Issue #347 - February 2025

Issue 347 - February 2025

• Directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham take us behind the scenes of Aardman’s latest adventure, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
 
• Director Peter Browngardt gives us the scoop on his much-anticipated new 2D feature, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.
 
• Five production designers discuss the artistry, challenges and labors of love involved in some of the year’s top animated movies.
           
• We catch up with showrunner Jeff Trammell to learn all about his new Marvel/Disney+ show, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
 
• The second season of Castlevania: Nocturne sinks its teeth to 18th century France and an ancient temple in Egypt.
 
• Show creator Ryan Gillis talks to us about his fun and entertaining new Disney TV series, StuGo.

• Director Masaki Watanabe discusses bringing the popular manga Sakamoto Days to animated life.

• We catch up with the directors of the Oscar-shortlisted Bottle George, The Wild-Tempered Clavier and ME.

• VFX supervisor Pablo Helman shares a few secrets about 2024’s hugely popular visual effects-heavy blockbuster Wicked.

• Your Animation and VFX Awards Season Cheat Sheet.
 
• And much, much More!