Cyper Media Inc, a 3D animation studio currently producing the $15 million feature The 5th Glacial Epoch, has acquired Joongang Movie Entertainment Co. Ltd, a producer of animated content for the Pokemon series. Joongang is a profitable 13-year-old animation company with more than 60 different Japanese TV clients, and which also has numerous contacts in […]

Ain’t It Cool’s {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17300 AnimAICN}} takes it’s usual look at the world of manga and Japanese anime projects in various states of development. There are a ton of links in there, with news and reviews on films coming soon and now available on DVD, as well as this image of a figure of {{link […]

{{link http://www.showbizdata.com/contacts/picknews.cfm/35108/EISNER_SAYS_HE’S_HAPPY_NOT_TO_BE_DISNEY_CHAIRMAN ShowBiz Data}} reports that Disney Copmany CEO Michael Eisner, who was recently stripped of his additional Chairman role, has said that he’s “happy with this arrangement” and that he will now be able to “devote more time to working with company executives on reinvigorating the company’s animation unit and reviving the ABC television […]

“Six new shows, three new acquisitions, greenlights of two existing shows and future programming events” will feature strongly in Cartoon Network’s new Adult Swim blocks, to begin with an extra night of action and anime programming on Saturday, April 17th. The kick-off will see the broadcasting of The Animatrix, while new animation deals with Seth […]

The Triplettes Of Belleville director Sylvain Chomet’s next film, according to Done Deal’s Script Sales, has been picked up by Dimension Films for US distribution. Chomet was belived to be assembling a team and creating a new studio in Scotland to tell the story which, if this is the same film he has previously mentioned, […]

The {{link http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/#film5 Internet Movie Database}} is reporting that “New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick has reviewed a five-minute ‘movie’ starring Jerry Seinfeld and has extolled it as ‘the year’s funniest new movie so far’. A Uniform Used To Mean Something is being screened {{link http://www.americanexpress.com/jerry only on the internet}} and is in fact […]

DVD news and reviews site The Digital Bits has their classics expert Barrie Maxwell return today with three new articles of particular interest to animation fans. As well as his usual {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/barriemaxwell/maxwell032904.html Coming Attractions}} page (which highlights many animated titles in the works), Barrie also gets to grips with a {{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/disney3.html group of […]

The {{link http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/#tv3 Internet Movie Database}} reports thst “The controversy over Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ spills over into Comedy Central Wednesday night when South Park offers an episode titled The Passion of the Jew“. The Viacom-owned channel released a statement which described the episode: “After weeks of pressure from Cartman, Kyle finally […]

Roseanne really seems to be pulling the stops out in making the rounds promoting Disney’s Home On The Range. Now, the {{link http://latinoreview.com/films_2004/disney/homeontherange/roseanne-interview.html Latino Review}} has a chat with the star, who provides the voice of Maggie in the film, out this Friday, April 2.

Fox Home Entertainment, via DVD Toons, announces a new disc and specs for {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/549 Garfield As Himself}}, a collection of three animated episodes (Here Comes Garfield, Garfield On The Town and Garfield Gets A Life) coming to DVD on June 29. Retail is a low $14.95, with no known extras at this point.

It didn’t do too well in theaters and the theatrical poster (lampooning Pinocchio) may have been jettisoned, but here’s the much more “kid-friendly” and colorful artwork for the Teacher’s Pet disc, out June 15, courtesty of {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/550 DVD Toons}}.

‘WolfTooth’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1845#post1845 Animated News Forum}} points to nausicaa.net’s news that a vocal cast has been announced for the new US dubbed version of Miyazaki’s My Neigbor Totoro. Artists include Dakota Fanning (Taken, I Am Sam) as Satsuki, her younger sister Elle Fanning (Taken, Daddy Day Care) as Mei, and familiar Disney voices […]

On The Record, a musical revue show featuring music from Disney’s amazing repertoire, is being tested on the road after all, following news that Mouse House theatrical chiefs wanted to take it straight to Broadway. Now {{link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/85262.html Playbill}} has announced the initial dates set for the touring show, which will take in the big […]

Those anticipating the usual long wait between films being released in the US and their eventual UK issues will be pleased to learn that DreamWorks will bow its two big animated features this year in the UK soon after their counterpart dates in the States. Shrek 2 will hit on July 2 following an American […]

Scoring an early look at the menus and disc artwork for the April 13 release of Paul McCartney: The Music And Animation Collection is {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/547 DVD Toons}}, also adding full specs and a hi-res version of the previously released cover art. While it looks like a nice set, it’s a shame that it will […]

Hidden in the depths of the recently released {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/287 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? box set}}, DVD Toons reviewer Randall Cyrenne mentions a certain trailer that is “most notable for also showing the cover art for the upcoming Jetsons set and the still-not-officially-announced Tom And Jerry set”. The Jetsons collection looks to follow the look […]

‘Burma’ has seen Disney’s Home On The Range, out this weekend, and sends in a frank report to {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17279 Ain’t It Cool News}} about the film and a “premiere screening” event hosted by the San Diego Cinema Society. Associate Producer David Steinberg was also on hand to introduce the film and stick about for […]

{{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/287 DVD Toons}} have taken a look at the recent Scooby Doo, Where Are You? Seasons One and Two DVD box set from Warners. Meanwhile, the new live-action Scooby feature, Monsters Unleashed, opened on Friday with an estimated $30.7 million, roughly half of the $54.2 million taken in by the 2002 original, but still […]

Celebrated raconteur and Oscar winning actor Sir Peter Ustinov has died at the age of 82. He won one of his two Academy Awards for his role in Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus in 1960, but will forever be remembered by animation fans for providing one of the best – if not the best – vocal performances […]

Jim Harvey over at {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=106390 Toon Zone}} has more info (after the {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00001169.html news}} last week) on several new WB titles coming to DVD, including Batman Beyond, Teen Titans, the Justice League: Starcrossed movie and another, direct to video feature for Justice League.

Well, it’s not quite what many were expecting (much more of a “cartoony” look, with animated Siegfried and Roy as opposed to their live-action selves), but {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4078 Coming Soon}} has the first look pic from DreamWorks’ new series for NBC, Father Of The Pride, as it appears in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly.

Can’t wait until Tuesday to catch the Chicken Little teaser on the new Brother Bear DVD? Well head over to this French {{link http://www.disneyvideo.fr.st Disney fan site}} which has a version of the trailer online. You can also {{link http://www.disneyvideo.fr.st/menu/chicken.avi directly download}} the teaser here.

The good word about {{link http://www.inkwellimagesink.com/ Inkwell Images}}’ excellent series of animation anthology discs keeps spreading, as Del Walker at {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/286 DVD Toons}} takes a look at Max Fleischer’s Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes (1925-1927). Though the series has been put together by an independent producer, you’d never know from the quality that the discs were […]

Alfred Molina, soon to be seen as the CG-enhanced Spider-Man villain Doctor Octopus in the upcoming web-head sequel, has also recently completed voice work on an interesting sounding animated feature film, Sian Ka’an, according to {{link http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-film.html?2004-03/23/11.30.film Sci-Fi Wire}}. “It’s like a modern-day fable,” says Molina. “I’m a good guy who has a few bad […]

DreamWorks’ {{link http://www.shrek2.com/ official Shrek 2 site}} has been updated to include some new info on the movie, new “fun and games”, as well as new sections for media and behind-the-scenes (coming soon).

{{link http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/501/501364p1.html?fromint=1 IGN FilmForce}} reports that ShoWest, the biggest gathering of theater owners and exhibitors in the industry, has been shown a special clips reel put together to promote Disney/Pixar’s upcoming The Incredibles. “The trailer also debuted and is easily among the most crazed of any Pixar release. It is a collection of snips but […]

Although the US DVD is about to ship to stores for its March 30th release, the film is newly released in Germany, where ‘Frieder’ has written in to tell us that it is number one at the box office. The film has now taken around $200 million around the world.

AnimationHQ will be welcoming back voice actor, David Kaye (Inu Yasha, X-Men: Evolution, Transformers: Energon, Armada, Beast Wars, etc) for a second chat session. The chat will be held this Saturday, March 27th, at 7pm EST in the {{link http://AnimationHQ.net/v2/features/events.htm AnimationHQ IRC chatroom}}. Kaye’s first chat with AnimationHQ can be {{link http://www.animationhq.net/v2/vainfo/chat-logs/kaye_12-13-03.htm re-read here}}.

Starting to think that things in the Roy Disney camp had gone a little quiet in the past few days? Well he’s back folks, asking for a count of employees who voted against Michael Eisner at the recent shareholders meeting in Philadelphia, according to the {{link http://drudgereport.com/flash.htm Drudge Report}}. “Roy Disney said he believes a […]

Jim Harvey at {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=106207 Toon Zone}} has scored some exclusive information from Warner Brothers about their planned season box set releases of their most popular superheroes to DVD. Apparently, fans of the characters and shows need not worry: “WB is listening”. The sets will be similar to the Hanna-Barbera titles recently released, and with […]