Cartoon Brew

Animation Boom Fuels China’s 2025 Box Office Boom

China’s theatrical market posted an impressive comeback in 2025, with animation fueling the territory’s cinematic resurgence. Total box-office revenue rose roughly 22% year over year to approximately ...
Variety

TIFFCOM: Japan Animation Industry Sees Boom Driven by Exports

Overseas revenues of Japanese animation exceeded local consumption for only the second time last year. But the export-led boom is expected to continue, the Association of Japanese Animations said on ...
Seeking Alpha

CORUS ENTERTAINMENT COMPLETES SALE OF ANIMATION SOFTWARE BUSINESS TO INTEGRATED MEDIA COMPANY

TORONTO, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Corus Entertainment Inc. (CJR.B:CA) today announced the completion of its sale of Toon Boom Animation Inc. ("Toon Boom"), an Emmy ® award-winning Montreal-based ...
Variety

Asia’s Animation Boom Sharpens as ‘Jumbo,’ Malaysia and Korea Signal a New Era – JAFF Market

In Malaysia, animation has evolved topics appropriate for viewers aged 13 and up, rather than just 12 and under. Ahmad Izham Omar, chief explorer at Malaysia’s Komet Production, described the upcoming ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘White Snake’ Director: China’s Animation Boom Must Lead to Creative Risk, Not Repetition

Zhao Ji says the next generation of creators must move beyond myth-based IP as China’s animation sector matures. By Mathew Scott Chinese animation director Zhao Ji, whose White Snake earned $70 ...