The "Essential Cinema" series presents masterworks of feature-length animation from around the world. Because the visual palette available to animation filmmakers is virtually limitless, these artists ...

FunToons LLC, an animation company founded by Disney veteran, Greg Manwaring, today announced the opening of its offices in Austin, at 7703 N. Lamar Boulevard. FunToons creates animated feature films, ...

Success in the animation field can be measured many different ways. In terms of major studio films like the latest Disney offering, box-office receipts are the standard. But local animation firm ...

Inside the offices of Powerhouse Animation, artists are working on a dizzying variety of projects. One is drawing a shield-bashing viking for the upcoming video game “The Banner Saga,” while nearby, ...

Mechas, Atlanteans, and vampires: While last weekend's RTX festival was under the banner of local online studio Rooster Teeth, there were big announcements there for local animation outfits Powerhouse ...

Austin, Texas-based animation studio Rooster Teeth Productions, a subsidiary of AT&T’s Warnermedia, has recently come under fire regarding exploitative practices that allegedly perpetuate a “crunch ...

Fivestone Studios looks to tap into local animation and video game talent, with focus on "gamifying" brand experiences. Traylor Woodall drank a lot of coffee and got a whirlwind tour of Austin ...

Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Wednesday pressed the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for answers after two planes nearly collided at an airport in Austin, Texas, earlier this ...

Austin-area business owners in the creative fields of animation and video game development could be eligible for tax breaks from the United Kingdom meant to spur expansion overseas. Austin-area ...

In the summer of 2011, Gustavo Sorola, one of the co-founders of Austin’s Rooster Teeth Productions, approached the Austin Convention Center about hosting the video collective’s 2012 RTX event, a big ...