Tag: Issue 339
Hitting the High Notes: ‘Blue Giant’ Director Yuzuru Tachikawa Discusses His Anime Riff on Tokyo Jazz
In its explosive, almost impressionistic approach to musical sensation and its often-punishing viewpoint of the grit required of artistic success, you couldn’t call Blue...
Ten Animated Shows to Track at MIPTV
The 61st edition of the spring TV content market MIPTV will take place at the Palais des Festival in Cannes, April 8-10 (miptv.com). Here...
Jurassic Jokesters: ‘Bad Dinosaurs’ Creatives Take Us Behind the Scenes of Netflix’s New Family Show
Like many great creative minds, Bad Dinosaurs showrunner and co-creator Joel Veitch (Uncle Wormsley’s Christmas) got the idea for his new animated series while...
Tech Reviews: Foundry’s Nuke 15, Mari 7.0 & Katana 7.0
Foundry’s Nuke 15
Foundry’s latest release of Nuke 15 (and 14.1) presents a slew of new features, which we’ll get into, but first a note...
Teaching Toons & VFX in a Changing World: Spotlight on Six Popular College Courses Across the U.S.
An “alphabet soup” of new technologies is coursing through college classes these days: AI, AR, XR and VR are affecting curricula in increasingly interesting...
Brainstorm’s Neurodiverse Artists Craft an Animated Anthology Inspired by Dreams
For the past few years, Torrance, Calif.-based CLU Transitions program has trained talented artists and animators on the autism spectrum to engage as 21st century...
The Must-Have List: Spring Arrives with ‘Calvin & Hobbes,’ ‘Wish,’ ‘Suzume,’ Redwall Games & More
The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 2
Books 3 & 4 of the paperback collections of Bill Watterson's timeless comic. The new, portable format...
Rising Stars of Animation 2024
Every year, we put together our hot list of up-and-coming animation artists whose careers are on fire. Whether they’re directors, storyboard artists, showrunners, production...
An Ecological Adventure: Producer Marc Jousset Offers a Sneak Peek at ‘Into the Wonderwoods’
A tale of a young boy’s adventures in a magical forest is among the most-anticipated animated movies being showcased at this year’s Cartoon Movie....
Lessons in Love: Crunchyroll’s New ‘Cherry Magic!’ Series Preserves the Manga’s Charms
The new anime series Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (2024, streaming on Crunchyroll) offers insights into the curious...
Spinning a Web of Visual Delights: VFX Supe Mike Brazelton Discusses ‘Madame Web’
The latest Marvel feature Madame Web offers a new spin on the familiar world of Spider-Man, with a stand-alone tale based on a character...
Archives Animation Magazine – #339 April 2024
In this month’s issue of Animation Magazine
▩ DreamWorks brings Po back out for a new and exciting adventure in Kung Fu Panda 4.
▩ Read our interview...
The Creative Heroes of ‘X-Men ’97’ Reveal the New Mutations of the Nostalgic Marvel Series
If you were a kid during the 1990s, odds are any mention of X-Men: The Animated Series instantly ignites your brain with that iconic...
The ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Creative Team Gives Us a Sneak Peek at Po’s Ultimate Challenge
With this month’s entry into the beloved franchise with Kung Fu Panda 4, the team at DreamWorks Animation paralleled the historical development of kung...
Adventure Island: ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ Creatives Share the Joys & Challenges of Their Beautiful Adaptation
'It’s a proper adventure story full of action and excitement, but at the same time it is also extremely gentle, with a complex emotional...
‘Iwájú’ Director Olufikayo Ziki Adeola Guides Us Through a Future Lagos Full of High-Tech and Tradition
The place where you spent your childhood and called home can keep a magical hold on you throughout your life. Nigeria is the foundation...
A Quick Guide to Cartoon Movie 2024 and Some of the Stand-Out Projects to Sneak Peek
Global animation veterans look forward to the annual Cartoon Movie event in Bordeaux, France, as much as they anticipate the arrival of spring. This...
No More Supervillain Blues: DreamWorks’ ‘Megamind’ Is Back with a New Movie & Series on Peacock
Due to some apparent temporal anomaly or gross miscalculation of the calendar, it seems that it’s already been 14 long years since a certain...
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