Month: May 2024 (Page 1 of 3)

‘No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie’ Official Trailer, Release Date, Synopsis and Cast List

May 31, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: June 21, 2024 on Nickelodeon and Paramount+.

Synopsis: In No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie, Lincoln and the Louds are ecstatic to welcome their new Gran-Gran, Myrtle, into the family with a tropical wedding celebration, but the festivities are cut short when an old nemesis from Myrtle’s secret agent past appears on the island. After Myrtle is taken, Lincoln leads his family on the super spy mission of his dreams to save her… and the world!

Voice cast:
Bentley Griffin as Lincoln Loud
Alex Cazares as Myrtle
Piotr Michael as Pop Pop
Jaeden White as Clyde McBride
Jill Talley as Rita Loud
Brian Stepanek as Lynn Loud Sr.
Catherine Taber as Lori
Liliana Mumy as Leni
Nika Futterman as Luna
Cristina Pucelli as Luan
Jessica DiCicco as Lynn and Lucy
Grey DeLisle as Lola, Lana, and Lily
Lara Jill Miller as Lisa

‘Camp Snoopy’ Official Trailer: Charlie Brown and Friends Enjoy A Fun-Filled Summer Break

May 30, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: June 14, 2024 on Apple TV+.

Synopsis: After discovering their troop is in danger of disbanding, Snoopy and the Beagle Scouts set off to immerse themselves in nature and the Great Outdoors to earn their badges, with the Beagle Scout Manual as their guide.

Meanwhile, Charlie Brown and friends enjoy their summer at Camp Spring Lake, crossing paths with Snoopy as they experience hiking, swimming, sitting around campfires and everything summer camp and the outdoors have to offer.

‘Moana 2’ Teaser Trailer and Poster: Auli‘i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson Return for Highly-Anticipated Sequel

May 29, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: November 27, 2024.

Synopsis: After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.

Starring Auli‘i Cravalho as Moana and Dwayne Johnson as Maui.

Written and directed by Dave Derrick Jr. with music by Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear, Opetaia Foa’i and Mark Mancina.

Short Film Spotlight: My Heart Attack

May 28, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Written and directed by Sheldon Cohen.

Synopsis: In My Heart Attack, filmmaker Sheldon Cohen chronicles his open-heart surgery through a humorous and philosophical lens, telling the story of the “nice Jewish boy with Buddhist inclinations” who suffers a heart attack.

‘Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin’ Japanese Trailer, Release Date, Synopsis and Cast List: Anime Based on Nintendo Switch Video Game

May 27, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: July 6, 2024 on TV Tokyo.

Synopsis: Spoiled harvest goddess Sakuna finds herself banished from her opulent celestial home to an island overrun with demons.

In the untamed wilderness, she must rediscover her birthright as the daughter of a warrior god and harvest goddess by weathering the elements, fighting monsters, and cultivating rice, the source of her power.

By her side in this forbidding place is her guardian Tama and a group of outcast humans. Together, these unlikely companions must join hands to tame both the soil and the demons of Hinoe Island.

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is based on the video game published in 2020 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC.

The series is directed by Masayuki Yoshiwara and written by Jukki Hanada.

Voice cast:
(Character – Actor)
Sakuna – Naomi Oozora
Tama – Takashi Narumi
Kokorowa – Rika Kinugawa
Tauemon – Ryota Yano
Kaimaru – Rika Momokawa
Lady Kamuhitsuki – Miwa Kohinata
Ashigumo – Riki Kagami
Ishimaru – Yuji Kameyama
Myrthe – Hikari Kubota
Kinta – Soma Maeda
Yui – Aoi Koga

Music Video Spotlight: Bas – Choppas

May 26, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Bas is a French-born Sudanese-American rapper whose four albums have received critical acclaim. In 2020 he received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Performance.

The music video was directed by Erik Ferguson.

Short Film Spotlight: Sit Down, Don’t Touch Anything

May 25, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Written, directed and animated by Frederic Siegel. He is a Swiss director, illustrator and visual artist who studied at the Lucerne School of Art & Design.

Synopsis: A face is born out of chaos. It struggles to exist. It struggles to find its purpose. It struggles to sit on a chair. In fact, it struggles with a lot of things. But thank god, it’s trying.

‘Rising Impact’ Official Trailer, Release Date, Synopsis and Cast List: Netflix Anime Based on Nakaba Suzuki’s Golf Manga

May 24, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Season 1 release date: June 22, 2024.
Season 2 release date: August 6, 2024.

Synopsis: Rising Impact, the first serialized manga by Nakaba Suzuki, author of hit series The Seven Deadly Sins, began its run in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1998 and now, 25 years later, it is finally being adapted into an anime.

Over the course of two seasons, this series follows the growth of third-grader Gawain Nanaumi as he encounters the sport of golf and competes with his rivals.

Voice cast:
(Character: Actor)
Gawain Nanaumi: Misaki Kuno
Lancelot Norman: Yumiri Hanamori
Kiria Nishino: You Taichi
Kurumi Nishino: Atsumi Tanezaki
Yumiko Koizumi: Kaede Hondo
Liebel Ringvald: Yuto Uemura
Platalissa Bonaire: Yumi Uchiyama
Wanglian Li: Eiji Takemoto
Riser Hopkins: Shunsuke Takeuchi
Kai Todoin: Katsuyuki Konishi

Crew:
Directed by Hitoshi Nanba.
Written by Michihiro Tsuchiya.
Character design by Kiyotaka Oshiyama.
Music by Masaru Yokoyama.
Main theme song by BLUE ENCOUNT.
Animation by Lay-duce, Inc.

Music Video Spotlight: Sis – Bow to Your Wilderness

May 23, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Animated by Danski Tang. She specializes in 2D hand-drawn animation, visual art, and experimental documentary. Her work explores memories, the subconscious, cultural indoctrination and body politics.

Sis is singer and multi-instrumentalist Jenny Gillespie Mason. Her new LP Vibhuti releases June 21, 2024. The album is “an emotionally concentrated yet musically roving document of spiritual awakening.”

‘Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence’ Official Trailer, Synopsis and Poster: Iconic Anime Returns to Theaters With New 4K Restoration

May 22, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Director Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence celebrates its 20th anniversary with a new 4K restoration and a return to North American theaters beginning June 23, 2024.

Synopsis: In the year 2032, the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction.

A string of murders perpetrated by a prototype android model has drawn the attention of Public Security Section 9, a unit specializing in counter cyber-terrorism.

With none of the victims’ families pressing charges, suspicions arise regarding the nature of the androids and their production company.

In the course of the investigation, the almost entirely cyber-bodied agent Batou, and his still human partner Togusa embark on a journey through a technological dystopia, taking on ferocious Yakuza thugs, devious hackers, government bureaucrats, and corporate criminals to uncover the shocking truth behind the crime.

Short Film Spotlight: Overdose

May 21, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Directed by Claude Cloutier.

Synopsis: With school, tennis lessons, swimming lessons, art classes, homework and piano practice, a young boy leads such a regimented life that he has no more time just to be a kid.

Inspired by Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Overdose (1994) pleads for children’s right to rest and leisure.

Short Film Spotlight: A Small Garden by the Window

May 20, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Directed by Jonghoon Lee. Produced by VCRWORKS, an animation and picture book studio based in Seoul, South Korea.

Short Film Spotlight: The Cocoon

May 19, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Written, directed and animated by David Shen Miller.

Synopsis: A man finds himself trapped inside a room, his feet muddied from the dirty floor. Unable to get out, he spots a broom nearby and tries to clean the dirty floor. He succeeds, perhaps thinking he will be freed, but then he realizes he has left dirty footprints from working to wipe away the old ones.

Stuck in this paradox, the man attempts to solve the riddle he’s found himself in. He tries to clean his feet; he tries to find a way of walking on the wall instead. But no matter what he does, the room will never become entirely clean. At his lowest point, though, he finds a way to solve his problem — and realizes that perhaps it wasn’t such a problem in the first place.

Short Film Spotlight: Terra Incognita

May 18, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Intended for mature audiences.

Synopsis: Terra Incognita follows life on a mysterious island, inhabited by immortal beings. These beings lead a pre-civilized life forgotten by time, spending their endless days in hedonistic lethargy.

Through anecdotal vignettes, the film tells the story of what happens when these beings are visited by the outside world, and whether or not there is a greater meaning to it all.

A short film by Adrian Dexter and Pernille Kjaer.

‘Zombies: The Re-Animated Series’ Official Trailer, Release Date, Synopsis, Cast List and Poster

May 17, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: June 28, 2024 on Disney Channel and the next day on Disney+.

Based on the Zombies movies, available to stream on Disney+, with Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires currently in production.

Synopsis: Zombies: The Re-Animated Series follows the daily lives of Zed, Addison, and the entire Seabrook crew. Using A-spen’s alien time warp technology, Zed and Addison start their senior year all over again, so they can redo it with all their friends.

And this senior year is going to be the best one ever, with the crew hanging out, having fun, and doing everything from saving the town to saving their favorite drink in the cafeteria.