Janet Hsu to Lead Mattel’s New Division
The international toy giant has named kids’ entertainment veteran Chief Franchise Management Officer for its Global Franchise Management...
Netflix continues aggressively pushing forward with its anime slate. The streaming platform made a series of announcements about Aggrestuko, Castleania and new series at...
Everyone' favorite office-dwelling red panda is coming to Netflix. Sanrio's popular Aggrestuko character, a young female panda who works in a major corporation, will...
Conservative Website Howls at 'Simpsons' for Mocking "Right-Wing Nutjobs" and Ayn Rand
Don't shoot the messenger -- or, err, smash the Keurig? NewsBusters, dedicated to...
Award-winning global independent animation studio ZAG announced the appointment of key executives to its team to steer the company’s rapid expansion. Headlining is former...
Continuing coverage of the announcements coming out of the Las Vegas Licensing Expo and related industry this week. Prior snippets can be found here.
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CALL FOR ENTRIES: BIAF2017
The Bucheon Int'l Animation Festival in South Korea is now accepting shorts, graduate films, TV & commissioned works and online animations...
The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA) has revealed the nominees for the 2017 International Licensing Awards, selected from a record number of submissions...
San Francisco-based authoring, publishing and analysis company InstaVR, Inc. has been announced as the virtual reality content producer for the Sanrio Puroland theme park,...
Women in Animation's Intiatives Aim to Boost Female Creative Talent in the Biz
Karen Idelson digs into WIA's "50/50 by 2025" gender parity initiative with...
Loot Crate and Sanrio Unveil “Sanrio Small Gift Crate" Subscription at New York Comic-Con
Fans of Hello Kitty, Chococat, Gudetama and the rest of the...
Hub has optioned the rights to KISS Hello Kitty (working title), a new animated series based on the unlikely, yet successful KISS x Hello Kitty line...
Toy Story 3 was presented the Best Licensed Program of the Year Award by the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association at the Licensing International...