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Toho Acquires North American Animation Distributor GKIDS

GKIDS has been nominated 13 times for the Best Animated Feature Oscar and won earlier this year for Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron.’

Three other animated features also won awards at the 2019 edition of Animation is Film.

Makoto Shinkai’s last film “Your Name” smashed worldwide box office records for anime.

Winner of both the Goya and European Film Award, “Another Day of Life” will be released this year in the U.S.

Montreal’s major annual animation event is back for its 17th edition.

A terrific group of animated features from around the world has been selected to compete at the upcoming Animation is Film festival in Los Angeles.

Hosoda’s next film is coming to U.S. theaters soon after its Japanese release.

Filmmaker and others who participated in the first-ever Animation is Film festival in L.A. speak about their experience with Cartoon Brew.

A new animation festival taking place all weekend in Los Angeles will present the innovative animated features being produced around the world.

Los Angeles is getting a major new animation festival.

A theatrical release is set for fall 2017 in the United States.

The new rule changes could make the animated feature category much less friendly to independent and foreign animated films.

Two animation companies have joined the production of Cartoon Saloon’s “The Breadwinner” in its push toward completion.

The distributor says the film is “unlike anything you have seen before” and “a stunning example of the potential of the medium of animation.”