Next Animation Studio

Next Animation Studio (formerly Next Media Animation)
Native name
formerly 蘋果動新聞
formerly Píngguǒ Dòng Xīnwén
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAnimation
GenreComedy
news
ParentNext Digital (formerly called Next Media)

Next Animation Studio (formerly Next Media Animation; Chinese: 蘋果動新聞; pinyin: Píngguǒ Dòng Xīnwén) is a Taiwan-based subsidiary of Hong Kong–based Next Media that creates humorous and simple CGI-animated coverage of recent news stories and sporting events and releases them through TomoNews.[1] The shorts were originally narrated in Mandarin and subsequently subtitled in English; more recent ones are released with Chinese, English, and Japanese narration.

The studio became well-known beyond its Chinese-language audience in 2010, when it covered the revelations of Tiger Woods' extramarital affairs and the JetBlue flight attendant incident,[2] and participated in an online video "feud" with Conan O'Brien.[3] It collaborated with The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in creating a satirical depiction of the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

  1. ^ "About". Next Animation Studio. Retrieved 2017-03-27. Next Animation Studio is the studio behind the innovative news platform TomoNews.
  2. ^ "The Taiwan Company That's Turning News into Cartoons". Time. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original on August 24, 2010.
  3. ^ Damon Brown (8 December 2010). "Conan O'Brien, Taiwan studio in Web-video 'feud'". CNN.