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D23 Expo 2022 Exclusive
…in-laws at the height of the pandemic. This provided him some inspiration in building the lyrics around family. After Miranda logged off, Hall moved into the second half with members… |
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2022 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…the idea. Without specifically naming it, Diamond noted in the introduction that The Man Who Planted Trees was one of the films that inspired him to begin curating the Animation… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Six: Director Kevin Lima and exec producer Chris Chase
…could invest in the characters, invest in the inner journey of the characters and not judge the characters, you know what I mean? I wanted them to be able to… |
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2023 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…the air in that everyone in the packed room paid attention and allowed themselves to be absorbed into the discussions that were taking place. There was absolute affection for the… |
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AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.
…in particular about things like the ice crystal sequence in terms of the sound? Dan: Oh yeah, definitely. Particularly in the chase, before they actually find the Titan, where there’s… |
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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… |
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The Best Of 2021: The More Things Change…
…Marvel. I also really enjoyed Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, showcasing the studio’s continued interest in diversifying their films in taking one of their lesser known heroes… |
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A tribute to X. Atencio
…they should keep their hands inside the boat, done by the skeleton face. I recorded the main voices, especially with Paul Frees. But then, after we put the ride in,… |
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The Best of 2019: And Then It Was Over
…might mean the end of the studio, but after the triumphant release of How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World [above right] last February, they appear to be in… |
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Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disney’s Circle 7 Animation
…the best talent in the business. Look up some of the names in the credits of the Tinker Bell films, and you’ll find names that worked on some of Disney’s… |
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Arnold Leibovit on producing The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2
…as War Of The Worlds and The Time Machine are classics of the genre. Pal’s earliest film endeavors were in animation, including the incredible and marvelous replacement puppet shorts known… |
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The “Best” Of 2020: The Year The Earth Stood Still
…The Midnight Sky were well crafted but never gripping, although Netflix proved itself again in the series arena with the superlative The Queen’s Gambit. Top of the heap, of course,… |
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Chiodo Bros talk Netflix’s Alien Xmas
…all the time. 98% of the footage in the show are first takes. EC: It’s funny, in the old days, doing stop-motion animation, if the character had to jump in… |
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An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations
…roleplaying game created in 1974 by Gary Gygax and Dave Ameson. The renewed interest in the brand had been the result of the streaming and broadcasting of game sessions from… |
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The Best Of 2022: Wait, What…It’s Over? Where Did THAT Go?
…my shelf, along with the superlative restoration of George Pal’s The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm to the always enticing Warner Archive, the bonkers Return Of Captain Invincible in… |
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Castle In The Sky
…origins and the secrets of a fabled castle in the sky. The Sweatbox Review: Following the success of the film Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind, the publisher of… |
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Of pigs and men – Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi talk about The Dam Keeper
…nods at movies by Hayao Miyazaki: the pig (Porco Rosso), the windmill blowing the dirt (Nausicaä), the miner in your first story development (Castle In The Sky), the medieval influence… |
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DC FanDome Online Event Recap
…later). The conversation then shifted to the spin-off TV series which is already in early development for HBO Max. Told from the perspective of “the city,” it will chronicle the… |
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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,… |
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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… |
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Flip The Frog: The Complete Series
…from Flip completes the package. Ink And Paint: Years in the making, and worth the wait! The shorts here look the best they have in decades, thanks to meticulous work… |
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Production Designer Matthias Lechner attacks The Sea Beast
…In The Sea Beast, we don’t explain why the city is the shape that it is. I do know, and then the audience assumes that the people that built it… |
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The Best Of 2023: Back To Normal-ish?
…(not always exactly upgrades) to earlier titles, including The Emerald Forest and impressive amounts of 4Ks (The Italian Job), and debuts for The Big Bus, Rin Tin Tin‘s initial adventures,… |
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Bolt: Cinzia Angelini – one bold, Bolt animator!
…I actually animated all the main characters, Bolt, Mittens, Rhino and Penny, in different sequences. One of the sequences I worked on is at the beginning of the train scene… |
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The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2
…opposite the Blu-ray. An informative fold-out booklet helpfully provides information on George Pal and all the films from the set. Ink And Paint: All of the films in the main… |
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Composer Michael Kramer on He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe
…it’s also the melody for Castle Grayskull. And in addition to that, the first few notes of the theme make the motive for the sword of power, and the melody… |
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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
…Amos in CTN last November. They showed an animatic and told me how everything works in the team. The most interesting part to me is the idea to use the… |
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Comic-Con@Home 2021 Coverage
…Once again, Mark Evanier (The Garfield Show) gathers together four of the most-heard actors in the animation business to talk about their craft, to demonstrate the voices they do on… |
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The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3
…with just the Puppetoons in chronological order, and kept the hand-drawn ones to the bonus features; but as each film is individually selectable, the viewer can watch them in whatever… |
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2021 Quick Review Recaps
…too heavy or emotional. One of my favorite sources of friction in the film is the triangle between the three young leads. The story takes place in that innocent time… |
