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The Animation & More Summit, India's premier platform for animation, creativity, and technology, returns for its 8th edition on 28th & 29th August 2026. Centered around the theme "India to the World: Creating Global IPs for the Next Generation," the Summit explores how Indian creators, studios, and brands can transform local stories into globally recognized intellectual properties.
Bringing together industry leaders, content creators, technology innovators, investors, and policymakers, the event serves as a hub for ideas, partnerships, and business opportunities that drive the future of animation and entertainment. The 2026 edition will also feature an International Pavilion, fostering global collaborations and showcasing opportunities from key international markets.
Two days of industry conversations, creative showcases, insightful keynotes and fresh perspectives across animation, IP and anime.
GenAI animation in India is projected to grow from $61M to $931M by 2033. But behind the numbers: which workflows have genuinely been transformed, which AI promises haven't landed, and what does the person in the middle of it feel? As AI automates rigging, in-betweening, rotoscoping, and background generation, the industry faces urgent questions about fair pay, attribution, and what "creative work" means for the next generation of animators.
What does it take to bring a global animated series to life, shot by shot? This session takes the audience behind the making of Wolf King Season 2, offering a look at Assemblage Entertainment’s work across animation, FX, lighting and compositing. The session will explore the creative and technical challenges involved in taking a shot from animation through to the final image, how different departments collaborate through the process, and the problem-solving that goes into delivering cinematic animation at scale.
From Chhota Bheem to Ramayana adaptations crossing into global streaming catalogs — what makes Indian mythological and cultural IP uniquely scalable, and what keeps most of it from crossing over?
Muse Asia has transformed how content is distributed, monetised, and localised across pan-Asian regions via direct-to-consumer digital channels and syndication infrastructure.
Closed-door roundtable with MIDCCA (Maharashtra Immersive Digital Content Creators Association) inside the Meet & Greet Area
The traditional TV broadcast advertising market has plateaued, forcing production houses to rapidly adapt to digital-first, streaming-centric, and AVOD economic models.
What does it take to build a global children’s IP from India? In this talk, Pooja Jauhari shares how EMOMEE is strategically building a character-led entertainment universe for a generation growing up in an increasingly complex world. At its heart is a simple belief: the skills children will need most - curiosity, confidence, adaptability, emotional intelligence and critical thinking- can be built through stories they genuinely love. By putting super-fun cartoons first and learning almost invisibly underneath, EMOMEE is building for global relevance, cultural resonance and a world where meaningful screen time can also be wildly entertaining.
Studios that built on outsourcing now face smaller global budgets, cautious commissioning, and capital-intensive IP development. What does a viable transition model look like? Who has actually pulled it off?
Anil NM Wanvari | Founder & Editor-in-Chief, AnimationXpress
Aby John | Co-founder & COO, 88 Pictures
Media organizations face explosive growth in video, streaming, and rendering workloads that strain traditional infrastructure. This roundtable addresses key bottlenecks-storage throughput, network egress, and compute elasticity-across the media pipeline, from ingest and transcoding to distribution. It highlights how Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) addresses these challenges through high-performance bare-metal compute, low-latency networking, and predictable, low-cost egress, enabling media companies to burst workloads on demand without the cost penalties typical of other cloud providers.
Closed-Door Roundtable | Inside Meeting Room (By Invitation Only)
Modern animation monetisation lives far beyond the screen. Character loyalty translates into billions in merchandising, apparel, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), and retail integrations.
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Independent artists take the stage for a 15-minute showcase, presenting their artwork and walking the audience through their creative process. They will share the inspiration behind their work, the evolution of their artistic style, and the journey behind each piece, followed by a brief interaction.
IP development is capital-intensive and risky. Where does the money come from in 2026? VCs, international co-production deals, government incentive stacking, and what financing models other markets have cracked that India hasn't yet.
A candid conversation with Arjun Madhavan on building a globally competitive animation studio from India. The fireside chat will explore the evolution of Assemblage Entertainment, the changing global animation landscape, the role of talent and technology, and what it takes for Indian studios to move from delivering global content to creating stories and IP that resonate with audiences worldwide.
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As AI automates rigging, in-betweening, rotoscoping, and background generation, the industry faces urgent questions about fair pay, attribution, and what "creative work" means for the next generation of animators.
What does it take to bring one of India’s biggest cinematic universes to the global world of animation? The creators unpack the vision and craft behind Baahubali: The Eternal War, a global animated expansion of the Baahubali films, bringing together studios from around the world to create an epic new chapter, including a special traditional Japanese 2D sequence by Studio Khara.
This panel discussion will feature anime industry professionals from Japan and India, exploring the animation production process, industry trends, audience preferences, and opportunities for future collaboration.
Box office metrics have shattered traditional ceilings. Internationally, Demon Slayer crossed over ₹6,000 crores globally (doing over ₹100 crores in India alone). Domestically, Narsimha crossed the ₹300 crore mark. With over 30 Indian animated feature films slated for 2027 and 2028, the financial stakes are unprecedented.
Emerging studios present their original IPs through a series of 5-minute showcases. Each presentation will be followed by a 25-minute live discussion on the day-to-day functioning of their studios and their recent or upcoming projects.
Senior animation directors, technical directors, and experienced rigging artists are genuinely scarce. But why? A deep-dive into the gap between animation education and industry-ready output- and what studios, institutions, and government must each own.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Kannada film 666: Operation Dream Theatre, as Kartik Mahajan shares the creative and technical journey behind bringing its striking visuals to life, from concept and design to execution on screen.
Independent artists take the stage for a 15-minute showcase, presenting their artwork and walking the audience through their creative process. They will share the inspiration behind their work, the evolution of their artistic style, and the journey behind each piece, followed by a brief interaction.
In the hyper-optimisation of monetisation, analytics, and toy merchandising, modern animation frequently risks becoming formulaic, cold, and repetitive.
Meet the visionaries who have shared insights, inspired innovation, and helped shape the future of the industry.
