Animation Planner

June

1 Netflix premieres its ninja-battlin’ spinoff series Ninjago: Dragons Rising today.

2 Summer blockbuster season comes out swinging with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the sequel to Sony Pictures Animation’s groundbreaking Oscar winner.

3 Head to Brooklyn to celebrate Animation Block Party’s 20th anniversary with a special event at BAM Film. [animationblock.com]

5 Animafest Zagreb presents another artistic, eclectic collection of shorts and features in Croatia. [animafest.hr]

8 Moana’s Auli’i Cravalho stars in Hailey’s On It!, the new Disney TV Animation comedyadventure.

9

This month’s Studio Ghibli Fest offerings are Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (July 9 & 11) and Castle in the Sky (July 10 & 12).

9 The second and final season of Human Resources drops on Netflix.

11

GKIDS and Fathom Events present Kiki’s Delivery Service on the big screen as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2023, for three nights only (June 11, 12 & 14).

12

The world’s largest dedicated animation event, the Annecy Festival, brings the toon diaspora together in the French Alps for six glorious days! [annecyfestival.com]

13

Spot the next big merch sensation amid the colorful characters at Licensing Expo in Las Vegas this week.

16

Theaters heat up with Elemental, the latest animated tour of a wonderous, imaginative world from the alchemists at Pixar. Also out today is Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, which promises to include some animated elements, and Disney+ doc Stan Lee.

29

Henry Cavill takes his final turn as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher Season 3 Vol. 1 on Netflix today, with Vol. 2 dropping July 27. Adieu, sweet mutant!

30

Another big weekend at the cinema as DreamWorks Animation unleashes Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, while Harrison Ford returns in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

July

12

Cool off at the movies this month with a few VFX-enhanced spectacles. Today you can catch Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, but be sure to factor Barbie and Chris Nolan’s Oppenheimer (both out July 21) as well as Disney’s Haunted Mansion into your popcorn budget.

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Anibar holds its 14th international animation festival for seven inspiring days in the scenic mountain-ringed city of Peja, Kosovo. [anibar.org] www.animationmagazine.net

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