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Todor & Petru (CRCR : 10 years)
This year the french animation crew of CRCR is celebrating its 10th anniversary (send them lovely messages on their Instagram account, where they started to share souvenirs).CRCR is a team of 6 former Gobelins students : Rémi Bastie, Nicolas Dehghani, Paul Lacolley, Kévin Manach, Nicolas Pegon and Jérémy Pires.I always loved their work, and I wanted to share with you some materials of "Todor & Petru", their first hit (made in 2010 dur...
Focus On : Satoshi Kon
Satoshi Kon passed away 10 years ago, on August 24th 2010.He was 46.I set up a memorial page on Catsuka, in his memory :https://www.catsuka.com/focuson/satoshi_konAbove in the video : the last words of Satoshi Kon, from his final letter.I miss you, Mr Kon.See you in my dreams.
Catsuka Player accounts : Early access !
Dear patrons,I'll soon launch a new feature on the Catsuka Player : user accounts !And here's an early access link to create your account before everyone else :-]https://www.catsuka.com/player/user/By registering on Catsuka Player, you'll be able to :- add favorites- sort your favorites- watch your favorites as a playlist- embed your playlist on your website- find your favorites on Catsuka Player homepageDon't hesitate to write to...
Catsuka 20th anniversary : online presents & surprises
Dear Patrons,Yesterday, Catsuka turned 20 !Originally created in 1999 as an intranet, I put the website online on May 30th 2000.To celebrate this 20th anniversary, I created a special website and started to post presents & surprises :https://www.catsuka.com/20years/Artists are making animations & fanarts based on Catsuka's mascots, which I'll publish during all this year (if you want to take part, there's an information page).> "M...
Catsuka 20th anniversary + Catsuka 10th anniversary TV show
Dear patrons,I hope you're all good in this complicated period of Covid-19.This year, Catsuka will celebrate its 20th anniversary (I launched a call for artists interested to play with Catsuka's mascots trough animations and fanarts).And on my Patreon, I wanted to share with you a special TV program I directed 10 years ago for Catsuka 10th anniversary. It was broadcasted on Nolife TV channel, where I used to make my fortnightly Catsuka TV...
A list of free services (work/entertainment) during Covid-19 outbreak
I gathered a list of special offers for people (and artists) during the Covid-19 outbreak (see links for France below).# For artists / students / studios :- Adobe Creative Cloud is free for students until May 31.- Toonboom is offering a free 30-day home use license for studios and schools.- Avid is offering a free 90-day license for Media Composer (Pro Tools, Media Composer...).- Apple is extending Final Cut Pro X free trial to 90 days (instead o...
Gobelins/Catsuka website (Update)
Dear Patrons,I hope you're all fine during this difficult period.Today I made an update of my Catsuka special website dedicated to Gobelins french animation school.https://www.catsuka.com/gobelins/On this website you can watch more than 350 films and archives related to this school, from 1985 to 2020 (graduation short films, Annecy openings, FX exercices, CanalJ short films, and many other films and archives).Some of these videos are not avai...
Happy New Year !
Dear patrons,I wish you an Happy New Year !Hope you'll get everything you wish for 2020.And THANK YOU for supporting me and Catsuka.I have many plans for next year, stay tuned !Tsuka[ Catsuka's mascot fanart by Odelyne ]
Catsukids - Update
Hi !I made an update of Catsukids.http://www.catsukids.comCatsukids is a website dedicated to animated short films for children.You can sort the films by age (0-4 years old, 4-7 years old, over 7 years old).You can now find more than 250 short films.And the website is now in responsive design.Thanks for your support on Patreon.MarcNote : short films available on Catsukids come from Catsuka Player.
Catsuka Special (video report) : Yoichi Kotabe & Heidi in Switzerland
Dear patrons,Here's an early access to a Catsuka content that was produced thanks to your support on Patreon.This is a "Catsuka Special" video report (with english subtitles) dedicated to legendary japanese animator Yoichi Kotabe, who traveled in Switzerland some weeks ago to visit "Heidi in Japan" exhibition that took place in Zurich National Museum from july to october 2019.Yoichi Kotabe worked on Heidi TV series (1974) with...
The Legend of Hei - Artworks (early access)
Hi patrons !As you probably know, one of the oldest category on Catsuka's website is called "Gengal", where I host more than 180 galleries of character-designs & artworks from various animated works (I often find such images on auctions websites).Next week I'll launch a new gallery dedicated to "The Legend of Hei" chinese animated feature film, and as a gift for you here is the private link (not yet listed on Catsuka) to d...
A Tribute to Satoshi Kon (2011 Exhibition)
It's been 8 years since I made an exhibition dedicated to the memory of Satoshi Kon (for french Japan Expo festival), where many french artists paid their tribute to this awesome director who died at 46.All the illustrations of this exhibition are still available online here :https://www.catsuka.com/satoshikon/en/tributesYou can also watch here a little trailer for this exhibition which was aired on Nolife TV channel :https://vimeo.com/347170...
Catsuka's Best of May 2019 (Video)
Dear patrons,You were just charged for the 1st time by Patreon for your support to Catsuka, thank you a lot !It's a monthly support, and you're free to change the amount of your contribution whenever you want.Also, I just made a new video for you, Catsuka's Best of May 2019, available in this post (click on the picture above).It's a video montage of some animations featured on Catsuka last month.Related links :The Mighty Grand Pit...
Catsuka Theater : Update & Introduction Video
Hello patrons !First I would like to thank you so much for your support since I launched this Patreon page last week !It means a lot to me.I want to keep you informed about Catsuka updates, so please note that I made a huge update of "Catsuka Theater" today : I just added 150 new trailers of worldwide animated feature films.https://www.catsuka.com/theater/I created the Catsuka Theater in 2015, because I love to watch trailers again. I wan...
Patreon opening!
Welcome to my Patreon page !By becoming a "patron" you'll provide a global support in everything I undertake with Catsuka.This week Patreon launched a new "Lite" plan without tiers, I chose this option because I don't have a lot more to offer than keeping to share my love (and updates) on Catsuka websites.But I do want to make some special contents for you here :-]If you have any ideas or suggestions, please leave a commen...
