Animation Magazine

{{Infobox magazine

| title = Animation Magazine

| image_file = AnimationMagazineLogo.png

| image_caption = The logo of Animation Magazine

| company = Animation Magazine, Inc.

| publisher = Jean Thoren

| editor = Ramin Zahed

| founder = Terry Thoren

| frequency = Monthly

| language = American English

| category = Animation

| founded = August 1987

| firstdate = 1987

| country = United States

| based = Calabasas, California

| website = {{URL|http://www.animationmagazine.net}}

| issn = 1041-617X

| oclc = 46842821

}}

Animation Magazine is an American print magazine and website covering the animation industry and education, as well as visual effects.{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2017 |title=Top 6 Most Popular Animation Magazines |url=http://www.animationkolkata.com/blog/2017/05/19/top-6-popular-animation-magazines/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128115929/https://www.animationkolkata.com/blog/2017/05/19/top-6-popular-animation-magazines/ |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |website=Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics}}{{Cite book |last=Simon |first=Mark A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tz0qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA387 |title=Producing Independent 2D Character Animation: Making & Selling A Short Film |date=2013 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9781136132780 |location=Boca Raton, Florida |page=387 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book |last=Levy |first=David B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGmCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT365 |title=Directing Animation |date=2013 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781581157758 |location=New York City |page=365 |via=Google Books}} The print magazine is published 10 times a year in the United States.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GXwBT9CuU-sC&pg=PA177 |title=What Can I Do Now?: Animation |date=2010 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=9781438132495 |location=New York City |page=177 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-sQji1SeCMC&pg=PA169 |title=What Can I Do Now?: Film |date=2010 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=9780816080762 |location=New York City |page=169 |via=Google Books}}

History

Animation Magazine was founded in August 1987 by Terry Thoren, inspired by the success of the newspaper Animation News, which had been distributed over the previous six months to help promote Thoren's short-film compilations, Tournees of Animation.{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2016 |title=Animation Magazine Turns 30! |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/animation-magazine-turns-30/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122044507/https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/animation-magazine-turns-30/ |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |access-date=August 10, 2019 |website=Animation Magazine}}{{Cite book |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GUncPQAACAAJ |title=Animation Magazine: 20-year Collection: Two Decades of the Most Profound Changes in Animation, Visual Effects, Technology and Gaming |date=2007 |publisher=Animation Magazine |isbn=9781424338511 |location=Calabasas, California |via=Google Books}} The print edition is published 10 times a year in the United States. Editorial covers all forms of animation: 2D animation, 3D for animation and visual effects, and stop-motion.{{Cite book |last=Levy |first=David B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aGmCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT265 |title=Animation Development: From Pitch to Production |date=2010 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781581157307 |location=New York City |page=265 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book |last=Dobbs |first=G. Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7tTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT17 |title=Escape! How Animation Broke into the Mainstream in the 1990s |date=2015 |publisher=BearManor Media |isbn=9781593931100 |location=Albany, Georgia |page=17 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Karl F. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GXhzAQAAQBAJ |title=Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America |date=2013 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=9781476607252 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |pages=1, 3 |via=Google Books}} A digital version www.animationmagazine.net was created in 2006. The company also publishes a daily weekday newsletter that covers the world of animation art, business and technology including software reviews.{{Cite book |last=Marx |first=Christy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m6NPkq_cYVgC&pg=PA60 |title=Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games |date=2012 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781136144455 |location=Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire United Kingdom |pages=60 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book |last=Wright |first=Jean Ann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GXhzAQAAQBAJ |title=Animation Writing and Development: From Script Development to Pitch |date=2013 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781136144059 |location=Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire United Kingdom |pages=82, 302, 309 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=178vHE35ekUC&pg=PT53 |title=The Art of Flash Animation: Creative Cartooning |date=2007 |publisher=Wordware Publishing, Inc. |isbn=9781449613181 |location=Plano, Texas |pages=53 |via=Google Books}}

Profile

Animation Magazine Inc, publishes annual Tradeshow Calendars, A Career and Education guide and 5 special Oscar and Emmy awards issues throughout the year. Daily animation news is updated every weekday on the publication's website.{{Cite book |last=Subotnick |first=Steven |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4ArBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA186 |title=Animation in the Home Digital Studio: Creation to Distribution |date=2012 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9781136132940 |location=Boca Raton, Florida |page=186 |via=Google Books}} Also featured on the site is AniMagTV, a portal dedicated to brief reports on animation events, shorts and trailers. Archives of early editions are available, along with digital and print subscriptions.