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Online news & information journal for animation industry professionals
1 September 2005
Volume - 1
Issue -61
 
Gaming Gyaan
Paradox, ICTV in pact for Multiplayer games
Mumbai based game development studio, Reliance owned Paradox Studios has entered into a joint agreement with ICTV for deployment of the Paradox portfolio on the HeadendWare platform. Read
 
Headlines!
Sound Entertainment to release O God Ganesha
Mumbai based home video publisher Sound Entertainment is all set to release (home video) its 48 minute 2D Flash animated film O God Ganesha coinciding with the holiday season. Read
 
Eyecircus planning x'mas release for Life with Jesus
Mumbai based animation studio Eyecircus is planning the India release of its 32 minute 2D animated film (home video),Life with Jesus in time for Christmas. Read
 
 
Quick Q&A
"At Landmarvel we have budgeted around Rs 1.5 crores for particpation at Intl. trade shows and events in the next one year"

 Read the quick Q&A with Landmarvel's Vetrivel V who's just back from SIGGRAPH.
 
Ask the expert -New Series!
Following Gaming Gyaan, Animation 'xpress introduces yet another new series from this week, titled Ask the Expert'. Read the featured expert's profile and send questions specific to the topic of his expertise. Profiling Technical Director V K Gupta this week Read & Interact
FICCI VEC Launched
In what can be termed as a highly potent development for Indian Visual Effects, The FICCI Visual Effects Community (FICCI VEC) was launched on 29 August in Chennai at the Le Meridian hotel with a grand ceremony. Read
 
Briefly
Games2win ties up with AXN

Games2win.com has announced its collaboration with AXN to promote its brand new show GAME MAX which is to premier on AXN India soon.

Alok Kejriwal – founder of Games2win.com commented ‘ This is an amazing association The fit of Game Max on AXN and our website games2win is perfect. What is really exciting is the way the format has been planned – Viewers are invited to play specific games on the games2win website, and the highest scorers win a chance to actually appear on the AXN channel."

Rohit Bhandari – Director of Sales and Marketing AXN - South Asia said ‘ This is the first time that viewers will actually be able to sample a slice of programming content by playing real games on a website and then actually appear on a game show if they score well. A new degree of interactivity using this new loop of ‘watch the show – play the game– get on the show’ is captured in this association.

 
H.K Institute picks Toon Boom Harmony

Toon Boom Animation has announced that the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Kwun Tong) has adopted Toon Boom Harmony to teach digital animation.

Established in 1975, this leading institute puts an emphasis on digital media and offers a higher diploma course in Digital Animation & Cartoon Character Design. Students can take advantage of the world-class facilities provided by the Department, including Toon Boom Harmony, the digital film and TV recording studios, motion control tracking system, MIDI sequencing sound control room, sound effect laboratory, and graphic design studio.
 
Links to other important reports on the web
1990's Animated Spider-Man Series Swings Back to Canada - Toonzone
New Animated Bus-Side Ads Hit London
- Media Buyer Planner
Gritty manga series to receive two games over the next five years.
- Pro-G
Li Ka-shing Invests RMB 2 Billion in Animation Online Game - China Knowledge Online
Animators export SA's African charm - Independent
Toon Disney and Jetix head for Japan -C21Media
GV Films starts production of 3D TV serial - Sify
Sony to Offer Cell-Phone Comics in Japan- CalTrade Report
 
News from Indiantelevision.com
Interview with The Walt Disney Company (India) Pvt Ltd managing director Rajat Jain
"This market is growing at 25-30%. It's a good time for kids' business at large" Read Interview
 
Beavis & Butt-Head to reappear at MTV
After seven years of being off the air, MTV US' cartoon icons Beavis And Butt-Head will make an appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs).
Read Report
 
Sony, Disney ink Toontown deal in US
Sony Online Entertainment’s Platform Publishing and Disney Online in association with Buena Vista Games announced an agreement that is scheduled to bring Disney’s Toontown Online, the first massively multiplayer online (MMO) game designed for kids and families, to retail stores in the US...Read Report
 
Disney new book launch; $1 mn marked for mktg
Disney Publishing Worldwide will unveil to the world its latest novel, Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg, by Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine. Read Report
Past Issues & Headlines
Have you missed out on any of the news and interviews?
Here's the Archive to all that's appeared on Animation 'xpress!
Click on any date to read the corresponding issue.
  25 Aug 2005
Bioware looks to outsource gaming art to India.
18 Aug 2005
Gaming Gyaan - Interview with Milestone's Sachin Naik & Sunil Menghrajani.
 
13 Aug 2005 (Newsflash)
Mayabimbham's Puli Raja to air on 15 Aug on Jaya TV
11 Aug 2005
SIGGRAPH 2005 - An Overview
31 July 2005
Pixar plans RenderMan push in India
 
26 July 2005 (Newsflash)
UTV Toons announces animation deals worth 16 Crore
15 July 2005
Detailed case study on Crest Animation's 3D squash & stretch for Pet Alien
28 June 2005
MUV-MagicDreams' Kiddo makes it to Licensing 2005
 
18 June 2005
Escotoonz delivers King to Decode
9 June 2005
Indian studios to lobby for airtime even as China considers banning foreign cartoons from primetime
31 May 2005
Detailed case study on VCL's CG & VFX for Bose...
     
16 May 2005
Outstanding 3D animation showcased at 24FPS
4 May 2005
VCL does submarine sequences for Benegal's Bose...
21 April 2005
Anifest Report; Int. with Funskool India CEO Raphael Kuriyan
     
12 April 2005
FRAMES 2005: Full & Final issue
4 April 2005
Day 1 at FRAMES 2005:
31 March 2005
FRAMES 2005: Acurtain raiser
     
21 March 2005
Interview with Crest Animation Studios CEO AK Madhavan
7 March 2005
Interview with Pentamedia Chairman & CEO Dr. V Chandrasekaran
28 February 05
The Big Billion Dollar Game. Are we doers or day dreamers?
     
22 February 05
Chennai Special: Pixaalaya delivers 130 mins for DVD game
10 February 05
Greengold eyes small screen with Mighty Little Bheem
22 January 05
Interview with Nasscom President Kiran Karnik
     
10 January 05
Detailed, 19 page Case Study on Vaibhav Studios claymated Amaron commercial
Pandu Mangal
20 December 04
Three Wise Men of Indian Animation and Comics - Christmas Special Issue
5 November 04
Interview with IDC animation head Professor Shilpa Ranade
     
26 October 04
Tiny Screen Big Opportunity
9 October 04
Case Study on Times Multimedia
24 September 04
Crest founder Dr. Raja Ramanna passes away.
     
13 September 04
Interview with Rhythm & Hues India director of operations, Saraswathi Balgam.
2 September 04
Pentamedia's Buddha release set for september.
23 August 04
Interview with CGI Mantra chairman Aniyan Kutty
     
14 July 04
Paradox Studios launches Battledust
07 July 04
Animax launches in India.
30 June 04
Anigraph goes house full on final day
     
21 June 04
Up close with 2nz CEO
Kireet Khurana
14 June 04
Color Chips India abuzz with activity
31 May 04
Wireless downloads galore for 'The Day After Tomorrow'
     
24 May 04
CgA World : Special Coverage
17 May 04
Interview with Toonz Animation CEO P Jayakumar
10 May 04
Interview with PTL Executive Director G V Narsimha Rao
     
26 April 04
Imperfection in Animation
- Guest Column penned by Animation Veteran Tom Gasek.
Animation 'xpress
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