About AWN
Since early 1996, Animation World Network (AWN) has kept the animation industry informed, entertained and inspired through comprehensive and incisive news, editorial and feature coverage of the marketplace, people, products, services and industry events. AWN currently enjoys the position of being the leading and most respected publishing group within the international animation community. A look at AWN’s historical publishing philosophy clearly demonstrates the foresight to publish quality content for a well-defined community. Beginning from our inception in 1995, and continuing today, AWN remains the visionary leader in Internet animation news and information publishing.
AWN was founded by people who are passionate about animation, with a deep foundation and commitment to the business. Our vision is to bridge the physical boundaries that separate people with a wide-ranging array of interesting and entertaining animation-related information. AWN’s goal is to provide the professional and enthusiast communities a comprehensive assembly of the best animation resources that exist today, in an interactive and enjoyable environment.
Everything About Animation, All in One Place
AWN is unique, not only on the Internet, but within the animation community. Currently, AWN receives well over 150,000 unique visitors from more than 100 different countries each month. VFXWorld (VFXWorld.com) is a leading visual effects and 3D animation portal website. XSIBase (XSIBase.com) is the leading website devoted to supporting the world’s Softimage XSI community. AWN’s online Animation Industry Database (AIDB.com) is the most comprehensive animation and visual effects business guide available. Our Animation Flash is the only weekly subscription-based industry e-mail newsletter delivering the latest news to the animation community. The AWN Spotlight and VFXNewswire e-mail newsletters each bring article abstracts, news headlines, event notices and job listings, as well as site and AWN affiliate news, to over 50,000 people each week. Teamed with our flagship Animation World Magazine, these publications help make AWN the largest animation and visual effects-related publishing group on the Internet.
