Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Recent animated game adaptations have crushed it with fans like Arcane or at the box office with Sonic. Making them is hard though: these games have rabid existing fanbases much larger than comics, the games are still ongoing, some have thin story, and Hollywood + games have had a storied history with many previously failed film adaptations. Hear from the creatives, who adapt these beloved IP into animation, share how they do it well.

PANELISTS
Clay Kaytis instagram.com/the_animation_podcast
Fergal Reilly https://x.com/reilly_fergal, imdb.com/name/nm0717678
Jony Chandra instagram.com/jonychandra
Katherine MacDonald linkedin.com/in/kquinnmacdonald
Patrick Osborne instagram.com/posborne
Moderator: Maureen Fan linkedin.com/in/maureen-fan/, instagram.com/baobabstudios

This presentation was recorded live at LightBox Expo 2025 in Pasadena, CA.
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