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Apr 22

IAMAI all set to host second edition of GATO conference

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is set to host the second edition of the Gaming for Tomorrow (GATO) Conference on 24 April, 2019 at The Leela Ambience, Gurugram. The daylong conference will have discussions around the various facets of digital gaming in India. Industry experts will brainstorm on the potential of various online games and will chart a roadmap for its future growth. The conference will also host special workshops for developers by AISPL (Amazon Internet Services Private Limited) and Amazon Alexa. The Conference will include an exhibition from industry honchos like Sony, Amazon, Trachea, Conversion, Taj Rummy and AISPL.

With one successful edition where the gamut of gaming fraternity came along, networked, shared and learnt, having passed by, this year’s conference aims to be bigger and better. This year the conference is aiming to evangelise and promote the gaming sector as one of the pillars for driving the Digital India dream, which has the potential to generate revenue and employment generation for the country.

The event will be a networking and learning platform for gaming companies, start-ups, developers and industry enthusiasts. Stalwarts from the industry are expected to be present in heavy numbers. With discussions on the topics that are of massive relevance to companies that are knee deep into mobile gaming, game development and also companies that are intending to scale-up, this conference will entail you with everything you can ask for!

The Summit speaker’s line-up includes several high profile industry stalwarts like Amazon India, Alexa Skills lead -business development Haja Sheriff , ConversionX CEO Abhishek Shah, Grid Logic Group managing director Pariekshit Maadishetti, Dream11 co-founder and Ceo Harsh Jain, Nodwin Gaming MD Akshat Rathee,Reliance Jio GM – lead games ecosystem Ashish Gupta, Google Apps partnerships Ankit Gupta, Adda5 co-founder and CEO Mohit Agarwal, Reliance Jio head – esports Anurag Khurana, The Spartan PokerMD Amin Rozani, Ability Games director and CEO Navneet Makharia, Playstation Division, Sony India head – sales and marketing Prosenjit Ghosh, JetSynthesys vice chairman and MD Rajan Navani, Reliance Industries CEO – Sports Sundar Raman, among others and will have discussions around topics like design in gaming: Need and importance.

The rise of AI and AR/VR induced gaming, Mainstreaming Esports in India, The aesthetics of marketing a game in India, Responsible Gaming: Player Protection and Safety.

The conference will host workshops focused on the central idea of building relevant skills for the gaming fraternity of India. The workshops will be conducted by developers from AISPL and Amazon Alexa. Some of the topics that will be dissected in the workshops include ‘Build the Cake Walk Skill’, ‘the future of voice-based experiences in gaming’ and ‘Add Memory to the skill to improve your Voice User Interface’.

This year the conference also includes GATO Awards for the first time to recognise and promote the efforts of the talented Indian developers. The Awards includes categories like Best Gaming App, Best

Live Game, BestFantasy Game app, Best Use of AR and VR in a game; Best Card Game on App, awards will also be given to the Emerging Indian Gaming Company, Best Affiliate Partner for gaming and Best Mobile Ad Network for Gaming. With eight categories in its debut year, GATO Awards is aiming to recognise the stalwarts in the Indian Gaming Industry on the 24 April after the conference.

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Apr 22

‘Bharat’s trailer looks loaded with VFX-rich imagery

Posted in: Animation

Salman Khan-starrer Bharat spans 71 years of Indian since Independence, opening against the backdrop of Jawaharlal Nehru’s landmark speech “Tryst with Destiny”.

“People think that a middle-class old man must have had an arid life but my youth was as colourful as it gets” Khan’s Bharat ponders in the trailer that dropped on Monday.

The trailer gives a glimpse of a young Bharat as a moto-bike stuntman, then an employee at an oil-mining company, and later, a ship’s captain. Along the way, Bharat falls for Katrina Kaif. The trailer deals with the rough times for Bharat and his family and a childhood sundered by the partition of India in 1947.

The cast includes Sunil Grover as Bharat’s friend and Jackie Shroff as his father. The film also features Sonali Kulkarni, Disha Patani, Shashank Arora and Nora Fatehi in supporting roles. The producers are Salman Khan Films, Reel Life Productions and T-Series.

Bharat is an official remake of the 2014 South Korean blockbuster Ode to My Father, which traces the history of the country through one man’s experiences. Zafar and Varun Sharma have adapted Su-jin Park’s original screenplay.

The film is slated to hit the screens on Eid this year, on 5 June 2019.

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Apr 22

JetSynthesys forays in the casual gaming segment with the launch of ‘Ludo Live: World Tour’

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JetSynthesys, a leading digital entertainment and gaming company, has announced the launch of an all-new game Ludo Live: World Tour marking its entry in the casual gaming market. The classic game comes alive in a whole new avatar with unique elements to give gamers a fast-paced and interactive experience. The specially designed game is now live on the iOS platform.

Ludo Live: World Tour will provide its gamers a globe-trotting experience where players travel virtually to exotic locations around the world while competing with opponents from other countries. The game provides players with varied customised options, including a 48 or a 72-square board, exciting dice graphics with their favourite superhero or cartoon character as well as fun features where players can double roll the dice, reset the tile, teleport the peg, land on a safe zone and even undo their actions.

Speaking about the launch of Ludo Live: World Tour, JetSynthesys vice chairman and managing director Rajan Navanisaid, “As a leading digital entertainment company, JetSynthesys has successfully launched celebrity games – Sachin Saga Cricket Champions and the SalMan game, which have received tremendous popularity. We have also been at the forefront in introducing new technologies across AI and VR to enhance the user experience for game lovers. We are delighted to now expand our presence in the casual gaming segment reimagining one of the world’s more iconic games – Ludo Live: World Tour. With this launch, we provide Ludo lovers with a more interactive, social yet personalised experience which is sure to resonate with our audiences.”

JetSynthesys aims to leverage its core capabilities of gaming, video and music to digitally connect celebrities, brands and consumers, to drive user engagement and monetisation through personalisation. With innovation in patented platforms, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, it is tapping into the exciting and fast-growing space of mobile gaming in India.

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Apr 22

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations discloses new transformation

Posted in: Animation

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations’ latest arc has been directed at Jugo as he gets involved in an ominous curse mark. Due to Tosaka amping the reaction of Jugo’s curse power, Jugo has gone awry and has evolved further.

When Tosaka sparks the curse mark for himself and evolves his body to a mammoth level, he gets Jugo to give into his curse power in order to gain the strength. With this new power, Jugo utterly decimates Tosaka.

When Tosaka grabs Naruto and nearly chokes him, he continues to badger Jugo in order to get him to go berserk. Jugo tried to help Boruto without fall victim to his curse power once more, but Tosaka’s new monstrous form proved too strong.

His edges are finer, and his bone protrusions are more prominent. This is further emboldened by how the power boost Jugo gets in this form as he breaks apart Tosaka’s limbs and bone protrusions.

The sequel, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is set several years after the events of the original Naruto story and features the children of many of its key characters such as Naruto and Hinata.

Boruto: Naruto Generations is available to watch.

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Apr 22

Pidilite Dr. Fixit’s latest TVCs showcase the talent and creativity of Indian animation industry

Posted in: Animation

The latest Pidilite Dr. Fixit ad campaign which is grabbing eyeballs during the IPL breaks is a work of art. Exaggerating the reality of leaking ceilings in a middle class house, the creative team has managed to make the ad look funny and relatable at the same time. Conceptualised beautifully, the latest Dr. Fixit advertisement is produced by Crocoise Films and the amazing animation is done by Vaibhav More Films.

Prasoon Pandey, the director of the ad film was keen on making the advertisement appealing with funny yet believable graphics. Executive producer Cyrus Pagdiwala got in touch with Vaibhav More Films, who created the entire animation project in a open source software, Blender.

The technique used in creating the visuals is known as rotomation, and is now gaining popularity in India. AnimationXpress got a chance to talk with Vaibhav More Films founder Vaibhav More, about the entire process of creating a TVC including CG/animation. “We had only two weeks to prepare before the shoot. The entire team during the shoot and in the studio was very co-operative,” he said.

The TVC which sees humans turned into sea creatures also casts Amitabh Bachchan. While talking about Amitabh Bachchan’s professionalism, Vaibhav More Films founder Vaibhav More mentioned,”With his energy level and professional attitude, the entire shoot scheduled for two days was completed in a single day and we got an extra day for CG work.”

More did the designing, texturing and animation of characters. His team member Rohan Bhalerao created the characters, rigged and rendered them. Pravin Badiger, an intern at Vaibhav More Films did motion matching, while Nitin Patil who has worked on Baahubali final sequence, worked as a freelance compositer.

More and his team took exactly one month to complete four advertisements, out of which three were selected for the campaign. Three ads include water creatures like turtle, frog and octopus. The campaign was loved all over and received appreciation from the client Pidilite. “Client kept asking in which country the animation was done, which was a proud moment. My team is a good example to show what Indians can do in animation,” More added proudly.

The TVCs are an output from the Ogilvy advertising agency. The talents involved in the making of the ad also include copywriters Talha Bin Mohsin and Arnab Choudhury, DOP Sylvester Fonseca, line producer Geeta Laxman, art director Teepee Abid, art asst Sandeep Sharma, production manager Sandeep Chougule, prod. team Sushaant Raja, Agnelo Dí’Souza, offline editor Davinder Konsal, post supervisor Ankur Bharat Patel, CG/animation: Vaibhav More Films’ Satendra Wanjare and Nachiket Gogia amongst others.

More and his team showed the animation industry what astonishing work can be created using open source software. He wishes to give back to the community and share knowledge about these software in India. He dreams of opening up an institute to teach the aspiring animators and make them understand more about the open source community.

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Apr 22

“Both TV and OTT will continue to grow and our job is to give our children nice and interesting content,” : Rajiv Chilaka on ‘Kalari Kids’ being acquired by POGO

Posted in: Animation

After its successful three season run on Amazon Prime Video, animated series, Kalari Kids, from the house of Green Gold Animation (makers of Chhota Bheem), has been taken up by POGO which premiered on 15 April.

Available in Tamil, Hindi and English, Kalari Kids combines the old-world charm and warmth of India with new-age sassiness and fun! The animation style is unique and has a raw, tribal feeling which is something new for the kids to experience.

Exclaims Green Gold Animation founder and CEO Rajiv Chilaka, “We are very excited. We have a long standing relationship with POGO and it is a pleasure to accompany them on another adventure with Kalari Kids. The shows have been created with power packed animation and a wonderful storyline.”

Rajiv Chilaka

Set in the enchanted jungle of Kalaripuram which is full of magic and secrets, thrilling stunts and action, the series revolves around the adventures of Kalari Kids after having learnt the ancient martial art form-Kalaripayattu from Kerala that has three variants – Arappa Kay, Pilla Thangi, and Vatta Thiripp. This martial art form is expected to build strength and character in children.

Talking about why did Green Gold Animation specifically focus on a martial art form for a kids show, Chilaka revealed, “During the ideation stage, we were exploring various topics, especially in ancient art. That’s when we chanced upon Kalaripayattu. Being one of the oldest martial-art form to exist in the world, we thought it would be a delight to showcase this to our younger audience and weave an adventure around it. We also feel that this is our way of contributing to the revival of this art form which has existed since ages and is slowly been taken over by modernisation. It deserves a bigger platform and thus our endeavour.”

The synopsis of the story goes like:

Beenu, Meena, Shyam, Unni and Ami who are often pitted against Team Guru Veta’s Raaka, Dhaana, Mani, Lekha, Langot and Monster. While Guru Palan believes in bringing the best out of his students with light hearted methods, valuing their age and innocence, Guru Veta believes in a rigid military form of training. After their training sessions in Kalaripayattu are over, the kids go back to their regular life and enjoy playing pranks on each other.

Running all the complete three seasons on POGO, Kalari Kids attempts to draw more audience through its visual direction which is inspired by and brings to life the beauty of traditional Indian paintings. The dynamic paneling and high-contrast style promise an exciting and one-of-a-kind experience for young fans. The Kalari theme song too, is fun-filled and infuses Indian classical music with modern catchy tunes.

The format of the show is 52 X 11’ 2D HD episodes and is created using Toon Boom Storyboard Pro for the storyboard and Adobe Flash for the animation.

What also attracts our attention about this acquisition is that, after its successful stint with the leading OTT platform, the animated series is now available on linear television that anticipates to reach out to a wider audience.

Speaking about the television premiere of Kalari Kids on POGO, Turner India managing director Siddharth Jain comments, “We constantly aim to offer kid friendly content to create a deeper connect with our audience, through homegrown and localised shows that play a critical role in POGO’s programming strategy. We are certain that Kalari Kids will reach out to and strengthen our engagement with our little fans.”

“As of today, the reach of linear TV is much higher than OTT platforms. This show premiered on OTT platform and was loved by the kids and with POGO, Kalari Kids will have a much wider and bigger audience. We feel both TV and OTT will continue to grow and our job is to give our children nice and interesting content,” adds Chilaka on the similar line.

Animation in India is gradually becoming ‘mainstream’ from the periphery with amazing work being made. The OTT platforms too are observed to have been inclined towards relatable and high quality animated content. Though the OTT allure is real and beneficial, linear television channels too are leaving no stone unturned to up their game, made more pertinent by this acquisition.

As ardent animation admirers, we hope all this turns out to be greater and better for the Indian animation industry!

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Apr 22

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Apr 22

Building a brand of diversity with Jordan Lyle

Posted in: Animation

In this Motionographer Q&A, we chat with Jordan Lyle about his career and how he balances his motion design jobs whilst managing his new personal brand, ‘For The Culture Club’.

Apr 20

Twentieth Century Fox cancels Marvel’s ‘The Gifted’ after only two seasons

Posted in: Animation

Another Marvel television show bites the dust as Fox cancels The Gifted after only two seasons.

Set in Marvel’s X-Men universe, the spin-off series on mutants just premiered its season two finale last month, and now that will serve as the last of the series.

The Twentieth Century Fox production, based on Marvel comics, generated lukewarm response since it first premier in 2017. But the second season posted worse figures as the viewership declined by another 40% to witness less than two million viewers.

The Gifted, starring Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Natalie Alyn Lind, Percy Hynes White, Sean Teale, Jamie Chung, Emma Dumont, Blair Redford and Coby Bell, followed episodes of a suburban couple whose life is turned upside down when they realise their teenage children have supernatural powers, before the threat of local government sees the family join forces with other mutants in a fight for survival.

Matt Nix, Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, and Marvel’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory served as executive producers.

Just about three weeks ago, Disney acquired Fox in a big billion deal, and this merger makes the franchise’s reboot appear to be a longshot.

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Apr 19

Disney reveals pocket-sized stuffed toys collection – Disney Parks Wishables

Posted in: Animation

Disney has launched a line of tiny, cute stuffed toys that are designed like our favourite characters.

Named as Disney Parks Wishables, these pocket-sized collection (under six inches), features soft plush animals and characters, inspired by attractions at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort.

Source : People

The characters in the collection range from Mickey and Minnie Mouse to Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage and even Pirates of the Caribbean. Even Mickey-shaped foods, like a stuffed version of an ice cream cone and popsicle are included in the launch.

Most Wishables come in a blind bag, which means one has no idea which character you’re getting when you purchase it, but the bags are labeled by collection.

Source : People

However, characters like Stitch, Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse Ice Cream Cone, Nemo, and the Pirates of the Caribbean Dog with keys are available for purchase as single items without the element of surprise.

Keeping in line with traditional limited release products and blind bag items, Disney has set a limit of 10 wishables per guest with no refunds, returns or exchanges. Expected to release each month over the next six months, each product is expected to be on shelves for three to six months.

These wishables are available for $9.99 each at Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort and Disney Springs, as well as online on shopdisney.com.

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IAMAI all set to host second edition of GATO conference

‘Bharat’s trailer looks loaded with VFX-rich imagery

JetSynthesys forays in the casual gaming segment with the launch of ‘Ludo Live: World Tour’

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations discloses new transformation

Pidilite Dr. Fixit’s latest TVCs showcase the talent and creativity of Indian animation industry

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