Animation

They should remake or reboot this, Banafsheh Esmailzadeh.

That is awesome. I feel like indie animation is going to have a great run for the next 3 or so years. People have been yearning for something different in storytelling and artistic style.

Rose Dupuis I've been doing my best to avoid everything Avatar, afraid someone is going to spoil it. I figured I may have a few more weeks before I start seeing the entire storyline show up on my newsfeed. I think I'm going to rewatch the first two this weekend and check the new one out while it's still in theaters.

Cyrus Sales, enjoy your weekend marathon of Avatar. No spoiler alerts here

I saw it and enjoyed it more than the last one. It was a bit long and had a bit or repetition, but I definitely enjoyed it.

Kevin Jackson That's my biggest fear is that I'm going to be stuck in the movie theater for hours watching this film. Depending on the movie, I might watch a little and then come back.

Well it was exciting right through and what I loved is that all characters got good screen time. The other and father felt very absent in the last one.

Thanks for sharing the article, Ashley Renee Smith. Movies without dialogue are some of the most moving and gripping films I've seen. I'd like to write one.

Ashley Renee Smith I haven't seen the entire short but sheesh, the little 24-25 second snippet from the article was enough to tug at a couple heart strings.

Congratulations on being one of the ten finalists, Pamela Winfrey! Reach out to the Success Team at success@stage32.com. Geoff and his team can help you connect with managers.

Pamela Winfrey congratulations on being one of the ten finalists! That's huge, I wish you the best of luck on your quest to find a manager.

Anime for the win! The article mentions it and I have noticed there's a lot of Gen Zs who are interested in anime compared to when I was growing up. Honestly being into anime when I was growing up was a social death sentence. A castaway amongst the "cool kids." Now some of my younger peers, cousins and their friends make it the coolest thing - Oh how the times have changed!

I’m looking for people who have had positive experiences.

Hey, Mark Kelly. That's great. I did a script read and 30 min call, and it helped me make my feature script better. It's a live-action script though. Reach out to the Success Team at success@stage32.com. Geoff and his team can help you connect with executives.

Hey Mark, it’s a smart move to pivot toward script reads and direct calls to build those relationships. While my current focus is on a high-concept sci-fi pilot, I've found that Stage 32's 'Executive Search' feature is great for filtering for Disney-adjacent managers. Have you had a chance to look at the 'Animation' category under the Stage 32 script services lately? They often have executives from Disney and DreamWorks doing consultations.

I'm with Mark Kelly on needing to meet with the developers and executives who understand my heartfelt, positive animation TV shows. Disney is my go-to plan for making it happen. It's the only studio that accepts heartfelt animations and provides heart & family values to these that would match my concepts. Give my regards to Geoff and his team as well. I wouldn't want to meet with Netflix or Paramount or any other studios that only care for profited screenplays. I wrote stories by hard-work, integrity, and heart.

Hey Mark Kelly! You're right that some projects are better suited for pitch sessions while others benefit more from consultations (and animation can fall into a unique category.)

As Evan Anglin discussed in the Writers' Room, animation has a much narrower target market than live-action: there are fewer buyers, and they follow very strict mandates (preschool age ranges, STEM requirements, educational value, etc.).

This makes the path to success more specific and nuanced. We're seeing more and more success stories come from consultations rather than pitch sessions because executives have more time to get under the hood of your project, understand your vision, and provide detailed guidance on what's working and what needs adjustment to meet those strict buyer criteria.

For animation specifically, I'd recommend booking a consultation with one of these executives who specialize in the space:

Evan Anglin (Zero Gravity Management, Animation) – You saw from the Writers' Room Q&A how insightful he is about character development and animation

Alison Mann (Fourth Wall Animation)

Clayton Conroy (UTA, Animation)

Ryan Christians (LEGO Group)

Daniel Kendrick (DC Group)

Our Success Team can send you direct links to each of these consultations. Just email us at success@stage32.com and let us know which executives you're most interested in connecting with, or if you'd like recommendations based on your specific project. I'll have the team reach out as well with suggestions.

Happy to help you find the right fit!

Primal is another great show from Genndy Tartakovsky. My favorite Cartoon Network show, though, has to be Rick & Morty. I'm catching up on Bojack Horseman, now, which is a work of genius.

I remember I rewatches Hey Arnold and AH Real Monsters, they were amazing, the writing style feels so well crafted on those shows.

Maurice Vaughan I haven’t met a single adult who watched the show as a child that wasn’t scared by it. I think adults at the time had a funny but odd sense of humor, it's like a horror genre for kids.

Alex Olguin I loved Hey Arnold, always wanted a bedroom like his.

Cyrus Sales Every kids dream. And I liked Arnold as a character, he was moraly active, that is something I see that many current animated characters lack heavily now at days.

Thanks for sharing James Lagrimas

Hope you will be joining us Cyrus!

That's the plan! Hope you are having a wonderful start to the New Year Sydney S.

I really like the concept and title, Mustafa Bayraktar! Inner Universe reminds me of Osmosis Jones and Inside Out, but Inner Universe is its own thing. Maybe make the organs characters or special locations.

Thank you so much, Maurice — really appreciate that.

You’re absolutely right. In Inner Universe, the organs are conceived both as characters and as distinct locations, each with its own function, personality, and narrative role.

The core idea is to make the body feel like a living system where every part matters, especially for a young audience.

Thanks again for the thoughtful feedback.

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Thanks a lot, Maurice — that means a lot.

Yes, the organs are designed as both characters and unique locations, each representing a role within the system of the body.

Appreciate the feedback.

You're welcome, Mustafa Bayraktar. I think Inner Universe will be a hit. I'm looking forward to watching it!

I'm thinking on the magic schoolbus kinf of trip, I loved that show. Or are you gonna give every organ a personality? That actually would be very interesting.

Thanks, Alex!

The Magic School Bus is a great reference in terms of curiosity and learning, but Inner Universe takes a different approach.

Instead of a guided “school trip” inside the body, we’re building an inner world where key organs exist as systems with personality, hierarchy, and conflict — reacting in real time to what happens in the outside world.

Some organs do have personalities, but they’re more symbolic and emotional, not purely cartoonish. The focus is on how internal chaos mirrors real-life moments kids go through.

We want it to feel funny, relatable, and a bit chaotic — because that’s what growing up actually feels like.

Really appreciate the question, it’s exactly the kind of discussion we want around the project.

I've found a lot of value being in the Writers' Room too, Cyrus Sales. The Breakdown Webcast sounds incredible! I'll try and make it.

Maurice Vaughan hope to see you on!

Why would you ask such a question and provide no tech background? We can only guess what is missing or what may go wrong. You either expect quick results - and you are impatient - or you didn't plan for this phase, which can take a lot of time. Don't expect a poor laptop to do the right job, get a good computer with network resources, like power, hard drive space. and memory and find out how long to render 1 minute will take then you get an impression of how long it will take to render the whole stuff you have. And yes, please leave the computer to do the work ... don't surf the net on it while you wait and don't keep any other windows open.

Radu Popp-vinteller happy new year. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. While I understand where you are coming from, your tone is coming across aggressive, with no basis for your assumptions. It is easy to judge someone for being unwarrantedly impatient in your opinion, but please bear in mind that

1. She may not know how long rendering takes. Did you ever stop to think that maybe she has just started out in 3D animation?

2. How do you know what kind of computer she has? Even if she has a low spec computer, how do you know she can afford better right now? Equally, if she has a good computer, if the settings are overkill it will still take long.

3. If she is just starting out, it's very likely, she would not yet know what details to provide. That's why she is here, for our support.

I'm absolutely sure you mean well, but we have to be careful with our words because they can easily discourage people on their journey, or it can cause them to alienate themselves and seek help elsewhere which may be the wrong places. Let's do our best to help each other with a collaborative spirit. I'm certain once she knows more, she will become even more empowered and knowledgeable.

Kevin Jackson and A Happy New Year to you too. Fair enough. I won't pass advice for free in the future, I usually don't. And yes we all had to learn the hard way or if we asked for advice we had to contend with the people trying to help us, not get upset. Providing the details of a problem is level 101. Also, as a matter of fact we don't ALL come from the same background and more importantly, from the same place, and whether you like it or not we don't measure politeness with the same stick that you have. Politeness was implied in the fact that I tried to help honestly and freely and passed valid advice when asked. Might as well keep my mouth shut as you suggested, in this place. Which is fine. Good luck with censoring different approaches to problems we've all had. You wouldn't be American if you didn't think you have a monopoly on that, but not in a world far far away darling.

Radu Popp-vinteller Thanks for understanding. It's unfortunate that you feel censored and that your advice was not appreciated. I love that you recognize that we all don't come from the same background or place. That why we should be more understanding.

I work in informatic and I work with dot clouds and one thing I do to render the cloud in 3d easier in software is to reduce the poligons, in my case I just gather many dots in one and as you zoom in they re-expand, probably finding ways to simplify the textures or something, or even work with smaller pixel can work. I dont' know, if the case allows it of course.