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DreamWorks’ Forgotten Island releases next month

DreamWorks’ next original animated film, Forgotten Island, is coming to theaters next month.

It’s directed by the same directing team behind Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and follows two best friends who are transported to a long-forgotten magical island inspired by Philippine mythology. As they explore the island, they begin losing their memories of each other.

I’m really curious to see how this one turns out, especially with the mythology and friendship angle.
Are you excited for Forgotten Island?

u/luckybell333 — 9 days ago
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Let's not repeat history.

Many many times I've seen cartoons come out that have been so great and ended up getting canceled for not enough monetization, and this is VERY common with Disney. Let me just say, I think this is the best Disney show to come out in the last 5 years easily, and this show feels like how many of these shows felt 10-15 years ago in the golden age of Disney and CN. Look, I don't usually find a show I can binge so easily, but I literally finished binge watching this show extremely quickly because how great it was (and because I've been sick with nothing to do lol). But I mean, the character development of characters like Kim, Doug, ect. The animation style that has awesome action scenes. The soundtrack besides being a little repetitive is one of the best we've ever had on Disney in general, and I have not seen nearly enough about this, hell if I wasn't bored and just decided to pick a random show I wouldn't have ever seen this.

At the end of the day, this show NEEDS a season 2, it ended on a cliffhanger and had some really awesome story telling, animation, characters, etc. I mean just the dynamic of Bobby and Romy is really great, let alone Kim who is super sick, and Doug who imo is just the right amount of stupid given how important and strong he is in the show. Maybe it won't be your favorite, but c'mon, give it a try, within the first episode I was hooked, and I mean there are genuinely some PHENOMENAL episodes. WE NEED A SEASON TWO BEFORE DISNEY SAYS NO!!

u/Convirgin — 14 days ago
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AniVera might be one of the most interesting ideas happening in indie animation right now

I recently found out about AniVera, an upcoming platform built specifically around independent animation, and the idea behind it honestly caught my attention.

Instead of just being another streaming service, AniVera says it wants fans to be able to subscribe and choose which animation studios part of their subscription helps support. The studios would also keep ownership of their IP and creative control.
That could potentially solve two huge problems for indie animation: discoverability and sustainable funding. Instead of creators constantly depending on crowdfunding, merch, or hoping an algorithm notices them, audiences could have a more direct way to support the studios making the shows they actually want to see.

AniVera is still in development, though, and there are plenty of unanswered questions about pricing, revenue sharing, how studios qualify, and how the whole system will work once it launches. So I definitely wouldn’t call it a proven solution yet.
But with independent animation getting bigger and bigger online, I think this is something animation fans should keep an eye on.

If they can actually pull off what they’re promising, it could give smaller animation studios another path besides relying entirely on traditional networks or giant streaming companies.

What do you think? Would you use a platform where part of your subscription directly supported the animation studios you chose?

anivera.tv
u/luckybell333 — 10 days ago