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The Chosen One
Some outrageous language and edgy situations might have boosted the lack of true wit on offer in this Flash-animated feature that struggles to have us invest in its characters or plot. |
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Perfect Nightmare: Mike Cachuela on storyboarding Christmas
Jeremie Noyer continues his nightmare journey behind the scenes of Tim Buton’s stop-motion classic, speaking to Nightmare Before Christmas‘s storyboard artist Mike Cachuela! |
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Titans, Toons, Loons…reviews and a Nightmare chat!
Reviews for Teen Titans, Tiny Toons, Freakazoid and Once Upon A Time…Walt Disney, plus a seat at a roundtable discussion with Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick! |
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Perfect Nightmare: Henry Selick on Making Christmas before time!
Animated News & Views’ Jeremie Noyer joins a roundtable discussion with The Nightmare Before Christmas‘ director Henry Selick on the occasion of the film’s 15th Anniversary! |
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Freakazoid!: Season 1
Fricassee, freakazoo…Freakazoid! is back on our screens and this great two-disc set is a reminder of how groundbreaking, and plain zany and nuts, this animated comedy show really was! |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 1
They’re tiny, they’re toony, and they’re back, on DVD! Still fresh, still funny, Warner does their little Looney Tunes proud in this four disc set. |
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Once Upon A Time…Walt Disney
This companion piece to the Artistic Sources Of The Disney Studios exhibition may fall short in a few minor areas, but otherwise it’s a must-have documentary that takes a serious look at Disney animation art. The addition of the silent Snow White is icing on the cake! |
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Teen Titans: The Complete Fifth Season
The final season of Teen Titans offers the most consistent tone, with only one real clunker (in addition to a misfire of a finale) marring what is otherwise an epic finish featuring the world’s teen heroes versus The Brotherhood Of Evil. |
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Heaps of new DVD announcements; plus the new Splits!
The Banana Splits return, plus some new DVD and BD announcements! |
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Talking to Tony Bancroft as Mulan returns to DVD
In a bit of stealth-like marketing, Disney has very quietly released their 1998 animated epic Mulan back to DVD this week. Unfortunately, there’s no Blu-ray edition, and fans with the original 2-disc Special Edition need not apply: the new boxed set merely repeats that version and bundles in the film’s direct to video sequel, Mulan […] |
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Tony Bancroft balances the yin and the yang in directing Mulan
Animated News & Views’ Jeremie Noyer speaks to Mulan‘s director Tony Bancroft as the Chinese epic returns to DVD in a new package with its video sequel. |
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Reviews return, with the final season of The Batman
I guess it’s time to get back to work. It’s taken a while, but we’re finally getting things running closer to normal here at the site, following our exciting meeting at the San Diego Comic-Con. As much as we hoped you would all enjoy reading about our little adventure, I realize that it may seem […] |
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The Batman: The Complete Fifth Season
The final season of The Batman finds him becoming chummier with the Justice League. |
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Animated Con-versation: AN&V at Comic-Con 2008!
Join Animated News & Views’ Ben Simon, James R Whitson and Randall Cyrenne as they head down California way to meet up for the first time at the annual Comic-Con geek fest in San Diego! |
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Comic-Con update, plus Fred 'n' Yogi's movies finally on DVD!
New on US releases for The Man Called Flintstone and Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! |
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Osamu Tezuka and Astro Boy!!!
As we hit Comic-Con, catch up on fan-favorite Astro Boy in his many incarnations on DVD, plus a look at the comprehensive Astro Boy Essays book – all in anticipation of his return to screens in a new blockbuster movie out next summer! |
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The Astro Boy Essays
Finally, there is an English language book about Osamu Tezuka! This one has a narrow focus, but it’s a nice start, particularly for those who are most interested in his most famous creation. |
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Astro Boy (2003): The Complete Series
The newest version of Astro Boy is really very good, though Sony’s DVD presentation is a sad thing to behold. |
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Astro Boy (1980): The Collection Box Set
Tezuka’s influence is felt even stronger in Astro Boy’s second series. |
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Astro Boy (1963): Ultra Collector’s Edition Sets 1 & 2
The first anime hit gets an impressive pair of sets collecting the entirety of the English dubbed versions of the show. |
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles on the Road To…San Diego!
With Comic-Con upon us, and James and Rand already on the road to San Diego, Ben’s jumping on a plane to join ’em; plus Batman: Gotham Knight reviewed and site updates! |
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Animated News & Views does Comic-Con 2008!
All the latest on Ben, James and Rand’s trip to the San Diego Comic-Con and Disneyland! |
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Batman: Gotham Knight (Blu-ray/DVD)
The Dark Knight gets an anime makeover in this anthology of tales handled by some of Japan’s best studios. Like any anthology, the results are mixed, but overall these visions of Batman are compelling. |
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The Art Of WALL•E: you're booked!
Jeremie speaks to Tim Hauser, author of the latest Pixar Art Of… book, which takes a look at their new feature WALL•E. |
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Author Tim Hauser’s “axioms” on The Art Of WALL•E
Animated News & Views’ Jeremie Noyer speaks to author Tim Hauser about the latest animation Art Of… book, this time focusing on Pixar’s WALL-E! |
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A day at the movies, plus more Narnia, and Baloo too!
Ben catches up on some of the latest blockbusters, while Rand adds his take on The Jungle Book 2 and Jeremie speaks to Narnia‘s Harry Gregson-Williams! |
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Harry Gregson-Williams: Scoring the Return to Narnia!
Jeremie Noyer chats with music composer Hary Gregson-Williams on his return to the Narnian universe for the latest entry in the series, Prince Caspian! |
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The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition
If you loved the original, here’s the story all over again, but this time in spiffy 21st Century-style animation! |
