Animated News’ Christian just got back from the Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Presentation held in Hollywood and can say that it was a fun, eye-opening experience. The primary purpose of the meeting was to celebrate the wonderful DVD format and showcase how three upcoming Buena Vista releases (Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, The Haunted […]

\\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=2062 Animation Magazine}}\\ reports that \\The Triplets of Belleville\\ director Sylvain Chomet asked the mag to post a letter he wrote to Pixar’s creative head John Lasseter. The letter begins with Chomet speaking how he has followed Lasseter and Pixar over the years and praises thier work. It then turns into a not-so-subtle dig […]

My bro-in-law sent me this very interesting article from the San Francisco Chronicle. It seems there could be a little school yard justice going on in the animation world. Wonder if they could just settle it all with a good old game of death volleyball. You remember that game don’t you? Maybe not if you […]

The official Disney site now has a page for the soundtrack for The Lion King 1½ with 30-second clips from each song in RealPlayer or QuickTime format.

Jim Hill Media updates with three new articles today. The first one is all about “the Walt Disney Company’s attempts to get some positive press going in the wake of the Pixar contract debacle.” The second article “discusses what the Walt Disney Company could possibly do in order to turn around its somewhat toxic reputation,” […]

Since we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000789.html reported}} the domain name registrations that point to the fact that DreamWorks’ sequel to the still-to-be-released original Shark Tale will go under the moniker of Another Shark Tale, we’ve had several messages sent to us from various sources confirming this fact. Nothing can be counted on for certain until we hear […]

Animation Insider reports that there may now be new cartoons on the way based on Sabrina, Josie and the Pussycats and other characters from Archie Comics. “IDT Entertainment recently purchased a substantial branch of Archie Comics Entertainment, which gives them a respectable amount of distrubution and production rights; that amount of which, IDT plans on […]

Ultimate Disney has a new, positive Lion King 1½ DVD review, and captures from the disc’s previews of The Lion King II:Simba’s Pride, Aladdin, and The Three Musketeers, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy.

{{link http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?forum_id=7&topic_id=7970 Animation Insider}} reports that the hit action anime Heat Guy J will be airing on the (formerly) all-music channel Mtv2. The series, from the director and staff that created the Escaflowne movie, is centers on the character Android J. “J” was secretly built by the government as a special agent to combat crime […]

Animation Insider {{link http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?forum_id=7&topic_id=7942 reports}}, citing an unnamed source, that the hit Kids WB series X-Men Evolution has been cancelled. This was to be the fifth season of the show.

{{link http://www.animationblast.com/ Animation Blast}} updates this weekend with some new info on Bill Plympton’s independent animated feature Hair High, the sci-fi comedy that fans were able to see him create “live” on the internet. The Blast announces a “West Coast premiere at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival on Saturday, February 14. Bill will be […]