In This Month's Issue of Animation Magazine July/August 2026

#Annecy #Toy Story 5
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/06/archives-animation-magazine-359-june-2026/

Eiko Kadono's 'Kiki's Delivery Service', adapted as the Studio Ghibli animated favorite, is now getting a live-action series take.

#KikisDeliveryService #StudioGhibli #BBCStudios
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/06/bbc-studios-announces-kikis-delivery-service-live-action-series/

'Totally Spies!' studio Banijay Kids & Family has struck a deal with Toon Boom to use its content to develop AI tools.

#Banijay #ToonBoom #TotallySpies #MrBean #GenerativeAI
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/06/banijay-kids-and-toon-boom-strike-ai-animation-deal/

The new Disney Christmas special 'Mickey's Home Alone' puts an animated twist on the '90s classic, coming this holiday season.

#MickeysHomeAlone #DisneyPlus #DisneyJr
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/06/new-animated-christmas-special-mickeys-home-alone-set-for-disney-jr/

Two-time Oscar nominee Cordell Barker is directing the animated TV holiday special 'The Anta Claus of the South Pole,' from NFB and Tonic DNA.

#AntaClausofhteSouthPole #CordellBarker #NFB #TonicDNA
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/06/cordell-barkers-the-anta-claus-of-the-south-pole-delivers-an-original-holiday-tale-with-tonic-dna-nfb/

Originally released as a TV movie in Japan last year, 'cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood' is a poignant wartime drama with a fresh perspective.

#CocoonOneSummerofGirlhood #GKIDS #StudioSasayuri #YukimitsuIna
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/06/gkids-acquires-wartime-anime-cocoon-one-summer-of-girlhood-for-noram/

Disney Animation fans get their first good scry at the upcoming feature 'Hexed,' an original adventure in theaters this November.

#Hexed #Disney #TraceyUllman #StephenFry #HaileeSteinfeld #Rashida jones
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/06/disneys-hexed-conjures-first-trailer-and-magical-images/

Shaoh's hit fantasy rom-com manga 'I'm Dating a Dark Summoner' is getting an anime adaptation, coming to HIDIVE this fall.

#ImDatingADarkSummoner #HIDIVE #Shaoh
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/06/im-dating-a-dark-summoner-anime-adaptation-brings-the-devilishly-delightful-odd-couple-to-hidive/

Pinkfong is expanding the world of 'Bebefinn' with a new Amazon Kids+ original animated series, 'The Big Book of Bebefinn'.

#Pinkfong #Bebefinn #TheBigBookofBebefinn #AmazonKids
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/06/pinkfong-announces-amazon-kids-original-the-big-book-of-bebefinn/