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Animation

EIRU, Eiru (voice: Coco Teehan Roche), 2025. © GKIDS /Courtesy Everett Collection

Sketch to Screen

What’s Getting Nominated for Best Animated Short?

There are 15 animated films to make the Oscar shortlist. What might make the final cut?

MY HERO ACADEMIA: THE MOVIE, (aka MY HERO ACADEMIA: TWO HEROES, aka BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA THE MOVIE), 2018. © Funimation Entertainment /Courtesy Everett Collection

Getting Animated

‘My Hero Academia’ Is Over and We Won’t See Another Show Like It

A changed landscape in both anime and manga means long-running, blockbuster shonen shows are getting shorter and shorter.

Filmmaker interview

How a ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Animated Short Tackles the Rise of AI

Director Kent Seki spoke to IndieWire about making his directorial debut with the short "Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey."

RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, with Burl Ives, as Sam the Snowman, 1964.

Holiday Week

Why the Rankin/Bass Specials Are the Very Best Kind of Christmas Magic

IndieWire reached out to a number of current animators about the eternal appeal of the Rankin/Bass stop motion and animated holiday specials like "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer" and "Jack Frost."

$STEPS - (Pictured) Lilith (voice by Ali Wong). ©2025 Netflix, Inc. Think you know Cinderella's “evil” stepsisters? Think again! When misunderstood Lilith (Ali Wong) is blamed for hijacking the Royal Ball with a stolen magic wand, she accidentally turns her sister Margot (Stephanie Hsu) into a frog and leaves the kingdom in the hands of a prince-obsessed mean girl. Now Lilith must team up with Cinderella (and a surprisingly dreamy troll) to save the kingdom, repair the fractured fairytale, and prove that even so-called villains deserve a shot at happily-ever-after.$

News

Netflix Announces New Animated Feature ‘Steps,’ Starring Ali Wong and Stephanie Hsu

Amy Poehler produces the film, a revisionist take on the classic "Cinderella" fairy tale.

If You Wish Upon a Star

Every Walt Disney Animation Studio Film, Ranked

With "Zootopia 2" in theaters, celebrate the great (and the bad) from the name synonymous with animation.

Charlie (Erika Henningsen) getting a very important phone call in the finale of Season 2 of 'Hazbin Hotel'

Phantom Pulse

‘Hazbin Hotel’ Is Thinking About the Future

Series creator Vivienne Medrano tells IndieWire about how casting and character design work together to create the most delightful hotel staff in Hell.

IN YOUR DREAMS, from left: Elliot (voice: Elias Janssen), Baloney Tony (voice: Craig Robinson), Stevie (voice: Jolie Hoang-Rappaport), 2025. © Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection

Getting Animated

The Animation of ‘In Your Dreams’ Is for Everybody, but Especially the Spielberg and ‘Sailor Moon’ Kids

Director Alex Woo tells IndieWire about crafting some of the cleverest touches in his new Netflix film.

Interview

The ‘Smiling Friends’ Creators Tell Us Why the Show Won’t Run as Long as ‘South Park’ or ‘The Simpsons’

The creators behind the Adult Swim cult favorite spoke to IndieWire about Season 3 of the absurdist animated series, and how long they think it can run.