According to its creator, Kaze: Ghost Warrior is an extreme case, to prove a point. And that point is that the technology exists today to allow a single filmmaker, through the medium of CGI (Computer Graphic Imagery,) to do what Industry Professionals accept should take hundreds of people working with a budget of millions of […]

DeFamilieJanssen, the Belgian producers of Jester Till are working on a new animated feature. In Midgar, two aliens are marooned in Ireland during the Vikings’ invasion and end up being worshipped as gods. You can see some art and storybaord from this interesting looking project on the official web page.

Spain’s Animagic Studio, responsible for The Three Wise Men is hard at work on a new traditional animated feature. Giacomo’s Secret tells the story of Giacomo, a con man in post-WWII Tuscany. He is joined by a little kid named Nino, who he will eventually come to love as a son. You can find more […]

Traditional 2D animation may be on its way out in North America, but South America seems to be ready to carry the torch, witness this interesting short from Brazil. Curupira is part of the I Swear I Saw It project, which consists of five 35mm animation movies. Each episode is ten minutes long and based […]

The teaser for the new animated series that aired on WB is now available online form the great French site Catsuka.

Philippe Druillet’s grotesque take on the legendary vampire will become a CG series thanks to Wolfland Pictures. Druillet himself is supervising the project, that casts Jean Rochefort as the vampire’s voice and title song by Catherine Ringer. Have a look at the teaser for this gothic horror comedy.

In a presentation to advertising executives in New York, The Cartoon Network announced it will air more than 500 new half-hours, including five new animated series this year. The new shows are: Megas XLR – A new action-comedy series about a 20-something grease monkey who discovers a giant fighting robot from the future in a […]

CBS Marketwatch reports that Pixar’s shares jumped this morning on rumor of a Sony buyout. Apparently, the consumer electronic giant wants to offer $75 a share for the house of Nemo. Pixar is currently trading at about $70. Analysts aren’t giving the idea much credence. Pixar Chairman and Chief Executive Steve Jobs controls 60 percent […]

Warner Bros and Ambient Entertainment are releasing the first CG movie ever produced in Germany. Back to Gaya is the story of two gnomes, Boo and Sinu, who live in “Gaya”, a virtual paradise in a TV series. When an evil scientist steals a charm stone terribly important to them, they have to live their […]

Jean-François Laguionie’s new movie L’Île de Black Mor is coming to French theaters this week. The film marks the return of the famed French director to the silver screen. The story is based on the book that Laguionie wrote inspired by his youth’s favourite writers, from Joseph Conrad to Robert Louis Stevenson. Set in 1803, […]

Disney’s new TV series premieres today at 5:30 on the Disney Channel. This new animated comedy series is set in the Middle Ages and follows the title character, Dave’s comedic adventures with his family (with his sisters Candy and Fang) as they protect themselves and their family from a world of oddball foes. Dave himself […]

Masamune Shirow’s other manga, Appleseed is getting the CG treatment. The new movie will be directed by Aramaki Shinji and produced by Sori Fumihiko, the director of last years hit Japanese live action movie Ping Pong. The movie will be 100% computer animated, but will retain the 2D look of the original manga. 21-year-old actress […]

Comics2Film reports that the new animated Spider-Man series is coming to DVD tomorrow. Produced by Mainframe Entertainment, the series uses cel shaded CG to bring to life our favourite web spinner. The two disc set collects the complete first season of the show, that aired on MTV starting last July. Have a look at the […]

Famous French artist Jean Giraud, better known as Moebius, has realized a TV series based on his character Arzak. The first episode of Arzak Rhapsody premiered on France 2 last December. The series is comprised of 14 three-minute episodes that explore the fascinating world born out of Moebius’ fertile imagination. To discover what this series […]

CG Networks reports that Bruno Bozzetto is working on a 3D animated short in collaboration with Simple Pictures. Apparently he is not busy enough with his new feature Mammuk! The short will debut in summer 2004, but a teaser that presents the main characters is available form the official web site. This is the first […]

Have you ever wondered how the most famous Italian dish was born? The new animated feature Toto’ Sapore e la Magica Storia della Pizza (Toto’ Flavour and the Magic Story of Pizza) has the answer. The movie, produced by Lanterna Magica narrates how, in 1700, a Neapolitan minstrel with the dream of becoming a chef […]

Renowned Italian director Bruno Bozzetto (West & Soda, Allegro non Troppo) is working on a new feature film. Set in the prehistory, Mammuk is the story of a mammoth and two kids, learning to survive in a world of violence and brutality. The movie is produced by RAI Cinema and has a budget of 10 […]

CBS is airing a Christmas special tonight at 8:00 PM: two episodes of the stop motion show Robbie the Reindeeer. The show is a production of BBC’s Animation Unit in Bristol, UK and has has received 19 international awards, including a BAFTA for Best Entertainment Program. The voice cast includes big names like Ben Stiller […]

Katsuhiro Otomo’s three part movie Memories is coming to the US thanks to Sony/Columbia. Based on the manga of the same name, Memories collects three fascinating science fiction stories from the author of Akira and the upcoming Steamboy and is a must see for all anime fans. The DVD will be released on March 24th […]

Another animated feature opens in Spain this week: Los Reyes Magos. The movie is a retelling of the tale of three wise men, Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar, and their journey to Bethlehem. Produced by Madrid based Animagic Studio, the movie is another example of the prolific Spanish animation production and has been nominated for the […]

The Spanish web site 3D Y Animacion has an interview (in English) with Miguel A. Corominas, technical director on the newly relased animated feature El Cid: The Legend. The interview contains interesting insight about the production process and the use of Softimage XSI to integrate 3D CGI with the 2D art in the 150 CG […]

The new movie by Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress) that has been nominated for the Academy Awards as Best Animated Picture is a touching story of three Tokyo homeless people who find an abandoned baby and adopt her. Tokyo Godfathers made its US debut at this year’s Big Apple Anime Fest, where director Satoshi […]

Filmax’s feature El Cid, La Leyenda will hit theaters in Spain this month. The movie is based on the life of 11th century adventurer Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid, and narrates Rodrigo’s royal upbringing, his unjust exile and his quest to receive the King’s pardon. Entirely produced by Barcelona based Filmax […]

Box Office Mojo reports that Sylvain Chomet’s feature has earned an estimate $114,600 during the Thanksgiving weekend in the six theaters where it opened, for a total gross of $150,400 since opening. This averages to $19,100 per theater, better than the $7,370 average of the top movie this weekend: The Cat in the Hat. Way […]

An extended trailer for the upcoming sequel to Ghost in the Shell is now available online from {{link http://catsuka.com/ Catsuka.com}} (direct link). This amazing six minute clip showcases the incredible integration of CG and traditional animation achieved by director Mamoru Oshii and rises the hopes for this much anticipated feature. The trailer sports the film’s […]

A teaser for Miyazaki’s upcoming feature, originally included with the Special Preview of Innocence in Japan, is now available from Buta-Connection (direct link here).

After six years in production, this all-French feature is finally coming to theaters December 3rd. The movie is an adaptation of Noah’s Ark, in which frogs help humans and other animals during the flood. Director Jacques-Rémy Girerd spent two years of research to translate the naive designs of Iouri Tcherenkov into a movie. The voice […]

Japanese studio Production IG is co-producing with Manga Video a new movie, Dead Leaves. The feature, slated to be released next January, is helmed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and based on designs by Imaitoonz, whose aggressive style has appeared on MTV generics as well as on commercials for Sega and Sony. These two artists have created […]

The Guardian (UK) has released their list of the forty best directors in the world today, and Hayao Miyazaki is in the eighth position, just below Errol Morris and above David Cronenberg. On his films, they wrote, “[Miyazaki’s] films create the world anew, literally. Each is set in an intricate, self-contained fantasy world that’s been […]

Famous French comic book artist Enki Bilal is directing a CG adaptation of his Nikopol trilogy (La foire aux immortels, 1980, La femme piège, 1986, and Froid Equateur, 1992). Set in a futuristic Paris where ancient Egyptian gods come back to life, Immortel (Ad Vitam) is scheduled for a March 2004 release and wll star […]