Women executives in leadership positions are pushing animated juggernauts forward. Parity progress is happening, but not fast ...

Body shapes in animated female characters have become more complex and varied in the last several years, according to a new study by University of Connecticut graduate researcher Rebecca Rowe. Rowe, a ...

For people of a certain generation, growing up female meant it was hard to find characters like yourself on screen. Girls in cartoons weren’t exactly rare, but most of the exciting, popular cartoons ...

This year’s leading animated films take us from the crowded streets of Victorian-era London to far off lands where dragons roam. Though their storytelling and locations couldn’t be more different, ...

Production designer Helen Chen added that the team studied exaggerated anime expressions, using a style they called ...