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Jean-Marie Marbach’s abstract short, inspired by Visual Music and made entirely with Trapcode Suite, takes top prize at annual showcase for excellence in computer animation. By Dan Sarto | Friday, November 30, 2018 at 5:07pm Original Link: https://www.awn.com/news/loiseau-qui-danse-wins-best-show-siggraph-asia-computer-animation-festival The SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Computer Animation Festival (CAF), one of Asia’s premier showcases of the year’s best[…..] […]

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By Mercedes Milligan | October 23, 2018 ASIFA-Hollywood has made new officer appointments to its Executive Board of Directors. Serving as Second and Third Vice Presidents, respectively, are Sue Shakespeare, President of the highly successful independent animation studio Creative Capers Entertainment, and Brooke Keesling, former Talent Development Director at Cartoon Network and, more recently, Director[…..] […]

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Tom Hanks may star in Disney’s live-action version of Pinocchio/The Adventures of Pinocchio, which is still in the early stage of negotiations. He may play the old woodcarver Geppetto, who created the little wooden puppet Pinocchio and regarded it as his son. Pinocchio is known for having a short nose that becomes longer when lying.   The film is directed[…..] […]

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Microsoft’s application and service incubator appear to be a hot topic again with the launching of its latest project “Sketch 360”. The new app “Sketch 360” is a new drawing application that seems to take advantage of Windows 10 and other third-party’s support for 3D creating. Specifically, users can create single-point drawings that can then be viewed and manipulated[…..] […]

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Gallery Nucleus exhibition, “Mirai and the Works of Mamoru Hosoda,” on display through Sunday, December 2. By Jennifer Wolfe | Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 5:23pm Original Link: https://www.awn.com/news/mamoru-hosodas-mirai-now-theaters Mirai, the much buzzed-about Japanese animated feature from Mamoru Hosoda, opens in Los Angeles and New York on Friday, following a series of very positive reviews — and a[…..] […]

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Latest version, now available, includes significant performance enhancements, 3Delight NSI integrated rendering and full VFXRP 2017 standard compliance. By AWN Staff Editor | Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 4:21pm LONDON — Leading creative software developer, Foundry, today announced the release of Katana 3.1, the latest update to its flagship look development and lighting tool. The new version[…..] […]

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By Mercedes Milligan | November 28, 2018 Original Link: http://www.animationmagazine.net/gaming/wb-tt-games-building-lego-movie-2-game-for-2019/ Calling all Master Builders: You’ll be able to blast off into outer space, discover new worlds and unleash new skills alongside your minifig heros in The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame, from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group. The game will launch for[…..] […]

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Show based on Shinichiro Watanabe’s 1998 film noir Western anime classic gets 10-episode order. By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 2:31pm Netflix has picked up a 10-episode live-action remake of Cowboy Bebop, Shinichiro Watanabe’s famous 1998 film noir Western-styled animated TV series many regard as one of the greatest anime titles of[…..] […]

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Stephen Hillenburg, American cartoonist and the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, passed away at the age of 57. In March this year, Helen Berg announced that Stephen was diagnosed with Lou Gehrigs disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), a progressive and fatal nerve degenerative disease. He died in the fight against illness on the 26th[…..] […]

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