What You Need to Know: TOMY Company will exhibit at Anime Expo 2025 (AX2025), North America’s largest anime and manga convention, held in Los Angeles from July 3 to 6. The company will operate three exhibits, each dedicated to a …
Sorairo Utility is Kengo Saito’s passion project through and through—not only as its original author and all-encompassing lead creative within the production team, but also in how it embodies his whole career, influences, hobbies, and the honest desire for people …
Caricatured here, a 1984 version of Steve Moore, Dan Jeup, Mike Genz, and Fred Cline 40 years ago this month, I was winding up my junior year at CalArts. Eschewing the usual summer job, I made a grab for …
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Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Elevating the explainer film is an underrated talent that Stash has aggressively celebrated for more than 20 years, and this latest example, produced by Berlin CG specialists Colors And The Kids for IBM, is …
AVIOT, operated by Preseed Japan Corporation, which manufactures and sells consumer electronics, is launching its 2025 Spring/Summer Promo Tour with appearances at anime conventions across the United States. At each event, AVIOT will showcase and sell character voice earbuds and …
Unsure how to get your animated film funded? As you might know, animation can become expensive quickly. Beyond the animation itself, there are many other costs to consider—compositing, coloring, storyboarding, sound design, musical scoring, distribution, and more. All these elements …
Here is my water-stained program from the 1984 Character Animation show, held in the tiny Bijou Theater at CalArts. According to the math, 40 years have gone by. Damned math! Industry people and fans of animation may recognize …
I’ll be part of this great line-up at Giant Robot next week! If you’re in LA and looking to get some original art generated by humans come along.
Looking for some new sources of inspiration to enhance your animations? Here are five unexpected places to look that can provide inspiration to refine and enhance your animations in new ways you hadn’t thought of before. 1. Silent Film Techniques …