Former Marathon art director says 'what I could control, I feel really good about' in the face of pre-release animosity: 'You can't take that away from me'

Bungie's upcoming extraction shooter, Marathon, has experienced a good deal of pre-release turbulence. It only just got a release date after a lengthy delay following rough playtest feedback, and ...

As today’s Oscar nominations show, Hollywood animation is in creative crisis

While five of 2025 highest grossers were animated, including "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Zootopia 2," creative timidity ...
Bubbleblabber

Netflix and MAPPA Announce Groundbreaking Partnership to Redefine the Anime Industry

In a move set to reshape the global animation landscape, Netflix and the acclaimed Japanese studio MAPPA have officially ...
Cartoon Brew

Gungnir Launches Animation Studio Aimed At Building A ‘Cartoon Network Of The Digital Era’

Los Angeles publisher Gungnir is expanding into animation with the launch of a new studio that will anchor an in-house YouTube channel the company hopes can grow into “the Cartoon Network of the ...
Hypebeast

The End of an Era: Original ‘Evangelion’ Studio Gainax Formally Dissolved

Gainax, the original animation studio for Evangelion, was formally dissolved as of December 10, 2025 Studio Khara and Hideaki Anno issued statements reflecting on the collapse and steps to preserve ...
Android

Pixel Studio is Coming to Pixel 8 With Image Animations

Google appears to be bringing Pixel Studio to the Pixel 8 models. Previously, the app was only available for Pixel 9 and above models. Besides this, the app also gains a new ability to animate images ...
9to5google

Pixel Studio adding image animations with GIF sharing, coming to Pixel 8

After the Journal app came to older devices this month, Google looks to be bringing Pixel Studio to the Pixel 8 series with a new ability to animate images and share them as GIFs. The Pixel Studio ...
San Francisco Examiner

Bay Area animation studio's first feature arrives on Netflix

The new animated Netflix movie "In Your Dreams" is, both onscreen and off, very much about family. The film, which drops online Friday, tells the story of a girl named Stevie and her younger brother, ...
ExtremeTech

Leaked Google Pixel Update Contains Theme Packs, Studio Animations, and VIP Alerts

Google's next monthly update for Pixel phones has leaked, offering us a preview of the November Feature Drop (which wasn't originally expected until December). This week, a user in the "Mystic Leaks" ...
Comic Book Movie

HBO Max Has Labeled BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES As A DC Studios Product — But Why?

In 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery formed DC Studios—with James Gunn and Peter Safran as co-CEOs—with the intention to finally give DC a successful and unified cinematic universe. Since the studio's ...
Observer

Disney’s Once-Unshakable Animation Empire Is Wobbling

From weak theatrical intent to cultural controversy, Disney animation faces major challenges even as it experiments with fresh formats and new IP. Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register ...
TheWrap

Inside Blur, the Indie VFX Animation Studio ‘By Artists, for Artists’ That’s Defying the Odds

Even if you have never heard of Blur Studio, you’ve definitely seen its work. The Culver City, Calif.-based animation and visual effects studio does it all — the production of the wildly successful ...