Sony's Rise in 3D Animation 🎬

How is Sony Pictures Animation becoming the king of 3D animation? And is this the end of the Disney/Pixar era?

Learn how award winning movies such as The Spider-Verse & Kpop Demon Hunters utilize Autodesk Maya and industry workflows with keyframe animation, rigging, and more!

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Timestamps

00:01 SPA Intro
01:11 KPop Demon Hunters
04:25 The Mitchells vs. The Machines
08:19 Class Creatives Masterclass Access
09:03 The Spider-Verse
11:40 Sony Pictures Animation
13:07 Conclusion

This video features the work from the following artists:

http://www.alexmchiu.com/ Alex Chiu
https://eunicho.com/ Euni Cho
https://www.artstation.com/nachomolina Nacho Molina
https://www.aliciamchan.com/ Alicia Cha
https://www.scottwatanabeart.com/
https://feliciaroseart.com/ Felicia Rose
https://vimeo.com/user6957789 Eric De Carolis
https://vimeo.com/dceballos Daniel Ceballos
https://x.com/mikeynetics Mikey Wong
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8284344/ Charlie Gordon-Ratzlaff
https://vimeo.com/yishenli Yishen Li
https://vimeo.com/eresantos Ere Santos
https://vimeo.com/hannacho Hanna Cho
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/nideep-varghese Nideep Varghese
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseyolivares Lindsey Olivares
https://www.instagram.com/han_euiyoung/ Han Euiyoung
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/nir-avital Nir Avital
https://vimeo.com/annagopin Anna Gopin
https://www.instagram.com/patyuwang/ Yu Wang
https://vimeo.com/kmac34 Kevin MacLean
https://vimeo.com/leachervet Lea Charvet
https://vimeo.com/user44980333 Chatrasal Singh
https://www.instagram.com/stodoestudios David Stodolny
https://www.jmartinsen.com/ Jason Martinsen
https://x.com/michaelrianda - Michael Rianda
https://www.artstation.com/christopherwright_sculpts

Technical information resources:
https://m.entertain.naver.com/home/article/109/0005335485
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/the-directors-of-kpop-demon-hunters-take-us-backstage-of-their-netflix-sony-showstopper/
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/the-directors-of-kpop-demon-hunters-discuss-the-unexpected-challenges-of-making-an-animated-k-pop-film-247998.html
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/wish-disney-animation/
https://www.animationmentor.com/blog/behind-the-animation-of-the-mitchells-vs-the-machines/
https://www.indiewire.com/sketch-to-screen/mitchells-vs-machines-making-of-1234700558/
https://www.animationmentor.com/blog/behind-the-animation-of-the-mitchells-vs-the-machines/
https://blog.siggraph.org/2021/12/the-handmade-look-of-the-mitchells-vs-the-machines.html/

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