For years, China has been trying to develop domestic cartoons to compete with the US and Japan. But recently, two of the most popular and successful Chinese cartoons have come under fire for being too ...

Despite technology that can bring wondrous imagery to all manner of animation studios, plenty of kid-targeted cartoons feel as if they’ve been inexplicably paid by the word. Even ostensibly talk-light ...

Despite comparison to the cinema of Chaplin, Aardman Animations’ Shaun the Sheep Movie bowed stateside this summer to criticism of its comparatively light box-office haul and even its old-school ...

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