Here is Studio Ghibli's new year message, with an illustration by Hayao Miyazaki. ghibli.jp/info/013802/

Unique storytelling and eccentric animation are two ways to describe the work of Janina Putzker. She is a powerhouse of professional animation while ensuring her work maintains the highest standard that i looks effortless. It truly appears that she fears no style . Speaking to

The original Mickey Mouse is now in public domain.

We saw The Boy and The Heron and I purposefully only ever saw the poster.

I've launched a Substack! 🖊️ I'll write about animation (mostly indie) with my critic's 🎩 on, recommending old films, commenting on interesting stuff happening today, and maybe taking the odd zoetrope out for a spin. If you're interested, do subscribe: movemadly.substack.com/?r=goko6&utm_c…

Vfx is not an attempt to recreate reality nor an attempt to deceive the eye. It is an act of artistic expression. This team built tools so vfx artists could be artists.

We worked hard this year to shine light on all of the Oscar-shortlisted animated films. Shorts don't always receive the attention they deserve - the Oscars even temporarily stopped broadcasting them a couple years ago - so please take a moment to learn about these amazing films.

I hope "The Art of Journey" artbook will be reprinted one day.

For Hayao Miyazaki's birthday, Joe Hisaishi sent him a song as a gift. It became "Ask Me Why," the theme of THE BOY AND THE HERON. 🔥 Read the article by Michaela Zee on Variety, and see THE BOY AND THE HERON in theatres! 🌅 Get tickets: brnw.ch/21wF2NY

Rotoscoping is far from dead, and these two men prove it. Co-Directors of The Spine of Night, m m (Mongrel, Exordium) and Philip Gelatt (Europa Report, Love, Death and Robots) join me to discuss the cult film that hasn’t left them since childhood, Heavy Metal. Getting to

Concept art for Lilo & Stitch (2002) by co-director Chris Sanders. Proving that not EVERY Disney film has to look completely different from what was drawn at the conceptual level.

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January 1995 Variety cover featuring Dexter. CN knew it was on to something.

Character design and Illustration titan, Peter de Sève is nervous about A.I. Not for its capabilities but because studios are so driven by the bottom line, they’ll lean on the tool more rather than human imagination. There’s an epidemic of generic character design in the industry

The Oscars Academy Awards have finally added subtitles on their 10min interview of composer Joe Hisaishi about his work on "The Boy and The Heron" (Hayao Miyazaki). Languages available: english, french, german, korean, spanish, italian, portuguese, polish. youtube.com/watch?v=HfQvAK…

With our online event partner INBTWN Animation, we sat down with indie animation superstar Vivienne Medrano (Vivienne Medrano 💖) to talk about her new Prime Video series 'Hazbin Hotel' and discuss why today is a Golden Age for independent animators. Watch the video 👇 cartoonbrew.com/interviews/haz…

Three time Oscar nominated director, tomm moore has been drawing for decades, but he has never stopped growing. Recently, after the release of Wolfwalkers, he took a sabbatical to study Life Drawing in Paris and Amsterdam, seeing his growth is inspiring. Having Tomm on the

The Boy and the Heron is an important animated work because it’s at the intersection of so many questions. I don’t know many people that could sit with watching it once, it begs to be rewatched and then talked about. Here is my thought: Grief is messy. youtu.be/zy8M0lrh32M?si…

It was an absolute privilege to speak with Cole Delaney about one of my all-time favorite films - Disney's #Pinocchio (1940)! youtu.be/TNodrJmHags