Ankama-backed animation company Studio Unagi has officially launched in Montreal after setting up under the radar over the first half of 2024.
The new company has been founded by animation industry veteran Guillaume Dubois, who previously held roles at Mercury Filmworks and Mondo TV, with the support of Anthony Roux, CEO of Ankama, the French entertainment company behind multiplayer game Dofus and animated series Wakfu.
“Our ambition with Studio Unagi is to combine the technical and artistic excellence of Japanese animation with the cultural richness and creativity of Montreal to offer a competitive presence in North America. We aim to create works that resonate with anime fans worldwide while providing a space where talents can thrive,” said founder and president Dubois.
The strategic partnership with Ankama is the fruit of a longstanding relationship between Dubois and Roux.
Under the mutually beneficial tie-up, Studio Unagi will meet the growing production needs...
The new company has been founded by animation industry veteran Guillaume Dubois, who previously held roles at Mercury Filmworks and Mondo TV, with the support of Anthony Roux, CEO of Ankama, the French entertainment company behind multiplayer game Dofus and animated series Wakfu.
“Our ambition with Studio Unagi is to combine the technical and artistic excellence of Japanese animation with the cultural richness and creativity of Montreal to offer a competitive presence in North America. We aim to create works that resonate with anime fans worldwide while providing a space where talents can thrive,” said founder and president Dubois.
The strategic partnership with Ankama is the fruit of a longstanding relationship between Dubois and Roux.
Under the mutually beneficial tie-up, Studio Unagi will meet the growing production needs...
- 5/29/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Comics and graphic novel publisher Ablaze continues to dive into Spring reading action with a bevy of new titles set for release in June and a notable advance solicitation that debuts in July
Action-packed manga and manhwa series launches for June include Wakfu Manga, based on the smash hit Netflix anime series, and the debut of Terror Man, a new manhwa series based on the hit Korean webtoon. Terror Man offers complex, compelling story of an unlikely hero who is misunderstood and unappreciated for the good he does. Terror Man also has an anime adaptation coming soon!
Next up, Ablaze proudly debuts Spot It: Double Trouble, an all-ages graphic novel title based on Spot It, the best-selling, award-winning card game from Asmodee and Zygomatic Games Studio!
An advance solicitation for July also opens with the coming launch of Shepherdess Warriors. The award-winning series is the odyssey of a young heroine...
Action-packed manga and manhwa series launches for June include Wakfu Manga, based on the smash hit Netflix anime series, and the debut of Terror Man, a new manhwa series based on the hit Korean webtoon. Terror Man offers complex, compelling story of an unlikely hero who is misunderstood and unappreciated for the good he does. Terror Man also has an anime adaptation coming soon!
Next up, Ablaze proudly debuts Spot It: Double Trouble, an all-ages graphic novel title based on Spot It, the best-selling, award-winning card game from Asmodee and Zygomatic Games Studio!
An advance solicitation for July also opens with the coming launch of Shepherdess Warriors. The award-winning series is the odyssey of a young heroine...
- 3/21/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Pulsar Content (“The Deep House”) has secured worldwide sales on “Dragon Princess,” an ambitious animated feature produced by Ankama, the thriving French studio behind the international franchises “Dofus” and “Wakfu.”
Directed by Jean-Jacques Denis (“Dofus”) and Anthony Roux, “Dragon Princess” tells the story of Bristle, a little girl who is being raised by dragons. When her father is forced to give up his second most valuable possession to Sorcerog, a witch frog, he offers up Bristle. Falling into despair, the little girl flees the family cave and embarks on a journey of discovery in the world of humans. She learns the meaning of friendship and solidarity – and greed, which seems to eat away at men’s heart.
Now completed, the feature was written and produced by Roux, a comicbook author and filmmaker who is the co-founder of Ankama. Based in Northern France, the company best known for developing in-house several...
Directed by Jean-Jacques Denis (“Dofus”) and Anthony Roux, “Dragon Princess” tells the story of Bristle, a little girl who is being raised by dragons. When her father is forced to give up his second most valuable possession to Sorcerog, a witch frog, he offers up Bristle. Falling into despair, the little girl flees the family cave and embarks on a journey of discovery in the world of humans. She learns the meaning of friendship and solidarity – and greed, which seems to eat away at men’s heart.
Now completed, the feature was written and produced by Roux, a comicbook author and filmmaker who is the co-founder of Ankama. Based in Northern France, the company best known for developing in-house several...
- 1/10/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
There's something refreshing to the trailer for Jean-Jaques Denis and Wakfu director Anthony Roux's upcoming French animated feature Dofus Livre 1: Julith. For while the film clearly makes use of the full range of modern tools at the animators' disposal it equally clearly draws its inspirations - both in terms of story and art style - not from the post-Pixar wave of animated features but from the much earlier traditions of 2D cell animation with what feels to me like an obvious - and appreciated - nod to the work of Don Bluth.The strange little guy in the blue hood is well known to Krosmoz. His name is Joris and he's proposing to take you on a fantastic adventure. Our hero is leading a happy...
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- 1/19/2016
- Screen Anarchy
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