Animation BoomsThis year’s Annecy Festival, the world’s most important animation event, catches the industry in dramatic sea change.
One pivot: New studio streamers are driving a massive increased demand for animation. The business is booming like never before.
From the past year, Nickelodeon has hired nearly 700 people to work on its shows as it scales up, says Nickelodeon Animation’s Ramsey Naito. “There’s a volume of work being produced that we’ve never had before,” adds Eléanor Coleman, at Blue Spirit, a major French studio.The Business is Going Truly Global The pandemic, it’s almost a cliche, has accelerated change.
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