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Animation
Animation news and features
Cartoons on Film: Molesworth Trailer
Here’s a trailer for Molesworth, an upcoming animated feature film
Breaking boundaries: Hamish Steele’s “DeadEndia” heads to Netflix
Great news about the adventures of Barney, Norma and magical talking dog, Pugsley!
Judge Dredd Animated Series Proof of Concept Tests surface
Check out this stunning Proof of Concept Judge Dredd action!
Unseen Art of Hollywood Storyboards heads to book shelves later this year
Expected in August this is a great-looking history of film storyboards and the important and long-neglected art of storyboarding
Alex T Smith’s new “Claude Comic Capers” brings his awesome pup to comics
Alex T Smith’s beloved Claude whizzes from the page to the small screen and back to the page, this time as comic strips
Nebula-75 is go from Century 21 Films, filmed in Supermarionation – and SuperIsolation!
Find out how a North London flat became an animation studio, despite the Coronavirus Pandemic lockdown!
In Review: Doctor Who – The Faceless Ones
Tim Robins escapes alien clutches to bring you his latest review – or the editor lost the item, take your pick…
Thunderbirds Legends: The Prequel Story to International Rescue Retold
The official Gerry Anderson web site has released the first of three Thunderbirds Legends animated videos
Bandai UK’s Dragon Ball Pop Up events continue
Bandai UK continue to host Dragon Ball Pop Up events around the country this month, after a successful start in Liverpool last week
Century 21 Films launches new Supermarionation web site
Century 21 Films have just launched a new web site dedicated to Supermarionation
Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy – First “Siege” Trailer from Netflix arrives
The first teaser trailer for Chapter One of the highly anticipated Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy has dropped, premiering on Netflix
WebFind: Krazy Kat, the animation
Here’s a wonderful Krazy Kat stop-motion animation that was directed by Derek Mogford back in 1996
WebFind: Dan Dare Pilot of the Future Animated Series Concept Art by Dave Max
Concept art for the animated series Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future, first broadcast back in 2002, has surfaced online, work created by concept artist Dave Max.
Netflix signs Studio Ghibli streaming deal, launches next month
Netflix has picked up the exclusive streaming rights to the full film library from the popular Japanese animation house, Studio Ghibli for everywhere in the world, outside of the US and Japan. The deal, detailed by the French distribution partner… Read More ›
Power Players readies for Cartoon Network launch, action figures announced
Flair – one of the UK’s top ten toy companies – is powering up its boy’s portfolio in summer 2020 with the addition of the Power Players master toy line, based on a new action-comedy animation series created by Zag… Read More ›
Danger Mouse, Forest 404 writers honoured in 2020 Writers’ Guild Awards
Writers behind some of last year’s most critically acclaimed works have been honoured at the 2020 Writers’ Guild Awards ceremony, including Danny Brocklehurst, Shola Amoo, Season Butler, Gillian Juckes and Jimmy McGovern. Awards also went to the writers of the Danger Mouse animated series, the… Read More ›
New Year, New Licensing Agent for Dragon Ball in the UK and Eire
Toei Animation Europe, the EMEA media company in charge of the distribution and exploitation of Toei Animation’s Japanese animated series in Europe, has appointed Reemsborko Ltd as the UK and Eire licensing agent for the whole Dragon Ball franchise (Dragon… Read More ›
By the power of Grayskull! New He-Man series in the works from Mattel and Netflix
Move over, Money Supermarket – Mattel and Netflix have announced the return of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe in a new, original CG animated adventure series that will reimagine the popular toy franchise with a fresh take on its… Read More ›
TV Times “The Snail and the Whale” competition now open
It can’t have escaped the attention of eagle-eyed downthetubes readers that Axel Scheffler, the illustrator of iconic children’s books including The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and The Snail and the Whale has created an original illustration for TV Times’… Read More ›