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Jack And The Cuckoo-Clock Heart
The astounding clock-punk rock opera masterpiece from Europe comes to North America. Read the review to find out more about one of the year’s best releases. |
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Thunder And The House Of Magic
Shout! Factory brings us a wonderful animated movie from Europe that may not transcend the family film genre, but it does provide quality entertainment, while also providing one of the best 3D experiences out there. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #77: The Great Mouse Detective – Sit, Toby
The Rotoscopers discuss the first film in their ‘Mice & Rats’ podcast series, Disney’s 1986 The Great Mouse Detective. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #76: Sleeping Beauty – Make It Pink! Make It Blue!
The Rotoscopers finally review one of the films that they’ve had on their bucket list since they started the show: Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. |
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The Boxtrolls
The Boxtrolls isn’t necessarily bad. And it tries very hard not to be. But it takes more than crazy characters in a cardboard cutout story to make a really good movie. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #75: Quest for Camelot – Draw That Axe in a Chicken Suit
The Rotoscopers head back to medieval times to discover King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and a really bizarre movie: Quest for Camelot. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #74: We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story
Get ready, the Rotoscopes are warping back in time to review the 1993 animated film We’re Back: A Dinosaur’s Story. |
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Director Kevin Munroe revisits Imagi’s TMNT franchise
With the Ninja Turtles back in theaters, Munroe remembers their computer animated film, TMNT, and the epic trilogy that never happened due to studio troubles. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #73: Ice Age – Scratology 101
In this week’s episode The Rotoscopers discuss an animated movie of mammoth-size proportions: Blue Sky’s first film, Ice Age. |
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Animator/Director Nassos Vakalis invites us to his Dinner for Few
Nassos Vakalis discusses his short film Dinner for Few, an allegorical take on how every system so far created by man inevitably ends with a few eating while the rest struggle to survive. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #72: Dinosaur – Well… Here It Is
In this episode, the Rotoscopers have a riveting discussion about one of Disney’s most forgotten about animated films Dinosaur. |
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2014 San Diego Comic-Con schedule highlights
It’s San Diego Comic-Con time again, and Lord Akiyama from the Animated Views Forum has compiled some highlights from the schedule for our readers. |
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
With a more interesting subject and setting, and a wider canvas, Planes: Fire & Rescue is better than its predecessor — but it isn’t quite a first-class upgrade. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #71: The Land Before Time – Fellowship of the Tree Star
The Rotoscopers kick off their Dinos & Dragons series by reviewing Don Bluth’s 1988 classic The Land Before Time. |
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Ratatouille: The Adventure at Disneyland Paris: Pixar Creative Director Roger Gould talks about an “animated” attraction
Just as the exciting new ride opens, we have an exclusive interview direct from France about this innovative and unique attraction. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #70: Tarzan – Attack of the Disney Theories
The Rotoscopers review the last film of the Disney Renaissance, 1999’s Tarzan. |
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Less is more, and more animated news is good news!
In order to bring you the latest happenings in the animation world in a more timely manner, we’re switching our news posts to a headline only format to get more links to you in less time. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #69: Princess Mononoke – Go Away
The Rotoscopers review Studio Ghibli’s epic film Princess Mononoke with special guest host, Rotowriter Mayra Amaya. |
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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
We continue our look at the production of the short based on the Howard Ashman song, by meeting the students who are making a major contribution to the project. |
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How To Train Your Dragon 2
Though it doesn’t quite reach the same heights, How To Train Your Dragon 2 is a worthy followup to the original. And it makes us yearn for DreamWorks to stop coasting and train themselves to fly higher. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #68: One Hundred and One Dalmatians – Do You Got Any Chloroform?
The Rotoscopers review Disney’s first modern animated movie, the 1961 canine classic One Hundred and One Dalmatians. |
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Buried Treasure: The ill-fated voyage to Treasure Planet 2
Director Jun Falkenstein maps out the story and artwork for the canceled Treasure Planet 2, in which Jim Hawkins and Silver would have taken on the villainous Ironbeard. |
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Son Of Batman
Talia al Ghul has a surprise for Batman, in the form of an arrogant but accomplished ten-year-old. It’s a great premise, but the presentation has some problems in terms of believability and basic taste. |
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series
The film was a bust, but it did lead to the production of what turned out to be a very fine cartoon show. Sleek CGI animation, strong scripts, and intriguing characters add to an already great sci-fi concept, and make the show impressive. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #65: Balto – Streetdog
The Rotoscopers go on a journey to watch Amblimation’s final movie, Balto. |
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The Pirate Fairy
This fun family film keeps up the quality of the Fairies franchise, serving as a clever prequel to Peter Pan, while in some ways almost being a super-hero film for little girls. |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #64: The Lord of the Rings – So Many Miniskirts
Morgan, Mason and Chelsea have a rotospective at Ralph Bakshi’s 1978 The Lord of the Rings. |
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Rio 2
Rio 2 is the type of film that needs to become an endangered species in Hollywood — a vapid, unoriginal movie that will appeal only to young children who aren’t familiar with all the cliches and stereotypes. |
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The Venture Bros.: The Fifth Season
The latest season of the [adult swim] fan favorite sees the rebirth and fall of SPHINX, The Monarch gain his revenge on Doctor Venture (or so he says), and the recently graduated Venture Bros. clumsily finding their way in the world, even as family secrets come to light. |
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Great songs never die: how art director Amos Sussigan is crafting the look of Aria For A Cow
We check in on the production of the short based on the Howard Ashman song, and look at its visual style. |
