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Bach to Basics: Why Anna Samo Used Toilet Paper to Animate Her Acclaimed Short, ‘The Wild-Tempered Clavier’

Ramin Zahed - December 27, 2024

Great artists often take advantage of the unusual challenges in life. Take, for example, the case of Anna Samo, the resourceful director of the...

Streaming

Paramount+ Drops ‘Doug,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness’ and Several Other Animated Nick Shows

Ramin Zahed - December 26, 2024

Animated Nickelodeon favorites such as Doug, My Life As a Teenage Robot, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and The Penguins of Madagascar are...

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Don Hertzfeldt’s Oscar-Shortlisted ‘ME’ Serves Up More Profound Enigmas with Music

Ramin Zahed - December 26, 2024

Almost 30 years ago, two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt burst onto the animation scene with his clever stick-figure short, Ah, L’Amour. The indie helmer...

Passings

In Memoriam: Remembering the Many Animation & VFX Greats We Lost This Year

Ramin Zahed - December 21, 2024

We said goodbye this year to many brilliant women and men who devoted their lives and talents to advancing the art of animation and...

Awards

Daisuke ‘Dice’ Tsutsumi Discusses the Stop-Motion Magic of His Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Bottle George’

Ramin Zahed - December 20, 2024

Ten years ago, Japanese-born director-producer-illustrator Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi’s The Dam Keeper was nominated for a Best Animated Short Oscar and received a slew of...

Animated People

Artistic Witnesses of War: ‘Porcelain War’s Creative Team on Using Animation in Their Acclaimed Documentary

Ramin Zahed - December 19, 2024

Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev’s acclaimed documentary Porcelain War centers on three Ukrainian artists who choose to stay in their country despite the Russian...

Animated People

‘Phineas and Ferb’ Storyboard Artist Nadine Promes García Discusses the Ups and Downs of Life in Animation

Ramin Zahed - December 14, 2024

Every now and then, we offer interviews with up-and-coming animation professionals to find out more about how they landed in animation, what they love...

Passings

Disney Animation Producer Daniel Ridgers Dies at 52

Ramin Zahed - December 13, 2024

We are saddened by the recent passing of beloved artist and animation producer Daniel Ridgers who died suddenly on Dec. 2 at age 52....

Awards

The Critics Choice Awards Unveil Animation and VFX Nominees

Ramin Zahed - December 12, 2024

The Critics Choice Awards announced the nominees for the 30th annual awards, which will be exec produced by Bob Bain Productions and Berlin Entertainment....

Animated People

‘Sweet Like Lemons’ Director Jenny Jokela Paints a Flavorful Reflection on Letting Go

Ramin Zahed - December 10, 2024

The bittersweet sensation of moving on from a harmful relationship is explored with evocative hand-painted animation in Sweet Like Lemons, the 2023 short film from...

Streaming

Music to the Rescue: ‘Wonder Pets: In the City’ EP Jennifer Oxley Introducers Her Charming New Series

Ramin Zahed - December 10, 2024

Everyone’s favorite musical pets are back and ready for some super adventures in the Big Apple. Fans of the award-winning series Wonder Pets!, which...

Shorts

Harmonic Mixtape: Mike Roberts and Eric Towner Discuss Their Oscar-Qualifed Marshmello Collaboration, ‘Mello’s Funk’

Ramin Zahed - December 9, 2024

When a young deaf girl discovers a mysterious mixtape, she sets out to change the course of humanity in a dark, dystopian world where...

Awards

Six Animated Movies Are Nominated for the 2025 Golden Globes Awards

Ramin Zahed - December 9, 2024

This morning, the nominees for the 2025 Golden Globes were announced. Six titles will be competing for the coveted Best Animated Feature award on...

Features

‘Flow’ Selected as Best Animated Feature by the L.A. Film Critics Assoc. and the European Film Academy

Ramin Zahed - December 8, 2024

Everyone seems to love Flow, Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis’ post-apocalyptic cat movie. The well-received feature picked up the Best Animated Feature prize at Saturday’s...

Features

Daffy & Porky to the Rescue! Director Peter Browngardt Looks Back at the Making of ‘The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes...

Ramin Zahed - December 7, 2024

It was one of the sweet surprises of 2024. Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, two beloved animated characters that were first introduced in 1935...

Shorts

Director Kris Kelly Casts Light on the Story Behind His Award-Winning Short, ‘A Wind and the Shadow’

Ramin Zahed - December 5, 2024

Writer and director Kris Kelly’s acclaimed new short A Wind and the Shadow tells a story of resilience and a mother’s love as she...

Festivals & Events

L.A. Animation Festival Announces 2024 Shorts Lineup and Special Fleischer Studios Showcase

Ramin Zahed - November 30, 2024

Max Fleischer Fans are in for a treat when the annual Los Angeles Animation Festival raises its curtains again next week. The event, which...

‘Moana 2’ Storms In With Record-Breaking $28 Million Thanksgiving Day Box Office

Ramin Zahed - November 29, 2024

The folks at Disney have plenty to be thankful this weekend as Moana 2 managed to break all previous Thanksgiving Day records with an...

Animated People

How Exec Producers Tom Rogers and Rachel Ruderman Prepared The New Disney Holiday Treat, ‘Mickey and the Very Many Christmases’

Ramin Zahed - November 27, 2024

A new Mickey Mouse Christmas adventure always makes the holidays a bit brighter. This year, Disney Jr. is premiering the half-hour special Mickey and...

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