Buoyed by the success of its animation academies in Kolkata and Thiruvananthapuram, the Toonz Animation India-backed Asian School for Film and Media Studies (ASFMS) has firmed up plans to open around 10 animation schools in the country soon. | |
| The Thiruvananthapuram Technopark-based premier animation company launched the ASFMS as a subsidiary firm recently as an entity functioning under the Toonz management. |
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| Speaking with Business Standard here, Toonz Animation India chief executive officer P Jayakumar said each academy would involve an investment of Rs 1-2 crore. Initially, the company will target tier-II metros like Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad to start the academies. |
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| The company will have its second animation school in Thiruvananthapuram very soon in a leased building close to Technopark. It will be shifted to the Toonz facility at the Kinfra Film and Video Park in the city suburbs later. |
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| In Kolkata, it operates in association with the West Bengal Electronics Development Corporation. |
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| Jayakumar said the ASFMS was also planning to establish its presence abroad. "We are looking at Singapore, Dubai , China and Sri Lanka to open animation schools under the ASFMS," he added. |
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| "There is a dearth of animation professionals in the country, and we wish to address that issue in an effective way. Further, with a lot of studios coming up in various parts of the country and abroad, there is a need for quality professionals to man them. Toonz's academies would churn out quality professionals through its schools that are soon due". |
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