Animation news and features
Issue 25 of the Gerry and Sylvia Anderson-inspired Andersonic zine has just been published, sporting a wonderful homage cover by Richard Farrell to the classic, sadly short-lived SF comic Countdown, which would morph into the longer-running Countdown and TV Action,… Read More ›
Myne Cards – a company specialising in credit card-sized devices to place into wallets and purses, which give protection over all contactless cards – has just added Wallace and Gromit cards to its catalogue. Myne Cards are specifically designed to… Read More ›
The annual McLaren Animation award screenings at the world’s oldest continually-running film festival have always been a personal favourite part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival for me. Named for famed Scottish pioneer Norman McLaren, who would later found the… Read More ›
Wojtek Fus, a Freelance Concept Artist at MPC, has shared some of his concepts of an ancient “Surge Point” station featured an episode of the Netflix show, Love Death and Robots, based on a short SF story by British author… Read More ›
Megahoot “MEGA”, a US-based blockchain technology, Cybersecurity and smart technology company, has appointed writer, artist and publisher Lawrence White as its company’s Chief Creative Officer “CCO” who will lead all creative efforts for MEGA’s online and print graphic novels, online gaming platforms, brand collateral for the company’s film, TV and comic book projects
London’s Japan House hosts an event on Tuesday 2nd July with producer, director and screenwriter Yoshinori Asao, focusing on novel initiatives to bring fresh life and vitality to Fukushima and the region of Tohoku, which was overcome by tragedy. There… Read More ›
Anime distribution company Manga Entertainment have appointed Reemsborko Ltd. as the worldwide agent for Cannon Busters, a new 12-part anime that will launch later this year exclusively as a Netflix global original series
Cinders McLeod – writer, satirist, artist, doublebassist and creator of the Moneybunnies series, financial literary for kids – drew a cartoon in 1991 in response to the oft-asked question “why are there no women cartoonists?” 20 year later, in 2011,… Read More ›
Stop motion armature specialist Animation Toolkit has partnered with Aardman to design and create a bespoke armature kit to help stop motion animation students and enthusiasts with the puppet making process. The Aardman Animation Kit includes eight easy to assemble… Read More ›
Animation designer and children’s author Claire Keane has posted some wonderful concept art for an abandoned Disney project based on Sir Terry Pratchett‘s fourth Discworld novel, Mort, on her official web site. While that project didn’t go ahead, BBC America’s… Read More ›
UK pay TV children’s channel Sky Kids has commissioned StreetCat Bob, an animated series inspired by the cat that has already been the subject of books and a major feature film. StreetCat Bob is a real-life stray ginger cat, credited… Read More ›
Doctor Who fans can now step inside a virtual reality version of the TARDIS in an immersive VR adventure called Doctor Who: The Runaway. Running for around 12 minutes, the new original, interactive story from the BBC and Passion Animation… Read More ›
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse swings five places up to Number One on the Official Film Chart detailing top UK home entertainment sales across Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital Download, after a tight battle with Mary Poppins Returns. Following its release on… Read More ›
An award-winning documentary featuring the animation expertise of a Northumbria University academic will make its North East debut next weekend. Irene’s Ghost uses animation mixed with filmed footage to tell the story of director Iain Cunningham’s mother Irene, who died when… Read More ›
60 years after he first appeared in the pages of the French comic magazine Pilote, Asterix, the creation of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, returns in an all-new album this October – and a new animated TV series, Dogmatix and the Indomitables, is also in the works, although the details of this remain scant so far
A draughty warehouse on the Slough Trading Estate in the 1960s: what could possibly be so special about such a place? One word: Supermarionation… the term most associated with Gerry Anderson’s many TV shows, and the inspiration for Moon Rangers,… Read More ›
Beano Studios have announced a 52-episode second series of the hit animated TV show Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! has been ordered for CBBC. The announcement follows the successful launch of the International Emmy nominated kid’s CGI show, which was the… Read More ›
Joe Gordon reviews The Reign of the Supermen, out now on Blu-Ray and DVD….
Silvergate Media is celebrating a triumphant 2019 Annie Awards after securing a trio of wins for its hit Netflix animated adventure TYV series, Hilda., based on the graphic novel series created by Luke Pearson and published by NoBrow. Hilda was… Read More ›
Lupus Films has announced that Channel 4 has commissioned the new hand-drawn animated special they are co-producing with HarperCollins Children’s Books UK, of Judith Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came to Tea, which will air this Christmas.