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Netflix Shares First Look At 'Mafalda' Animated Series Adaptation
9+ hour, 55+ min ago (347+ words) By Jamie Lang | 04/08/2026 6:43 am | Be the First to Comment! Netflix has revealed a first-look image from its upcoming animated adaptation of Mafalda, offering an early peek at how one of Latin America's most beloved comic strips will translate to modern…...
Netflix Unveils New 'One Piece' Anime And LEGO Special
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (326+ words) By Jamie Lang | 04/07/2026 6:18 am | Be the First to Comment! In yet another example of the incredible commercial power of popular anime IPs, Netflix is expanding its One Piece slate with multiple new projects across animation and live action, including a…...
Takashi Ohashi’s 'Wildest Flower' Explores Time In Motion
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (185+ words) By Jamie Lang | 04/03/2026 7:45 am | Be the First to Comment! Takashi Ohashi, a longtime favorite at Cartoon Brew, is back with the animated music video for "Wildest Flower," a track from the Japanese social game Gakuen iDOLM@STER, also directed by…...
Yoshitoshi Shinomiya On Crafting His Debut 'A New Dawn"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (699+ words) By Blake Simons | 03/31/2026 11:40 am | Be the First to Comment! Shinomiya brings much of his experience and ethos as a painter to his filmmaking. Color is applied in a painterly, watercolor fashion, and A New Dawn's pastel palette is far from…...
'Chachipistachi' Brings Cartoon Chaos To Adult Swim's Smalls
1+ week, 2+ day ago (899+ words) By Jamie Lang | 03/30/2026 9:38 am | Be the First to Comment! Adult Swim's Smalls program has become a dependable source for animation that thrives on risk and idiosyncrasy, and its latest entry leans fully into that spirit. Premiering last Friday, 3, 2, 1" Chachipistachi is…...
'Wheel Of Time' Shifts To Animation After Live-Action Cancelation
2+ week, 6+ day ago (268+ words) By Jamie Lang | 03/19/2026 11:18 am | Be the First to Comment! Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time franchise is getting a new adaptation, this time in animation, a medium that always felt ideal for the high-concept fantasy setting. Via his media outlet,…...
Matt Braly Launches Indie Studio To Self-Produce Animated Short
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1388+ words) By Jamie Lang | 03/16/2026 11:27 am | Be the First to Comment! For the past decade, Matt Braly has been a familiar name inside mainstream TV animation. The Thai-American creator of Disney's Amphibia built a reputation as a character-driven storyteller during a period…...
Rare 'Ponyo' Work From Studio Ghibli Donated To Academy Museum
3+ week, 6+ day ago (540+ words) By Tara Bennett | 03/11/2026 2:07 pm | Be the First to Comment! Specifically written for a children's audience, Ponyo is essentially a fairy tale about a little fish child from the ocean who gets washed ashore. She meets a little human boy named…...
Ghibli’s 'Whisper of the Heart,' 'Secret World Of Arrietty' IMAX
4+ week, 1+ day ago (205+ words) By Jamie Lang | 03/10/2026 12:47 pm | Be the First to Comment! Two Studio Ghibli features, including one of the studio's most underrated gems, are heading to North American IMAX screens this spring in newly remastered 4K versions. The screenings continue GKIDS' ongoing collaboration…...
Paramount+ Orders New ‘Garfield’ Series From Nickelodeon
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (300+ words) By Jamie Lang | 03/06/2026 11:46 am | Be the First to Comment! Paramount+ has announced Garfield (working title), a new animated series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios. The series will mark Garfield's first 2D animated television adaptation since Garfield and Friends, which aired from…...