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- "Akira is violent, and it's beautiful." You can't imagine the impact of this French ad from 1990 (by publisher Glénat) at a time when manga & anime were seen as shameful and dangerous for young people in France.
- If you understand French and expressions such as "Nippon ni mauvais"...... : www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCLc...
- The final version of "Macguffin" student short film is now online. Directed by Jihye Yang (ChungKang Animation School, South Korea). Full film >> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-02...
- [Update] The director of this short film is Yang See Moon (still the same person, just a change of name). Pen name: "tokei".
- Update: Adobe Animate will continue to be available in the future, with support in "maintenance mode" only (security & bug fixes), there will be no new features.
- RIP Adobe Animate :-\ helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/e...
- The "We are not discontinuing" update : helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/m... In memory of the initial announcement "Animate will be discountinued" (no longer available on Adobe website / link now redirects to today's update) : web.archive.org/web/20260202...
- New edition of "Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust" Storyboard Book by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (628 pages). Pre-orders >> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
- Beautiful animated trailer for "Terre ou Lune", the new comic book by Jade Khoo (published in France by Morgen). >> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
- "Terre ou Lune" (preview 📘)
- "Mahiro Maeda: Between Frames - Reflections on a Lifetime of Animation". A documentary by Archipel about the legendary japanese artist (Evangelion, Mad Max, Gunbuster, Shin Godzilla, Honneamise, Animatrix, Gankutsuou, Escaflowne...). Coming February 28 on Youtube. www.youtube.com/@ArchipelDoc...
- RIP Adobe Animate :-\ helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/e...
- Zutomayo x Persona 3 "Mass Destruction - Reload" music video (based on the designs by Hanabushi). Full MV >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ytq...
- A documentary about Shingo Yamashita & "Cosmic Princess Kaguya!" has quietly been released (NHK World). On particular interest: when CG, previz & motion capture can help 2D. >> www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
- New animation by Hyunju Oh, this time commissioned by Taecho (a Korean brand of dancewear).
