’ Now Streaming on the Cartoonito YouTube Channel
The partnership between PGS Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery calls for series content uploads twice weekly, beginning with song compilations and shorts; show is now streaming.
Amazon Web Services Announces Amazon GameLift Streams
The fully managed AWS capability enables game developers to deliver high-fidelity, low-latency game experiences to players using virtually any device with a WebRTC-enabled browser.
Call for Entries: Supertoon Festival 2025
The international competition for animated films and comics will be held in Šibenik, Croatia July 21-25; submissions are open until April 1, and entries selected for competition will be announced no later than May 1.
Harry Potter Shop Headed to Chicago
Opening April 10, the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned store will offer multiple ‘Harry Potter’-themed areas, exclusive merchandise, props, and a Butterbeer Bar.
Ánima Kitchent, Mocca Studio to Co-Produce New ‘Tippi T-Rex’ Episodes
The European and Indonesian companies will partner on production of 26 five-minute episodes of the 2D animated preschool comedy series.
Watch New ‘Munch Rexford: Legendary Poacher’ Short from Adult Swim SMALLS
New animated series from Australian creator Millie Holten and producer Nicolas Colla follows the exploits of a damaged, sad hunter trying to bag elusive and often mythological big game before his rival does.
Exclusive: See Preview Pages of ‘Adventure Time Compendium Vol. 2’
Oni Press is releasing a 576-page collection of issues #36-61 from author Christopher Hastings, with contributions from artists Zachary Sterling, Phil Murphy, and Ian McGinty, on March 25.
Door G Launches New England’s Tallest Virtual Production LED Wall
The independent creative production studio’s new digital set is now part of its pipeline to build immersive video experiences leveraging virtual production, AI, and agile workflows.
Animation Production Days 2025 Announces Project Selections
Out of a record 103 submissions, 50 works are chosen, including 28 TV series, 10 feature films, 4 TV specials, and 8 cross-media projects; conference runs May 6-8 in Stuttgart.
Disney Animation Production Management Workers Ratify First Union Contract
The agreement between The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839 (TAG), and Walt Disney Animation Studios, overwhelmingly ratified, includes substantial pay raises ranging from 24-35% as well as pension and health benefits.
Apple TV+ Drops ‘Be@rbrick’ Trailer
DreamWorks Animation and Dentsu’s new music-driven animated kids comedy series, based on Medicom Toys’ collectible figures, premieres globally March 21.
Call for Submissions: ANIMASYROS 2025 International Animation Festival
The Festival returns to Syros island, Greece, September 22 - 28 for a cosmic themed edition; film entries being accepted until June 1.
Disney Sets ‘Moana 2’ Streaming Debut
The hit ‘Moana’ sequel, which reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers, streams March 12 on Disney+.
‘Rick and Morty: The Anime’ Headed to Blu-ray and DVD
The 10-episode series from visionary director Takashi Sano, set in the world of ‘Rick and Morty,’ follows Rick as he relaxes in a pseudo-world between multiverses; releasing on April 29.
Funtastik Studios Becomes Goodbye Kansas Group Majority Shareholder
The NY VFXWAALA subsidiary has acquired 11,111,111 company shares through the conversion of convertible debentures valued at SEK 15 million ($1.47 million).
Max Unveils ‘Dylan’s Playtime Adventures’ Trailer, Key Art and Premiere Date
The new animated preschool series, based on the books by Guy Parker-Rees, debuts March 6.
Tokyopop Announces ‘The Art Of Amphibia’ Release
The hardcover art book contains behind-the-scenes, character, and production artwork from the popular Disney show, with a forward by Brenda Song and insights from series creator and showrunner Matt Braly; out March 25.
Animation+ to Premiere ‘The Full Fungus’ Animated Feature
From indie animator Jim Lujan, the LA noir film follows private eye Chino Diamond on a search for a missing piece of music; debuts March 21.
Titmouse Announces ‘5 Second Day… Night!!!’ Screenings
Shorts born from the studio’s annual 5 Second Day will be shown for industry leaders and insiders, animation enthusiasts, and the public in Los Angeles, New York, and Vancouver.
Walt Disney Animation Studios Cancels ‘Tiana’ Series
Series is the first casualty of the studios’ recent decision to abandon all original longform content for streaming, which may also result in layoffs at Vancouver studio.
Prime Video Drops ‘#1 Happy Family USA’ Official Trailer
All 8 episodes of Ramy Youssef and A24’s adult animated series, which follows the definitely not suspicious Hussein family, premieres April 17.
Juice Powers Knockout VFX for Riyadh Season’s Boxing Promo
Watch the breakdown reel; blending classical art with visual effects, the studio, in collaboration with BigTime Creative Shop and ProdCo, helped produce ‘The Last Crescendo,’ an operative, mythology-inspired spot promoting the highly anticipated rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol that Bivol won by majority decision.
Call for Entries: Creative Talent Network 2025 Scholarships
CTN and the CTN Foundation have announced 11 discipline-focused awards named for industry luminaries and 4 awards offered through a new International Creative Exchange Program (ICEP).
