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The whole family scrambles for a glimpse of the baby’s very first tooth, with a little help from big sister’s imagination and the ‘Tooth-Showy-Offy Fairy’; streaming now on YouTube.

‘Coyote vs. Acme’ story artist Andy Brooks also joins Utopai Studios’ creative team on Mike Bender’s animated feature that already includes ‘Shrek’ co-writer Joe Stillman; film set to hit theaters in 2027.

The Industrial Light & Magic senior VP, general manager and head, who was overall VFX producer on 5 ‘Star Wars’ films and co-producer on ‘The Mandalorian,’ will be honored for outstanding contribution to the visual arts; conference runs October 12-16 in Turin, Italy.

Sylvain Chomet’s ‘A Magnificent Life,’ René Laloux’s ‘Fantastic Planet,’ and Don Hertzfeldt’s ‘Paper Trail’ headline the 19th edition of Greece’s largest animation festival, running September 21-27 on Syros.

The 26-episode CG-animated preschool series about a mechanic who repairs broken toys and secretly talks with them heads to MIPCOM and MIPJunior along with ‘Strawberry Shortcake’ and ‘Peanuts’ titles.

3-part series from indie animator and Simple Town comedy group member Felipe Di Poi debuts as ‘verticals’ on the network’s social platforms and YouTube; Part 1 now live, 2 and 3 coming September 25 and October 2.

The animated comedy series, made on and off for more than 20 years with characters built in Photoshop from real dogs, is back with a YouTube installment about the absurdity of modern social media, starring young influencer Brooks Rokkit.

ASIFA-Hollywood’s educators group selects 12 students from a pool of 113 applicants, handing out $30,000 in merit-based awards to be used for software and hardware, research, animation production, and tuition.

The Sony-owned anime streamer is paying 917 million yen for a new-share issue that makes it the 5th-largest shareholder in the Tokyo-listed company behind its year-old manga app; proceeds to fund distribution platforms and localization for readers outside Japan.

Brown Bag Films animates the toy company’s new take on the 80-year-old preschool franchise, a 30-minute special narrated by Henry Golding and Karla Souza; now on YouTube, streams September 30 on Netflix.