The Mifa has just ended with a new record edition, consolidating its status as the largest single market in the world devoted to animated film. This event, with more than 4,000 badgeholders (+9%*) from 82 countries and bringing together professionals and talents from global audiovisual and animation film industries, continues to evolve. “Faced with the[…..] […]
“Pokemon Go” maker Niantic is getting ready to launch its next big game: “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite” is set to launch in June 21, the company revealed in a tweet this week. The tweet said that fans should keep their “eyes peeled and wand ready for more information” as the game goes live in their[…..] […]
A duo of Netflix employees had a unique idea for making the service’s shows even more stirring: They added a rumble pack option to the Netflix app as part of the company’s latest hack day. When watching shows like “Voltron,” the feature makes phones vibrate in sync with the action on the screen, similar to[…..] […]
Illumination Entertainment’s veteran director is back with a touching story about an anxious, ‘helicopter’ dog that finally learns to relax and let go. In the hilarious and wildly successful The Secret Life of Pets (2016), audiences laughed at Illumination Entertainment’s animated exploration of a simple, but perplexing question: what are our pets really doing when[…..] […]
Japan is arguably the world’s most mature market for animation, with the local industry generating animated projects aimed at all types of audiences which find wide success across multiple platforms. Production has been on the rise in Japan, fueled in part by a desire to replicate the recent international success of such films as Makoto[…..] […]
Countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative are important outlets for exports by Chinese animation companies, according to Song Lei, director of the consulting and planning department at the National Animation Creative Research and Development Center. In October, the animation series Legend of the Silk Road, which features stories about the ancient trading routes,[…..] […]
Mr. Huang Hai’s new work is coming! This time, he designed a Chinese version poster for “Spirited Away” (to be screened on 6.21). “Spirited Away”new poster, “Shou Wang”, Designer: Huang Hai “Shou” is the starting point： “I am standing on the steps of adults and children. It is the castle at the corner. Life is a long[…..] […]
On May 29, the 14th China Beijing International Cultural & Creative Industry Expo was held in Beijing. At the meeting, the “Chinese Culture Symbol of the New Era: 2018-2019 Cultural IP Evaluation Report” was released. For the first time, the report focused on the IP of six major areas of film, dramas, animation, comics, games,[…..] […]
Animation supervisor David Clayton shares how his team brought down the fire-breathing Rhaegal with a giant bolt, and Crum the giant wight with a small knife, in HBO’s hit action-adventure series. Animating creatures has become a tradition for Weta Digital animation supervisor David Clayton, who’s had a busy year working on both Rampage and Season[…..] […]
Nickelodeon is creating an animated series targeted at preschoolers based on the immensely popular YouTube song “Baby Shark”. The Viacom-owned company has teamed up with SmartStudy, the entertainment company that owns the children’s content brand Pinkfong, to create the television series for global distribution. “Baby Shark” became a viral sensation in November 2015, when the[…..] […]
