News Bytes: Nintendo Eyes Animation Slate, Floyd Co. closes eyes on Union, Netflix Plans Panel for Asian Toon Talents and more

More Nintendo animated films to come after Illumination's "Super Mario"
In addition to the CGI function in the works on the blockbuster Minions study (slated for 2022), Nintendo global president Shuntaro Furukawa said Fast Company: "Animation, in general, is something we are looking into, and not just this franchise ... Although the ways in which we are expanding our intellectual property are increasing, we are very, very careful about where and how our intellectual property is. We are not deploying our characters and worlds simply to increase audience exposure… [Any adaptations] must ensure that the results are faithful to the experience of the players and that they would never prevent Nintendo developers from creating another game unique with the same characters ".

The animation studio that makes "Archer" won't recognize the workers' union
The union says Floyd County Productions - the largest animation studio in Georgia - has hired a union demolition company, according to an indictment filed with the National Labor Relations Board. In a statement a Scheda madre, the firm denied trying to "get high" but did not explain why it did not recognize the union. In the midst of backlash, none other than Fair Fight Action founder Stacey Abrams wrote to CFO Matt Thompson asking him to formally recognize the union.

Watch the "Floyd County Unionize" animated music video created by studio employees in their spare time to augment efforts.

Netflix features Asian creatives in the animation panel
To celebrate the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the streamer is planning a virtual event featuring an engaging and authentic conversation with seven Asian and Asian-American creative professionals working in animation, followed by a session of animation. Questions and answers. Participants are Dice Tsutsumi (creator, director - ONI), Jennifer Yuh Nelson (supervisor to the director - Love, Death & Robots Vol. 2), Lynn Wang (director), Megan Dong (creator, showrunner - centaurworld), Minkyu Lee (director - The sorcerer), Ronnie del Carmen (creator, writer, director) and moderator Janet Wu (director, original animated film, Netflix). May 7, 11:30 am - 13:00 pm PDT. RSVP here.

The dad of "The Mitchells vs. The Machines" is the most expensive Sony animated character ever
Rick, voiced by Danny McBride, is the well-meaning patriarch of the family that saves the world, with the character design featuring a full beard, a mess of hair, and a large stomach. Rianda said Reverse that animating the character was perhaps the biggest challenge in the production of the film: "For Rick Mitchell, they were like, this is the most expensive Sony character we've ever had ... We were like, 'His beard must be more ragged', and they were like 'Jesus'. "

Read more about the film in Animation magazineThe story in the foreground here!

WATCH: Studio Kimchi offers "Flash" for Guide Dogs Charity
To mark the 90th anniversary of the sight loss organization, the three-minute animated short film follows a puppy named after one of the first guide dogs raised in the UK in 1931. Bruno Simões directed the sweet and colorful film , who follows a Labrador puppy named Flash and her puppy breeder Annie during Flash's first year of training. Studio Kimchi worked closely with guide dogs during the pandemic to create Veloce, which premiered on ITV in the UK

In addition to the main film and its several different cuts and trailers, conventional audio description and accessible subtitle tracks, Studio Kimchi has also created two audiobook versions of the film, created especially for people with low vision and starring Gavin and Stacey actress Joanna Page as the Flash.

Portfolio Ent. Adds sales for "Addison"
The hit STEM-based 2D series (50 x 11 ′) for children aged 4-6 will head to a number of new territories globally with deals including Kidstream for the US, PCCW for Hong Kong and A + Kids for France and Africa. The series has enjoyed great success since its launch on CBC Kids in 2017 and currently airs in international territories with additional recent deals signed by Portfolio, including Azoomee for Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, France, Portugal, the Republic of 'Ireland, the Netherlands, Malta, India, Poland, Russia, Eastern Europe, APAC and MENA; Encourage TV and Busy Bee for the US and Tencent for China. addison is produced by Six Eleven Media.

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"Mia and me" a galloping success in Brazil
Studio 100 Group's hybrid series debuted on TV Cultura in October (such as O world of Mia). Having broadcast the weekdays for six months, Mia continues to garner impressive ratings and is currently one of the channel's top 5 programs and has secured 2nd place in all target groups in Greater São Paulo. The show reached the top spot in the channel's chart of all shows targeting children aged 7-11 reaching the best audience average, best sharing average and also best individual reach of all shows, with over 2 million people watching in the São Paulo region alone.

Gummybear Int'l content reaches the new YouTube milestone
One of the most viewed animated characters on the video streaming platform, Gummibär debuted with "I Am a Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)" and as a mobile phone ringtone in 2007 and has had thousands of other videos, including more than 300.000 user-generated content videos, uploaded globally. The franchise's multichannel content surpassed 20 billion content views on YouTube this week.

The character's success grew Gummibär And Friends: The Gummy Bear Show, launched by the large global animation group Toonz Media Group in collaboration with Gummybear International. The show's first season was met with instant success on YouTube. Now in its second season, the series continues with the crazy and comical adventures of Gummibär, the favorite gummy bear character who sings and dances, and his two best friends: Harry the nervous, brilliant and brilliant gadget chameleon, and Kala the gritty and intelligent. gung-ho serval cat.

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