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KickStart This: Cantina

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Published: May 4, 2026 13:29

Star Wars Day ("May the 4th Be With You") isn't an official holiday, but it's still a pretty big deal for fans. It's always fun to see how people celebrate. And this May the 4th, a new project launches that is sure to appeal to Star Wars fans across…

Anti-AI 'The Human Made Mark' Verification Program Launches

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Published: May 1, 2026 11:56

Ask any animator their current biggest concern and a lot of them are going to answer Artificial Intelligence. Specifically, Generative AI. The technology is being posited as an industry disruptor that could replace humans in many aspects of animation…

Annecy Announces Feature Film Line-Up and Special Events

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Published: April 30, 2026 13:52

Ahead of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the organisers have held their annual press conference. Having previously revealed their short film, commissioned and TV films selection, they revealed the feature film line-up (both in and…

How Now, House? Wins Clermont Auvergne University Prize

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Published: April 28, 2026 13:06

We have previously covered the short film How Now, House?, directed by acclaimed animator and filmmaker Tess Martin, and its tour around festivals. Now, after a successful year of festival screenings around the world, the film has been awarded the Clermont…

Crunchyroll Announces First Summer Anime

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Published: April 28, 2026 11:00

Anime streaming service and distributor Crunchyroll continues in their mission of touring the world's conventions, revealing new acquisitions. Next up is Mexico's CCXP, where the company revealed six new shows. Although the spring season has only just…

Out This Week: Lycoris Recoil, Summer Wars 4K, Yandere Dark Elf and More

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Published: April 27, 2026 11:55

Welcome back to Out This Week, our weekly round-up of what's new in physical media. In an unusual development, there is just one new animation release in the United States this week. New on Blu-Ray from Sentai Filmworks is the anime title Yandere Dark Elf:…

Watch This: Gnome Show Pilot

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Published: April 24, 2026 11:55

The internet has allowed a generation of independent animators to connect with audiences around the world. The most successful have built up quite a following. One of the most distinctive talents to have broken through in the past few years is Dutch…

Akira Makes A Million At The UK and Ireland Box-Office

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Published: April 23, 2026 11:25

Not so long ago, anime was a pretty rare sight in western cinemas. But over more recent years, thanks to companies like the UK's Anime Limited, this has changed. Anime Limited has kept a steady stream of Japanese animated features headed to the big screen…

Out This Week: Bill Plympton's Hair High, Tada Never Falls In Love, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and More...

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Published: April 20, 2026 14:51

Welcome back to Out This Week, our weekly new release round-up. New releases continue to be thin on the ground this week. With that said, it's a good week for indie/arthouse collectors with Bill Plympton feature Hair High joined by Euro-curio Song of the…

The AFA Podcast: Cardiff Animation Festival Interview Special

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Published: April 20, 2026 10:33

Bore Da and welcome back to the AFA Podcast, the official podcast of animationforadults.com. This is a very special episode where we celebrate the Cardiff Animation Festival, which takes place April 23-26 in Cardiff, Wales. To mark the occasion we hopped…

Sunny Side Down: Final Episode Released

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Published: April 16, 2026 12:56

From MAKE Originals comes original sci-fi comedy Sunny Side Down. The sixth and final episode in the series has now been released on YouTube. The series is an independently produced, fully hand-drawn 2D micro-series, which takes place in a diner at the…

'Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse' First Look Images Released

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Published: April 15, 2026 11:19

If any one upcoming animated film can be said to be most anticipated by fans, it's probably Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse. The third part in the Spider-Verse trilogy was originally scheduled to come out just a year after the second part, Spider-Man:…

KickStart This! : The Sludge Brothers- Episode 2

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Published: April 14, 2026 11:36

Way back in the mists of time (well... 2024) we covered the KickStarter for the indie pilot The Sludge Brothers. Following the success of that campaign, creator Payton Finney, aka PFINNEY has returned to crowdfunding to help him make The Sludge…

Out This Week: Colorful Stage The Movie, Gundam Seed Freedom and Ushio & Tora

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Published: April 13, 2026 09:43

Welcome back to Out This Week, our weekly new release round-up. As we enter one of the quietest parts of the year, new releases are thin on the ground. In fact, we have only 3 new releases in the US this week: Colorful Stage The Movie: A Miku That Can't…

Out This Week: Over The Garden Wall, One Piece, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and More

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Published: April 8, 2026 13:42

Welcome back to Out This Week, our regular new release round-up. Not much to report this week, as there's only a handful of releases on either side of the pond. New Stateside this week are anime titles Farming in Another World and One Piece Season…

KickStart This: The Cat And The Bird

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Published: April 2, 2026 15:43

Oscar-qualifying filmmaker David Shen Miller has launched a crowdfunding campaign for his latest animated short film The Cat and The Bird, a visually ambitious film made out of 5,000 hand-painted frames. Now live on KickStarter, the film tells…

Metrograph Presents The Weird and Wonderful World of Czech Animation

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Published: April 2, 2026 12:49

Eastern Europe used to have a reputation for arthouse, avant-garde animation. One of the chief producers in the region was Czechia (or Czechoslovakia as it was then). Post communism, the country has continued to produce animation. New York's Metrograph is…

Crunchyroll Reveal More Spring Anime

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Published: April 2, 2026 09:55

Last month anime streamer Crunchyroll revealed their initial slate for the Spring anime season. Hotly anticipated new titles include Drops of God, Witch Hat Atelier, Daemons Of The Shadow Realm and LIAR GAME.Now they have revealed the full lineup for this…

Out This Week: The SpongeBob Movie Search For SquarePants. Lupin The 3rd, Spy X Family: Code White and More

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Published: March 30, 2026 14:32

Welcome to another edition of Out This Week, our weekly new release round-up. New this week is the latest SpongeBob movie The Search For SquarePants. Also new are a pair of releases featuring iconic gentleman theif Lupin The 3rd: Specials Collection One…

Annecy Reveals Official Short Selection

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Published: March 27, 2026 14:55

It may only just be Spring, but we're already looking forward to the Summer. Specifically, this June's Annecy International Animation Film Festival. For one week every summer the picturesque alpine French town of Annecy becomes the centre of the animation…

Lesbian Space Princess Comes To The UK and Ireland This May

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Published: March 27, 2026 11:43

Bluey aside, we don't see that much animation come out of Australia. Animated features are even rarer. But one Aussie animated movie recently found success on the festival circuit. That movie is Lesbian Space Princess, and Pecadillo Pictures have announced…

Crunchyroll Announces Spring Anime

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Published: March 25, 2026 14:00

It's that time again. Anime streaming giant Crunchyroll has announced their line-up of new and returning shows that will air as part of the upcoming Spring Season. New series include Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Witch Hat Atelier, The Drops of God and LIAR…

Cardiff Animation Festival Industry Day Returns

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Published: March 24, 2026 12:33

We're about a month away from this year's Cardiff Animation Festival. For four days, the Welsh capital will become a hotbed of animation in all its forms. And now the festival has confirmed that Industry Day will return on Thursday, April 23 at Chapter.…

Out This Week: The Glassworker, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Mars and More

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Published: March 23, 2026 12:49

Welcome back to Out This Week, our weekly new release round-up. New titles this week include the previously Netflix-exclusive Science Saru series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the general release of The Whitest Kids U Know's Mars, as well as the latest volume…

Icon Creative Studio to Adapt Isabel Allende’s ‘Dos Palabras’

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Published: March 20, 2026 12:03

Icon Creative Studio, Canada's largest independently owned CG animation studio,  has announced that it will produce, in partnership with L.A. based Animation creative executive Pilar Flynn and writer Rafael Agustín, an animated short film adaptation of the…

'Firefly' Animated Series In Development

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Published: March 19, 2026 14:13

Reviving old TV shows from the past has long been popular with producers. Recently, there has been a surge in revivals of series from the 90's and early noughties. Series such as Scrubs, King Of The Hill, Baywatch, Malcom In The Middle and Futurama. This…

Out This Week: The Boy and The Beast, David, Ghost In The Shell SAC_2025 and More

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Published: March 18, 2026 15:44

Welcome back, a little later than usual to another edition of Out This Week, our weekly new release round-up. As his latest film Scarlet hits cinema screens, Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy And The Beast makes its debut on shiny 4K UHD disc. Also new this week is…