After the liberation of China, a large number of excellent domestic cartoons appeared, such as “Little Tadpole Seeking His Mother” (1960), “Uproar in Heaven” (1961-1964), “Nezha” (1979) and “Three Monks” (1981). There was time when domestic cartoons quietly retired, and replaced totally by Disney cartoons whom dominated the Chinese screens for 30 years! Can Chinese[…..] […]
They are the special effect team behind the animated feature “Nezha” (hereinafter referred to as “Nezha”). Using an astonishing one billion special effects particles to create the most shocking scene in the “Nezha” movie — the ultimate battle of Chen Tangguan, they are Shenzhen LOCATOR Film and Television Culture. The second visit to LOCATOR, found[…..] […]
After spending her entire life living in an underground burrow, a young girl named Kipo (Karen Fukuhara) is thrust into an adventure on the surface of a fantastical post-apocalyptic Earth. She joins a ragtag group of survivors as they embark on a journey through a vibrant wonderland where everything trying to kill them is downright[…..] […]
Coming up from the European Challenger League, the Rainbow Six esports team Natus Vincere (Na’Vi) quickly made its way to the top of the Rainbow Six international competitive scene. Already considered a fearsome team before the beginning of the Pro League Finals Season X, Na’Vi put on a fantastic show last November in Japan. Alongside[…..] […]
Recently, according to the “2019 China Game Industry Report” released by the Game Industry Commission, the actual sales revenue of China’s game industry in 2019 reached 230.88 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.7%. The number of Chinese game users reached 640 million, an increase of 2.5% over 2018. Although the game development in China[…..] […]
In 2012, Ubisoft Toronto opened an 8,000-square-foot performance-capture studio to help in the development of the studio’s first game, Splinter Cell: Blacklist. Seven years – and many games – later, and the studio has completed construction on its new 12,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art performance-capture studio. To learn more about the new space, and the ways it will[…..] […]
The Ubisoft Entrepreneurs Lab, now in its fourth season, is a partnership program between Ubisoft and various startups in the technology and entertainment sectors. The program is based in Paris at STATION F — the world’s biggest startup campus — and, for the first time, at the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA) PIXEL innovation space[…..] […]
China’s animation industry has developed to be a certain scale, and the animation products have increasingly attracted the attention from not only professionals but also animation fans. The animation industry is also undergoing industrial processing and the cultivation of talents has always been a concern to the major companies. In addition to colleges and universities that have trained a group[…..] […]
This month Axis Studios’ Director & Creative Head of Development Stephen Donnelly discusses his career journey, creative process and the company’s development of original IP. Could you tell us a bit about Axis Studios’ history? SD:Axis Studios is an award-winning entertainment company, founded in Glasgow in 2000 by CEO Richard Scott, in partnership with Dana[…..] […]
Read our interview with the head of Dutch international sales and festival promotion company Square Eyes (formerly Some Shorts) who will hold a talk on festival strategy for shorts in the long run along with Marija Milovanovic of Vienna-based Lemonade Films on Wednesday, November 27. Dutch international sales agent Wouter Jansen began working in[…..] […]
