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Animation MagazineVFX‘Space Cadet’ Exclusive Clip Animates a Nibbly Alien Attack On November 13, family audiences will be invited to blast off for an interstellar adventure in Space Cadet — a dialog-free animated feature directed by Kid Koala (Eric San), based on his 2011 graphic…

Animation MagazineVFX‘Addicted to It’ Director Nigel Tierney Gives Us the Download on His Animated Musical about Smartphone Obsession There’s a lot to love and smile about in Nigel Tierney and Federico Heller’s colorful new animated short Addicted to It, a charming musical commentary about our crazy dependence on our phones and…

Animation MagazineVFXLionsgate Greenlights ‘John Wick’ Animated Movie Starring Keanu Reeves Lionsgate has officially greenlit the John Wick animated film, with Keanu Reeves inking a deal to reprise his signature role as the iconic assassin in the billion-dollar franchise.

Animation MagazineVFXWorld Animation Summit Shines Bigger & Brighter with More Stars and Sessions Announced Temperatures are cooling, but plans for the 14th World Animation Summit are heating up with the announcement of even more creatives, innovators and voice talents added to the packed three-day…

Animation MagazineVFXAnkama’s ‘Welsh & Shedar’ Premieres on YouTube with Tasty ‘Dofus’ Rewards Ankama Animations’ Welsh & Shedar officially premiered today on the studio’s franchise-connection Krosmoz YouTube channel, free to watch worldwide (excluding Japan).

Animation MagazineVFXWallace & Gromit Share Warm Wishes in Aardman’s Latest Barbour Holiday Film Following last year’s hugely successful collaboration with the nostalgic stop-motion duo, Wallace & Gromit, Barbour is once again partnering with Aardman for its 2026 Christmas film.

Animation MagazineVFXNew ‘Iron Boy’ Featurettes Explore the Visuals and Sound of Louis Clichy’s Acclaimed Animated Feature Sony Pictures Classics today treated animation lovers to two new featurettes exploring the artistry of Iron Boy, the Cannes and Annecy Festival award-winning hand-drawn feature from French director…

Animation MagazineVFX‘Dragon Ball Super: Beerus’ Dubs Set to Stream Exclusively on Crunchyroll Toei Animation and Crunchyroll announced today that the English, Spanish and Portuguese dubs of Dragon Ball Super: Beerus will stream exclusively on Crunchyroll beginning November 12 at 8 a.m.

Animation MagazineVFX‘KPop Demon Hunters: For the Fans!’ Digital Destination Now on Netflix Starting today, fans can explore even more from the world of KPop Demon Hunters on Netflix — all in one place. KPop Demon Hunters: For the Fans!

Animation MagazineVFXVIZ Media Announces ‘Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite’ Anime from Julietta Suzuki VIZ Media has greenlit a television anime adaptation of Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite, the supernatural romantic comedy from Kamisama Kiss creator Julietta Suzuki.

Animation MagazineVFXMeTV Toons Serves Up a Thanksgiving Feast of Classic Cartoons MeTV Toons, the TV network destination dedicated exclusively to classic animation, is bringing classic cartoon favorites to the Thanksgiving table with special programming leading into the holiday…

Animation MagazineVFXPixar Announces Major Leadership Shift; Jonathan Garson Named President Pixar Animation Studios veteran Jim Morris will transition to a president emeritus role and Jonathan Garson will become the studio’s new president, it was announced today by Alan Bergman, Chairman…

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Animation MagazineVFX‘Please’ Director Anna Mantzaris on Her Acclaimed Short, Life’s Funny Moments & the Joys of Stop Motion Swedish writer-director Anna Mantzaris’ charming, funny and insightful stop-motion shorts have made her one of the popular figures at animation festivals around the world.

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Animation MagazineVFX‘Hexed’ Directors Take Us on a Tour of Disney’s New Magical Realm “When you think of magic, in the past you might think of something beautiful, but the magic in this world has a sense of danger. We applied that to the overall look of the film.

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Animation MagazineVFXTrailer: ‘A Proud Family Wizmas’ Sends Penny on a Stop-Motion Mission to Save Christmas Today, Disney+ revealed the festive trailer for the new stop-motion holiday special A Proud Family Wizmas, which will premiere on the streamer on Saturday, November 14.

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Animation MagazineVFX‘Batman: Knightfall Part 2: Knightquest’ Sets December Release DC, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment have announced that Batman: Knightfall Part 2: Knightquest, based on characters from DC and the DC Comic Book Event,will be available…

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Animation MagazineVFX‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: The Getaway’ Trailer Unleashes Holiday Hijinks A new trailer and poster for the upcoming Disney+ animated holiday comedy Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: The Getaway dropped today, previewing a festive adventure for the Heffley clan.

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Animation MagazineVFX‘The Angry Birds Movie 3’ New Trailer Debuts Jisoo Tune Paramount today hatched a new trailer for the chaotic family comedy sequel The Angry Birds Movie 3, as well as a fresh poster design depicting Bomb, Chuck, Red and his kids ready to get down to some…

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Animation MagazineVFXApple TV Unwraps Festive Trailer for ‘Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy’ Special Today, Apple TV unveiled the trailer for Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy, premiering globally on Friday, November 13.

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Animation MagazineVFXSize Matters: Creating the Majestic VFX of the Eagerly Anticipated New Feature, ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Visual effects technology has evolved enormously since the 1954 film Gojira, in which Japanese actor and stuntman Haruo Nakajima wore a Godzilla suit made of heavy latex and concrete.

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The small bracket on top of every camera, from a phone rig to an ARRI.

The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo