Tag Archives: animation

The “tower stands empty”: Q Park as a microcosm of China’s faltering animation industry

Posted on 2013-01-18 by Barry van Wyk

Q Park in Qingdao,  Shandong province was meant to be a flashy new shot-in-the-arm industrial hub for the animation industry in China. But today the front page of the Qingdao Daily laments the sorry state of Q Park with a reference to a line from an … Continue reading →

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Blowing up the school

Posted on 2011-08-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Early this year, an animation showing a group of bunnies oppressed by tigers and then rising up in rebellion became an overnight hit in China, soon making it to international TV news, including Australia’s ABC. The video was part of an … Continue reading →

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Q&A with Next Media Animation’s Michael Logan

Posted on 2010-08-06 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The latest Next Media animated news video featuring Berlusconi in group sex allegations and Q&A with Michael Logan, who is in charge of content and business development for Next Media Animation, publisher of Apple Daily in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

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Darth Vader Steve Jobs in Apple Daily animation

Posted on 2010-07-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Next Media, publisher of Apple Daily in Taiwan and Hong Kong, has become famous for it news animations of events like Tiger Wood’s car crash and fight with his wife and the failed crotch bomb. Above is Next Media’s take on Steve Jobs and the iPhone antenna affair.

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Nial O’Connor Introduces Jing Jing

Posted on 2009-04-16 by Adam Schokora

In this video short, Nial O’Connor presents Jing Jing – the title character of the comic – and discusses her character, powers, and world.

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Marry me in Legos

Posted on 2009-03-20 by Joel Martinsen

A man living in Beijing’s Tiantongyuan community wanted to propose to his girlfriend in a memorable way, so he worked with a director friend to produce this stop-motion story of their love

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Gay Chinese food / English voice over actors wanted

Posted on 2008-02-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

From Laoyao, the creator of the video below: I am making a short animation “The Union of Jesusists” excerpted from a feature-length script called ‘8002’. It’s a parody of “The Da Vinci Code”, but the secret this time is that … Continue reading →

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Further restrictions on foreign cartoons, and horror movies

Posted on 2008-02-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

New rules restricting horror movies and further restricting TV broadcast of foreign cartoons.

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Cartoon violence raises hackles

Posted on 2007-03-08 by Joel Martinsen

Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit (虹猫蓝兔七侠传) gets pulled from CCTV. Censorship?

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