One of the most compelling things about animation as a medium is its expressiveness. Almost limitless in what it can achieve, ...

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While deciding how to animate “Elemental” (Pixar), director Peter Sohn was having a crisis. How do you animate fire? Or water? He could take cues from Hayao Miyazaki’s Calcifer in “Howl’s Moving ...

From studio CGI contenders to Netflix breakout 'KPop Demon Hunters,' adult anime and a wave of European hand-drawn films, a surge of global styles is reshaping the race for best animated feature.

Animation has become a potent tool for bringing educational material to life and involving learners. However, choosing the best animation style might be difficult given the range of available options.

Over the course of the nearly ten years since its founding, indie film company GKIDS has carved out an increasingly strong niche for itself as a distributor of foreign animated films. While animating ...

Brendan is a movie buff, writer, and aspiring filmmaker. When he isn't writing he's usually playing games or at the movie theater. Disney's recent movies, such as "Wish" and "Strange World," have ...

The directors of this year’s best animated feature hopefuls talk inspiration, originality and why emotional truth comes before technique.

LOS ANGELES -- This year, the five Oscar nominees in contention for the best animated feature award celebrate the gamut of animated styles. From the painstakingly intricate work of stop motion, to the ...

Since the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was awarded in 2002 to DreamWorks’ Shrek, the animation industry has made incredible strides. This awards season, such films are pushing the ...

Thanks to X-Men ’97, we now know Marvel Mutants and Disney go together like peanut butter and jelly. Of course, the animation style of X-Men ’97 doesn’t evoke the classic “Disney look.” It’s meant to ...