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Views Day & Night

Teddy Newton’s bedtime storybook based on his wonderful short naturally can’t quite come alive on the printed page in the way the film did, but the delightful drawings do a sweet job of transposing one medium to another.

DVD
Views Super Hero Squad Show: Volume One

The Super Hero Squad defends Super Hero City from attacks by Doctor Doom and his henchman who are searching for the powerful Infinity Sword.

Blu-ray
Views James And The Giant Peach: Special Edition

Henry Selick’s delicious film of Roald Dahl’s delightful book is given a painful disc treatment in Disney’s HD reissue, with both Blu-ray and DVD discs serving up murky images and zero new bonuses of worth.

Blu-ray
Views Batman: Under The Red Hood

In the tradition of The Dark Knight, this animated film provides an edgy story with mature writing that goes beyond good vs. evil.

DVD
Views Super Friends: Season One, Volume Two

The balance of the first season’s episodes are included on this 2-disc set. Fans know what to expect here, with the only question being: just how many times can Wendy and Marvin get kidnapped in eight episodes?

DVD
Views The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo: The Complete Series

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo joins the rest of the Scooby-Doo series on DVD complete with all 13 original episodes from one of the least popular versions of the show.

Composers
Views Composer Harry Gregson-Williams takes us far, far away, from Prince of Persia to Shrek Forever After

Jeremie Noyer speaks with the prolific composer about scoring two of this summer’s biggest movies!

Book
Views The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons

Lavishly illustrated on quality paper, Jerry Beck’s new book unfortunately doesn’t bring an awfully lot new to the published Looney Tunes canon, though it is undeniably exceptional value for money.

DVD
Views Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection

An enticing prospect, this career retrospective is ruined by poor presentation and, seven Oscar winners aside, weak and random cartoon choices, barely saved by one lone decent supplement.

Cinema Classics
Views Warner Archive: Red Skelton Whistling Collection

Red “I dood it!” Skelton, the comic that launched numerous classic cartoon catchphrases, stars in his signature Whistling trilogy, here fittingly collected in the Warner Archive Collection.

Artists
Views Toy Story 3: Animator Victor Navone talks about his “Favorite Toys”

Jeremie Noyer speaks with Toy Story 3 animator Victor Navone about the challenge of bringing back established characters for Pixar’s latest!

Contest Corner
Views Win a signed Secret Of Kells theatrical poster – Winner Announced!

Win a signed theatrical poster for this year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar nominated The Secret Of KellsWINNER ANNOUNCED!

Film
Views Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 is that rare second sequel that tops its predecessors. At times a laugh out loud comedy and an edge of your seat thriller, all tied together with a moving storyline that will touch both young and old.

Artists
Views Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time illustrator Julian Caldow talks Persia…and Brueghel and India!

Jeremie Noyer speaks with production illustrator Julian Caldow about his trip through the Sands of Time for Disney’s current blockbuster, Prince Of Persia!

Artists
Views The Art of Toy Story 3: animation historian Charles Solomon tells about his “Favorite Toys”

Jeremie Noyer speaks exclusively with the author of a unique insight into the artistic creation of Disney/Pixar’s upcoming Toy Story 3!

Contest Corner
Views Peanuts: 1970s Collection Volume 2 – Winners Announced!

Your chance to enjoy the company of Charlie Brown and Snoopy is right here — Animated Views has five copies of Peanuts: 1970s Collection Volume 2 – Winners Announced!

Film
Views Shrek Forever After

Despite a few bumps along the way, Shrek Forever After is a fine and fitting final outing. Things have wrapped up fairly happily ever after for fans of the franchise.

Blu-ray
Views Alice In Wonderland

Tim Burton’s visually striking take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice books mixes in a bit of the previous 1951 and 1972 features to come up with a compelling continuation of sorts. The disc includes a number of interesting extras, none of which are quite in-depth enough.

Directors
Views The Princess And The Frog’s Directors John Musker and Ron Clements take us to “the other side” of animation!

In celebration of the international home video release of their latest film, Jeremie Noyer joins a roundtable interview with Disney directors Musker and Clements!

DVD
Views X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 5

X-Men: The Animated Series is finally complete with this two disc set making up the show’s final season.

DVD
Views Peanuts 1970’s Collection: Vol. 2

The biggest classics may have gone before, but this selection of specials is still quintessential Peanuts, with only one weak one in the batch. And check out that remastered video!

DVD
Views Iron Man – Armored Adventures: The Complete Season One

The show is quite enjoyable, but it really should be called Iron Boy. The lack of widescreen video or any decent extras are other knocks against what is otherwise a nice set of 26 episodes.

DVD
Views Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1980s: Volume 1

Eleven Saturday Morning cartoons from the 1980s are combined in this two disc set featuring some of the many shows produced by Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears during the decade.

DVD
Views Iron Man: The Complete 1994 Animated Television Series

This version stays reasonably true to the comics, but fails to reach the heights of its contemporaries. Season Two improves with better stories and animation, but weak video and a lack of extras hurt this DVD release.

Book
Views My Life With Charlie Brown

This collection of prose writings from Charles Schulz provides the next-best thing to a true autobiography. It also finally made me understand why I love Peanuts so much.

Contest Corner
Views Iron Man Armored Adventures: Complete First Season – Winners Announced!

We had five copies of Iron Man Armored Adventures: Complete First Season plus five original character sketch posters to give away – Winners Announced!

DVD
Views The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!

There’s a good story outline in here somewhere, but being totally uncensored did this direct-to-video title no favors.

Cinema Classics
Views Warner Archive: Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! – The Complete Vitaphone Shorts Collection

Artist and cartoonist Robert L Ripley’s famed oddities and trivia discoveries began their screen life here, and though this set shows its vintage it does so very entertainingly.

Cinema Classics
Views Warner Archive: The Amazing Captain Nemo

Producer Irwin Allen earns his Master Of Disaster tag for all the wrong reasons in this unintentionally hilarious slice of classic kitsch. They sure don’t make ’em like this anymore!

Artists
Views Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland: How illustrators Kei Acedera and Bobby Chiu shaped the Characters’ Designs

Jeremie Noyer speaks exclusively to concept illustrators Kei Acedera and Bobby Chiu about their work on Tim Burton’s latest!

DVD
Views Tom and Jerry Tales: The Complete First Season

The complete first season of the 2006 series, Tom and Jerry Tales, finally makes its way on DVD in this two-disc set.

Blu-ray
Views The Lord Of The Rings: Remastered Deluxe Edition

Ralph Bakshi’s ambitious but wildly uneven animated take on the first half of Tolkien’s trilogy remains a frustrating work, but Warners’ new Blu-ray and DVD combo at least offers the opportunity of a fresh look.

DVD
Views The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery In The Mist Edition

Disney’s “greatest little mystery in history” is given the short thrift, with a decent new transfer wasted on a pointless disc that just can’t really be recommended.


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Pirates Of Dark Water on DVD now

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Added to the exclusive line of Warner Archive Collection titles available directly from the studio, Hanna-Barbera’s Pirates Of Dark Water has just arrived on DVD this week, becoming one of the fastest selling titles in the collection. A review of the two-disc set will feature here shortly, in the meantime, cover art and a clip can be seen here: More



Fantasia will amaze ya: full details

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Walt Disney Home Entertainment has now released the full and final specifications for their upcoming release of the Fantasia: 2-Movie Collection set on November 30, 2010. The announcement, alongside updated final cover art, can be seen here: More



Tinker Bell picnics in the park

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Details on Disney's recent family premiere screening of Tinker Bell And The Great Fairy Rescue on the big screen in LA, ahead of its release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, can be found here: More



Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 DVD and Blu-ray in November

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Walt Disney Home Entertainment has announced the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 for November 30th, 2010, reports DVDizzy. The musical animated features will be released as a 2 movie collection in a 4-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD Combo and a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD. Blu-ray exclusives will include the Oscar-nominated Walt Disney/Salvador Dali collaboration Destino, the documentary "Dali & Disney: A Date with Destino", BD-Live feature "Disney's Virtual Vault", an interactive art gallery, DisneyView sidebar art, and detailed notes from the newly-discovered Schultheis Notebook. Available on both the Blu-ray and DVD discs will be audio commentaries and the featurettes "Disney Family Museum" and "Musicana: Walt's Inspiration for a Fantasia Sequel".


Black Cauldron DVD details

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Full details and cover art for Disney's 25th anniversary edition of its 25th animated feature can be seen here: More



Dan Aykroyd talks Yogi Bear

USA Today recently spoke with Dan Aykroyd about voicing the title character in Warner Bros.’ upcoming Yogi Bear film. “When I heard they were doing this project, I called my agent and said I would love to be a part of this, because it’s a part of me,” Aykroyd said, remembering his love of the cartoon as a child. The site also has another article related to the film that goes into the challenges of converting the 2D character into a CGI creation, and also explores similar upcoming projects, including The Smurfs.


Buzz and Woody are billionaires

After recently becoming the highest grossing animated movie of all time worldwide, Toy Story 3 has now scored another victory by crossing the $1 billion mark, according to Entertainment Weekly. Thanks to this and Alice in Wonderland, Disney has become the first studio to ever release two $1 billion hits in the same year.


Avatar returns to theaters today

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James Cameron's Avatar--the highest grossing movie of all time--is being re-released on about 800 3-D and IMAX screens across the country today. According to USA Today, Cameron decided to re-release the film because he felt that Disney's Alice in Wonderland stole some of his business when it was released in March. "I would say the decision was made three days after Alice in Wonderland came out and took half our 3-D screens and all of our IMAX screens," he said.  "And we were still selling out shows. So I looked for our next window, which was the end of August." The "new version" of the film contains about nine minutes of new footage, but is not expected to make a big impact at the box office this week. ComingSoon.net's The Weekend Warrior predicts a $3.6 million weekend.



French Tangled poster now online

A new French poster for Tangled–which is very different from the US poster–has just been revealed over at ComingSoon.net. The Disney animated movie opens in the states this Thanksgiving.


Original Kermit the Frog donated to Smithsonian

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The original version of Kermit the Frog, created by Jim Henson out of a green coat and pingpong balls, is being donated to the Smithsonian, USA Today is reporting. The puppet is one of ten characters from the 1950s TV show Sam and Friends that is being given to the museum by Jim's widow Jane Henson. Apart from Kermit, the puppets include characters who would later become the inspiration for Sesame Street Muppets Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster, along with Jim's oldest surviving creation, Pierre the French Rat. "It certainly shows the Muppets at the beginning of the career of a large family of entertainers," said Smithsonian curator Dwight Blocker Bowers. "More than anything, I think it shows the genius of Jim Henson."


New Legend of the Guardians TV spots

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ComingSoon.net now has three new TV spots for Warner Bros.' upcoming animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of  Ga'Hoole. The Zack Snyder adventure comes to theaters next month.


New Tron: Legacy poster

A new international poster for Disney’s Tron: Legacy is now online over at the Internet Movie Poster Awards. The sequel zooms into theaters and IMAX 3-D this Christmas.


ASIFA-Hollywood Student Award announced

ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the creation of a new Student Annie Award, to be handed out at the next Annie Awards ceremony. More details can be read here: More


Disney withdraws from Annie awards

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Variety reports that Disney and Pixar have decided to withdraw from ASIFA-Hollywood, following concerns over the judging criteria. "After more than a year of discussions with the ASIFA board, we have regretfully decided to withdraw from the organization and no longer participate in the annual Annie Awards," said Disney-Pixar president Ed Catmull. Disney has been supporting the Hollywood's longest running animation event since it started in 1972.


R.I.P. Satoshi Kon (1963-2010)

Noted and influential anime director Satoshi Kon, known for such films as Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers and Millennium Actress, has passed away at the age of 47, per this article from the Anime News Network. More


Porco Rosso sequel in production?

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Acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki is apparently developing a sequel to his 1992 animated film Porco Rosso. The original movie told the story of a World War I pilot who is magically transformed into a pig, with Michael Keaton voicing the main character in the English language dub. If the film--currently titled Porco Rosso: The Last Sortie--ends up getting made, it would be the first time that Miyazaki has ever made a direct sequel to one of his movies.



New project for DreamWorks Animation: Imaginary Enemies

Married screenwriters Joe Syracuse and Lisa Addario (Surf’s Up!) are currently working on a script for a new DreamWorks Animation film called Imaginary Enemies. The story will involve the imaginary friends of children–fed up with being blamed for their misdeeds–looking for revenge when their kids have grown up. Mike Mitchell of Sky High and Shrek Forever After fame is working as a developer on the project. There are also, apparently, discussions being made about the movie possibly being a mix of live-action and animation, which would be a first for the animation studio. Risky Business has more information on the project.


MPAA rating for Legend of the Guardians

Warner Bros.’ upcoming animated movie Legend of the Guardians has just been rated PG for “some scary sequences of action,” ComingSoon.net is reporting. The Zack Snyder film swoops into theaters this September.


Batman Beyond hits DVD

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A press release for the upcoming release of Batman Beyond on DVD from Warner Home Video on November 23 can be read in full here alongside cover art for the set: More



Star Wars films coming to Blu-Ray in 2011

After months of speculation as to when an official confirmation would be made regarding when the Star Wars films will come to Blu-Ray, George Lucas has recently announced that all six live-action movies in the series will finally be released in that format in the fall of 2011. The deluxe set will include several brand new extras, including never-before-seen footage from the Lucasfilm archives. “Blu-ray is the absolute best way to experience Star Wars at home,” Lucas said. “The films have never looked or sounded better.”


Toy Story 3 Top-Grossing Animated Film of All-Time

Yahoo (via Reuters) reports that Toy Story 3 is now the highest-grossing animated film of all time. The final film in the Toy Story series has grossed US$920 million worldwide, surpassing Shrek 2’s total worldwide gross of US$919.8 million.


UPDATED: Toy Story 3 Home Release Formally Announced

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has formally announced the DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Toy Story 3, set for release on November 2nd, 2010. More


“What’s up, Doc?” Live-action Bugs Bunny movie on the way

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Warner Bros. has just announced plans to bring a new theatrical Bugs Bunny movie to the screen. The film, to be a mix of live-action and computer animation, is being penned by Elf and Spiderwick Chronicles screenwriter David Berenbaum. The project is currently without a release date.


Unaired episode of Family Guy coming to DVD

An unaired episode of Family Guy, titled Partial Terms of Endearment, is set to come to DVD on September 28th, DVD Active is reporting. The episode was rejected by Fox due to a controversial plot involving Lois agreeing to become a surrogate mother for an infertile couple. Extras on the release will include Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show, a table reading, original songs and more.


Wonka producer Wolper dies at 82

The Hollywood Reporter has announced that David L. Wolper, the producer of the original Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory feature film, among many other achievements, has died in Hollywood. He was 82.



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