formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Japan’s Toei Animation Co. plans to produce an animated short film with a Nigeria-based firm by spring 2027, making it its first collaboration with an African animation studio. Source: Kyodo News
It’s so bad, it’s become a box office hit. Niu Lai, a low-budget animation film about a cow in a dream sequence has seen a huge jump in ticket sales after going viral for its confusing plot and terrible graphics. … Continued
The Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), attached to the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function, has announced a public investment of 9.2 million euros in the Milo children’s animation audiovisual project in order to build a global entertainment … Continued
Toy Story 5 has achieved another major box office milestone, officially becoming the highest-grossing animated film in the history of the Middle East, extending Disney and Pixar’s remarkable success story that has spanned more than three decades. Source: FLAIR
Released a century ago in 1926, The Adventures of Prince Achmed is recognised as the world’s oldest surviving animated feature film – despite what Walt Disney’s publicists might prefer you to think. Source: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260603-how-a-26-year-old-german-woman-made-the-worlds-oldest-surviving-animated-feature-film
According to a spate of recent job listings, Netflix has been building up an internal studio called INKubator which will be focused on using AI to produce animated short-form content, with ambitions to scale to long-form projects in the future. … Continued