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Director Mike Rianda on The Mitchells vs. The Machines
…of the reasons why the movie is the way it is, because it’s, like, “My family wasn’t perfect growing up and I don’t think anybody’s is.” And I’d rather see… |
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Director Luiz Bolognesi tells A Story Of Love And Fury
…about the intriguing film and its unlikely production, we talked about it with no less than its director, Luiz Bolognesi. Animated Views: Mr. Bolognesi, how did you come to animation?… |
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Christian Renaut’s book trilogy on Walt Disney animation comes full circle
…it is hard to sell books about Disney without images. It is a real challenge. Sorry for sounding a bit pretentious, but I think that few people in Europe have… |
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Production Designer Bill Cone feels at “Eze” in the world of Cars 3
…very used to pastel. It’d be as if I played a musical instrument I was very comfortable with. So, in painting outside, I’m very comfortable with that medium. I think… |
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Arcane
…the narrative have resulted in an emotional story that is wonderful as it is heartbreaking. The animation is majestic, mixing computer generated imagery with traditional hand-drawn illustrations to display visuals… |
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Elio
…those is it doesn’t come across as organic in its own right. This is a movie about finding your place in the universe, so to speak, yet ironically it struggles… |
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Raya And The Last Dragon
…Park instead. I really don’t know if I can articulate just how bad this film was measured against my expectations. I usually don’t like to spoil much about a movie,… |
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Around the world with Mila: interview with art director Alexandra Kavalova
…character undergoes. AV: What were your sources of inspiration? AK:I use anything I can get my hands on for Inspiration. From classical paintings to vintage illustration books as well as… |
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Disney’s Encanto digital soundtrack release now available!
…hope they realize how much variety there is in Colombian music. I learned so much about their rhythms and styles during the production process and I hope the audience can… |
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Titans, Toons, Loons…reviews and a Nightmare chat!
…old comic fan found lots to enjoy”. We stay with junior versions of classic characters for my first review in a while, the first volume of Tiny Toon Adventures: Season… |
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Director Kevin Munroe on TMNT
…its development to its DVD release and possible sequel. Animated Views: How did you become involved with animation? Kevin Munroe: I was in college, and I was well on my… |
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Peanuts: 1960’s Collection
…the second disc, and this mistake is stated in both places. I do question why this was made into a two-disc set. It is apparent that it was purely for… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Two
…the Star Wars saga’s intricate effects work. Brown is seen in archive footage, as well as a clip or two that were included as in-jokes in the cartoons themselves –… |
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The Lion King: Diamond Edition
…and one I have much interest in seeing how it plays out. Despite its surprise success, the appeal of The Lion King is totally understandable even today, what with its… |
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Comic-Con@Home 2021 Coverage
…of Comic-Con. Premiered on Friday, July 23, 2021 at 10am PST Stan Sakai and the Usagi Chronicles An early look at Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles—The legend, Stan Sakai (Usagi… |
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Jetix program block serves ABC and Disney well
Toon Zone reports that the re-branded Jetix action-toon blocks on ABC Family and Toon Disney (which we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000602.html originally revealed here}}) have brought “ratings improvements for both channels, versus… |
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Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
…I say above, I can imagine where the FastPlay could come in handy, but EasyFind isn’t easy at all and puts another page of text in front of things one… |
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Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword
…updated the designs for a new generation. I am interested to see how the designs may change in Mystery, Inc. and if they will change character designs in future releases…. |
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Wizards
…final scenes. Mind you, Bakshi’s own language slips one or two f-words into the interview itself, so fair warning if you’re watching this with small children in the room. Admirably,… |
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Tom and Jerry Tales: The Complete First Season
…one Looney Tunes enjoyed with Tiny Toon Adventures in the early 90s. Tom and Jerry Tales falls somewhere in the middle, but it does lean towards a relatively good second… |
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Burton, Timm, Katzenberg to receive Winsor McCay Award
…on He-Man and Flash Gordon. He did storyboards for Ralph Bakshi (on Mighty Mouse: the New Adventures) and John Kricfalusi (Beany & Cecil). While working on Tiny Toon Adventures, he… |
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Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure
…attempt to link the two endeavors together. The DTVs usually broke down into two camps: the “mid-quel” attempt at filling in “gaps” from the original movie (Bambi II, Tarzan II),… |
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Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land
…one of my favorites untarnished. I’d memorized Peter Pan from an unofficial VHS that my Dad had brought home in an attempt to satisfy my insatiable appetite for animation, and… |
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The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
…1½, Mickey’s Three Musketeers, Bambi II and Tarzan II were, no pun intended, dangerously close to aping the feature animation style. However, these films’ plots were nearly always a source… |
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The Flintstones: The Complete Series
…Rubble Junior and is a clear basis for Bamm-Bamm in the later show, addressing the inclusion of celebrity culture in the episodes, and the influence The Flintstones continues to exert… |
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The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea – Special Edition
…II DVD Storybook, narrated by Jodi Benson (“the voice of Ariel” the cover reminds us) and basically running through the story, such as it is, again in either read out… |
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Adventure Time: The Complete Seventh Season
…that it won both an Annie Award and an Emmy. It is the class of a season that is very strong throughout. Is This Thing Loaded? There is a handsome… |
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Tangled: Before Ever After
…the precedent set by the first film, but this is no real bad thing in itself, meaning that the humor so prevalent in Tangled is in full effect again here,… |
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ParaNorman
…chief antagonist, the lighting of those sets and the mood it achieves is notable in being how appropriate it all is, from realistic day and night-time to the realms of… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 1
…animation is sub par, but there is a certain something about this show— maybe it’s how un-funky the Revolutionary-era ghost really is. He is kind of fun, though, sporting Daws… |
