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One of the most exciting new animated series this year is Hazbin Hotel, a Prime Video series from Vivienne Medrano that tells the surreal tale of Charlie Morningstar (voiced by Erika Henningsen), the princess of Hell, who tires of an annual purge whereby angels descend from Heaven to smite demons, and, along with her girlfriend Vaggie (Stephanie Beatriz), creates the Hazbin Hotel — a rehab clinic of sorts for those in Hell so that they can gain entry into the Kingdom of Heaven. Medrano’s series is bolstered by…

A Japanese court sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murder and other crimes Thursday for carrying out a shocking arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan, that killed 36 people. The Kyoto District Court said it found the defendant, Shinji Aoba, mentally capable of facing punishment for the crimes and announced his capital punishment after a recess in a two-part session Thursday. Aoba stormed into Kyoto Animation’s No. 1 studio July 18, 2019 and set it on fire. Many of the…

POOR THINGS | Official Trailer | Searchlight PicturesNominated for: Best Picture, Actor in a Supporting Role (Mark Ruffalo), Actress in a Leading Role (Emma Stone); Directing (Yorgos Lanthimos), Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Writing (Adapted Screenplay)Where to stream: Nowhere yet; Poor Things is only in theaters as of this writing. POOR THINGS | Official Trailer | Searchlight PicturesNominated for: Best Picture, Actor in a Supporting…

Credit: British Antarctic Survey Scientists at British Antarctic Survey are using satellite images to track the colossal iceberg A23a. A new animation shows the recent trajectory of the A23a iceberg as it moves north out of the Weddell Sea. Among the clouds and sea ice, the iceberg is shown alongside the tracks of previous large icebergs A68 and A76a. The animation has been compiled from…

In a path-breaking initiative, the Kerala Government has proposed to come out with a comprehensive policy on AVGC-XR (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics and Extended Reality), a cutting-edge technology domain with immense potential for the state to emerge as a knowledge-based economy.The draft AVGC-XR policy will be put out in the public domain to elicit views and suggestions from the public, including experts, professionals and investors, before it is finalised, the Kerala Startup Mission said in a statement on…

Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. While sources at the company said the layoffs would be significant and as high as 20% — or reductions that would see Pixar’s team of 1,300 dropped to less than 1,000 over the coming months — Pixar says those numbers are too high. Rather, the studio said the number of impacted employees is still being determined due to factors like production schedules and staffing for future greenlit films.…

Persona 3 Reload, a remake of 2006’s Persona 3, just released its animated opening ahead of its February release. Not only does it look fantastic, but it pays homage to the game’s original theme “Burn My Dread” in a pretty inventive way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=746zeHM5EA8 Mixing in the blue/white palette of the original, Persona 3 Reload’s opening movie gives us a taste of what to expect come February 2nd. The two-minute animation introduces us fully to the new song “Full Moon Full Life” sung by Azumi…

Image: NetflixJustin Carter is a weekend editor that covers entertainment for the io9 section on Gizmodo. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, and you can follow his coverage here. Story ideas and tips can be sent to [email protected]’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox ControllerThe top story:Even as the industry was being hit by layoffs and a general sense of uncertainty, animation was in top form throughout 2023. Between established tentpoles including Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and the Mario movie, and the original fare…

Telegram, the popular messaging platform, has rolled out a new update that brings improvements to the calling feature, adds a new animation for deleting messages, and includes a massive update to its bot platform that adds reactions and more. The new update follows the Christmas update to the app, that brought new customisations to channel appearance and the ability to share posts in stories. The latest update has already rolled out on both Android and iOS platforms.The Telegram 10.5.0 update, which released December 31,…

A cat marooned on a desert island escapes, alongside an art connoisseur mouse, inside a floating harpsichord that somehow ends up in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. And if you think that seems like a bafflingly random piece of plotting, it barely scratches the surface of this lamentably poor English-dubbed Russian animation. The cat, named Vincent (Jordan Worsley), joins forces with an elite feline squad of cultural protectors; the mouse, Maurice (Stephen Peter Krisel), views the contents of the gallery as his…