One Piece's anime remake gets its first trailer

The Straw Hat Pirates’ blitz continues. On Wednesday, Netflix finally released the first teaser for WIT Studio’s upcoming ...

Japan’s Toei Animation Impresses at Annecy With ‘Monkey Quest,’ a Japan-U.S. Animation Blender

Made by production teams from the U.S and Japan and beyond, Toei’s “Monkey Quest” shows the U.S. and Japan move closer ...
What's on Netflix

‘Steps’: Everything We Learned About Netflix’s Landmark Animated Film at Annecy

Annecy for Netflix is underway! The first panel took place on the morning of Tuesday, June 23rd, and we got an extended deep-dive into the world of Steps, Netflix’s upcoming feature film set to ...
The Economist

The strange disappearance of Japan’s animators

You’d think the number of animators would grow accordingly, but it didn’t increase that much,” said Fukumiya Ayano, of Nippon ...
AOL

Growing backlash in Japan over Trump's use of anime characters

Trump most recently posted a video in which he depicts himself as Naruto A backlash is growing in Japan over US President Donald Trump's use of popular anime and manga characters in his posts on ...
GitHub

SCAIL-2: Unifying Controlled Character Animation with End-to-end In-Context Conditioning

SCAIL-1 identifies the key bottlenecks that hinder character animation towards production level: how to represent the pose and how to inject the pose. However, the reliance on intermediate pose ...
IEEE

Scheduling Dual-Arm Cluster Tools With Multifunctional Process Modules Using Deep Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: With the advancement of semiconductor manufacturing technology, multifunctional process modules (MPMs) have been widely adopted in cluster tools to enhance production flexibility and ...
thetechhacker

5 Affordable Animation Softwares for your YouTube channel

Animation has big advantages for growing a YouTube channel. You can speed up how long it takes to explain your ideas and create more memorable intros. Plus, having good-quality animation will help ...
Public Radio International

How pro-Iran groups use LEGO animations as a propaganda tool

AI-generated LEGO videos have become one of the most unexpected propaganda tools in the current Iran war. The clips use humor, memes and video-game-style animation to mock global leaders, while ...