Today's Oscar-qualified short is Bára Anna Stejskalová's '9 Million Colors,' a stop-motion musical about a mantis shrimp who befriends a blind fish that we've had our eye on for more than four years. www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/9-mil...
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Exclusive: "This round marks an exciting milestone as two independent animated features qualify for our expanded tax credit for the first time." California Film Commission Executive Director Colleen Bell confirms the news to Cartoon Brew in an update to our earlier story.
Cartoon Brew@cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 3d agoIndependent animation appears to have landed its first California film tax credits. Baobab’s ‘Shine’ and Namethemachine’s ‘The Long Walk’ secured nearly $9 million combined. It's an encouraging sign that the program is starting to reach smaller producers. www.cartoonbrew.com/law/baobab-n...
Anime accounts for at least half of what 82% of teen anime fans watch, according to a new NRG study commissioned by Crunchyroll. It also found that younger viewers are more drawn to experimentation and unfamiliar worlds. Here are five key takeaways. www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/anime-...
Anime Fandom Study Shares Impressive Teen Viewing Habits And More
A Crunchyroll commissioned NRG survey explores younger viewers’ appetite for experimentation, anime’s appeal, and how fandom extends into music and comics.
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Another new 'Avatar' series is on the way. Paramount+ has announced ‘Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos,’ with Bryan Konietzko as showrunner. And riding high on stellar viewership, ‘Seven Havens’ was renewed for Books 3 and 4 on its premiere day. www.cartoonbrew.com/series/avata...
'Avatar Kuruk' Series Announced, 'Seven Havens' Renewed
Bryan Konietzko will showrun the new series, following a rebellious teenage Avatar as he learns the four elements through globetrotting adventures.
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1/2 - Today's Oscar-qualified short is ‘The Scarlet Tamagochi,’ Francisco Visceral’s handmade Chilean schoolyard noir, where a missing virtual pet sparks a detective mystery and childhood rivalries take on life-or-death stakes. www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/oscar...
“Juggling work and family is Hell.” ‘Belzebubs’ blends black metal and domestic chaos in a 13-episode animated mockumentary. Watch the new trailer and read what creator JP Ahonen had to say about taking his comic beyond the punchlines: www.cartoonbrew.com/series/belze...
'Belzebubs' Trailer: Black Metal Meets Domestic Chaos
Creator JP Ahonen explains how he expanded his webcomic into 13 22-minute episodes, building emotional arcs and finding new laughs through music.
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Skydance is off to a predictable start: layoff warnings, promised cost cuts, and uncertainty among workers. With more than $80 billion in debt and the infamous former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick joining the board, the road ahead looks like a bumpy one. www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
Skydance's New Era Begins With A Warning Of Imminent Layoffs
With more than $80 billion in debt and a target of $6 billion in annual savings, executives at the media giant warn of "difficult decisions" to come.
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Sony is expanding its anime ambitions with Crunchyroll Storyworks, a new division tasked with turning international stories into anime and Japanese anime into live-action productions. www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/sony-c...
Sony Launches Anime Adaptation Division Crunchyroll Storyworks
Led by Sony veteran Tohru Iokibe, Storyworks will work with Japanese creators and develop projects for Crunchyroll and Aniplex’s HAYATE venture.
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Hear ye, blaspheming infidels! ZeeKay Comedy is bringing three Belzebubs episodes in English to Youtube in November! 🤘 Make sure to check them out if interested, all views will help us in selling the show worldwide. 🙌 More about the series in Cartoon Brew’s interview.
Belzebubs Is Coming To ZeeKay Comedy 🤘🎸 Official Trailer
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Cartoon Brew@cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 4d ago“Juggling work and family is Hell.” ‘Belzebubs’ blends black metal and domestic chaos in a 13-episode animated mockumentary. Watch the new trailer and read what creator JP Ahonen had to say about taking his comic beyond the punchlines: www.cartoonbrew.com/series/belze...
Independent animation appears to have landed its first California film tax credits. Baobab’s ‘Shine’ and Namethemachine’s ‘The Long Walk’ secured nearly $9 million combined. It's an encouraging sign that the program is starting to reach smaller producers. www.cartoonbrew.com/law/baobab-n...
California Tax Credits: Indies Get $9M, Pixar Gets $40M
Baobab’s 'Shine' and Namethemachine’s 'The Long Walk' appear to be the first independent animated features backed by the expanded program.
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1/2 - Today's Oscar-qualified short is ‘The Scarlet Tamagochi,’ Francisco Visceral’s handmade Chilean schoolyard noir, where a missing virtual pet sparks a detective mystery and childhood rivalries take on life-or-death stakes. www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/oscar...
“Juggling work and family is Hell.” ‘Belzebubs’ blends black metal and domestic chaos in a 13-episode animated mockumentary. Watch the new trailer and read what creator JP Ahonen had to say about taking his comic beyond the punchlines: www.cartoonbrew.com/series/belze...
'Belzebubs' Trailer: Black Metal Meets Domestic Chaos
Creator JP Ahonen explains how he expanded his webcomic into 13 22-minute episodes, building emotional arcs and finding new laughs through music.
cartoonbrew.com
Skydance is off to a predictable start: layoff warnings, promised cost cuts, and uncertainty among workers. With more than $80 billion in debt and the infamous former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick joining the board, the road ahead looks like a bumpy one. www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
Skydance's New Era Begins With A Warning Of Imminent Layoffs
With more than $80 billion in debt and a target of $6 billion in annual savings, executives at the media giant warn of "difficult decisions" to come.
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'RuneScape' is getting an animated series from Lyrical Animation, MoistCr1TiKaL, and Jagex. Announced at RuneFest, the project is in early development, with more details coming in 2027. Here's what we know so far: www.cartoonbrew.com/series/runes...
'RuneScape' Series In Development With Lyrical Animation, Jagex
The project re-teams Charlie White and Lyrical Animation after the two recently announced a 'Godslap' comic animated series adaptation.
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Sony is expanding its anime ambitions with Crunchyroll Storyworks, a new division tasked with turning international stories into anime and Japanese anime into live-action productions. www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/sony-c...
Sony Launches Anime Adaptation Division Crunchyroll Storyworks
Led by Sony veteran Tohru Iokibe, Storyworks will work with Japanese creators and develop projects for Crunchyroll and Aniplex’s HAYATE venture.
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Manchester Animation Festival has selected seven projects for the inaugural Animation Featured lab, a BFI-backed initiative designed to strengthen the UK’s animated feature pipeline. Here’s a look at the seven films: www.cartoonbrew.com/festivals/ma...
Manchester Animation Festival Picks 7 Features For New Lab
The BFI-backed program will give seven UK animated features seven months of development support, mentorship, and industry training.
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The BBC has unveiled the first look at 'Doctor Who: TARDIS Crew,' a new 52-episode animated preschool series produced by Blue Zoo Animation Studio. www.cartoonbrew.com/series/docto...
CBeebies's ‘Doctor Who: TARDIS Crew’ Series First Look
Blue Zoo is producing the 11-minute adventures, which will introduce younger viewers to the Doctor, new companions, and familiar villains.
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Good news for voice actors. SAG-AFTRA’s new TV animation deal includes wage hikes, AI protections, and better residuals. Imagine if the artists responsible for characters’ entire physical performances got residuals, too. www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
SAG-AFTRA TV Animation Deal Boosts Wages, AI Protections
SAG-AFTRA members will vote on a new TV animation deal featuring annual wage increases, expanded AI protections, better residuals, and benefit gains.
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1/2 - Today’s Oscar-qualified short is Joe Hsieh’s 'Praying Mantis,' a hand-drawn horror film about a mutant mother who seduces and devours men in a desperate attempt to save her child. www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/pr...
Psyop Group is expanding its U.S. footprint through a new strategic representation deal with talent agency Free Agents, bringing together two companies with ties stretching back to Psyop’s earliest days. www.cartoonbrew.com/business/psy...
Psyop Group Signs U.S. Representation Deal With Free Agents
The partnership reunites longtime collaborators and gives Free Agents access to talent across Psyop’s animation, design, live-action, and IP studios.
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1/1 - Exclusive: Simón Bucher and Cote Ramírez’s Chilean experimental short 'The Gazelle Gazette' builds a sports-media nightmare out of newspaper, as a rising athlete is gradually swallowed by the public persona created around her. www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/gazel...
The creators of ‘Get Jiro!’ wanted to push the limits of what they could pull off in animation. That included an ambitious one-take action sequence that required mapping every camera move before animating a single frame. Here's how they did it: www.cartoonbrew.com/series/get-j...
'Get Jiro' Creators On The Show’s Ambitious Animated Action Scene
The Adult Swim series draws on yakuza films, samurai cinema, and cooking anime while channeling Anthony Bourdain’s appetite for audacious ideas.
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The guild didn't fight that fight in the 80's. But no reason we can't take it up now.
End of an era: Skydance has finalized its historic merger, bringing Warner Bros. and Paramount under the same corporate roof for the first time and consolidating two of Hollywood’s most significant animation legacies. www.cartoonbrew.com/business/sky...
Skydance Completes Warner Bros. And Paramount Merger
Two of Hollywood’s most significant animation legacies are now part of the same company, marking the end of a long chapter in the industry’s history.
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Good news for voice actors. SAG-AFTRA’s new TV animation deal includes wage hikes, AI protections, and better residuals. Imagine if the artists responsible for characters’ entire physical performances got residuals, too. www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
SAG-AFTRA TV Animation Deal Boosts Wages, AI Protections
SAG-AFTRA members will vote on a new TV animation deal featuring annual wage increases, expanded AI protections, better residuals, and benefit gains.
cartoonbrew.com
1/2 - Today's Oscar-qualified short is 'Acid City,' a surreal sci-fi film that combines lo-fi game-engine animation, mocap, and real interviews recorded across New York City in an unforgettable climate change story that's half fable, half documentary. www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/acid-...
1/2 - Exclusive: Thumbprints, dried glue, air pockets, and clay textures, all created in CG. Director Noel Cleary tells us how Flying Bark gave Australia’s acclaimed 'Tales From Outer Suburbia' the imperfections of handmade stop-motion. www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/ta...
‘Forgotten Island’ came into its second weekend with strong word of mouth, but it wasn’t enough to spark a comeback after a rough opening the week before. The DreamWorks film fell 44.6% and has earned $38.5M worldwide after two weeks. www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...
'Forgotten Island' Box Office Drops 45% In Second Weekend
The DreamWorks feature earned $7.2 million domestically in its second frame and has now grossed $38.5 million worldwide.
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Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Spirited Away’ is returning to U.S. theaters for five days this month to celebrate the Studio Ghibli classic’s 25th anniversary. Info here: www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
1/2 - Today's Oscar-qualified short is 'Acid City,' a surreal sci-fi film that combines lo-fi game-engine animation, mocap, and real interviews recorded across New York City in an unforgettable climate change story that's half fable, half documentary. www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/acid-...