Contributor: As today's Oscar nominations show, Hollywood animation is in creative crisis

While five of 2025 highest grossers were animated, including "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Zootopia 2," creative timidity ...
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‘White Snake’ Director: China’s Animation Boom Must Lead to Creative Risk, Not Repetition

Chinese animation director Zhao Ji, whose White Snake earned $70 million in 2019 and helped launch the current craze for the genre in China, says the next generation of creators must move beyond ...
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Asia’s Animation Boom Sharpens as ‘Jumbo,’ Malaysia and Korea Signal a New Era – JAFF Market

At a JAFF Market panel, leading creators from Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea argued that Asian animation is shifting into a higher gear, driven by breakout hits like Visinema’s ‘Jumbo,’ ...
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Laying the Foundation: How Catalonia Is Building a Global Animation Powerhouse

In 2023, Spanish animation stunned the world when "Robot Dreams," a melancholic tale of friendship and loss directed by Pablo Berger, earned an Oscar nomination. Though Berger hails from Madrid, the ...
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Asia’s Animation Boom Sharpens as ‘Jumbo,’ Malaysia and Korea Signal a New Era – JAFF Market

In Malaysia, animation has evolved topics appropriate for viewers aged 13 and up, rather than just 12 and under. Ahmad Izham Omar, chief explorer at Malaysia’s Komet Production, described the upcoming ...