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  • That ‘AI-Generated’ Anime Is a Slap in the Face to Pro Animators

    That ‘AI-Generated’ Anime Is a Slap in the Face to Pro Animators

    Recently, “AI” machine-learning technologies have been creeping their way into artistic fields in both entertaining and harmful ways. While some AI content creators are just making videos for harmless fun, others, like the creators of a recent AI-generated anime short, wrongfully believe they’ve democratized the animation industry when they’ve really just come up with a…


  • Wendell & Wild Offers Up Stop-Motion Supernatural Hijinks

    Wendell & Wild Offers Up Stop-Motion Supernatural Hijinks

    Netflix is catering to the goths again with Wendell & Wild, its upcoming stop-motion tale directed by Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline), co-written by Selick and Jordan Peele (Nope), and co-starring Peele and his longtime Key & Peele collaborator Keegan-Michael Key. We’ve been wanting to see more of this one, and the painstakingly years-long…