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YMK Films out now with its new series Kimchi Warriors” USA based company YMK Films recently developed its new series “Kimchi Warriors”. It is a web series that focuses on a young warrior, really a superhero, who eats kimchi in order to gain supernatural powers. Kimchi warrior has each episode running about 5 min and has completed 15 out of a target of 25 episodes. It is targeted to pre-teens. It...

Cartoon Network Asia Pacific has entered into an exclusive co-production agreement with leading French animation studio, Xilam, to create season four of the hit animated comedy series: Oggy and the Cockroaches. The co-production agreement reinforces Cartoon Network’s ongoing commitment to investing in premium quality animation to engage fans across the region.

The Annecy Festival announced the official selections for the 2012 edition of the festival, comprised of 49 short films, 55 graduation films, and 60 TV and commissioned films, including 21 TV series, two TV specials and 37 commissioned films. 40 short films were also selected outside of competition.

Nickelodeon will implement a new animated shorts program designed to develop comedy-driven content, it was announced by Brown Johnson, President, Animation, Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group. As part of the program, ten, 60-second shorts will be made with the potential of becoming long-form animated comedy series which will air on the network or Nick.com.

Ben Tennyson and his alter-aliens are set to upgrade like never before this month with the intergalactic premiere of his first ever CG-animated television movie, Ben 10TM – Destroy All Aliens, on Cartoon Network channels globally. In Asia Pacific, the movie will premiere on March 11, 2012.

V-Ray for Softimage Now Available Chaos Group announces V-Ray for Autodesk Softimage, the newest addition to the company’s suite of innovative rendering solutions. With support for Softimage’s award-winning ICE system, dynamic geometry, and V-Ray Proxy objects, V-Ray for Softimage supports the size and complexity of even the most demanding scenes. 

2012 Vimeo Festival + Awards entries deadline 20 Feb; Awards to be held on June 7-9 Vimeo, an operating business of IAC, organizes Vimeo Festival + Awards to celebrate the most creative and original videos online, as well as the individuals who make them. Participants can submit any original work that premiered anywhere online before 20th February, 2012, or any original work that has never been...

3 VES Nominations for Framestore Framestore’s winning streak with the Visual Effects Society Awards may continue into 2012 with the news that some of the company’s highly talented artists have been nominated for three awards in categories stretching across features and commercials.