By Mercedes Milligan | April 29, 2019 Kitaro Kosaka’s stunning anime feature Okko’s Inn, from the famed studio Madhouse, will be released on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download on July 2 from GKIDS and Shout! Factory. Nominated for the 2019 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year, the film comes to home video following its nationwide theatrical[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | April 28, 2019 The live-action/CG animation hybrid feature based on classic Nickelodeon toon Rugrats has its helmer, with Paramount bringing on family film veteran David Bowers. Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo’s precocious gang will be the latest charges for the director, whose animation credits include Astro Boy and Flushed Away, as well as the second, third and fourth Diary[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | April 28, 2019 Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame achieved a record-shattering weekend, with an estimated global debut of $1.209 billion, becoming the first film in history to surpass $1 billion in its opening weekend. It reached the billion-dollar threshold in just five days, more than twice as fast as its predecessor Avengers: Infinity War, which held the[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | April 26, 2019 Universal Kids network has revealed the series voices cast and season one guest stars for new original series Where’s Waldo?, inspired by the popular book-based brand. The show, produced by DreamWorks Animation Television, will make its TV debut in July. An exclusive Where’s Waldo? tease will air Saturday, April 27 during the American[…..] […]
Academy Board of Governors announces new rules impacting animated features and shorts as well as a name change for the foreign language film category. By AWN Staff Editor | Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 11:17am LOS ANGELES — The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved Oscars rules for the 92nd Academy Awards. Notable changes and updates are as[…..] […]
8th annual three-day juried festival in Baltimore, Maryland will feature the world’s most cutting-edge, quirky, and boundary-pushing animation. By AWN Staff Editor | Friday, April 26, 2019 at 4:30pm Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, now in its 8th year, is expanding to a weekend-long event. The festival takes place October 18-20, 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland and will focus primarily[…..] […]
By Animation Magazine | April 26, 2019 With the Cannes Film Festival and Market happening this month (May 23-25), we thought it would be a good time to take a look at some of the indie and international animated features that are wrapping up their final funding stages and getting ready for their big-screen close-ups. Here are[…..] […]
OIAF brings together regional, national and international animation communities, providing a forum to share and exchange expertise. By AWN Staff Editor | Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 12:31pm Every September, the Ottawa International Animation Festival presents the world’s most cutting-edge, quirky and important animation — and transforms Ottawa into the centre of the animation universe. From September 25-29[…..] […]
Back-to-back episodes on Disney XD and DisneyNOW cross time and dimensions using different animation techniques to visually support the storytelling. By AWN Staff Editor | Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 1:08pm In a multipart story arc airing back-to-back on Disney XD and DisneyNOW, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout! kicks off Sunday, May 5 (9:30–10:30 p.m. EDT/PDT). The[…..] […]
Platform: Nintendo Switch Genre: Action, Mecha Developer: GameTomo and GameCrafterTeam Publisher: GameTomo Release Date: May 16, 2019 (Switch) Price: $19.99 Supported languages: English, Japanese Website: https://www.gametomo.co.jp/nimbus-switch-en OVERVIEW With its intense high-speed dogfights in mech-based ‘Battle Frames’, Project Nimbus: Complete Edition, is the definitive Mecha battle game for Nintendo Switch™! DESCRIPTION Inspired by the Gundam, Macross and Ace[…..] […]
