Animation, Gaming, VFX: News, Information and Knowledge base
31 December 2005
Volume - 1
Issue -75
GAMING
Milestone Interactive's Sachin N and Sunil M
"Having a growing
community of gamers
is essential to growing
the game development
business in India"
Read
 
Interview with Game Design Expert Katie Salen
"The forthcoming game from EA, Spore, will probably blow everyone's mind" Read
 
Level up takes Ragnarok Mktg. effort to next level
Three pronged strategy includes player recruitment campaigns, alliances and icafe development programs Read
 
Got Game?
Guest column on gaming trends by Co-founder and President of Paprikaas Animation Studios Inc, Srini R Raghavan Read
 
VFX
Magic Ajji to feature 40 mins of VFX
A regional movie featuring a CG song and 40 minutes of VFX is no mean feat.Read
 

Prime Focus executes Police in record time
Any creative work on an entertainment product takes good time to be executed well. However there are instances when speed is the need of the hour. Read

 
Strong on VFX, Landmarvel gears up
"The studio has delivered 32 minutes of VFX for 2 major Telugu hits Balu and Nuvvostanate Nenoddantanea" Read
 
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 Read
     
     
ART
'In the Air' features artistic animation
The Music video produced by Ashu-Dhruv and directed by Simi Nallaseth features some very artistic animation. Read
 
The Art of Fallen Art
One of the winners at the Computer Graphics Festival at SIGGRAPH 05 this year was Fallen Art by Tomek Baginski (3D, 6 mins).Read
 
Interview with Gitanjali Rao
"Different art styles are like vacations. You don't repeat the same ones often, even if they are fun"Read
 
Interview with Uttam Pal Singh Chawla
"Good humor can present a very simple story in the most engaging manner" Read
 
TECHNOLOGY
Pixar plans RenderMan push in India
Renowned globally for its creative and technical achievements, 3D animation pioneer Pixar plans to bring 'Renderman' to India. Read
 
Alias Researcher Jos Stam receives award
Jos Stam, Alias senior research scientist was presented with the 2005 Computer Graphics Achievement Award at Siggraph 2005. Read
 
Paradox, ICTV ink agreement
Reliance owned Paradox Studios has entered into a joint agreement with ICTV for deployment of its portfolio on headendware platform.Read
 
Rajtaru Studios sets up new DI pipeline
Be it VFX or Post Production outfits, investing in Digital Intermediate Infrastructure is the in-thing these days.Read
 
 
TOYS & COMICS
Funskool India CEO Raphael Kuriyan
"Launching of an intellectual property is a collaborative effort" Read
 
Chandamama India MD Vishwanathan Reddy
Unless it has the benefit of support from a global player, Chandamama cannot think of producing animation medium on its own Read
 
Illustrated Orchids to launch 4 new comics
The publisher has opted for the strategy of having region specific pricing for its comics Read
 
Raj comics to debut SuperIndian
Delhi based comic book publisher Raj Comics is launching a new comic series titled 'SuperIndian' by the end of this month.Read
 
HOME VIDEO
Excel to debut Vikram Betaal
Release in 3 SKUS, Hindi VCD, English VCD (both priced at Rs 199/-) and DVD with 4 languages Read
 
Sound to release 'O God Ganesha'
An initial release of around 10,000 units in English and Marathi with a unit price of Rs 149/-Read
 
Eyecircus planning release for 'Life with Jesus'
The India release comes 18 months after the film was released in the US and Canada Read
 
Vismaad set to release Sahibzadey in India
Vismaad Mediatech Pvt. Ltd. is gearing up for the Indian home video release of Sahibzadey, its 2D animated film (50 mins) based on Sikh HistoryRead
 
 
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.
  29 Dec 2005
Best of Animation 'xpress 2005: Part1
22 Dec 2005
Interview with Animation film maker Uttam Pal Singh Chawla
 
15 Dec 2005
Illustrated Orchids to launch four new comics
8 Dec 2005
Shyam Ramanna, Meteor films launch DASA in India
1 Dec 2005
ZMQ to release 4 Mobile Games on Aids
 
24 Nov 2005
Alias to host 3December in Mumbai, Chennai
17 Nov 2005
R.A.G.E announces Gaming Awards & Expo
10 Nov 2005
Interview with X Media Lab CEO Brendan Karkin
 
31 Oct 2005
MIPCOM Special; Baby Hanuman propels Hanuman towards Box Office Success
13 Oct 2005
Dessin Works to pitch original IP at MIPCOM
5 Oct 2005
Interview with the I&B ministry secretary S K Arora
 
28 Sep 2005
Mobile Gaming 2005 Special Coverage; Interview with RTG Animate Dean Vincent Edwards
16 Sep 2005
In depth case study on making of a Mobile Game -Paradox Studios' Van damme Kickboxing
8 Sep 2005
Interview with Animation Film Maker Gitanjali Rao
 
1 Sep 2005
Paradox, ICTV in pact for Multiplayer games.
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.
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