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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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The Sword In The Stone: 50th Anniversary Edition
…which Richard and the late Robert explain their involvement in The Sword In The Stone, their first animated picture, and how they came to write the songs for the movie…. |
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The Sword In The Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition
…In Music & More, the brothers Sherman appear in a retrospective interview documentary, Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers. Here Richard and Robert Sherman explain their involvement in The Sword In… |
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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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The Sword In The Stone: Gold Classic Collection
…lyrics. The brothers Sherman appear once again in a new retrospective interview documentary, The Magic Key: Music Magic. Here Richard and Robert Sherman explain their involvement in The Sword In… |
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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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The Sword In The Stone and The Jungle Book 2 Contest – Winners Announced!
…Poppins) making The Sword in the Stone 45th Anniversary Special Edition a must-own classic. Humor, spectacle and magic rule in Walt Disney’s legendary classic tale The Sword In The Stone… |
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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
…Jaws, The Empire Strikes Back and Jurassic Park return to the limited big screens and drive-ins that were open and hit the number one spots again years after their initial… |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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… |
