Funko has announced that Michael Hyde is joining the company as senior vice president and managing director, Funko Far East. Hyde will report to Andrew Perlmutter, chief executive officer, Funko. Hyde was previously at The Character Group managing operations in the Far East. He started in the toy business at Mattel in brand management, marketing[…..] […]
Amazon has commissioned its first slate of Southeast Asian originals for its Prime Video streaming service, as Amazon Prime localises in SE Asia markets Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines today. Three new versions of situational improvisation comedy challenge format Comedy Island have been ordered, one for each country, with Comedy Island: Indonesia, Comedy Island: Thailand[…..] […]
The original intention of Dongbuzhou international animation incubator creation base is to encourage and support the outstanding animation people who are in original creation and development, especially young new animation people, to power “the first one kilometer”, support the creation of the commercial animation and hatch, and at the same time pay more attention to the development of the original independent[…..] […]
ARTE France will be at Gamescom this year! Gamescom is less than a month away and we know your schedule is filling up fast, but ARTE will be present in the business area and at Indie Arena Booth to present its two games How To Say Goodbye & To Hell with the Ugly,. How to[…..] […]
The 2022 China International Cartoon Festival (hereinafter referred to as CICF EXPO) has been scheduled, and will launch a series of wonderful animation and game activities in Guangzhou Poly World Trade Expo from October 2 to October 5, bringing the “Animation Golden Week” to the animation and game fans. At the end of 2020, CICF[…..] […]
The Game Developers Conference will be returning to San Francisco, March 20-24, 2023, and organizers are excited to announce the dates when prospective speakers can send in their submissions—along with a group of new advisors who will be appraising some of those entries. GDC 2023 has been accepting submissions to present lectures, roundtables, and panels[…..] […]
Uproar in Heaven, 4K restoration version “Uproar in Heaven” is the first animated feature film since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It took four years by the older generation of animators of the Shanghai Art Film Studio to producer more than 100,000 drawings with hand-painting. In the past, hand-drawn animations were mostly shown in[…..] […]
An ardent leader in the fields of computer graphics, digital media, mobile tools, and services, Rahmat brings a multitude of technology experience to JPR Jon Peddie Research (JPR) announced the appointment of industry veteran Omid Rahmat as executive vice president. Rahmat is a senior executive with broad experience in starting and managing hardware and software[…..] […]
The Japanese gaming behemoth Nintendo simply introduced it’s shopping for CG animation and movement seize studio Dynamo Pictures, now to be referred to as Nintendo Pictures. Dynamo Pictures, based in Tokyo, has been around for 30 years, providing CG work and motion capture for games and anime. It recently worked on motion capture for Persona[…..] […]
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) is a charitable, non-profit and non-governmental organisation dedicated to the discovery and promotion of creativity in the art and culture of film. The Society is committed to making world cinema accessible and affordable to the public. It organizes the annual flagship the Hong Kong International Film Festival[…..] […]
