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"Golden Age of animation" currently taking place?

…will look back at this period as the Golden Age of animation,” states Yair Landau, vice chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment. “There used to be one studio putting out animated…

2012 Annie Award nominations announced

…Riders of Berk’ — DreamWorks Animation Character Animation in a Feature Production Dan Nguyen Brave — Pixar Animation Studios David Pate Rise of the Guardians — DreamWorks Animation Jaime Landes…

Director Barry Cook remembers the Peoples of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida

Animation Studios, Blue Sky Studios and DreamWorks Animation. Disney’s theatrical animation department, often hailed as the cornerstone of the company, was no longer the leader in the industry. Eisner believed…

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

…bringing vintage animated cartoons to DVD, in packages that appeal to collectors wishing to experience the golden days of animation. Offerings naturally focus on some of the more obscure cartoon…

Annie Award nominees for 2013 films revealed

OF TERROR! – Pixar Animation Studios • Kureha Yokoo – Toy Story OF TERROR! – Pixar Animation Studios • Keith Kellogg – Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lucasfilm Animation

Annie nominations for 2011 films announced

…Image Sunday — National Film Board of Canada The Ballad of Nessie -Walt Disney Animation Studios The Girl and the Fox — Base14 Wild Life — National Film Board of

The Best Of 2009: This Time It’s Personal!

…Jones, to carry the banner, with an often overlooked series of animated cartoons that usually get a swift dismissal. Created by the legendary team of Hanna-Barbera in the golden age

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Six

…From The Golden Age Of Animation), who is able to heartily reel off an impressive roster of names! The reel was obviously never intended for outside viewing, like the Warner…

Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali

…in animation. Many people feel like they’re missing the Golden Age of animation with Pinocchio and Snow White, or the second Golden Age with Beauty And The Beast and Little…

46th Annual Annie Awards nominations announced

…Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nickelodeon Animation Studio • Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters DreamWorks Animation Television Annie Award for Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production • Big Mouth…

Spider-Verse big winner at Annie Awards

…Television • Little Big Awesome Amazon Studios • Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nickelodeon Animation Studio • Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters DreamWorks Animation Television Best General Audience Animated…

Annie Awards nominations for 2014 films revealed

Animation Carlos Alazaraqui as the voice of Crocker – Fairly Oddparents – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Seth Green as the voice of Robot Chicken Nerd – Robot Chicken – Stoopid Buddy…

Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company Animator Dave Pruiksma!

…some of the more adorable characters to come out of the Disney menagerie. Dave Pruiksma had the usual interest in animation from an early age. Growing up in the Virginia…

Bolt: Cinzia Angelini – one bold, Bolt animator!

…style influenced the animation, but the quality of animation has definitely stepped up for Disney Animation Studios compared to the animation of the previous years. AV: Indeed, the animation is…awesome!…

2009 Annie Nominees announced

Animation Studios Character Animation in a Television Production • Mark Donald B.O.B.’s Big Break — DreamWorks Animation • Mark Mitchell Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios • Kevan…

35th Annual Annie Award nominees announced

…Voice of Collette, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios) • Ian Holm, Voice of Skinner, Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios) • Julie Kavner, Voice of Marge Simpson, The Simpsons Movie (Twentieth Century Fox)…

Mark Smith talks Art of Flash

Mark Smith, the owner and operator of MarkToons Video Animation, recently took the time to share some thoughts regarding his latest book, The Art of Flash Animation: Creative Cartooning, with…

Kung Fu Panda leads 36th Annie Awards nominations

…Panda – DreamWorks Animation Ian McShane – Voice of Tai Lung – Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation Mark Walton – Voice of Rhino – Bolt – Walt Disney Animation

The Best Of 2007: The Year In Review

…length documentary on the birth of movie sound that’s as essential for animation fans as movie historians, plus a wealth of early talking picture era surprises and some of WB’s…

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

…mastered but one of the most rewarding combinations of sleight of hand, draftsmanship, acting and entertaining. RI: What changed in terms of techniques or way of working on a 2D…

Up wins Best Feature Annie Award

Animation Studios Character Animation in a Television Production • Mark Donald B.O.B.’s Big Break — DreamWorks Animation • Mark Mitchell Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios • Kevan…

Kung Fu Panda wins big at 36th Annie Awards; WALL-E shut out

…Pixar Animation Studios Dan Wagner Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation Character Animation in a Television Production or Short Form Sandro Cleuzo Secrets of the Furious Five – DreamWorks Animation

Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!

…big of a list as I can. I’m doing a series of introductions to a line of books I’m very proud of, for Dark Horse Comics. These are reprints of

Floyd Norman: Story Of A Storyman

…on as sort of a temporary employee. And so I was lucky enough to be selected as part of that training program, and I did my month of training, and…

Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny

…James Baxter Animation. In addition to animating and supervising, Mr.Baxter lectures frequently on the subject of animation at colleges and animation studios. His impressive credits include King Triton and Ariel,…

Bugs Bunny Superstar

…especially of those from the golden age of animation. Less a scene-by-scene assemblage of remarks – which would be pretty redundant anyway, seeing as Welles narrates the home-movie footage and…

Superman: The Complete Animated Series

…the extended toy commercials of the 1980s had all but put me off television animation, though the launch of Batman: The Animated Series, which fed off the hype surrounding Burton’s…

Full list of 2007 Annie Award Nominees

…benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation. Stephen Worth Winsor McCay Award – Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation. Bill Plympton…

2010 Annie Award nominations announced

…Train Your Dragon – DreamWorks Animation Sebastian Quessy Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole – Warner Bros. Pictures Kryzstof Rost Megamind – DreamWorks Animation Character Animation in a…

Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs

…an authentic example of pure cinema, brilliantly brought to life through the ultimate medium of animation. Even outside of the Ice Age films, Scrat is credibly the purest CG character…