The Big Cartoon Database reveals that two of the stories featured in Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas include Donald trying in vain to resist the joy of the season, and Mickey and Pluto learning a great lesson about the power of friendship.

Ultimate Disney has the offical artwork for the Brother Bear DVD’s two discs.

According to Zap2it, Stuart Little 3 will be a completely computer-animated, direct-to-video sequel. “People love Stuart, but it would just be too expensive to try it again for the big screen,” says producer Lucy Fisher, in an interview with Zap2it.com. “And we do hope to get Michael J. Fox to do the voice again.” Michael […]

According to Disneyfilmsidan, more Disney sequels in the works include Mickey’s Around the World in 80 Days (2006), Cinderella III (2007), The Jungle Book 3 (2008), Peter Pan 3 (2008), The Little Mermaid III (2008), and Sleeping Beauty II. Please take this information with a grain of salt, due to the fact that the site […]

To celebrate the release of The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata (aka Lion King 1½) on DVD and video in the UK on Monday 16 February, Disney are holding a special screening of the film at London Zoo the day before release, on Sunday 15th. For entry details, check out here:

Sylvain Chomet’s Belleville Rendezvous (The Triplets Of Belleville) notched up more kudos last night, when a panel of four film professionals announced it as the winner of the first ever BBC World Cinema Award. In the shortlist were City Of God, Etre Et Avoir, Good Bye Lenin!, The Man Without A Past, the fully animated […]

Kristin alerts us to an article at The Orlando Sentinel website about some of the effects of Disney shutting down their Florida animation studio. “Disney’s current leadership can sputter all they want about the nature of animation evolving, about how they’re not “killing” anything, about the need to slash costs to boost a deflated stock […]

Check out Animation World Magazine for their exclusive interview with Gary Baseman, the creator of Disney’s TV series and recent feature film, Teacher’s Pet. There’s a lot of emphasis on cartoon history and the issues involved in bringing something to the big screen that was originally designed for the small screen.

Twenty years ago today, a much younger Steve Jobs introduced the world to the Macintosh and changed the course of computer and animation history. The Mac brought us the first computer “for the rest of us” and started the boom of computer use by the masses. And two years later, with money earned at Apple […]

The official {{link http://www2.warnerbros.com/scoobydoo2/ Scooby-Doo 2}} site has posted the final one-sheet poster for the March 26 release of Monsters Unleashed, which will also probably end up being the front cover for an eventual DVD issue. Thanks to ‘monkeyboy12’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=793#post793 AN Forum}} for the link – check it out on the WB […]

Belleville Rendezvous (The Triplets Of Belleville) will get one final showing on the BBC 4 digital cable channel, tonight (Saturday) at 11.30pm.

Set to retail on January 27th, {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008EY6Q/qid=1074953040//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl74/102-4687562-8010520?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846 The Critic: The Complete Series}} brings together all 23 episodes from seasons one and two, as well as a few other surprises! Speculation across the web also has wish-listers including the 2000 follow-up “webisode” series in the set. Initial reports confim a “short film” compliation, which many […]

Just got a chance to see the Klein/Newton Annie Award Nominee Boys Night Out and can say that I wholeheartedly agree with Animation Blast’s Amid Amidi’s appraisal that it is a “cartoonist’s cartoon.” The feature is a dark comedy about a stepfather who has to reluctantly watch his stepson while his wife enjoys a little […]

Disney’s new TV series premieres today at 5:30 on the Disney Channel. This new animated comedy series is set in the Middle Ages and follows the title character, Dave’s comedic adventures with his family (with his sisters Candy and Fang) as they protect themselves and their family from a world of oddball foes. Dave himself […]

{{link http://www.nynewsday.com/ny-kangaroo0123,0,1776938.story?coll=nyc-topheadlines-left NY Newsday}} reports that Bob Keeshan, TV’s Captain Kangaroo, has died at the age of 76. \\Captain Kangaroo\\ “premiered on CBS in 1955 and ran for 30 years before moving to public television for six more. It was wildly popular among children and won six Emmy Awards, three Gabriels and three Peabody Awards”. […]

{{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/01232004.1.htm~contentFrame Jim Hill}} looks back at the careers of two of Disney’s best directors, John Musker and Ron Clements, on their last day working for Disney. The pair kickstarted the second Golden Age of Animation in the late 1980’s with \\The Great Mouse Detective\\ and \\The Little Mermaid\\. They went on to direct \\Aladdin\\, […]

\\Variety\\ reports (via {{link http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=3133 ComingSoon.net}}) that DreamWorks is already fast-tracking production of \\Shrek 3\\ and \\Shark Tale 2\\, months before the first \\Shrek\\ sequel is released and more than half a year before the release of the first \\Shark Tale\\! In \\Shrek 3\\ the “green ogre will tackle the legend of King Arthur and […]

According to Central Florida’s local CBS affiliate {{link http://www.local6.com/news/2782804/detail.html Local6}}, Disney has sold the town center of Celebration – a city they created. The sale ends “the entertainment giant’s most visible connection to an experiment with urban planning”. The town center, which encompasses “18 acres containing 16 retail shops, six full-service restaurants, more than 94,000 […]

{{link http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/01/22/obit.woodbridge.ap/index.html CNN}} reports that \\Mad\\ magazine illustrator George Woodbridge has died of emphysema at 73. Woodbridge worked at the mag for nearly 50 years and his “exquisitely detailed pen-and-ink drawings were featured in nearly every issue”. \\Mad\\ Editor John Ficarra said that “he had a tremendous eye for detail that showed up in his […]

Masamune Shirow’s other manga, Appleseed is getting the CG treatment. The new movie will be directed by Aramaki Shinji and produced by Sori Fumihiko, the director of last years hit Japanese live action movie Ping Pong. The movie will be 100% computer animated, but will retain the 2D look of the original manga. 21-year-old actress […]

{{link http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/20/serkis.gollum/index.html CNN}} has an interesting report on Andy Serkis, his new book, and the creation of Gollum for \\The Lord of the Rings\\. The book is called \\Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic\\ and contains Serkis’ point of view of the character’s creation from the beginning (his agent told him this job would consist […]

The complete list of songs appearing in the upcoming Disney interquel The Lion King 1½ was recently released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. It appears to be an eclectic mix of all new material, each of the five principal songs from the first movie, and several songs “borrowed” from pop music, classical music, Broadway, and […]

Toonzone {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=100358 reports}} Teen Titans’ Sunday telecast was Cartoon Network’s highest rated episode of the week among key demographics, the network said today, as the superhero series scored its best-ever ratings and delivery. The episode was Cartoon Network’s #1 show among kids 6-11, who lifted the episode more than 70% over the same time […]

Animation World Network {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10093 reports}} The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied an appeal by Clare Milne and Disney to recapture the rights under copyright to Winnie the Pooh from the Slesinger family, originally granted in an agreement with author A. A. Milne in the ’30s. This appeal was […]

Animax Asia (Asia’s first 24 hour anime channel) started broadcasting last January 19 to several Asian territories including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the rest of South Asia. The network is currently broadcasting several anime titles including Astro Boy, Chobits, GetBackers, Texhnolyze, GTO and more. Here’s to more anime on Animax soon!

Animation World Network {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10092 reports}} two popular Japanese Anime series will debut on Cartoon Network in April. Gundam Seed will air on the network’s weekend Action Block. The debut will roughly coincide with the release of the first volume of the Gundam Seed manga from Del Rey on April 30. Detective Conan will air […]

According to {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10091 AWN}} former animators of the now defunct Disney Feature Animation facility in Orlando may have more opportunites to find work without having to move back to California. Raven Animation Inc., formed by {{link http://www.ravenmoon.net/ Raven Moon Entertainment}}, plans to run a studio in the Orlando area. Raven Moon CEO Joey DiFrancesco […]

New \\SpongeBob SquarePants\\ episodes aired on Monday night, but if you missed them you are in luck. An encore presentation of the episodes “Plankton’s Army” and “Missing Identity” will air again tonight at 8:30pm ET on Nick. Production of the TV show has ground to a virtual halt and new episodes are few and far […]

According to the {{link http://www.ntv.co.jp/ghibli/diary_g/index.html Studio Ghibli Production Diary}} (English translation available from {{link http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/howl/diary.html Naussica.net}}), storyboarding for \\Howl’s Moving Castle\\ has been completed. {{link http://www.animenewsnetwork.com Anime News Network}} reports that “at just under 1400 storyboards \\Howl\\ has slightly more storyboards than \\Spirited Away\\”.

Pentamedia Graphics’ \\Pandavas – The Five Warriors\\, the first full-length 3D computer animated film to be created and produced in India, will be released on DVD and VHS in North America by Eagle One Media on April 20, 2004. \\Pandavas – The Five Warriors\\ is “based on the classic Indian tale from one of India’s […]