CGI has already made hand-drawn animation virtually extinct in America, and the only reason Japan didn’t follow suit is the cultural connection to manga and its anime art styles. But then ...

The veteran in-house producer for the storied Toei Animation discusses the challenges of synergizing Japanese anime and ... goals and its new animated CGI feature Hypergalactic, which Charades ...

The Spring 2025 anime season has treated fans to a plethora of outstanding premieres, but To Be Hero X took the anime community by storm — most notably due to originating not from Japan but from China ...

MAPPA co-founder Masao Maruyama warns that Chinese donghua may soon overtake Japanese anime, citing Japan's creative decline.

Leading Japanese animation studio Toei Animation has announced family feature Hypergalactic, describing the production as its biggest and most ambitious CGI film to date. The story and characters ...

It is a big leap for a conservative Japanese animation company to try to get into Hollywood and reach a global standard. “Harlock Space Pirate,” a CGI feature film back in 2013 was our experiment.

The CGI anime approach made this series quite ... introducing him to the entrancing world of Japanese animation. Since then, he has been a staunch follower of the works of many artists, including ...

Japan's Toho Studios is also working on a live ... From painstaking stop-motion to groundbreaking CGI, animated films make art come to life. While some see animated films as "for kids," many ...