two anniversaries back to back!! to be able to continually do the thing we love as a band is absolutely magic. happy 12 years to self titled…it really does just keep getting better
Mexican animator Luis De La Rosa has sadly passed away at the age of 34 following an accident shortly after attending the Annecy Festival, where he presented his project, ‘Ash Raider World.’
He contributed to numerous animated projects throughout his career, including Knights of Guinevere, Into the Spider-Verse, and many more.
“GEN Z DOESN’T DRINK”
“GEN Z DOESN’T DATE”
“GEN Z DOESN’T BUY HOUSES”
“GEN Z DOESN’T HAVE KIDS”
“GEN Z DOESN’T SMILE”
Maybe because:
• They graduated into a pandemic
• Job hunted into an AI apocalypse
• Entered the housing market when rates hit 8%
• Watched a world war start before they turned 25
• Got their first paycheck and lost 30% to taxes they’ll never see benefits from
• Student loans kicked in the same month rent doubled
• Were told to “just network” during two years of lockdown
• Grew up on social media designed to make them feel worthless
• Watched billionaires add trillions during COVID while they lost their jobs
• Inherited a planet that’s literally on fire
• Were promised the American Dream and handed the American Bill
But yeah.
It’s the avocado toast.
A cartoon that was free to watch on YouTube the whole time it aired just made more than $37 million in movie theaters. The studio behind it, around 100 people in Sydney, paid for the entire thing by selling plushies and T-shirts.
The Amazing Digital Circus ended this month after nine episodes and almost three years. No network paid for it, and no investor put in money. The studio, Glitch Productions, started in 2017 as two brothers animating in a family home in Sydney. Years earlier, one of them, Luke, had built a Super Mario fan channel called SMG4. It grew big enough to pay for the move into their own shows.
Each episode cost up to $300,000 to make. Most of that money came from selling merchandise, plus ad revenue and a few government arts grants. The shows stayed free. Anyone could watch the whole series on YouTube without paying.
Netflix started carrying the show in 2024, but the deal was unusual. New episodes still came out on YouTube first, for free, and Glitch kept full control of the story. Netflix could stream it but had no say in how it was made.
By the end, the first episode alone had passed 440 million views, more people than live in the United States, and more than any other independent cartoon pilot on YouTube. The finale, called The Last Act, ran in cinemas first. It opened to $36.6 million worldwide and set new records for the company that put it in theaters, then went up free online two weeks later.
Most cartoons get paid for by a studio and hidden behind a paywall, and the audience only shows up at the end. Glitch did it the other way around. The fans came first, the show stayed free, and the merchandise paid for everything else, including a finale that packed theaters around the world.
bangs and nails clearly show she is a woman/ girl. now look at the seat on front, surrounded by men. empty. why are you so desperate to sit next to a younger girl who is likely doing this as a safety precaution
A father buys Halo: Campaign Evolved on the family PS5 with the intention of playing the advertised split screen co-op with his son.
He immediately discovers upon booting the game that he needs to purchase a PS Plus subscription for not only himself, but also a second PS Plus subscription on a second account for his son so that they can play the campaign together side by side in the living room on the couch after purchasing a $50 game with no multiplayer.
Read that again, let it sink in and then understand that this is all true and was posted on the official Halo website earlier today.
Took a look into the Wallpaper Engine malware reports.
A good way to reduce your risk is to check your installed wallpapers and make sure you aren’t using any Application wallpapers. You may also want to avoid Web wallpapers unless you trust the creator.
For future downloads, use the Workshop filters and leave Application and Web unchecked. Stick to Scene and Video wallpapers from reputable creators whenever possible.
An Application wallpaper can run code on your PC, so treat it with the same caution you’d give any software download. 💙
Daveigh Chase's boyfriend says she died from “meningitis and an infection in her blood, which caused her to have septic issues and led to her body shutting down.”
She had been admitted to a hospital in LA earlier this month because of malnutrition.
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Daveigh Chase has passed away at 35.
The actress was known for her performance in ‘The Ring,’ as well as voicing Lilo in ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and Chihiro in the English dub of ‘Spirited Away.’
We just lost another legend today 😔
Anime studio Eiken announced that legendary animation director, and artist Hiromitsu Morita has passed away.
Throughout a career spanning decades, Morita contributed as an animator, storyboard artist, episode director, animation director, and chief director on numerous beloved productions.
His known works include:
• Astro Boy
• Sazae-san
• Ashita no Joe
• Monster
• Kobo-chan
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Claymore
• Space Battleship Yamato
• Metropolis
• Heart Cocktail
• The Story of Saiunkoku
And many more!
From early classics to long-running family anime, Morita’s career quietly connected multiple generations of Japanese animation.
Rest in peace, legend 🕊️