Toyota Launches ‘GRIP, A Toyota Movie’ Anime Campaign Short
Directed by Yoriaki Mochizuki, the 10-minute piece from Intertrend Communications marks the final chapter in the car company’s GRIP series and the brand’s first-ever anime film.
Directed by Yoriaki Mochizuki, the 10-minute piece from Intertrend Communications marks the final chapter in the car company’s GRIP series and the brand’s first-ever anime film.
Directed by Johnny Kelly and created in partnership with +61 and Bear Meets Eagle on Fire, the commercial features the animators’ visible hands for a ‘behind-the-scenes’ feel.
Christian Irles transfers from Image Engine to London HQ, while Andy Walker joins the Montreal team from Image Engine New York.
The awards ceremony, set for April 17, 2026, will recognize the best Ibero-American animation works in 10 categories; the call is open to animated projects released between June 1, 2024, and December 31, 2025.
Pierre-Luc Granjon’s short about a child’s magical inner world takes the top prize; ‘Kafka in Love’ wins for Best Nordic-Baltic Short, while ‘Papillon’ wins for Best Global Short.
6 2-minute episodes of the 2D series, which follows a stranded human waitress with mad-scientist tendencies, will debut online this fall.
The animation studio kicked AI to the curb and refined line work, refreshed the background art, and updated the product packaging while preserving the spot’s original spirit.
New EP brings more than 25 years of experience in advertising and post-production on projects with brands such as Dior and Louis Vuitton; opened Paris MPC office in 2014.
Félix Dufour-Laperrière takes home the Grand Prize for feature animation, while Roberto Catani takes home the Grand Prize for short animation, at the 49th annual Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Directed by Steve Small and crafted by the AKA 3D team, the 30-second short ‘Lost and Hound’ shows how Admiral and her trusty four-legged sidekick, Alfie, first met.
Spark CG returns to Vancouver with its animation festival and conference featuring an expansive program of talks, presentations, screenings, and network opportunities; the events run September 18-21.
The stop-motion series aims to find if talking critters can help people understand the challenges of the traditional financial system, and present cryptocurrency as a tool to increase their financial freedom.
Submit your work by July 13 - multiple categories include shorts, visualizations, VFX sequences, game cinematics, and real-time pieces; conference runs December 15-18 in Hong Kong.
The anime-inspired milk campaign that champions authenticity in craft features a series of 7 spots that speak directly to a Gen-Z audience fluent in internet culture.
Created in partnership with Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam and Psyop director duo Todd + Kylie, the short features footage largely captured through gameplay, with cinematic storytelling elements.
Created in collaboration with brand design agency Design Bridge and Partners London, the hero spot ‘Always Get Back Up’ runs across TV and VOD.
Entries now being accepted in multiple categories, including shorts, visualizations, VFX sequences, game cinematics, and real-time pieces; deadline to enter is July 13.
The former W+K Portland, Squarespace, and Tribeca leaders bring an innovation-forward and brand partnership approach as the global studio group enters its next phase.
ASIFA-Hollywood celebrates the best the industry has to offer at animation’s most prestigious awards ceremony, February 21, 2026, at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
3D artist will act as studio’s primary product visualizer by cleaning up CAD models, modeling products from scratch, and processing all client artwork files to be used on 3D models.
The visual effects studio replicated the world’s largest vacuum chamber - at the NASA Space Power Facility - to feature the new electric car slowly falling alongside an umbrella to highlight its aerodynamic features.
This year, the campaign, which encourages early cancer detection among adults in Scotland, follows a spirited seagull who discovers a lump on her neck and smartly seeks help right away.
Watch it from ‘cover’ to ‘cover’… in partnership with Le Truc, The Condé Nast Creative Marketing Team, and Human, the promotional project celebrates the publication’s 100th anniversary.
The spot stars Spock (Ethan Peck), Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), and Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose-Gooding), who are joined on the Patrick Starship Enterprise by SpongeBob, Sandy, and Mr. Krabs.
Patrick Coleman joins as executive creative director, bringing team of long-time collaborators; Blake Nickle joins as Director of Production, Chicago, with Jason Esser coming on board as Thinkingbox creative director.