Animation Magazine's 35 Year Anniversary Issue

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Studio Spotlight

Blue Skies Ahead for Red Animation Milton Guerrero, founder of Peru’s top studio, discusses its current slate and future plans.

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ne of the first things you need to know about Milton Guerrero, the founder and CEO of Peru’s Red Animation, is that he has big plans for the growth of his venture in the next few years. Guerrero, a die-hard animation lover who fell in love with Looney Tunes cartoons at a young age (Daffy Duck is his favorite), is opening a new studio in Spain’s Canary Islands later this year and will expand the commercial-making arm of his business in either Montreal or Miami in 2024. The Lima-based studio currently has about 120 employees and offers a wide range of animation services to clients — beginning from script and design/look through storyboards and animatics, as well as modeling and textures, rigging/layout, 2D and 3D animation, lighting and rendering, VFX and final output. Guerrero works closely with studio partner and head of production Marie Castañeda to expand the list of the studio's service clients as well as home-grown projects. When he opened the doors of the studio in 2007, Guerrero wanted to build one of the premiere animation hubs in his home country. In the early years, the studio specialized in animated commercials, but soon, Red developed a solid reputation in the region and began to expand, offering production service work to animation entities all around the world. Nickelodeon (Tainá and the Amazon’s Guardians), Disney Channels LatAm (Guitar & Drum), YouTube (Little Angel) and Rovio (Angry

Birds) are among Red’s many global clients. The studio’s work on the popular show Siesta Z received an International Emmy Kids Award in 2017. Red also co-produced the CG-animated feature A Mouse’s Tale, (Rodencia y la Diente de la Princesa), which was released by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in 2012 and played in 20 territories worldwide. The studio then collaborated on director Germán Acuña’s acclaimed animated movie Nahuel and the Magic Book, which received a Cristal nomination at Annecy in 2020 and a Quirino Award nomination in 2021. Among Red’s current projects are the animated feature My Fairy Troublemaker (Fabrique d’Images/Ella Filmproduktion/SERU Animation), the series FriendZSpace (Studio 100/T&B Media Global/Flying Bark Prod.), Little Angel (Moonbug) and Angry Birds: MakerSpace (Rovio).

Angry Birds: MakerSpace

Nahuel and the Magic Book

Little Angel

Making Movie Magic One of the studio’s exciting ventures in the animation space is an ambitious feature titled, Kai, which was among five selected projects showcased at Ventana Sur, the biggest film and TV market in Latin America. Directed by Guerrero himself, the film is the first in a fantasy trilogy which is set in an ancient magical world where animals and humans practice different types of magic. The GC-animated movie, which has an estimated 2023 delivery date, follows the adventures of the young daughter of the great shaman Illari, who learns to let go of her selfish dreams and rely on

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Autonomous Animator

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Creative Connections

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Tech Reviews

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Conjuring New Demons

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Experiencing the World of Tomorrow Today

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Unleashing the Dinosaurs Again

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A Few Words from Monsieur le Délégué

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First Look: Netflix Animation Spotlights

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Flight of Fancy

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20 Movies to Catch at Annecy

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Brief and Beautiful Visions

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An Animation Legend Looks Back

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35 Animated Shorts to Explore, Ponder Ignore or Enjoy*

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The Strike That Shifted the Landscape

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The Essentials:35 U.S. Studio Movies of the Past 35 Years

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On Representation and Diversity: How Far Have We Come?

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Riding the Japanese New Wave

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A Lot Can Happen in 35 Years

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Reflections on 1987 and the 35th

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A Crowd-Sourcing Pioneer

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35 Years of Great Quotes

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Blue Skies Ahead for Red Animation

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Drawn to Excellence

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Cyber Group Expands Its Giant Footprint

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Daughter of Invention

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On Being a True Warrior

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Crouching Teen, Hidden Powers

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A Hero Who Keeps on Giving

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And Never Feed Them After Dark

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From Stage to Animated Screen

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The Red Ribbon Army Returns

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Mavka, the Spirit of Ukrainian Culture

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The Tiniest Movie Star

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The Way of the Feline Samurai

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Teddy Bears vs. Unicorns

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Whatever Happened to Those Chipmunks?

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A Real Disney Heroine

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A Toy’s Origin Story

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Here Be Monsters

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Make It Extra — with a Side of Optimism

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