Animation World Network

Animation World Network, commonly known as "AWN," is a digital publishing platform that provides valuable resources for animators. Its comprehensive website features a wide range of news, articles, and links tailored for both professional animators and animation enthusiasts. In addition to its online content, AWN also produces printed magazines, including Animation World, which covers all aspects of animation, and VFX World, which highlights special effects and computer-generated imagery.

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#185624

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#115524

Arts and Entertainment/Animation and Comics

#925

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Aaron Guzikowski to Pen ‘Death Stranding’ Animated Feature

4 days ago | awn.com | L'Wren Alexa

Aaron Guzikowski (Raised by Wolves, Prisoners) is set to pen the script for Kojima Productions and Line Mileage’s upcoming adult animated feature adaptation of Death Stranding. The film will tell an original story within the world of the Hideo Kojima video game.
Industry Vets Matt Hunnicutt, Sandra Nam to Lead Psyop Media Group

4 days ago | awn.com | L'Wren Alexa

Psyop Media has named Matt Hunnicutt as CEO and Sandra Nam as Chief Strategy Officer. From his long-standing role as Head of Integrated Production and Nike Global Production Director at Wieden+Kennedy Portland to recent leadership positions at Meta’s Reality Labs, Hunnicutt has led Emmy and Cannes Grand Prix-winning campaigns for Nike, Coca-Cola, P&G, Old Spice, Facebook and Samsung.
BBC Studios, Blink Industries Team to Develop Anime-Inspired Series

4 days ago | awn.com | L'Wren Alexa

BBC Studios Kids & Family is developing the anime-inspired series Children Vs Battle SuperStars [working title] as the primary title in its first-look deal with Blink Industries.
TikTok Star Charlie Curtis-Beard Joins ‘The Normal MFer’ Adult Animated Series

4 days ago | awn.com | L'Wren Alexa

TikTok star Charlie Curtis-Beard (The Warehouse Phase) will lead the cast of The Normal MFer, an upcoming adult animated series created by CC0 Studios founder Joe McNaney and showrunner Alex Orrelle (Finding Nemo, The Incredibles). The series follows a mid-20s man-child adrift in a surreal, algorithm-driven reality, exploring what it means to grow up while being terminally online.
London Climate Action Week 2025 to Showcase Power of Animation

4 days ago | awn.com | L'Wren Alexa

London Climate Action Week 2025 (LCAW) will spotlight the storytelling power of animation with “Animated for Impact: Short Films for Nature, Connection, and Action” on June 26. The event aims to bring together powerful animated short films created to inspire action on climate and nature.
Animated Comedies ‘Kiff’ and ‘StuGo’ Head to Disney+

4 days ago | awn.com | L'Wren Alexa

Disney Branded Television has announced that animated comedies Kiff and StuGo are headed to Disney+ this Summer. Kiff Season 2 begins streaming on July 23, after premiering on Disney Channel earlier this year. The series follows an optimistic squirrel Kiff and bunny bestie Barry on their adventures in Table Town, where animals and magical oddballs navigate life. The series stars Kimiko Glenn as Kiff and H Michael Croner as Barry.
Paul Scarlata Launches ‘The Van Helsing Society’ Kickstarter

4 days ago | awn.com | L'Wren Alexa

Animation industry vet Paul Scarlata (American Dad!, Regular Show, Family Guy) has launched a Kickstarter for The Van Helsing Society, an indie 2D-animated coming-of-age horror flick about monsters hidden among us. In the film, late bloomer Tommy lives in the small coastal New England town of Nipmuc Bay and begins to notice his fellow teens are going through odd changes.
Toei Animation Launches ETERNA Animation In-House Original Production Brand

1 week ago | awn.com | L'Wren Alexa

Toei Animation has launched the original animation brand ETERNA Animation in anticipation of its 70th anniversary in 2026. Through ETERNA Animation, the company will establish a creative platform dedicated to the production of original works, with a focus on discovering and nurturing emerging creative talents. The labels’ debut title is the short film FOXING: Kitsuné-tsuki, which explores isolation, fantasy, and the confrontation of the self in contemporary society.
Conductor Introduces Cloud-Based Rendering for Unreal Engine

1 week ago | awn.com | L'Wren Alexa

Conductor, a division of CoreWeave Inc, has integrated Epic Games’ Unreal Engine into supported rendering applications, making the company the first and only provider of GPU-driven cloud rendering for Epic Games’ game engine system across Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), and CoreWeave.
Guru Studio Celebrates 25 Years With New Content, Pin Collection

1 week ago | awn.com | L'Wren Alexa

For Guru Studio, 2025 marks the company’s 25th anniversary. Founded in 2000 as a three-person commercial shop helming national US advertising campaigns, Guru is now known for PAW Patrol, Ever After High, production on the feature film The Breadwinner, and their multi-format and multi-platform work on Sesame Workshop’s Mecha Builders. The studio also manages a slate of original properties including True and the Rainbow Kingdom, Justin Time, Pikwik Pack, and Big Blue.