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AnimationXpress :: Takshaa gets Edexcel accreditation for indigenously created program

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:23:30 +0000 - Original Article –> Here Having taken a pure and classical approach to animation education, Bangalore based ‘TAKSHAA [...]

Admissions Open : June 2009

Thu, 21 May 2009 19:21:52 +0000 - The admissions office has begun to accept applications for the semster starting June 2009. A new admissions cycle has begun and our applicant pool is beginning to take shape.  We have such an extraordinary community of artists here that the prospect of adding to them is thrilling. Take a look at the student work uploaded [...]

Business Standard

Wed, 20 May 2009 09:12:06 +0000 - Our Bureau / Bangalore October 05, 2005 Manu Ittina, the animation artist who worked on Hollywood blockbusters like ‘Shrek 2’ and ‘Madagascar’, has set up his studio complex Ittina in Bangalore. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Manu Ittina said the facility, located at Whitefield, would see animation artists from across the globe coming together to [...]

Financial Express : Superior technology key to developing top-end animation studios

Wed, 20 May 2009 09:01:23 +0000 - Posted: 2006-05-20 00:00:00+05:30 IST Updated: May 20, 2006 at 0000 hrs IST : The Ittina Animation Studios is a studio with state-of-the-art creative, technical and production capabilities and the goal to foster a new generation of animation storytelling in India. Manu Ittina, who set up the studio in October 2005 [...]

Hindu : Make Art Jump To Life

Wed, 20 May 2009 08:57:37 +0000 - Make art jump to life Rasheed Kappan Students of animation have to master digital compositing, lighting, lip sync and much more. Photo: AP Watching illustrated characters get life, walk, run, talk, act like all of us is a fascinating sight to behold. Movies of the likes of Finding Nemo, Bug’s Life and Toy Story had our [...]

Hindu: Bringing Hollywood quality to Indian animation

Wed, 20 May 2009 05:47:46 +0000 - DREAM WORK: Manu Ittina. Photo: Murali Kumar K. Manu Ittina, director of Ittina studio, an animation studio in Bangalore returned from Dreamworks, after a five year stint in Hollywood, to set up Takshaa, an animation training institute. Education Plus quizzed him on the scope of the industry in India. What prompted [...]

Hindu: Drawing Inspiration

Wed, 20 May 2009 05:45:18 +0000 - Four differently-abled youngsters studying in a Bangalore animation school are all set to prove that nothing can stop them from getting what they want PHOTO: K. GOPINATHAN DRAWING INSPIRATION Their hearing impairment has not in any way dampened their enthusiasm for learning Their lines are lucid and they are most articulate with the pencil [...]

IndiaEduNews: British varsity to train Indian multimedia students

Wed, 20 May 2009 05:37:26 +0000 - Bangalore: University of Teesside, a leading British university at Middlesborough in northeast England, will train students of Takshaa Academy for the Artist in multimedia, animation and gaming under an agreement signed here Monday by the two partners. In a statement, Teeside deputy vice-chancellor Cliff Allan said the partnership was aimed at producing graduates with proficiency in [...]

Interview of Manu Ittina in The Hindu

Wed, 20 May 2009 05:32:20 +0000 - Interview of Manu Ittina in The Hindu All animated about the future - The Hindu – Sept 14th 2005 Manu Ittina dreams big for a 25-year-old. The animator, who has made his mark in Hollywood, is now dreaming of turning India into a destination for original animation. You seen Marty the zebra making an announcement on the shell-microphone? Or [...]