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Movie tie-in games becoming higher quality?

The Washington Post notices that the quality of video game tie-ins to movies appears to be receiving more attention from studios than in past years. Animated films mentioned in the…

Thunderbean Roundup: Van Beuren Studio Cartoons and Other Strange and Commercial Rarities

…most!) alongside other such producers as TerryToons and, on an entirely different level of quality output, the Fleischer Studios, which were originally right across the street from Van Beuren. As…

Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology

…to keep quality high, and the Salkind’s wishes to squeeze as much money from the venture as possible are well documented, as is Superman: The Movie’s ultimate success. I can…

Reel FX aims for quality film slate with no “turkeys”

D Magazine has an in-depth profile on the Dallas-based animation studio Reel FX and its CEO Steve O’Brien. In 20 years, the studio has grown from animating direct-to-video films like…

Ant Bully, Ice Age 2 trailers now online in higher quality

The teaser trailer for Ant Bully may now be seen in High Definition QuickTime, at Apple.com: Movie Trailers & Clips. Meanwhile, the international trailer for Ice Age 2: The Meltdown…

Fantasia / Fantasia 2000

…feel the musicians were there playing live. Motion picture sound was still in its early years and only just about to become a teenager, and the quality just wasn’t that…

Disney Princess Enchanted Tales (with Bonus Disc)

…for any audience and age. Quality is quality, and kids know that too. Unfortunately, it’s missing in spades here, and woe betide any parents who end up having to sit…

Fantastic Four: The Complete 1994-95 Animated Series

…two seasons of variable quality. With the new Fantastic Four movie recently out, Disney has just released a box set of the complete 1994-95 series. This was the Four’s third…

The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning

…lacked the polish of the original, it looked particularly handsome for a TV special. To those following these productions from a quality standpoint, it soon became apparent that if a…

An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations

…encounters. Marvel Productions had a working relationship with the renowned Japanese studio Toei Animation. As such, the animation would be of a high quality compared to most other Saturday morning…

Max Fleischer’s Superman: 1941 – 1942

…in terms of presentation quality here is The Mechanical Monsters, from November 1941, and absolutely one of my all-time favorite short films. The film again opens with a short recap…

Lion King II: Simba’s Pride – Special Edition

…as close to feature film quality as these constraints would allow. Characters had been designed, the story set up and voices cast from the previous film, meaning a much less…

The Best Of 2013: Unlucky, Or Lucky For Some?

…year, I did begin to wonder about their actual quality as the year wore on and on. It’s true that November brought us the latest in Disney’s continued return to…

Popeye 75th Anniversary Collector’s Edition

…Evil, undoubtedly the homeliest of all the cartoons in this collection— check out the screen capture below). These cartoons show a step down in drawing quality from the Famous cartoons…

Darkwing Duck: Volume 2

…is a certain amount of quality present. The scripts could be tighter, but generally the good-natured fun of the show wins me over. Video and audio quality are mediocre, along…

Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection

An essential collection of Avery classics is marred only by surprisingly less than desirable image quality, but the debut of the better quality CinemaScope cartoons almost makes up for things….

The Smurfs, Vol. 1: True Blue Friends

…this quality in the image is consistent throughout the DVD and the show’s quality makes up for it. The only episode that seemed a little bit different in color was…

The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea – Special Edition

…little more than retreads of the original films, but without the charm and, most strikingly, the quality. And quite fairly the accusation stands: although a sequel to Pocahontas had actually…

DisneyToon Studios and The Sequels That Never Were, with Tod Carter

quality to match the quality of the story. Sadly, in their next breath, Disney pulled the plug on the project. It was a reactionary move (in my opinion) to sales…

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

…make an argument for good quality theatrical hand drawn animation, it’s all too easy to forget that the medium hasn’t actually been that dormant on big screens in the past…

Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Presentation: The Animated News Report

…taken very seriously and more effort is being put into creating quality DVD experiences than ever before. Someone connected with each of the three movies presented materials from and lectured…

Heidi’s Song

…want to try and escape back into the country. The Sweatbox Review: Given their start in full-quality theatrical animated cartoons with MGM’s prestigious Tom & Jerry shorts, it always struck…

Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure

…quite reaching the dizzying heights of the full Feature Animation output, at least makes a good stab at maintaining those quality levels. The quality change seemed to be signposted by…

The Lion King II / The Lion King 1½

…and on a much lower budget, though as close to feature film quality as these constraints would allow. Characters had been designed, the story set up and voices cast from…

Batman: The Complete Animated Series

…DC Comics owned the character, and they also had an animation division that was doing high quality work for television like Tiny Toon Adventures. They also found a willing partner…

Directors Miller and Hui on Shrek the Third

…penguin a voice in Madagascar (2005). Miller now makes his feature film directing debut with Shrek the Third (2007). Relieved, he admits that he is pleased with the sequel’s quality….

DuckTales: Volume 1

…the best quality possible. While the production work was done in Los Angeles, the animation was done in Tokyo, but was of very high quality (for television). The resulting animation…

Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2

…2001 conclusion! As such, production value is theatrical quality, from the widescreen ’Scope framing to WALL•E’s orchestrator J.A.C. Redford’s score and director Angus MacLane’s well observed character nuances and pokes…

Robotech: Complete Original Series

…the celluloid. The original quality is preserved with that “grainy” feeling you get from older animation. Other restorations jobs lose this retro effect, which in turn harms the animation’s quality….

The Best Of 2007: The Year In Review

quality releases – and we’re still catching up! – so there are still some full reviews to look forward to, and many more to come in 2008! But now, as…