# Animation World Network

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Online publishing agency dedicated to animation

Animation World Network Type of site News, animation Owner Ron Diamond and Dan Sarto Created by Ron Diamond and Dan Sarto URL awn.com Commercial No Registration Not available Launched April 1, 1996; 30 years ago (1996-04-01) Current status Active

**Animation World Network** (often just "**AWN**") is an online publishing group that specializes in resources for [animators](/source/Animator), with an extensive [website](/source/Website) offering news, articles, and links for professional animators and animation fans.[1][2][3]

## Content

Specifically, AWN covers animator profiles, independent film distribution, major animation studio activities, licensing, CGI and other animation technologies, as well as current events in all fields of animation.

AWN also publishes print magazines. The magazines are ***Animation World***,[4] dedicated to animation in general, and ***VFX World***,[5] which focuses on special effects and [computer-generated imagery](/source/Computer-generated_imagery).

## History

Co-owner Ron Diamond at [WonderCon](/source/WonderCon) 2022

In 1995, [Ron Diamond](/source/Ron_Diamond) partnered with Dan Sarto and founded the Animation World Network. A year after *[Toy Story](/source/Toy_Story)* debuted, Sarto and Diamond produced their first issue. Ron explained that they decided to publish it online instead of in print, as there were not many journalists publishing articles on the Internet during the 1990s, and also that the animators at the time were still exploring the emerging technology when it came to computer animation in films and TV series.[6]

## See also

- *[Cartoon Brew](/source/Cartoon_Brew)*

- *[Animation Magazine](/source/Animation_Magazine)*

- [History of animation](/source/History_of_animation)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Welcome"](https://web.archive.org/web/19961029165101/http://www.awn.com/). *AWN.com*. Animation World Network. Archived from [the original](http://www.awn.com/) on 1996-10-29. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Animation World Magazine"](https://web.archive.org/web/20010509141250/http://mag.awn.com:80/). *AWN.com*. Animation World Network. Archived from [the original](http://mag.awn.com:80/) on 2001-05-09. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Verrier, Richard (June 8, 2010). ["Technicolor Shows Its Creative Side"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-08-la-fi-ct-technicolor-20100608-story.html). *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120618071540/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/08/business/la-fi-ct-technicolor-20100608) from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2015-03-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Zahed, Ramin (February 12, 2001). ["Review: 'Animation World Network'"](https://variety.com/2001/digital/reviews/animation-world-network-1200466821/). *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220328225853/https://variety.com/2001/digital/reviews/animation-world-network-1200466821/) from the original on 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2015-03-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Breznican, Anthony](/source/Anthony_Breznican) (March 18, 2007). ["'Shrek': The More the Merrier"](http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-05-17-shrek_N.htm). *[USA Today](/source/USA_Today)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085527/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-05-17-shrek_N.htm) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Drawing 'Em In"](https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2008/sep/22/drawing-em-in/). *[Los Angeles Business Journal](/source/Los_Angeles_Business_Journal)*. September 21, 2008. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210509105615/https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2008/sep/22/drawing-em-in/) from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2020-08-13.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.awn.com)

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