LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Computer animation may have taken control of the big-screen cartoon world, yet two of the world’s animation masters remain committed to the hand-drawn form. Japan’s Hayao ...

In the 20 years since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduced the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, a hand-drawn movie has claimed the award only once—Japanese director Hayao ...

With modern Disney films being created in 3-D animation, it’s hard to remember what the classics looked like until fans re-watch those created from 1937. 2-D animation, also known as hand-drawn ...

It may be time for Disney to return to 2D animation and there are great reasons for it! There's been a long debate among Disney fans about whether the company should go back to traditional hand-drawn ...

When Walt Disney Co’s animated film “Home on the Range” debuts Friday, it may signal the end of an era for hand-drawn cartoon features as the company that all but created the art form moves to ...

With the launch of Disney Plus streaming on Tuesday, the competition has grown thick. Netflix, as an answer to Disney’s popularity in animation, is releasing an original, Christmas-themed animated ...

I will forever be a fan of Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese filmmaker responsible for many of the greatest anime movies of all-time. He just finished premiering his latest film, Ponyo on the Cliff, at the ...

Cuphead is one of those games that’s been “just around the corner” for the last several years. Studio MDHR’s retro platformer became an instant indie darling the moment critics saw the game in 2013, ...

Ahead of the 8th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia next month (SIGGRAPH Asia), Microsoft Research, in collaboration with the University of ...