We mentioned it after it was first announced but are giving a reminder that this Thursday night ASIFA-Hollywood will be holding a reunion for the 40th Anniversary of Osamu Tezuka’s KIMBA, The White Lion. “Guest panelists will be famous animator Sadao Miyamoto (alumnus of Tezuka’s Mushi Production,) Jared Cook, translator & interpreter for Tezuka himself, […]

A recent Variety e-mailing reports that Pixar’s John Lasseter will be presented with the George Melies Award for Creative Excellence by the Visual Effects Society on February 15. “The kudos for Lasseter marks the first time the VES has given an honorary award to anyone from the animation business.”

Animation Podcast has updated with the third and final part of its John Musker and Ron Clements interview in which the famed directing/writing pair discuss “their writing process as well as developing The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.”

Halloween isn’t over yet, not now that Michel Gagne’s Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppets interstitials produced for Nickelodeon’s 2005 “Halloween Shriekin Weekend” have been posted online. And the sixteenth, all new Treehouse of Horror episode of The Simpsons premieres this coming Sunday, November 6, on the FOX network.

As we get nearer to the release of this year’s big Disney animated feature here are some of the many recent articles about Chicken Little that can be found on the web: World Premiere report at o-meon List of theaters showing Chicken Little in 3D at Laughing Place Will 3D help Chicken Little’s box office? […]

Any animation fan near the Hollywood area today should check out ASIFA-Hollywood’s screening of some rare but newly restored Krazy Kat cartoons being held at AFI’s Warner Bros. Screening Room at 3:00pm. Krazy Kat was “one of the first comic strip characters adapted to animated cartoons.” The screening is free for ASIFA members with a […]

If you’re getting near the end of a long work week and need a little boost or if you simply want to hear a great assortment of classic Disney music check out Radio Lion King, a fully legal online radio station hosted by Live365 and featuring a wildly eclectic mix of dozens of Disney songs […]

o-meon updates with an article by animation vet Floyd Norman about his recent trip to Kansas City, “the home of Walt Disney’s first animation studio.” Take a step back in time as he points out many of the important people and locales that influenced Walt’s entertainment empire at an early stage.

The following comes from a Variety e-mailing about the continuing success of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit throughout the world:

Check out Greenwich Time for an article on stop motion animation and Nick Park’s efforts to keep it alive (with a mention of Flushed Away’s “deliberately understated” CGI animation). “In an era when computer-generated animated features rank among the most lucrative movies in history, filmmakers are increasingly looking to stop-motion to find fresh ways to […]

Following are four images from Disney’s compilation DVD Timeless Tales: Volume 3 due out on January 3, 2006:

Follow the ‘More’ link for four images from Arenas/Disney’s The 3 Wise Men (Los 3 Reyes Magos). The DVD will be released November 1 and will only be available through the Wal-Mart retail chain. Official Site

Check out Chuck Oberleitner’s o-meon editorial site for the lowdown on Apple’s new video playing iPod. What does this have to do with aniamtion? Well, six Pixar animated shorts (including Red’s Dream, which has never been on DVD) are some of the first videos available for download now from iTunes, along with episodes of Lost […]

The following is a press release with information on Cinderella items being auctioned off by Disney for charity with proceeds going to hurricane relief:

The first poster image for Happy Feet, “a comedy adventure set in the land of the Emperor Penguins in the heart of Antarctica,” has been revealed at India Times. The film utilizes the voice talent of some big Hollywood names, such as Nicole Kidman, Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, and Brittany Murphy. The main […]

In addition to Tim Burton’s shorts Vincent and Frankenweenie being played during the coming theatrical engagement of The Nightmare Before Christmas at Disney’s El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Henry Selick’s new short Moongirl, produced by LAIKA Entertainment, will also be shown. Sounds like a full bill.

For a little introspective reading, check out Send a message by Ed Hooks. This article explores whether or not it is necessary for a Hollywood movie (including animated features) nowadays to convey a moral message or if it is simply enough that the movie bring in lots of money.

With Disney’s Chicken Little nearing release Chuck Oberleitner’s o-meon site examines some of the big expectations placed on it as Walt Disney Feature Animation’s first non-Pixar, 100% CGI animated flick. Read on to find out how it looks like this former “underdog” may be working its way out of the doghouse.

Animated News has received several copies of the Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows DVD from Buena Vista Home Entertainment to give away to five lucky winners. UPDATE: The contest is now over. Thank you to all who entered. View list of winners:

Steamin’ hot off the DreamWorks Animation press comes the following synopsis for The Madagascar Penguins in A Christmas Caper the short feature playing with this Friday’s release of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and directed by none other than Beauty and the Beast’s Gary Trousdale:

Today marks the Region 1 release of Disney’s Cinderella for the first time on DVD. It appears as the sixth in a line of Platinum Editions of the most cherished movies from The Walt Disney Studios. Animated News reporter Christian Ziebarth has previewed the contents and put together a random sampling of some of its […]

Fire up those iPods because The Animation Podcast has just updated with part 2 of their Ron Clements and John Musker interview in which the fabulous directing duo “detail how they made the transition from animating to the story department to directing.”

The following is a press release from DreamWorks Animation SKG about some recent changes in their upper eschelons of management:

Muppet Central reports that “Jerry Juhl, head writer of the Muppets for more than thirty-five years died Monday.” Jerry wrote for The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and the television specials. Thanks to Kristin for the heads up. Jim Hill has more.

Skwigly Animation Magazine reports on a scientific study investigating subjects’ emotional response to various styles of robots that obtained some interesting results. These results are then applied to the reactions of the general public to the characters in several recent CGI movies, such as Shrek, The Incredibles, and The Polar Express.

On November 10, ASIFA-Hollywood will be holding a 40-year reunion for Kimba the White Lion, Osamu Tezuka’s anime-ish story of a white lion cub separated from his parents. The evening will bring together several people who worked on both the Japanese and American versions of the film. The hot topic of the evening should be […]

Animation World Network has a new preview of some of the animated shorts making the festival circuit at the moment. QuickTime clips of each short are made available and it looks like all types of animation are represented.

Yahoo! News and the Sydney Morning Herald report that veteran TV actor Don Adams (born Donald James Yarmy) has passed away at the young age of 82. Don Adams provided the voice for the animated penguin character Tennessee Tuxedo as well as animated spy character Inspector Gadget which was loosely based on his Maxwell Smart […]

Roving reporter Chuck Oberleitner gives a rundown at his o-meon site of the many Disney-related events that have occurred this month including Lost at the Emmys, the Cinderella celebration at the El Capitan, the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland, the official opening of the Ward Kimball Train Exhibit, the induction of new Disney Legends, and […]

Check out Animation World Magazine for an article by Mike Johnson, who gets into the gruesome details of his demanding stop-motion work on The Corpse Bride and tells of an encounter with legendary stop-motion pioneer Ray Harryhausen.