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Pixar co-founder and former Disney Animation president Ed Catmull will judge a new generative AI film competition. The organization is promoting him as “the man who invented 3D graphics” who will judge “the first generation of AI filmmakers.” www.cartoonbrew.com/artificial-i...
Pixar Co-Founder Ed Catmull Joins Jury For GenAI Film Competition
Higgsfield AI is boasting that “the man who invented 3D graphics” will judge its $1 million generative AI filmmaking competition.
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Frank Gladstone has been elected president of ASIFA-Hollywood, replacing Sue Shakespeare, who is retiring after six years in charge. Michael Paxton will succeed Gladstone as executive producer of the Annie Awards. www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
ASIFA-Hollywood Elects New President, Annie Awards Exec Producer
Shakespeare retires after six years in charge, while Michael Paxton succeeds Gladstone as executive producer of the annual Annie Awards.
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TIFFCOM returns to Tokyo October 28–30 with an expanded Japanese IP market and conference sessions focused on anime, AI, and international co-production. www.cartoonbrew.com/festivals/to...
TIFFCOM 2026 To Spotlight Anime, Japanese IP, And Co-Productions
Tokyo's TIFFCOM returns October 28–30 with an expanded Japanese IP market and sessions covering anime, AI, and international co-production.
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Eli Roth confirmed that his new horror film ‘Ice Cream Man’ used genAI in its animated sequences, one day after giving a conflicting account that described a hand-drawn pipeline involving his own drawings. www.cartoonbrew.com/artificial-i...
Eli Roth Confirms GenAI Use In ‘Ice Cream Man’ Animated Sequences
It's always the ones you most medium expect.
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Disney has laid off well over 1,000 workers in three rounds this year and secured more than $45 million in taxpayer-funded credits for upcoming animated films. Today, it reported soaring profits, aided by a $100 million tariff refund. www.cartoonbrew.com/business/dis...
Disney Profits Soar After Layoffs And Millions In Tax Credits
Company shares have also jumped nearly 5% as it added another $1 billion to its stock-buyback plans, surely a major source of comfort to its laid-off workers.
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Don Hertzfeldt’s full catalog of films has found a new streaming home. Dropout has acquired a collection that includes ‘Rejected,’ ‘World of Tomorrow,’ ‘It’s Such a Beautiful Day,’ and more, with Annecy winner ‘Paper Trail’ arriving September 1. www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/don-h...
Don Hertzfeldt Film Collection Is Coming To Dropout
Dropout has acquired a collection of Don Hertzfeldt films, including 'Rejected' and 'World of Tomorrow,' with Annecy-winner 'Paper Trail' arriving September 1.
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Sun Xun spent a decade creating the Chinese epic ‘Magic Atlas,’ working with around 500 art-school students and financing much of the production through sales of his own artwork. He tells us how it all came together ahead of a Locarno world premiere: www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
‘Cherry and Virgin’ director Masanao Kawajiri discusses using rotoscoping and shifting art styles to explore sex, desire, insecurity, and the complicated emotions that come with intimacy. www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
‘Cherry And Virgin’ Director Masanao Kawajiri On Rotoscoping Sex
Masanao Kawajiri discusses using rotoscoping and shifting art styles to explore sex, desire, and intimacy in his animated feature ‘Cherry And Virgin.’
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Don Hertzfeldt’s full catalog of films has found a new streaming home. Dropout has acquired a collection that includes ‘Rejected,’ ‘World of Tomorrow,’ ‘It’s Such a Beautiful Day,’ and more, with Annecy winner ‘Paper Trail’ arriving September 1. www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/don-h...
Don Hertzfeldt Film Collection Is Coming To Dropout
Dropout has acquired a collection of Don Hertzfeldt films, including 'Rejected' and 'World of Tomorrow,' with Annecy-winner 'Paper Trail' arriving September 1.
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Sun Xun spent a decade creating the Chinese epic ‘Magic Atlas,’ working with around 500 art-school students and financing much of the production through sales of his own artwork. He tells us how it all came together ahead of a Locarno world premiere: www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
Flying Bark, one of the most impressive indie animation studios working today, is teaming up with ‘Final Space’ creator Olan Rogers and his company, Lightfold, on a still-unnamed original transmedia project. www.cartoonbrew.com/series/flyin...
Flying Bark And Olan Rogers’ Lightfold Partner On Unnamed Project
Flying Bark and Lightfold are co-developing an ambitious original property they say will span animation, comics, and games.
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Sun Xun spent a decade creating the Chinese epic ‘Magic Atlas,’ working with around 500 art-school students and financing much of the production through sales of his own artwork. He tells us how it all came together ahead of a Locarno world premiere. www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
Peering Through the Cracks: Sun Xun’s 'Magic Atlas'
Sun Xun discusses the decade-long production of 'Magic Atlas,' its handmade animation, shifting visual styles, political themes, and spiritual ideas.
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‘Cherry and Virgin’ director Masanao Kawajiri discusses using rotoscoping and shifting art styles to explore sex, desire, insecurity, and the complicated emotions that come with intimacy. www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
‘Cherry And Virgin’ Director Masanao Kawajiri On Rotoscoping Sex
Masanao Kawajiri discusses using rotoscoping and shifting art styles to explore sex, desire, and intimacy in his animated feature ‘Cherry And Virgin.’
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1/2 - Exclusive: Chinese animator Zehao "Tara" Hou’s ‘70 Deadly Sins’ turns contemporary digital habits into a collection of colorful little monsters. She made the film to process her frustration over USC shutting down its Expanded Animation program during her first year.
Submissions are now open for the 54th Annie Awards, which will introduce a new award for anime productions for TV and media. Entries will be accepted through November 30, with the ceremony set for February 20. www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/annie...
54th Annie Awards Open Submissions, Add Anime Category
Submissions are open for the 54th Annie Awards, which will introduce a new category honoring international anime productions for television and media.
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Opinion: When is a film responsible for its country? Ottawa's Chris Robinson and industry colleagues consider whether festivals should boycott Russian and Israeli films, and how living through Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed his answer. www.cartoonbrew.com/opinion/opin...
Opinion: When Is a Film Responsible for Its Country?
OIAF programmer Chris Robinson and his colleagues consider boycotts, Russian and Israeli films, and if artists should be judged by their countries’ actions.
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Amazon is expanding its Warhammer universe with a new animated series centered on the Deathwatch, written by John Orloff ('Masters of Air') and produced by Henry Cavill. www.cartoonbrew.com/series/warha...
Amazon Developing Warhammer 40,000 Animated Series
Amazon MGM Studios is developing a new Warhammer 40,000 animated series centered on the Deathwatch, written by Masters of the Air’s John Orloff.
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1/2 - Exclusive: Chinese animator Zehao "Tara" Hou’s ‘70 Deadly Sins’ turns contemporary digital habits into a collection of colorful little monsters. She made the film to process her frustration over USC shutting down its Expanded Animation program during her first year.
Submissions are now open for the 54th Annie Awards, which will introduce a new award for anime productions for TV and media. Entries will be accepted through November 30, with the ceremony set for February 20. www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/annie...
54th Annie Awards Open Submissions, Add Anime Category
Submissions are open for the 54th Annie Awards, which will introduce a new category honoring international anime productions for television and media.
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Opinion: When is a film responsible for its country? Ottawa's Chris Robinson and industry colleagues consider whether festivals should boycott Russian and Israeli films, and how living through Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed his answer. www.cartoonbrew.com/opinion/opin...
Opinion: When Is a Film Responsible for Its Country?
OIAF programmer Chris Robinson and his colleagues consider boycotts, Russian and Israeli films, and if artists should be judged by their countries’ actions.
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Amazon is expanding its Warhammer universe with a new animated series centered on the Deathwatch, written by John Orloff ('Masters of Air') and produced by Henry Cavill. www.cartoonbrew.com/series/warha...
Amazon Developing Warhammer 40,000 Animated Series
Amazon MGM Studios is developing a new Warhammer 40,000 animated series centered on the Deathwatch, written by Masters of the Air’s John Orloff.
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Apple TV+’s Peanuts expands its long-form ambitions with ‘There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy.’ EP and writer Mark Evestaff discusses the new special, honoring Charles Schulz’s vision, and why there are still plenty of Peanuts stories left to tell. www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/th...
‘There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy’ Team On Apple TV+ Special
EP Mark Evestaff discusses the creative evolution behind the new special and honoring Charles Schulz’s vision for the beloved characters.
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Exclusive: Malaysia’s highest-grossing animated film is going global. 'Papa Zola The Movie' is expanding into South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India, and the Middle East after earning RM69 million ($16.9 million) across Southeast Asia. www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...
'Neon Genesis Evangelion' is coming to the Criterion Channel with its classic, pre-Netflix English-language dub. All 26 episodes, The End of Evangelion, and Evangelion: Death (True)² will stream starting September 1. www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/ne...
'Neon Genesis Evangelion' Coming To Criterion Channel
The complete anime series, 'The End of Evangelion,' and 'Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth' will stream September 1 with the classic English dub.
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Apple TV+’s Peanuts expands its long-form ambitions with ‘There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy.’ EP and writer Mark Evestaff discusses the new special, honoring Charles Schulz’s vision, and why there are still plenty of Peanuts stories left to tell. www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/th...
‘There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy’ Team On Apple TV+ Special
EP Mark Evestaff discusses the creative evolution behind the new special and honoring Charles Schulz’s vision for the beloved characters.
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Exclusive: Malaysia’s highest-grossing animated film is going global. 'Papa Zola The Movie' is expanding into South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India, and the Middle East after earning RM69 million ($16.9 million) across Southeast Asia. www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...
'Neon Genesis Evangelion' is coming to the Criterion Channel with its classic, pre-Netflix English-language dub. All 26 episodes, The End of Evangelion, and Evangelion: Death (True)² will stream starting September 1. www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/ne...
'Neon Genesis Evangelion' Coming To Criterion Channel
The complete anime series, 'The End of Evangelion,' and 'Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth' will stream September 1 with the classic English dub.
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Toei’s new Eterna Animation label aims to nurture original voices and develop the next generation of anime filmmakers. Director Takeru Shinozuka and producer Yoshihide Moriyama join us to discuss its inaugural short, 'Foxing: Kitsuné-tsuki.' www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/eter...
Toei’s ETERNA Animation Debuts With ‘Foxing: Kitsuné-Tsuki’
Director Takeru Shinozuka and producer Yoshihide Moriyama discuss Toei’s new label for original filmmaking and developing new anime talent.
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MoMA’s new exhibition “It’s Alive!” brings together more than 200 animation artifacts spanning a century, from Winsor McCay and Lotte Reiniger to Sally Cruikshank, Tissa David, and the Hubleys. The show opens August 1 and runs through summer 2027. www.cartoonbrew.com/museums/moma...
MoMA Opens ‘It’s Alive!’ Century Of Animation Exhibition
More than 200 works from Winsor McCay, Sally Cruikshank, Tissa David, the Hubleys, and others will be displayed through summer 2027.
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Hasbro has prevailed in its long-running copyright case against ‘Wolfoo,’ with a London court ordering videos removed from online platforms after finding widespread use of audio copied from ‘Peppa Pig.’ www.cartoonbrew.com/law/hasbro-p...
Hasbro Wins ‘Peppa Pig’ Copyright Case Against ‘Wolfoo’
A London court ordered 'Wolfoo' videos removed from online platforms after finding widespread use of audio taken directly from 'Peppa Pig.'
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