DreamWorks took to the Broadway stage with Shrek: The Musical , but now they are previewing the How To Train Your Dragon stage show in Australia. The first clip of the new show is making the Internet rounds and on first glimpse the dragon looks extremely real. The footage shows Hiccup demonstrating his “courage,” then […]

On August 5, Cartoon Network premiered it’s newest cartoon, Thundercats, a remake of the 1980s cult classic produced by Rankin and Bass (the studio that made the popular Christmas specials: Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman). Fans were hesitant if the new show would live up to the reputation of the old, but […]

A teaser image was released last year for The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra, a sequel to the hit series Avatar: The Last Airbender. At this year’s Comic-Con, Nickelodeon tempted us with the first trailer for the new series. Not much of the story is revealed in the preview or the connections to Avatar: The […]

Sad news for the anime community. Satoshi Kon passed away in the recent months and now Toyoo Ashida has joined him in the big animation studio in the sky. Ashida was the director for legendary anime Fist Of The North Star (first two TV series and the movie), Vampire Hunter D OAV, and The World […]

A while ago Conan O’Brien visited Bruce Timm at Warner Brothers Animation, home of the DC animated universe. Coco asked Timm to draw him as a superhero, fishnet stockings, garters, and an oven mitt later the Flaming C was born. Cartoon Brew has covered the various parodies that have followed, the latest is a 3-D […]

One of HBO’s hit shows, Entourage, will have a cartoon attached to it in the coming eighth season to gain publicity. Mark Wahlberg, producer, will also be involved in the marketing campaign. The new cartoon is called Johnny Bananas and stars Kevin Dillon as the voice of main character. Dillon plays “Drama” on Entourage and […]

ThunderCats, one of the biggest TV animation premieres of the summer, has a new sneak peak. Nine minutes of the pilot episode is available for previewing. Based off the popular 1980s cartoon, the reboot takes the ThunderCats universe in a whole new direction. The animation is cleaner and slanted towards Japanese anime. It was animated […]

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Not the fastidious Rabbit from Disney’s Winnie the Pooh franchise. Tom Kenny, the voice of the popular invertebrate, is leaving behind his watery roots but staying in the congenial children’s market to voice the beloved Rabbit in Disney’s 2011 Winnie the Pooh. Jim Hill Media has an […]

Collider posted nine new pictures from the newest movie starring everyone’s favorite puppets and interviews with Amy Adams, Jason Segal, and on set video blog. Plot details are revealed along with a scoop on behind the scenes and much more Muppet fun!

In light of the three month anniversary of the earthquake that rocked Japan and sent the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into a near meltdown, Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli hung a banner on top of their building that reads, “Studio Ghibli wa Gen-Patsu Nuki no Denki de Eiga o Tsukuritai” or “Studio Ghibli Wants to […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is very busy lately. The recently banned performance capture animation (a technique pioneered by Robert Zemeckis with The Polar Express) from the nomination ballot. The changed the rules again to increase the number of animated films available for nomination each year based on how many are released. […]

Anime News Network reports that 4Kids Entertainment will pitch Yu-Gi-Oh Zexel to potential merchandisers. 4Kids plans to release the new series this fall on Toonzai. The company is currently in the middle of a lawsuit, however, with the Japanese licensors, TV Tokyo and ADK’s Nihon Ad Systems (NAS). Both tried to cancel their contract with […]

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 […]