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‘Memoir of a Snail’ Official Trailer, Release Date, Synopsis and Cast List: IFC Films Picks Up Adam Elliot’s Stop-Motion Movie

August 29, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: October 25, 2024 in the United States. October 17, 2024 in Australia.

Synopsis: Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst.

Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky, who is full of grit and lust for life.

Memoir of a Snail is a poignant and heartfelt chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.

‘The Legend of Vox Machina’ Season 3 Official Trailer, Release Date, Synopsis and Cast List: Adult Animated Fantasy Series Returns With 12 New Episodes

August 28, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: October 3, 2024 on Prime Video.

Synopsis: The Chroma Conclave’s path of destruction spreads like wildfire while the Cinder King hunts down Vox Machina. Our lovable band of misfits must rise above inner (and outer) demons to try and save their loved ones, Tal’Dorei, and all of Exandria.

Voice cast:
Laura Bailey as Vex’ahlia “Vex” Vessar
Taliesin Jaffe as Percival Fredrickstein
Ashley Johnson as Pike Trickfoot
Liam O’Brien as Vax’ildan “Vax” Vessar
Matthew Mercer as Trinket
Marisha Ray as Keyleth of the Air Ashari
Sam Riegel as Scanlan Shorthalt
Travis Willingham as Grog Strongjaw

‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Official Trailer, Release Date, Synopsis, Poster and Cast List: Keanu Reeves Battles Jim Carrey and Idris Elba

August 27, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: December 20, 2024.

Synopsis: Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before.

With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

Short Film Spotlight: The Cassette

August 26, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: A short film commissioned by the Australian hospice care charity Palliative Care Queensland about living the end of your life on your terms.

Directed by Catherine Prowse. Created by Cocogun.

‘Look Back’ Official Trailer, Release Date, Synopsis and Poster: GKIDS Acquires Film Based on Manga by ‘Chainsaw Man’ Creator

August 25, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: October 4, 2024.

Synopsis: Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.

Look Back is based on a Japanese one-shot web manga written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, creator of Chainsaw Man.

Directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama.

‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Official Trailer, Release Date, Synopsis and Cast List: Peter Jackson Returns to Middle-Earth With Animated Prequel

August 24, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: December 13, 2024.

Synopsis: Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan.

A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg—a mighty fortress that will later come to be known as Helm’s Deep.

Finding herself in an increasingly desperate situation, Héra, the daughter of Helm, must summon the will to lead the resistance against a deadly enemy intent on their total destruction.

‘Terminator Zero’ Sneak Peek: Check Out This Time Machine Scene From Upcoming Netflix Series From ‘The Batman’ Writer

August 23, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: August 29, 2024 on Netflix.

Synopsis: 2022: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: The AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity.

Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee who works to launch a new AI system designed to compete with Skynet’s impending attack on humanity.

As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by an unrelenting assassin from the future which forever alters the fate of his three children.

‘Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft’ Official Teaser Trailer, Release Date, Synopsis and Cast List

August 22, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: October 10, 2024 on Netflix.

Synopsis: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft continues right after the events of the Survivor Trilogy of video games (Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider) and finds Lara abandoning her friends to embark on increasingly more perilous solo adventures.

However, Lara must return home when a dangerous and powerful Chinese artifact is stolen from Croft Manor by a thief with an uncanny personal connection.

Her daring pursuit will take her on an adventure around the world and to the depths of forgotten tombs, where she will be forced to confront her true self and decide just what kind of hero she wants to become.

Voice cast:
Hayley Atwell as Lara Croft
Allen Maldonado as Zip
Earl Baylon as Jonah Maiava
Richard Armitage as Devereaux

‘Secret Level’ Official Teaser Trailer, Release Date and Synopsis: Anthology Series Based On Popular Video Games Coming to Prime Video

August 21, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: December 10, 2024 on Prime Video.

Synopsis: Secret Level is an adult-animated anthology series featuring original stories set within the worlds of a variety of video games. From Blur Studio and creator Tim Miller (LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS), each of the 15 episodes celebrates games and gamers.

List of video games featured:
Armored Core
Concord
Crossfire
Dungeons & Dragons
Exodus
Honor of Kings
Mega Man
New World: Aeternum
PAC-MAN
PlayStation
Sifu
Spelunky
The Outer Worlds
Unreal Tournament
Warhammer 40,000

‘Grave of the Fireflies’ Official Trailer, Release Date and Synopsis: Studio Ghibli’s Emotional Anime Film Coming to Netflix

August 20, 2024 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Release date: September 16, 2024 on Netflix (excluding the US and Japan).

Synopsis: Orphans Seita and Setsuko fight for survival in post-World War II Japan. But society is harsh, and they come to the somber conclusion that they can neither escape the hardships of war nor find enough food to survive.

Grave of the Fireflies (1988) is written and directed by Isao Takahata, the co-founder of Studio Ghibli. It’s based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical short story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

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