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Ghibli Studios – What Is An Animation Layout ?
What is an animation layout ? During the Ghibli Layout Designs Exhibition first held at the MOT museum, Tokyo back in 2008, Miyazaki Goro, son of famed anime director Miyazaki Hayao illustrated this...
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Ping Pong The Animation : Complete Series Blu-ray (ENG)
Funimation is releasing Masaaki Yuasa’s highly acclaimed Ping Pong The Animation series on blu-ray, due on the 23rd of June 2015 for $34.49. I’m definitely picking this one up because it’s an amazing...
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Warcraft – Orgrim Doomhammer First Look
For the past 9 months or so I’ve been working on Duncan Jones’ film adaptation of Blizzard’s immensely popular game Warcraft over at ILM Singapore. The film isn’t due for release for about another...
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Boom beach Animated Commercials
I’ve been enjoying these animated commercials for Boom Beach, a mobile strategy video game developed by Supercell, a games company based in Finland. The quality of animation is pretty good and the...
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The Boy And The Beast + Green DaKaRa Drink Commercial
Japanese beverage maker Suntory teams up with the team animation behind Mamoru Hosoda’s upcoming film The Boy And The Beast to bring you this commercial for their Green DaKaRa drink. Check it out...
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Why CG Sucks. ( No, Not Really )
A pretty spot on video refuting the claim that CG is ruining movie experiences, a sentiment which seems to be gaining traction recently. Watch and decide for yourself : The post Why CG Sucks. ( No,...
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Delightful Animated GIFs of Japanese City Life
This series of quaint little animated gifs depicting the mundane, everyday life in a typical Japanese city really made my day. The graphics and animation are simple but they capture the essence of the...
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Kizumonogatari Trailer
Some spiffy animation from the trailer for Kuzumonogatari, a three part animated film series from the Bakemonogatari universe. Toho Animation is helming the production and distribution is handled by...
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Anime Commercials Compilation
A nice compilation of Japanese animated commercials, a couple of which I have featured on my blog previously ( Cross Road – Makoto Shinkai, The Boy And The Beast + Green DaKaRa Drink and Ghibli’s...
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Masters Of FX – Visual+Special Effects Book Review
Masters Of Fx – Behind the Scenes with Geniuses of Visual and Special Effects explores the world and evolution of special ( practical ) and visual ( CG ) effects in film-making through interviews with...
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Meet Georgina Hayns : Head of Puppetry, LAIKA.
LAIKA’s head of Puppetry Georgina Hayns takes us through this fascinating and inspiring 6 minute video, showcasing the incredible artistry of the puppetry department and more at the famed stop motion...
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Battlefield 1 Trailer
Electronic Arts ( EA DICE ) has just released the trailer for their upcoming World War I first-person shooter game Battlefield 1, and it looks spectacular. I love the very cinematic feel of the...
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Tekkon Kinkreet Characters Art Book Review
Commemorating the 10 year anniversary of Michael Aria’s Tekkon Kinkreet anime, Studio 4°C has released the “characters” art book, documenting the concept designs, sketches, imageboards and Sakuga work...
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Paragon – Epic Games Announcement Trailer
Enjoying this trailer for Paragon, Epic Games’ multiplayer online battle arena, cut to the music of M83. I like the character designs too. More details on the official page. The post Paragon – Epic...
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The Day I Met David Attenborough – Attenborough at 90 : BBC
In celebration of renowned naturalist David Attenborough’s 90th birthday, BBC commissioned Aardman Animation Studios ( Wallace & Gromit ) to create these 3 charming stop-motion animation clips...
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KINGSGLAIVE – FINAL FANTASY XV Trailer
The official trailer for the upcoming FINAL FANTASY 15 CG animated film Kingsglaive, revealed at the 2016 E3 convention : It’s been 11 years ( Advent Children in 2005 ) since Square Enix has released...
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The Art Of Kubo And The Two Strings Book Review
This is the official art book for stop-motion animation house Laika’s 4th feature film Kubo And The Two Strings. Just like the previous art of books ( Paranorman, The Boxtrolls ) from the studio this...
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Patlabor – Reboot
This is just for folks who might have missed out on the news – A new Patlabor animated short is coming ! It’s called Patlabor – Reboot, but the title is somewhat misleading, because one would assume...
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Force Of Will The Movie – Morita Shuhei + Tatsuyuki Tanaka
Based on the trading card game of the same name, Force Of Will The Movie is an upcoming ommibus animated film consisting of six 15 minutes short stories. One of the segments titled Cthulthu will be...
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Japan Anima(tor) – Robot On The Road Art Book Review
Robot On The Road is a short anime film by Hiroyuki Okiura ( Jin-roh, A Letter To Momo ) and follows the journey of a seemingly harmless hitchhiking robot with questionable intentions. The film is one...
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