Animation Magazine

There’s always a great level of excitement amongst animation fans when a new film from Japanese auteur Mamoru Hosoda is about to be released. #MamoruHosoda #NipponTV #Scarlet #Sony #StudioChizu
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Disney Branded Television celebrated the Season 3 debut of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, premiering Wednesday, August 6 on Disney+, with a screening and moderated Q&A at the Disney Television Animation studio in Glendale, California.
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Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark and Ms. Tarantula had a great opening weekend! DreamWorks’ fast-moving sequel The Bad Guys 2 scored an estimated $22.2 million weekend at the U.S. box office from 3,852 houses.
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When the curtain rises on the Computer Animation Festival at SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver (August 10-14), attendees will be treated to a celebration of the first computer-animated feature ever made.
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Cinanima returns to Espinho, Portugal November 7 to 16 with 105 selected films and the premiere of the new international competition All Aboard, dedicated to diversity and innovation in contemporary animation, with 16 selected films.
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Next week, Cartuna and Irony Point kick off the release for Julian Glander’s surreal animated coming-of-age comedy Boys Go to Jupiter.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the  publicly funded non-profit which funnels federal funds to nearly 1,500 in the United States, including PBS/PBS Kids and NPR, announced Friday that it will be shutting down operations due to a loss of federal
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Award-winning global entertainment company Boat Rocker Studios, based in Toronto, today announced the successful close of its management buyout, marking the company’s return to operating as a privately held, independent studio.
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Film fans and animation lovers will have a fresh chance to experience the epic mythological world of Ne Zha 2 this month when IMAX theaters kick off early access screenings August 18. A new trailer for this premium format release has just dropped.
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This Friday, moviegoers have the chance to reconnect with the loveable rogues of DreamWorks Animation's The Bad Guys 2.
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This week marks the public launch of Showrunner (showrunner.xyz), an AI animation tool billed as "the Netflix of AI," which allows users to generate scenes and episodes either from scratch or utilizing existing material created by other users.
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When ESMA (France’s
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The Pinkfong Company (Baby Shark) today announced the launch of Season 2 of Sealook, its original non-dialog animated comedy, co-produced with Million Volt. New episodes will premiere weekly on YouTube, starting Friday, August 1.
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Today, French distributor Wild Bunch unveiled a new trailer for Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol (a.k.a. A Magnificent Life), the highly anticipated next animated feature from four-time Oscar-nominated writer-director Sylvain Chomet.
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Timed to the launch of the animated adult comedy's official trailer, Netflix announced today that Long Story Short has been greenlit for a second season ahead of the series premiere on August 22.
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Global visual effects service provider Barnstorm VFX (Deadpool & Wolverine, One Piece, Fantastic Four) has announced the opening of its newest studio with local partners in Hyderabad, India. #BarnstormVFX #CoryJamieson #India #VFXjobs
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An exceptionally rare 1939 continuity sketchbook used in the making of Disney Animation's Pinocchio is among the top lots in RR Auction’s Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art, Literature, Books and Animation sale, which runs through August 13.
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South Park Season 27 viewership has rocketed to the biggest premiere share on Comedy Central since 1999, up +68% versus the show's Season 26 premiere (9.20 vs. 5.48), and 5.9 million cross-platform viewers across Paramount+ and Comedy Central.
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Phantom Digital Effects Limited, the parent company of VFX studios PhantomFX, Spectre Post and Tippett Studio, announced today that it has entered into an agreement in principle to acquire Milk and Lola Post, award-winning European visual effects studios
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MeTV Toons, the only TV network dedicated exclusively to classic animation, celebrates the 65th anniversary of The Flintstones television debut with The Flintstones: 65 Years & Still Rock’n!,
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***This article was written for the Sept./Oct. '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No.
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Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired United States distribution rights to the animated feature film Stitch Head, and will release the family adventure with a wide theatrical release on October 29, just in time for Halloween.
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If you fancy some Peanuts with your campfire s'mores and singalongs, Apple TV+ has a treat in store!
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More hardboiled hijinks are in store for Walt Disney Animation Studios' popular animal cops in Zootopia 2, which today gets a new trailer, poster and image reveals from the studio.
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Sony Pictures Animation (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) today unveiled a new teaser trailer for GOAT, its upcoming CG-animated family film produced by NBA star Stephen Curry.
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This weekend, Looney Tunes lovers gathered in Hall H to catch the star-studded Saturday panel for Coyote vs.
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Riding their lucrative Paramount Global deal, the South Park crew will continue to punch up at the Trump administration when the series' 27th season picks back up next Wednesday, August 6 (streaming the next day on Paramount+).
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Another week, another Top 10 list from Netflix, another stellar victory for KPop Demon Hunters worth singing about! #AhnHyoseop #ArdenCho #ChrisAppelhans #DanDaDan #JiyoungYoo #KPopDemonHunters #MaggieKang #MayHong #MyMelody&ampKuromi #Netflix #TougenAnki
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GOAT, the animal sports action-comedy coming next year from Sony Pictures Animation, has added more star power to its voice lineup.
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— By John Attanasio and Luisa Huang, Co-Founders of Toonstar —
On July 2, Governor Newsom signed AB 1138, an increased film and TV tax credit of 35%, into law.
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