Category: CG

We Return to Piltover and Zaun ANIMATIONWorld

‘Arcane’ Season 2: More Songs, Darker Animation, and Lots of Shimmer

Riot Games’ multiple Annie and Emmy Award-winning adult animated steampunk series is back with a long-awaited new season filled with twice the number of songs, a deeper dive into the inner workings of magic and its connection to hextech, and more grimy, seedy underbelly fun; premieres November 9 on Netflix.

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Business Headline News

‘Totally Spies!’ Season 7 Heads to Cartoon Network in EMEA

In the new season, Sam, Clover and Alex leave Beverly Hills for Singapore, where they experience a new culture as well as a fresh crop of bizarre villains; the series now airing in the UK, Middle East, and North Africa.

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Carrots for the Holidays Headline News

Aldi, McCann, Psyop Team for Latest ‘Kevin the Carrot’ Holiday Ad

In the newest annual collaborative spot, Kevin and Katie face a broiler, precarious mince pies, and other cuisine-related boobie traps as they attempt to save the Festive Spirit from the nefarious thieves at Humbug Headquarters.

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On the Road to Manchester! Headline News

Manchester Animation Festival Announces 2024 Program

The UK animation festival, which brings together the animation industry's top talent, leading professionals, and a program with fans of animation in mind, runs November 10-14.

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Business Headline News

Boat Rocker Greenlights ‘Dino Ranch: Island Explorers’ Animated Series

The upcoming ‘Dino Ranch’ preschool spin-off sees the Cassidy Clan head to Dino Island, which is teeming with brand new dinosaur species, humongous insects, and prehistoric amphibians.

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Always Follow Your Dreams ANIMATIONWorld

Juston Gordon-Montgomery Talks ‘Invincible Fight Girl’

The EP and series creator shares the backstory and production challenges of his all-new, high-octane, elbow-dropping animated series, which follows a young girl who dreams of becoming the greatest professional wrestler of all time, now airing on Adult Swim’s Toonami block and Max.

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Down the Rabbit Hole Headline News

Hulu Drops ‘The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland’ Official Trailer

Based on Carys Bexington’s bestselling book, the animated feature follows St. Nick as he goes down the rabbit hole and meets a host of familiar characters who help him save Christmas; the holiday flick hits Hulu on November 15.

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Mysteries Often Come in Threes Headline News

‘Pinkfong & Hogi Mini Movie: The Tricky Three Cars’ Hits Netflix

The hit series ‘Pinkfong Wonderstar’ expands with its first spin-off special focusing on Hogi, now streaming globally.

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AI Oh My Headline News

Autodesk’s Wonder Dynamics Debuts New Wonder Studio AI Tool

Powered by Video to 3D Scene technology, the Wonder Animation tool turns any video sequence into a 3D-animated scene via AI reconstruction; the beta is available now to Wonder Studio users.

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A Chef’s Life for Me Headline News

Animated Feature ‘A Greyhound of a Girl’ Now Available On-Demand

The film, based on Roddy Doyle's acclaimed book about an 11-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a great chef, stars Brendan Gleeson and Sharon Horgan.

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Business Headline News

‘Apex Legends’ Facing ‘Systematic Change’ After Failing Monetization Goals

Despite announcing strong earnings during the fiscal Q2 2025 earnings report, EA CEO Andrew Wilson claimed the battle royale shooter, ‘did not see the lift in monetization we had expected’ after changing the Battle Pass structure, but they have, ‘adjusted the rest of FY25 to reflect lower engagement than expected.’

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A Fun New Take on STEM ANIMATIONWorld

Elizabeth Cox Confronts the Weird, Wacky, and Wild of STEM in ‘Ada’

The new 2D/3D series explores implications of new technology with humor and curiosity, wrestling with topics ranging from AI to kidney donors; screens November 6 at the Bilbao Seriesland Web Festival.

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It’s Anime-zing! Headline News

‘Girls Band Cry’ Coming to Crunchyroll

All 13 episodes of Toei Animation's original series, which follows high school dropout Nina Iseri as she moves to Tokyo and starts a band, will be released on November 6.

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People Headline News

Disney Reveals ‘RoboGobo’ Character Images

The 3DCG animated series, which features five adopted pets who are given super-powered Robo-Suits, is headed to Disney Jr. and Disney+ in early 2025.

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Technology Headline News

Chaos Releases V-Ray 7 for 3ds Max

New Gaussian Splat support lets users quickly create 3D environments from photos or videos; 20+ new features and improvements range from creative scatter options to firefly removal.

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We Return to a Galaxy Far Far Away Headline News

Disney+ Shares ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Trailer, Poster

Lucasfilm’s live-action series, which follows the journey of four kids who make a discovery on their seemingly safe home planet before getting lost in a strange, dangerous galaxy, launches on December 3 with the first two episodes.

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The Third Coming VFXWorld

Framestore Serves Big Plate of Spaghettification for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

From previs, techvis, and postvis to a 5,000-frame street fight ‘oner,’ 3^rd act Time Ripper disintegration, and our villain’s hand rummaging around a person’s head – think pinkie out the nose – VFX supervisor Matt Twyford, senior visualisation supervisor Kaya Jabar, and their teams delivered some of the most impressive visual effects seen of late on Shawn Levy’s hilarious and bloody new Marvel blockbuster.

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It’s Truly Marvel-ous! Headline News

Disney+ Drops ‘Look Ahead’ Teaser for Upcoming Marvel Titles

Get a glimpse at Marvel Studios, Marvel Television, and Marvel Animation titles, including ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ ‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,’ and ‘What If…?’ that are set to stream through 2025.

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Boo! Headline News

Animated Anthology Series ‘Don’t Walk Home Alone After Dark’ in Development

From Mercury Filmworks and La Chouette Compagnie, the horror/suspense series, based on the YouTube channel of the same name, is created by ‘Hilda’ producer and director Andy Coyle and geared towards teens and young adults.

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It’s Anime-zing! Headline News

Multiple Anime Series Coming to Crunchyroll in Early 2025

Announced during SOFA 2024, the new projects, including ‘Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun’ Season 2, ‘The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You’ Season 2, ‘Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four!,’ and ‘Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms,’ will hit the streaming platform January 2025.

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What a Pickle! ANIMATIONWorld

‘Hitpig!’: Berkeley Breathed’s Zany ‘Pete & Pickles’ Adaptation Arrives

Jason Sudeikis and Lilly Singh star alongside Rainn Wilson in the fun, colorful 3DCG animated comedy about a clever bounty hunting pig on a global adventure to return a dancing elephant Pickles to a maniacal Vegas showman… for a million bucks; in theaters November 1.

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Business Headline News

Increase in UK VFX Tax Incentive Confirmed

According to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, beginning January 1, the tax incentive will attract a net rebate of 29.25%; claims for the rebate can be made from April 1.

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Splinter Me This VFXWorld

Getting It Right: The Carefully Calibrated VFX that Makes ‘The Boys’ ‘The Boys’

As Visual Effects Supervisor Stephan Fleet makes clear, there’s more to the visual stylings of the acclaimed Prime Video series than exploding heads and flesh-eating flying sheep.

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What a Pickle! Headline News

Exclusive: Isabella ‘The Machine’ Summers ‘Orion’ Track from ‘Hitpig!’

Watch and listen to the new clip… alongside the November 1 release of Aniventure’s all-new animated comedy, Lakeshore Records is releasing the film’s soundtrack featuring music by the Emmy-nominated composer and architect of the sound of Grammy-nominated Florence and the Machine.

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Business Headline News

Roland Emmerich to Develop Live-Action ‘Space Nation’ Series

The series builds on the recently launched Web3 video game ‘Space Nation Online’ and animated shorts featuring the game character Zoey, which were executive-produced by Emmerich and Marco Weber, with creative direction by Martin Weisz.