Orange
News
How animating something as simple as tying your shoes exposes the hidden differences between hand-drawn and CGI animation
3D animation requires you to frontload a lot of the design work and doesn't give you much room to improvise, but it has some solid advantages too.
August 06, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
The anime industry is growing faster than the number of Japanese people willing to animate, opening the door to foreigners more than ever before says Leviathan director
Christophe Ferreira, director of Leviathan for Studio Orange, has seen the shift in the anime industry first hand.
July 29, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
The Miyazaki-ness of Leviathan: How Studio Ghibli classics influenced the new Netflix anime
Scott Westerfeld's books have airships, girls pretending to be boys, and magical creatures - all the hallmarks of a Studio Ghibli film.
July 23, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Flying whales, mechs, and Miyazaki vibes: Inside Netflix's Leviathan anime with the people who made it [Popverse Jump]
How a hit Miyazaki-esque book became a Netflix anime in Leviathan
July 04, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
The new Trigun anime has a name (and art!) after success of Trigun Stampede
Time for one more shootout on planet Gunsmoke.
July 05, 2024
Trent Cannon
News
AI is coming to manga, and looking to remove human translators from the equation
A Japanese developer is hoping to use AI to make manga more accessible, by making it cheaper to translate
September 20, 2023
Chris Arrant