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New animation company Studioki today announced its debut into the Melbourne production scene. Studioki is the vision of three animation professionals Steve Bristow, Rod Clifton and Christian Hart. Steve Bristow, recently back in his hometown of Melbourne after many years in Asia, is an award-winning animation producer and director, and has worked on animated TV Series and commercials for clients...

Halfbrick, the leading Australian games studio behind the chart-topping mobile game Fruit Ninja, today announced the partial acquisition of award-winning animation studio, The People’s Republic of Animation (PRA). Following the critical...

Vision Animation is 80% through with the production of the 2D Animation series, Fleabitten (26episode x 11mins) in co-production with Moody Street Kids (MSK), Australia. Fleabitten is for Channel 9 Australia and is being distributed by ACTF.  Vision and MSK also co-produced Sumo Mouse which ran on Channel 10 Australia.

The Line’s x8 interactive animated films form part of a larger online web presence around teenage bullying funded by the Australian Federal Government. Agency JWT Sydney approached Halo Pictures to create x8 interactive animated films using a single line, and develop 8 different styles to execute the campaign.

Two childhood passions – dinosaurs and pirates – have earned Emmy Award winning and leading children’s entertainment company, SLR Productions two wins at the recent 2011 Cartoons On The Bay Pulcinella Awards International Television and Cross Media Animation Festival in Rapallo, Italy for the series, Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs.

An episode from Australia’s SLR Productions’ hilarious animated ‘fish-com’ series, GASP! has been nominated in the 2011 International Animation Film Festival of Annecy. Nominated in the TV series category, ‘Fish Stick’ sees Gasp.........

Perth, Western Australia will host an esteemed collection of global digital strategists, mobile content specialists and successful digital entrepreneurs from emerging and traditional media centres as part of the inaugural X|Media|Lab.....

Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific has further strengthened its creative team, with the appointment of leading animator Yoshiya Ayugai as Executive Producer, Animation. Reporting to Silas Hickey, Creative Director, Animation, this newly created role highlights the increasing importance Turner is placing on the development of top-quality original production in the Asia Pacific region.