For a look at four clips and an online featurette on Howl’s Moving Castle, follow this link:

There’s been a big update at DVD Toons recently, with several new animation-on-disc reviews. Currently heading up the site is coverage of today’s release of {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/402 Father Of The Pride: The Complete Series}}: “More akin to the flashy, but ultimately empty, Shark Tale than their current, refreshingly simple Madagascar, DreamWorks’ debut animation series isn’t […]

{{link http://animatedviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5353#5353 Animated News Forum}} member ‘GeorgeC’ points out that new MGM owners Sony have delayed the release of the Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection DVD boxed set, which was {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00003535.html announced last week}}. It is not clear as to whether the new issues of the live-action feature films would also be held back. […]

Although Disney’s much requested 1978 animated featurette The Small One, directed by Don Bluth, has been available on DVD internationally for a couple of years now (most notably on the UK disc compilation Countdown To Christmas), it has finally been announced that the 25-minute film will debut on DVD in the US as part of […]

Julia Day in the UK’s Guardian newspaper reports that “Postman Pat is to do his round in the US, after Entertainment Rights, which also owns children’s characters Basil Brush and He-Man, signed a deal yesterday with US media group Time Warner. The children’s show will be shown on pay-TV channel HBO Family this autumn. The […]

The print edition of Video Business Magazine this week carries an advertisement announcing the release of a {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00002272.html Steamboy}} Director’s Cut on DVD. Featuring the voices of Anna Paquin, Alfred Molina and Patrick Stewart, Steamboy was released by Sony Pictures earlier this year. A fully in-depth 4-disc set was issued in its native Japan, […]

Toronto’s {{link http://www.tracepictures.com/ Trace Pictures}} intends to make its mark at the BDA design awards in New York City later in June. They are finalists in 5 categories including best demo reel. The studio has also swaped shop for a dedicated facility, increasing their work flow. Among the main companies they have created spots and […]

As {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000891.html we reported over a year ago}}, MGM is to complement the release of the upcoming Steve Martin-led remake of The Pink Panther in theaters with the re-issue of the original Peter Sellers films on DVD. The {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001AG01M/qid=1117450715/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-7799063-0412607?v=glance&s=dvd five-film box set}} from last April leads the pack, with new individual releases of […]

Fans of Goscinny and Uderzo’s French comic book novels featuring Astérix, the power-juice guzzling Gaul, and his humongously strong sidekick Obelix, will be pleased to see the pair bounce back on the big screen in Asterix And The Vikings. Kinoo, in the {{link http://animatedviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5030#5030 Animted News Forum}} says that “the studio which did this movie […]

The trailer for Vanguard Animation’s fun comedy adventure Valiant has {{link http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/valiant/ just gone up}} in a number of high-quality sizes at Apple’s QuickTime Trailers site. The film will debut in the US through Walt Disney Pictures on August 19 2005. Don’t forget that the producers and creators of Valiant talk about the financing and […]

Seems Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell are really doing the online rounds, promoting their new DreamWorks comedy. The JoBlo.com website just posted a {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7564 new interview}} with the duo about their careers and the film, as well as a {{link http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=7540 discussion with the stars}} of the film, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett […]

More sad news comes in following Henry Corden’s death, with {{link http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2005_05.html#001108 Cartoon Brew’s reports}} of the recent passing of Hanna-Barbera voice artist Howard Morris and Ollie Johnston’s wife Marie. Morris was perhaps best known as the voice of Atom Ant and Beetle Bailey, while Marie, who died aged 87, was married to legendary Disney […]

As {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00003500.html we reported}} a couple of days ago, the latest Chicken Little trailer (as well as the much-requested Hitchhiker’s Guide spoof teaser) is now online in a variety of formats and sizes over at the film’s {{link http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/chickenlittle/ official teaser site}}.

Animation historian Mike Barrier takes an {{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Commentary/Madagascar/Madagascar.htm in-depth look at Madagascar}} and for once actually applauds a DreamWorks film! Meanwhile, the DreamWorks Animaton Fansite has {{link http://dreamworksfansite.com/features/reviews/madagascar.php another review up}}.

Disney’s PR department has just let us know that the full trailer for the studio’s “highly anticipated, first all-CGI animated movie will have its world premiere on Monday May 23, at 12:01am, exclusively on {{link http://disney.go.com/home/today/index.html Disney Online}} and {{link http://movies.go.com/ Movies.com}}. It will be available on {{link http://disney.go.com/disneymotion/ Disney Motion}} and {{link http://movies.go.com/moviesdynamic/motion Movies […]

A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, the first bout of Star Wars mania was closely linked with the antics of Jim Henson’s Muppets, thanks to the stars of those films appearing on The Muppet Show, the millions of shared fans of both series, plus behind-the-scenes ties including Frank Oz’s performance […]

A reader email sent into us reports that subscribers to Disney Magazine who have received their latest issue will find a letter stuck to the cover stating it is the last issue and that the rest of their subscription will be picked up by either Family Fun Magazine or Disney Adventures Magazine. Readers who did […]

Taken from the UK’s Daily Mirror newspaper, {{link http://www.arena.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/film/film.htm this site}} has three scans up of images from the new Wallace and Gromit movie, The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, as well as a high-res version of the teaser poster for the film.

The DreamWorks Animation fansite {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/fullstory.php?id=632 contest has one of six copies}} to be won of the Father Of The Pride 2-discer, set to hit stores on June 7.

As {{link http://ps2.ign.com/articles/614/614488p1.html IGN’s PS2 page}} says, “Avast, ye Kingdom Hearts fans! At Square Enix’s E3 conference, one of the surprises in the unveiling was that Jack Sparrow, the drunken mess of a pirate from the movie Pirates Of The Caribbean, would be in the upcoming KH sequel”. It is not clear at this time […]

Bishop Animation recently announced the opening of their full service {{link http://www.bishopanimation.com animation studio}}. Their own in-house project Paul And His Bananas continues in production.

Effects house Shynola’s most recent animation adventure involved the Guide entries for the big-screen adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. Chris Harding {{link http://www.vfxblog.com/articles/shynola_on_hitchhikers/index.html talks to vfxblog}} about the creation of the Guide’s graphics.

Coming this fall, Activision’s Shrek SuperSlam game pits the characters from the DreamWorks franchise against each other, combining “the twisted humor and pop culture parodies of the Shrek universe with the fast-paced action of a melee fighting game”. Signature fighting moves like Shrek’s Green Storm, Donkey’s Juggle Punt, and Puss-in-Boots’ Love-Stun bring variety and personality […]

Proving that the site covers all ends of the animated spectrum, DVD Toons has posted a couple of new pieces. The first is {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/features/75 Where’s Popeye? An Interview with Fred Grandinetti}}, which discusses the lack of authorized Fleischer Studios product featuring the spinach-guzzling sailor on DVD, and Grandinetti’s views on this as well as […]

The long-awaited Los Angeles premiere of Dan Lund and Tony West’s short documentary {{link http://www.dreamonsillydreamer.com/ Dream On, Silly Dreamer}} will be held Monday May 23rd at the Alex Theater in Glendale, CA. The screening will begin at 8:00pm. Tickets are $7, and can be purchased at the box office or via the {{link http://www.alextheatre.org/boxoffice.html Alex […]

Ain’t It Cool News has links up for the Chronicles Of Narnia: {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20172 The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe}} trailer, as well as the next Harry Potter movie, {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20171 The Goblet Of Fire}}. The site also recently posted a link to online diary test footage of a computer generated Man Of Steel […]

A UK animation site has a new {{link http://www.theuncredibles.co.uk/ Flash-animated short}} up that ruthlessly pokes fun at The Incredibles‘ style, as well as primarily spoofing the front runners in the UK Elections, which were held yesterday: eventual winner Tony Blair and rivals Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy. Thanks to ‘LemonSwan’ for the link!

Colin Blackstock writes in The Guardian newspaper today in the UK that “To fans of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy it will come as no surprise. They’ve always known the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is 42. But in a ‘delightfully improbably coincidence’, the film has taken £4.2m in its opening […]

As we reported recently, Disney is going ahead with plans to re-issue their original collaboration with Pixar, and the first CGI animated film, Toy Story on DVD in a lavish two-disc edition for the 10th Anniversary later this year. Those with the snazzy Ultimate Toy Box collection may pass, but the new disc does apparently […]

As well as the announcement of Justin Timberlake in Shrek 3, the Animation Now: Imagination Innovation Inspiration event, held May 1 at New York’s Lincoln Center, also {{link http://press.arrivenet.com/bus/article.php/630018.html revealed many points about other DreamWorks films}} in development, including Over The Hedge, Bee Movie and Aardman’s first foray into CGI waters, Flushed Away. Release dates […]