Newsbytes archive for June 2026

Contributors this month include 2cross2affliction, dronon, earthfurst, EberraWolf, and Sonious. Also, Happy Canada Day!

2cross2affliction: Mebh and the Wolf Pups, a spinoff of Wolfwalkers (admittedly for pre-schoolers), is in the works from Cartoon Saloon, though in the very early stages.

earthfurst: Calgary high school students invent a (cat-inspired) wearable mechanical tail to help people with Parkinson's disease to maintain their balance. Longer video (7 min 31 sec) at CBC News Alberta's YouTube channel.

dronon: The Seattle Opera hosted a furry night! ... Sounds like it went well! [tip: Tempe O'Kun]

Sonious: Another view of the Furality Ultra firework show will take you to the tip of the wings of a cat ship. How to get there.

dronon: Teaser trailer for Gatto.

EberraWolf: FurAffinity is paying attention to bot developers and is going to have a developer API while adjusting its policy on automated activity.

2cross2affliction: Vivienne "Vivziepop" Medrano, creator of Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel, will be directing a feature film, Prehistoria, which may contain anthro dinosaurs, for Warner Bros. Animation.

dronon: A campaign to get dot-furry as a top-level domain. [Edit: The crowdfunding website.]

2cross2affliction: DreamWorks' upcoming movie, Forgotten Island, has released a trailer showing off Raww, the ... dog boy? [Comment from Dronon: CartoonBrew has posted a lot of Annecy festival coverage, where Forgotten Island received a five-minute audience ovation!]