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Hazbin Hotel Season One
Prime Video’s hilarious hell-bound musical series gets a physical release with cast commentary on all eight episodes and a limited-edition trading card in each set!
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January 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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Storm: The Simulation Tool
The world of dynamic simulations can often feel like a labyrinth of nodes, solvers and compute caches, each with its own quirks and limitations.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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Toronto-based Wildling Pictures recently launched the new preschool series Professor Goose, which is based on a a popular book series from Paulette Bourgeois  (author of the Franklin the Turtle books) and illustrator Alex G. Griffiths.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Once upon a time (as the prologue narrators used to say), animation character designers worked largely on their own, or in tandem with a film’s director or maybe even the voice talent.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Today, the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the nominees in the Motion Pictures and Television categories for the 37th Annual Producers Guild Awards to be held on Saturday, February 28 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Bundle up and get ready for a new season of cozy animal adventures in Koala's Diary, the sweet natured anime shorts based on the manga by Yuami (published by Kadokawa) which officially launched in October. 
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January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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The longlists for the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards have been released, revealing the selected titles (out of 221 submitted for consideration) that will advance to the next stage.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Milo Productions Inc., the creator of the Muslim Kids TV streaming service, and specialty theatrical distributor  Fathom Entertainment will bring the new animated feature film Time Hoppers: The Silk Road to theaters in the U.S. on February 7 & 8.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences today revealed the list of 201 films eligible for consideration in the race for Best Picture at the 98th Oscars this year.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Fans of Isao Takahata’s Oscar-nominated 2013 feature The Tale of the Princess Kaguya are already familiar with the 10th century Japanese story The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, which inspired that masterpiece.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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In a new episode of Comic Geek Speak, DC fans got additional hints of what's in store in the new adult animated series Mister Miracle from Tom King, writer of the comics and showrunner on the upcoming adaptation. The project was announced by Warner Bros.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Cinesite, a long-standing visual effects partner for Netflix’s fantasy epic The Witcher, has raised the curtain on its significant contribution to the show's fourth season.
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January 8, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Summoned by the power of the Stick of Truth, the South Park boys arrive ready to play in Fortnite tomorrow (January 9) with the South Park: Born in Chaos event. #SouthParkBorninChaos
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January 8, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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GKIDS announced today its acquisition of U.S. distribution rights to Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, the latest animated feature from Academy Award-winning U.K. studio Aardman, through a deal with StudioCanal.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Brown Bag Films today announced a new leadership structure, the launch of its new innovation division BBF Labs, and a refreshed brand identity as the Oscar-nominated studio expands its creative scope and positions itself for the next phase of growth.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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Miraculous Corp — the joint venture between Mediawan and ZAG — and brand adaptation experts Monlove today announced a brand-new Miraculous Live Stage Spectacular, featuring globally popular superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir, set to premiere in 2027.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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Catch up on our previous Awards Season Recaps here and here to see how your favorite animated titles have been faring in the run-up to the big Oscars showdown!
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January 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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A military base. An alien invasion. A character trapped in a time loop that they must seek a way out of, and a fighter of the opposite sex by their side who is experiencing the same phenomenon. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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Aardman, an independent employee owned, multi-Academy Award- and BAFTA-winning animation studio, today announced the appointment of Helen Beard to the role of Chief People Officer and Executive Board member. #Aardman #HelenBeard #PaulaNewport
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January 7, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Academy Award-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda’s (Mirai, Scarlet) 2015 animated feature film The Boy and the Beast will be released on Blu-ray and, for the first time ever, on 4K UHD on March 17 by GKIDS, with distribution by Shout! Studios.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Families can venture into an uplifting world of animated magical surrealism in Tales from Outer Suburbia, a new original series co-commissioned by BYUtv and the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC).
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January 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Rizzoli New York today announced the release of LAIKA: The Magic Behind a Stop-Motion Dream Factory, a new hardcover portrait of the five-time Best Animated Feature Academy Award-nominated studio packed with dreamy visuals and behind-the-scenes snapshots.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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DreamWorks Animation (DWA) remote workers across the United States, feature production workers at Netflix Animation Studios and production workers on the show Ted have officially voted to unionize with The Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) and The Editors Guild (
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January 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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The National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
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January 7, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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American animator, visual effects artist and computer graphics pioneer Con Pederson — remembered as a key figure in bringing Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi opus 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) to screens, has died at age 91.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:28 AM