Japan's Toei Animation Turns Heads at Annecy With 'Monkey Quest'

"Monkey Quest," Toei Animation's ambitious new production sneak peeked Monday at Annecy, was born from a simple question, says producer Yoshi Ikezawa. "[Producer] Joseph Chou and I asked: How can ...

'Uncanny valley' effect observed in macaques through 3D animated monkey avatars

A new tool that allows researchers to create realistic full-body animations of monkeys has provided the first evidence that ...
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Japan’s Toei Animation Impresses at Annecy With ‘Monkey Quest,’ a Japan-U.S. Animation Blender

"[Producer] Joseph Chou and I asked: How can Japanese anime reach the same level of mainstream awareness and emotional connection that major U.S. animated films have achieved with global audiences?" ...
Cartoon Brew

Toei Animation Eyes Its Next Big Franchise With Japan-U.S. Film ‘Monkey Quest’ – Annecy WIP

Toei Animation is one of the biggest, oldest, and most celebrated anime studios of all time, responsible for such seminal works as Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, Sailor Moon, and One Piece. Now, the studio ...
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DC Studios & Warner Bros. Animation Unveil ‘Absolute Batman’, ‘Joker: Laugh Riot’ Series; ‘Krypto’ In Works As Peter Safran Touches Down At Annecy

DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation are partnering on a series adaptation of Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta’s best selling DC comic book series Absolute Batman. The partners announced the upcoming ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Surprisingly Scientific Roots of Monkey Bars

A kindergartner frolics on a jungle gym during a festival in Louisville, Kentucky, in September 2017. Natosha Via When Sebastian “Ted” Hinton was a child, his father, a Princeton mathematician, built ...
Polygon

Absolute Batman is getting his own TV show

First looks The first minute of Netflix's One Piece reboot gives the anime a gorgeous new beginning Mizu starts breaking bones in London in a new clip from Blue Eye Samurai season 2 The Mighty Nein ...