When 15-year-old Princess Ellian says her parents are monsters, a child might imagine fantastical ones, while an adult might think differently. A feature-length musical fantasy by Skydance Animation, Spellbound tells a princess story with a twist. It’s been a while since animation studios abandoned the search for an appropriate prince…
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Opinion
We Need More Female Villains, Context: Kung Fu Panda
Villains are made, not born. The first three villains in the Kung-fu Panda series are all male. They have well-defined arcs that trace their troubled childhoods, abuse, or harm, which add to the story of how they become villains. Tai Lung was filled with pride and a sense of entitlement…
Cartoon Tech
Forget AI; technologies in animation will blow your mind! Part – 1
We have come a long way since cavemen painted on rocks. Whatever purpose the activity might have served, aesthetically or otherwise, it’s evident that art has been an indispensable part of human evolution and evolves with the tools available to humankind. Over the past years, “generative” AI has crept into…
Reading between frames
Watching Gints Zilbalodis’s Away, Aqua, and Priorities before Flow
Gints Zilbalodis has achieved the impressive feat of capturing an Academy Award while competing with global animation giants. For the third year in a row (as reported by many publications), a familiar, Western household animation studio lost the Oscar battle. And while winning an Oscar is not the only indication…
Reading between frames
Fatenah, breast cancer, and animating Gaza
‘My sister, our land has a throbbing heart, It doesn’t cease to beat, and it endures the unendurable. It keeps the secrets of hills and wombs. This land sprouting with spikes and palms is also the land that gives birth to a freedom fighter. This land, my sister, is a…