Roger Allers, animator, screenwriter, and co-director of “The Lion King”, dies at 76

Allers started his career on the storyboard team for "Tron," moving to Disney to work on animated classics like "Beauty and ...
People

Legendary Disney Animator Ruthie Tompson Dies at 111: She 'Will Forever Inspire Us,' Says Bob Iger

The iconic animator worked on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Rescuers, and more with The Walt Disney Company Nicholas Rice is a Senior News ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Burny Mattinson, Animator and Disney’s Longest-Serving Employee, Dies at 87

His 70-year run with the company included work on 'Lady and the Tramp,' 'The Jungle Book,' 'The Lion King,' 'Strange World' and 'The Great Mouse Detective.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Burny ...
Houston Chronicle

What Training Do You Need to Become an Animator?

The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that, in 2008, artists worked in 221,900 jobs; 79,000 of those jobs were in multimedia and animation. Animators create images for ...
Comicbook.com

Blue Lock Animator Unpacks the Anime’s Awful Animation: “It’s Very Sad”

Over on X (Twitter), animator EVAKOI broke down the situation in a damning post. It was there the artist, who worked on Blue Lock season one, called the situation around this season “very sad.” “Blue ...