"Monkey Quest," Toei Animation's ambitious new production sneak peeked Monday at Annecy, was born from a simple question, says producer Yoshi Ikezawa. "[Producer] Joseph Chou and I asked: How can ...

Google has joined the celebration of the Internet's new favourite star – Punch the monkey. Every netizen who recently looked up the viral Japanese macaque was in for a surprise as a charming Google ...

Director Anthony Stacchi leaned into Monkey King's unlikability and turned his magical fighting stick into a throat-singing sidekick for the Netflix movie. For director Anthony Stacchi (“The Box ...

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Three has greenlit a Eurovision-themed animation, its first in two decades. Galaxy Dance is the youth-skewing RuPaul’s Drag Race UK network’s first animated show since Harry Thompson ...

With Japan's animation industry recording its highest-ever market value — JPY3.8 trillion ($23.7 billion), according to the Assn. of Japanese Animations — Toei Animation is in Cannes this week to make ...

Netflix’s The Monkey King is an animated coming-of-age film that struggles to find its footing. There are some engaging moments thanks to its interesting premise and colorful animation. But The Monkey ...

2023’s most exciting and successful animated movies all share one big thing: They all have unusually daring, innovative, exciting fight sequences. It’s not that previous animated movies were bereft of ...

"[Producer] Joseph Chou and I asked: How can Japanese anime reach the same level of mainstream awareness and emotional connection that major U.S. animated films have achieved with global audiences?" ...