Wednesday 5 August 2015

iNews for the Mid-Week

It's Wednesday - hang on - the weekend will be here soon! Meanwhile, take a break and get updated on some curated news.

Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki works on new CG Animation

Hayao Miyazaki is trying to make a short with CG to screen at the Ghilbli Museum. He said "I intend to work until the day I die. I retired from feature-length films but not from animation. Self-indulgent animation," he said at the time in reference to his short films for the Ghilbli Museum. Read more here.

Take a closer look at the storytelling techniques of Hayao Miyazaki, one of Japan's greatest animation directors.

If you are attending largest Computer Graphics event in Asia, SIGGRAPH Asia, in Kobe, Japan in November 2015, do take the opportunity to visit Ghilbli Museum in Tokyo. Tokyo is just 160 minutes direct train ride by Shinkansen  (Japan's high-speed train). Imaging exploring the world of Hayao Miyazaki and the strange buildings which often appear in his films.


Check out this pretty awesome video featuring all 20 animations from the studio put together by over 20 animators from Thailand.



gamescom Cologne - Next Level of Entertainment

Happening from 5 to 9 August; gamescom is the world's largest computer and video game event with a total area of 193,000 gross square meters of exhibit space. Find out who are exhibiting.



Square Enix, IP owner of FINAL FANTASY, DRAGON QUEST and TOMB RAIDER, has announced its lineup of titles for gamescom. Read on. The publisher together with its peers from Oculus Story Studio,  Activision Blizzard, SEGA, etc., will be presenting a workshop on "R&D in the Video Game Industry" at SIGGRAPH Asia which will be held from 2 - 5 November in Kobe, Japan. Click here to register for SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Kobe. gamescom Cologne and SIGGRAPH Asia is both organized by Koelnmesse.


Visiting Cologne, Germany for gamescom? Forget about the usual guide and read here for a pretty cool Hipster Guide to Cologne.

My personal favorite is this awesome view which I am going to end today's post with - enjoy!
Source: viator.com

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