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East Coast Animation Writers Join WGA Picket Lines in Push for Coverage

Animation Magazine - July 26, 2023

On Tuesday, roughly 100 people marched in support of the Writers Guild of America outside the Warner Bros. Discovery building on Park Avenue South...

Passings

Animator & Producer Randy Fullmer Dies Age 73

Animation Magazine - July 25, 2023

Disney animator and producer Randy Fullmer, whose credits over nearly 20 years at the studio included The Emperor's New Groove and The Little Mermaid (1989),...

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life: Erin Gibson, ‘Tiny Toons Looniversity’ Showrunner & Co-EP

Animation Magazine - July 25, 2023

Actress, writer, director and show-runner Erin Gibson was nominated three times for an Emmy for her brilliant short, Gay of Thrones. This year, she brings her wild sense...

Television

Ryan Reynolds Revs Up ‘Biker Mice from Mars’ Reboot

Animation Magazine - July 21, 2023

Another 1990s cartoon classic is revving up to burn rubber to its screen revival, with the news that actor, producer and motorcycle enthusiast Ryan...

Streaming

SDCC: Max Offers First Looks at ‘Fionna and Cake,’ ‘Young Love,’ ‘Harley Quinn’ S4

Animation Magazine - July 20, 2023

The Max Original Animation panel hosted at San Diego Comic-Con today included exclusive first looks at upcoming animated series coming soon to the streaming...

Passings

Tatsunoko Co-Founder Ippei Kuri Dies Age 83

Animation Magazine - July 20, 2023

Ippei Kuri, who co-founded Japanese anime studio Tatsunoko Production and served as its President from 1987 to 2005, died July 1 at age 83....

People

Warner Bros. Animation & Cartoon Network Workers Push for Union with TAG

Animation Magazine - July 20, 2023

Production workers at sibling studios Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network have made a bid to unionize under The Animation Guild. A petition for...

Archives Animation Magazine – #332 August 2023

Animation Magazine - July 19, 2023

In this month’s issue of Animation Go behind the scenes of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie! Discover all the juicy details about the...

Features

Chinese Fantasy Epic ‘Warrior King’ Gets U.S. Release with Cineverse

Animation Magazine - July 19, 2023

Streaming and distribution outfit Cineverse (formerly Cinedigm) has picked up North American rights to the Chinese CG fantasy adventure Warrior King, based on the...

Television

Cartoon Network Studios to Move Out of Storied Burbank Headquarters

Animation Magazine - July 19, 2023

The ripples of the wave-making merger of Warner Bros. and Discovery continue to stir the animation community, with reports that the storied Cartoon Network...

People

Unable to Strike, TAG Writers Share Conditions in Animation

Animation Magazine - July 18, 2023

With the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) united in a simultaneous production strike for the first time since 1960,...

Features

Miyazaki’s ‘How Do You Live’ / ‘The Boy and the Heron’ Opens to $13.2M & IMAX Record

Animation Magazine - July 17, 2023

Studio Ghibli is toasting a successful gamble this week, as the latest film directed and produced by esteemed co-founders Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki,...

Features

Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ Continues Steady Burn to $311M Box Office

Animation Magazine - July 17, 2023

Despite a rough start with a $29.6 million opening weekend (the lowest ever for a Pixar feature), Elemental is working some alchemy at the global...

Features

Early ‘The Boy and the Heron’ Reviews Rate Miyazaki’s Visually Stunning Swan Song

Animation Magazine - July 14, 2023

Legendary director/writer/illustrator Hayao Miyazaki's final, final film opened in Japan this Friday, July 14. With no marketing or information reveals to speak of, fans...

People

SAG-AFTRA Joins WGA Strike in Bid to Rewrite the Industry Script

Animation Magazine - July 14, 2023

On Thursday, July 13, the National Board of SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) voted to issue a...

Television

Polygon Pictures Tapped to Animate Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man: Freshman Year’

Animation Magazine - July 14, 2023

Japanese CG animation studio Polygon Pictures has signed on for the upcoming Marvel animated series Spider-Man: Freshman Year. The news was shared by PPI President...

Technology

Corus Ent. Sells Toon Boom Animation to Integrated Media Company for $147.5 Million

Animation Magazine - July 14, 2023

Canadian mass media company Corus Entertainment has sold its Montreal-based animation software subsidiary Toon Boom Animation to New York-based private equity firm Integrated Media...

Passings

Jimmy Weldon, Voice of Yakky Doodle, Dies Age 99

Animation Magazine - July 11, 2023

Ventriloquist, radio/TV host and actor Jimmy Weldon, creator of the popular mid-century puppet character Webster Webfoot and the original voice of Hanna-Barbera's perennially imperiled...

Animated People

Book Excerpt: On Storytelling, Transformation and the Power of Narrative

Animation Magazine - July 4, 2023

By Dominick Domingo The following is an excerpt from Dominick Domingo’s new book Language of the Soul: How Story Became the Means by Which We...

Features

Watch: Netflix Releases New Featurette on the Making of Acclaimed Shapeshifter Movie, ‘Nimona’

Animation Magazine - June 30, 2023

Nimona, Netflix’s acclaimed new movie about a rebellious, shapeshifting antihero and a gay knight has already won the hearts of numerous critics around the...

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