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Get set for “Flow”, an amazing-looking animated feature heading to cinemas
Mesmerising, award-winning animation – hopefully reaching UK cinemas in 2025
WebFind: Spice Frontier, a short animated film with epic ambitions
Here’s a a slick piece of short film making from Steamroller Animation
Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight, coming to Netflix next year
New Asterix TV limited series on the way, and a feature film update
A Step Back in Time: Moebius poster art for Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation
Amazing art by Moebius that’s a great opportunity to plug the revitalised short film Festival
Ligeia the Vampire by Rodrigo Diaz Ricci gets Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre International Festival screening
Vampires set to prowl in Argentina!
Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, a cautionary wartime tale from cartoonist Giles
It’s cold and flu season, use your handkerchief… says Giles, back in 1944
World-renowned animation Voice Director Andrea Romano interviewed
A must see for any fan of animation and voiceover artistry
In Review: Velma
Jeepers! This “adult animation”isn’t scaring up much love…
Animation work in the spotlight in latest Jack Kirby Collector, art on offer on ComicLink
Fantastic Four co-creator Jack Kirby’s animation work is the focus of the latest edition of Jack Kirby Collector
BFI Announces Major Anime Season
Visit the BFI and be surprised that Anime can be so much more than you ever imagined…
Coming up: “Smallfilms … a reflection” online talk by Simon Postgate
Find out more about Smallfilms, the company behind The Clangers and more
“Sir Terry Pratchett’s The Abominable Snow Baby” – Channel 4 Christmas Special casting announced
Terry Christmas! Casting news for Channel 4’s animated festive special
Comic creator Brendan McCarthy among many guests at Virtual Animation Dingle next weekend
There’s a terrific line-up to this animation event next weekend
The 30th Anniversary McLaren Animation Awards
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 ›
In Review: Reign of the Supermen
Joe Gordon reviews The Reign of the Supermen, out now on Blu-Ray and DVD….
In Review: One Frame at a Time – Aardman, an Epic Journey
By Peter Lord and David Sproxton, with David Gritten Simon & Schuster I’ve been in love with animation in all its forms (especially stop-motion) for as long as I’ve been in love with comics and books, but even for those… Read More ›
Joe Todd-Stanton’s Brownstone’s Mythical Collection optioned for film
Nobrow’s quite excellent imprint for younger readers, Flying Eye Books, has revealed that the Brownstone’s Mythical Collection series by Joe Todd-Stanton has been optioned for film development by DreamWorks Animation. The series began with Arthur and the Golden Rope in… Read More ›
WebFind: Junk Head by Takahide Hori
Japanese director Takahide Hori‘s stunning, award-winning debut animated film, Junk Head 1, above, which took four years to make, and was created as a largely solo effort in his spare time, with no budget and released in 2013. I’ve only… Read More ›