We just lost a legendary animator today 😔 Some animators bring characters to life. Loyd Price helped shape entire worlds that generations grew up loving. 🕊️ Aardman animations has announced the passing of Loyd Price, a gifted animator, mentor and longtime creative force who dedicated more than 30 years to the studio. Over the decades, Price rose to become Aardman’s Head of Animation, helping guide both the performances audiences saw on screen and the generations of animators who followed him. His career stretched across some of stop-motion animation’s most beloved films, including: - Chicken Run — Supervising animator - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — Supervising animator - The Nightmare Before Christmas — Animator - Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave — Animator - Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions — Co-director and writer - Shaun the Sheep Movie — Animation supervisor - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon — Animation supervisor - The Pirates! Band of Misfits — Animation supervisor - Early Man — Animation supervisor - Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death — Animator - Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — Animation supervisor On The Curse of the Were-Rabbit alone, Price led a team of 30 animators, helping bring Wallace, Gromit and an entire cast of characters to life frame by painstaking frame. His work as supervising animator also helped shape Chicken Run, while his career connected Aardman’s classic shorts to its modern feature-film era. Stop-motion is built one tiny movement at a time. Loyd Price spent decades making those movements feel alive, and teaching others how to do the same. The characters will keep moving. His influence will keep moving with them. Rest in paradise, Loyd Price. 🤍

The beloved voice of Ord has sadly passed away today at 85 🕊️ Francisco Reséndez, The veteran voice actor and dubbing director has passed away at the age of 85, leaving behind more than six decades of work that became part of countless childhood memories. Reséndez served as Ord’s voice during the early episodes of Dragon Tales, helping introduce Latin American audiences to the gentle, sometimes nervous dragon whose loyalty to Max, Emmy, Cassie and his friends made him one of the show’s most endearing characters. His career extended far beyond Dragon Land. Reséndez was also remembered as a classic voice of Scooby-Doo, Commander Dot Pixis in Attack on Titan, Makarov Dreyar in Fairy Tail, and Pops in Disenchantment. Behind the microphone, he also directed Latin American dubbing for major productions including early seasons of The Simpsons and Dragon Tales. But for a generation of young viewers, there will always be something special about hearing his voice come from that big blue dragon. Ord was gentle, loyal and impossible not to love. Francisco Reséndez helped give that childhood favorite his voice. Rest in peace, Don Paco. The characters may belong to animation, but the memories attached to his voice were very real. 🕊️❤️

Again, we say goodbye to another legend today at 66 🕊️🎙️ One of the most recognizable voices in dubbing has gone silent. Veteran voice actor Ettore Zuim has passed away at 66, leaving behind more than four decades of work across animation, anime, movies, television and video games. For Disney fans, he became especially memorable as the Brazilian Portuguese voice of Hercules in the 1997 animated classic and David Kawena in Lilo & Stitch. DC fans also knew him as Bruce Wayne / Batman, dubbing Christian Bale throughout The Dark Knight trilogy and portraying the character in games including Batman: Arkham Origins, Arkham Knight and Injustice: Gods Among Us. His incredible list of characters also included: • Hercules — Hercules • Bruce Wayne / Batman — The Dark Knight Trilogy / Batman: Arkham / Injustice • Dracule Mihawk — One Piece • Mugen — Samurai Champloo • Prince Charming — Shrek 2 / Shrek the Third • Nigel Uno / Numbuh 1 — Codename: Kids Next Door • Jon Arbuckle — Garfield • Yakko Warner — Animaniacs • Heiter — Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End • Eric the Cavalier — Dungeons & Dragons • Fire Lord Sozin — Avatar: The Last Airbender • Noah — Total Drama • Hotstreak — Static Shock • Shen — League of Legends • David Kawena — Lilo & Stitch From Disney and DC to One Piece, Frieren, Shrek and gaming, Ettore Zuim helped make characters from around the world feel at home to generations of Portuguese-speaking fans. Rest in peace, Ettore Zuim. The characters will remain, and so will the voice that made so many of them unforgettable. 🕯️