The Annecy Animation Festival, the most important eight days of the year for the global animation industry, wraps up tonight, so we’re looking back at 10 themes that dominated the dialogue around this ...

Chinese anime, or Donghua, has come a long way in recent years. What was once full of modest, experimental projects has now grown into a booming industry filled with exquisite art and fluid animation.

This week’s feature story, “Buzz Kill,” profiles the Knapper twins, whose cast of street-art icons earned them popularity from fans and unwanted attention from the police. Westword art director Jay ...

NUR-SULTAN -- Kazakh officials have banned the new Disney and Pixar film Lightyear over a scene showing two animated female characters kissing each other, sparking a backlash that includes a call for ...

In interviews held before this year’s festival, several representatives from Hollywood studios, speaking on background, told us that Annecy has now replaced Comic-Con as their most important ...