Some of the most interesting moments at any edition of the Annecy Animation Festival come from cross-pollination – seeing the tangible influences of international animation. One such example is “Dragon Striker,” an upcoming series from Disney EMEA produced by Chouette Studios. In a Studio Focus session at MIFA, the creative team behind the series spoke plainly about the show’s heavy anime influence.
Co-creator and producer Sylvain Dos Santos was upfront about this influence, not just on “Dragon Striker” but on all of Chouette’s work. He described the studio, with 200 artists, 75 of them animators, as having been founded by people who adored Japanese animation and comics and dreamed
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