The Gundam franchise is to Japan as Star Wars is to the US. Combining anime, manga, and toys–generally model kits–the name Gundam is a multi-million platform. On June 25, the Bandai Channel will announce the next project for the Gundamname on its website. Will it be a new anime? Will it continue previous Gundam canons […]

If you buy your insurance based off endorsements from popular animated characters you may want to head over to the Pixar Blog. Mater, Finn McMissile, Holley Shiftwell, and State Farm cars star in a thirty-second commercial promoting the national insurance company. Mater accidentally breaks a pet shop window and in the Cars world their pets […]

S/R Animation Conservation Center has a yearly auction with rare pieces of animation history up for sale. While the auction is interesting, the work S/R does to preserve these pieces is even better. They painstakingly restore cells that were once used in the great Disney classics. The S/R team examines each color in a damaged […]

Fox, the only network with a prime time animation block, picked up two new shows for the fall line up: Napoleon Dynamite and Allen Gregory . The first is based off the popular 2004 indie film and comes from Rough Draft Studios. Allen Gregory is produced by Bento Box Entertainment and seven episodes have been […]

Every animated feature has tie in products to promote the movie and sell merchandise. Kung Fu Panda 2 stands out as the first animated film to advertise tofu. House Brands placed Po the Panda on their labels to promote the health and nutritional value of tofu to children. Other advertising partners are Best Buy, Hint […]

Collider has the first images and voice cast of the new DC film from Warner Brothers Animation. Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku, and Katee Sackhoff will voice the main characters. The film will premiere at the 2011 Comic-Con before being released on video this coming fall. Batman: Year One is based of the classic […]

Japan’s Studio 4°C will animate a 9 minute short on the last days of Jesus Christ told from the perspective of thief who was crucified at the same time. The short is called “My Last Day” and is based off the 1979 movie Jesus from the Campus Crusade for Christ. Barry Cook, director of Disney’s […]

After the Mars Needs Moms disaster and the plug was pulled on the Yellow Submarine remake, Robert Zemeckis of The Polar Express and Who Framed Roger Rabbit fame has a new project. He will be producing a live action/animated movie based on the book How To Survive A Garden Gnome Attack. The film is budgeted […]

Warner Brothers Animation is responsible for the top-quality DC animated movies and series that have come out recently. After they adapted All Star Superman, they’ve turned their attention to Frank Miller’s classic The Dark Knight Returns. Miller’s graphic novel rebooted the Batman franchise and set the precedent for the dark, brooding caped crusader we know […]

The visual effects and animation studio based in Toronto Starz Animation sees new ownership and a new name: Arc Productions. The newly named studio will continue to do work on a contract basic, including work on Starz’ Camelot mini-series and Robosapien: Rebooted. In fall 2011, they will also release Dolphin Tale starring Morgan Freeman and […]

Hayao Miyazaki dabbled in manga before he became a renowned storyteller. His first original manga People of the Desert (Sabaku no Tami) is available online from The Ghibli Blog. Miyazaki worked at Toei Daga as an animator when he wrote this manga and you can see how his style evolved while making it.

We’ve been teased with posters and images for months, but finally the first footage of the new ThunderCats series is available from Warner Brothers Animation. The story is pretty straightforward: a young Lion-O and his fellow ThunderCats must fight the evil forces of Mum-Ra after his father, King Claudius, fails. Larry Kenney, the voice of […]

Jim Henson’s former studio in New York recently found a new buyer. Jesse Angelo, editor of The Daily purchased the townhome dubbed the Muppet Mansion. Henson bought the house in 1977 for $600,000 to serve as a workshop for his creations. After his death, his estate sold the home to a Bank of American executive […]

2012 will be a hefty debut year for the Cartoon Network with thirteen new shows. How To Train Your Dragon and Green Lantern are being spun off into their own TV series. Two industries will be revived: ThunderCats and the Warner Brothers characters in The Looney Tunes Show. Ben 10 is getting another show and […]

There are Disney myths (i.e. Walt Disney being cryogenically frozen) and there are Disney facts, such as Walt Disney and Grigori Rasputin. When Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion was built in the 1960s, Disney thought about using Rasputin’s image (“holy man” and advisor to Czarina Alexandria–wife of Russia’s last czar Nicholas II and mother of the famous […]

Nickelodeon has announced its commitment to bring its classic Nick Toons and live-action series to Blu-Ray and airwaves. Nick Toons are the animated series that aired in the 1990s and later on Nickelodeon’s Noggin channel. For many people growing up in that decade, these cartoons were an integral part of their youth. On May 17, […]

We haven’t heard much from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise for awhile, but we found a sneak peek for the upcoming CGI movie for 2012 from Nickelodeon. The animation still looks to be in the early rendering stages or it might be the movie’s style. The turtles have seen many mutations over the years […]

Here’s another film proving that animation isn’t just for kids. Arrugas (Wrinkles) is about two senior citizens and their friendship. It’s based off the comic book by Paco Roca and is a hand drawn feature length film. Cartoon Brew has the trailer. The movie is set to be released in Fall 2011 for Spain, but […]

Over at SlashFilm, they have the newest trailer for Tron: Uprising. A spin-off of Tron: Legacy, the new series will launch a new franchise. It will premiere on Disney XD in summer 2012 after a ten episode mini-series coming fall 2011. The series focuses on a young program heading a digital revolution with the help […]