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Crunchyroll has announced that the English Dub for Dragon Ball DAIMA will arrive on its streaming platform on January 10, 2025. With new storylines and returning character designs, the series comes in time to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Dragon Ball franchise made by the beloved Akira Toriyama, with animation from the esteemed Toei […]

It’s the end as we know it… in the short film Au Revoir Mon Monde (translated as Goodbye My World). The central character only has a short amount of time to make it to a clock tower. Why? That’s part of the mystery, drama and emotion of this year’s top recipient in the animated shorts […]

Animation Scoop had the amazing opportunity to speak with the Executive Producers of SpongeBob SquarePants, Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli, as well as Screen Novelties Producer Chris Finnegan, Producer and Co-director Seamus Walsh, and Producer and Co-director Mark Caballero. We discussed the timelessness of Stop Motion Animation and how wonderfully it lends itself to the […]

Survival of the fittest is one of mankind’s most universal truths, and this is especially true in Solo Leveling: ReAwakening. The upcoming 2024 film offers an engaging retelling of Season 1 while previewing the action-packed developments of Season 2, treating fans to the first two upcoming episodes. Based on Chungong’s original manwha and its anime […]
Warner Bros. will release an animated feature in theaters on December 13th that’s set about 200 years before the events of some of the most beloved and awarded live-action movies of the past 25 years. Director Kenji Kamiyama shares how J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson and his own previous animated projects inspired the story, characters and […]

Wallace & Gromit are back in an outstanding new adventure. Directors Nick Park (four-time Oscar winner) and Merlin Crossingham (Annie winner) present Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. It opens in select theaters Dec. 18 and debuts on Netflix Jan. 3. Park and Crossingham dive into what makes Aardman’s latest W&G stop-motion action comedy fun […]

New CG half-hour special Mickey and the Very Many Christmases, from writers Tom Rogers and Rachel Ruderman (The Chicken Squad), puts a Mouse House holiday twist on a classic comedy movie. It premieres this Sunday Dec. 1 at 7pm on Disney Jr. and begins streaming Monday Dec. 2 on Disney+. (This Animation Scoop Q&A was […]

How to Train Your Dragon trilogy head of character animation Simon Otto makes his animated feature directorial debut with the comedy adventure That Christmas. It debuts Wednesday Dec. 4 on Netflix. Otto’s skillset is on full display. In this Animation Scoop Q&A, he discusses collaborating with recent honorary Oscar winner Richard Curtis, working with Brian […]

ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) is proud to announce its scholarship recipients for academic year 2024-25. 120 applications were received, with 11 students selected, three graduates and eight undergraduates, from the United States and three countries – Spain, France and Australia. The total scholarship funds, $44,000, will be distributed evenly, and will be used to […]

When it comes to aliens in cinema, they’re most known for abducting unsuspecting victims going about their everyday business. But what if said victim actually wanted to be found? Such is the case in Pixar Animation Studios’ upcoming film, Elio, a humorous escapade with a young alien fanatic who eagerly seeks out otherworldly intelligent life. […]








