Technology

Morphic Launches AI Anime ‘DQN’ & $1 Million AI Filmmaker Fund

Silicon Valley outfit Morphic, Inc. is producing its first AI-powered episodic anime series, DQN, from Kushagra Kushwaha (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Danmachi), in partnership with...

Mercedes Milligan - May 1, 2025

Cheehoo, A New Entertainment/Tech Outfit Focusing on AI-Enabled Animation, Launches in Beta

A new technology and entertainment new company focusing on a AI-enabled animation name Cheehoo has launched in beta. The studio’s organizing team includes producer...

Animation Magazine - April 28, 2025

AI Animation Platform Animait Partners with Animotion to Open ‘Question Club’ to Users

Animait, an AI-powered animation platform, today announced its launch and IP partnership with Animotion Media Group, a global animation production and distribution company with...

Mercedes Milligan - April 22, 2025

Tech Reviews: Maxon’s Redshift ’25, RizomUV & Plasticity

Maxon’s Redshift 2025 Maxon has released Redshift 2025.3, which offers some really cool tool improvements and enhancements. For those unfamiliar with Redshift, it is a...

Todd Sheridan Perry - April 11, 2025

SAG-AFTRA Leaders Head to Washington to Reintroduce NO FAKES Act

Today, a press conference was held celebrating the SAG-AFTRA-supported, bipartisan Nurture Originals, Foster Art and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act as it was...

Animation Magazine - April 9, 2025

Maxon One Launches New Features for Gaming, VFX & 3D Artists

Maxon today announced a significant update to the Maxon One product suite with hundreds of new features and capabilities across its popular tools including...

Animation Magazine - April 2, 2025

“An Insult to Life Itself”: OpenAI’s New Tech Fuels Ghibli Imitation Trend, Raises Questions

This week, ChatGPT creators OpenAI unexpectedly released the latest version of its image generator tech, built into GPT-40, which features a “natively multimodal model...

Animation Magazine - March 27, 2025

Autodesk Reveals Updates to Media & Entertainment Collection

Autodesk is making crowd tools more accessible, integrating AI to strengthen tools and enhancing Flow-connected workflows, in the latest release of its Design &...

Mercedes Milligan - March 26, 2025

Disney XD LatAm Hit ‘Karl’ Interacts with Fans as AI Agent

Saga Origins and SPIRIT Animation have joined forces to introduce a new entertainment experience with the KARL™ AI Agent. As one of the first...

Mercedes Milligan - March 25, 2025

Pete Docter: AI Could Be “Game Changer” in the Hands of Storytellers

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, timed to the Toy Story 30th anniversary celebrations, three-time Oscar-winning Pixar writer-director (and the studio's current Chief...

Animation Magazine - March 24, 2025

Hollywood Responds to OpenAI & Google Challenges to Copyright

Hundreds of entertainment industry creatives have signed on to a new open letter issued in response to recent submissions from OpenAI and Google (read...

Animation Magazine - March 17, 2025

V-Nova Studios Makes a Splash with New Immersive, Cinematic Projects ‘Sharkarma’ and ‘Weightless’

Pioneering London-based tech company V-Nova and its V-Nova Studios have unveiled Sharkarma: Guardian of the Oceans and Weightless, two ground-breaking cinematic experiences that mix...

Animation Magazine - March 14, 2025