Two-time Academy Award nominee and Sundance grand jury prize winner Don Hertzfeldt has long been recognized as one of the most influential voices in independent animation. His iconic early-internet ...

Once again another magnificent animated short film that shows the extraordianry potential of animation as a storytelling medium. There's so much that can be visualized with animation techniques. Solar ...

A French short-form animation was a rare outing for Global Breakouts but having captured attention at Annecy, Samuel, which spotlights te growing pains of a 10-year-old, was well worth a look. Valseur ...

Following its launch in Mainland China in April 2026, the anime and toy series "TOMICA XROSS RESCUE" is set to be rolled out in Japan, with subsequent launches planned in Taiwan region, Hong Kong SAR ...

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of two separate branches, dividing the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch into two distinct ...

Jev Belyaev broke down the workflow behind his animated horror shorts, explaining how he combines a custom facial animation system with reusable FACS shapes to handle everything from facial shapes to ...

Nintendo’s announcement of a live-action movie inspired by The Legend of Zelda felt both inevitable and yet almost unbelievable. I say the former, because how could Nintendo resist attempting to ...

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

The animation branch, to which approximately 700 Academy members will belong, will be represented by two governors, and the short films branch, to which some 200 members will belong, will be ...

No longer the least attended of the Oscar categories, this year's diverse crop of animated short offerings leave a lasting impression. On Oscar night, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” will almost ...