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Flip The Frog: The Complete Series

…faces numerous challenges in the country and the city, as he makes his way through the Depression years. The Sweatbox Review: My initial exposure to Flip the Frog came in…

D23 Expo 2022 Exclusive

…of the Bride, the latter picked out by the directors as their favorite. There was time after the screenings for audience questions. I liked that a good portion of the

2022 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

…obviously be the mobile suits. The presentation included a brief video tour of the Gundam Facotry in Yokohama where the toys (which were nicknamed Gunpla) are manufactured. They then showed…

Get Enchanted! Chapter Six: Director Kevin Lima and exec producer Chris Chase

…twist, and that twist mostly comes in the lyric content of the songs. So, the songs are pretty traditional in their context but a lot of the time, the lyrics…

2023 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

…in any of the group signings for The Owl House panelists [right]. And what massive lines these had, to the point that they went outside the convention center with the

AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.

…way. You know, all the eyes look the same, all the mouths look the same. Even the way some of them move, you know. The dad at the beginning of…

The Best Of 2023: Back To Normal-ish?

…best news came from Thunderbean, the little outfit out of Michigan run by Steve Stanchfield. Thunderbean finally finished its largest project to date, the two-disc set Flip The Frog: The

Superman: The Complete Animated Series

The look of Krypton isn’t as original as the producers were striving for: they mention in the supplements that they wanted to go in a new direction, but the retro-30s…

The Best Of 2021: The More Things Change…

…Hopefully in 2022, we can put most of the dystopia behind us. But until then, dystopia was the theme of some of the best animated films released in 2021. The

A tribute to X. Atencio

…explain the fact that you got down to the bottom of the ride and you find the skeleton pirates? How did they get there? And why? They went down there…

The Best of 2019: And Then It Was Over

…was in a completely different state, with their last film, The Princess And The Frog, struggling to even make it past the $100 million mark, causing then-creative executive John Lasseter…

Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disney’s Circle 7 Animation

…month for them to hear all of the 30 or more pitches, but eventually they called us back. Andrew told us that they knew we were the guys for the

Arnold Leibovit on producing The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2

…it on LaserDisc, and then they did a DVD of it. They did The Puppetoon Movie. They had a Laser then they had a DVD. So, he was wanting to…

The “Best” Of 2020: The Year The Earth Stood Still

…light-hearted way. While the plot is a bit scattershot, the frenzied feel actually works well with the tone of the film. What really pulls together the disparate pieces is the

Chiodo Bros talk Netflix’s Alien Xmas

…doing the lighting, the DP with the camera, all this technical stuff that really takes the majority of the time. And then when it’s all set, then we animate. And…

An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations

the likes of Critical Role and The Adventure Zone showcasing the thrill and excitement in playing the game, managing to become sudden cultural sensations over the past several years. The

The Best Of 2022: Wait, What…It’s Over? Where Did THAT Go?

…and, my favorite, the ultra-hilarious X-Terminators. Randall’s Picks Like the real world, the entertainment industry is feeling the effects of huge change. The worst of the Covid pandemic seems to…

DC FanDome Online Event Recap

…Snyder proclaiming him “the heart of the movie”). There was also the announcement that the final runtime for the Snyder cut is four hours(!), and that it will be split…

Into The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Studio Cast Recording with Music Supervisor Michael Kosarin and Orchestrator Michael Starobin

…songs, the styles, the models he had in mind when he was writing the songs. Then, the counterpoints are something I added to the material. AV: In the animated film,…

Into The Forest Of Enchantement – A Disney Musical Adventure at Disneyland Paris

their films. New scenery appears over the course of the stories, brought by the spirits of the forest, inviting the audience in to discover new worlds as though they themselves…

Production Designer Matthias Lechner attacks The Sea Beast

…whereas the other ones have secondary colors: you have the green beast at the beginning, and then the more “let’s be friends” beast are blue and red, and then the

Bolt: Cinzia Angelini – one bold, Bolt animator!

Each animator is an artist in his or her own right, with a unique personality and background that they bring to the character they’re working on. The richer the experience,…

The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2

…would eventually produce or direct such film classics as The Time Machine, The War Of The Words, Destination Moon, and The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm; but the first…

Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow

…project is Lead Animator. The film is divided into four acts; I manage two acts (the first and the last one) on the project. As the lead on these acts…

Composer Michael Kramer on He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe

the series, the melodies not only represent the characters, but they can also represent a concept. For instance, Adam’s theme is the melody for Adam, the melody for He-Man, but…

Comic-Con@Home 2021 Coverage

The hosts of The 4:30 Movie podcast return to Comic-Con (virtually, at least) as they curate an all-new theme week of the greatest movies of 1981 in the tradition of…

For Smurfs: The Lost Village‘s art department, it’s great to feel blue!

…It’s been a pleasure to have them share their labor of love for the film, and their own journey through the Forbidden Forest… AnimatedViews: Noëlle and Patrick, can you tell…

2021 Quick Review Recaps

…was. The scores are on a scale of to 10, with being the worst of the worst, and 10 the best of the best. Those scores are saved for the

The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3

…works. Pal, of course, was the fantasy film maestro who was later responsible for bringing such classic films as The War Of The Worlds and The Time Machine to the

Dave Metzger’s Wish Comes True…

…I reintroduce it. There are other examples throughout the film. And as far as my own themes for the score, there’s The Kingdom Of Rosas, which is the theme at…