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Animation Addicts Podcast #90: Kung Fu Panda – How to Train Your Dragon Warrior
…Fu Panda Drama at the Annie Awards. Panda sweeps! First thoughts and recollections about the movie. Is it easier to do martial arts in animation? The 2D opening sequence is… |
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2021 Quick Review Recaps
…has no power is never explained. Why the magic is disappearing is poorly explained. One major plot point that is finally revealed is later ignored. In the end everything that… |
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Around the world with Mila: Writer (and Director) Cinzia Angelini
…it” somewhere. Yes, it’s a film inspired by true events that happened in Italy, but Mila represents all children, in any war, in any time, so it was obvious to… |
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Inside Inside Out 2 with Pixar Production Designer Jason Deamer
…worked on the first one. I’ve been at Pixar for 26 years, and I feel like I grew up around Ralph. His influence on my work is very strong. I… |
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An interview with the creators of Oni
…to the project, too. SS: Yes, I mean absolutely everything Dice said. It’s amazing how specific Oni is to his journey, but I also found my own journey in it,… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series Special Edition
…accomplished thriller in itself – a Chinatown, if you will, with a bunch of crazy toons thrown in to spin it on its head! The effects never outweigh the story,… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition
…quite an accomplished labyrinthine thriller in itself – a “Chinatoon”, if you will, with a bunch of crazy characters thrown in to spin it on its head! The effects never… |
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Warners on new toon DVDs, plus the DisneyLand…bootleg!?
…its signature castle, as in this Chinese DisneyLand rip-off which shows up just how poorly copyright infringement is being attacked in the region. And, worse still, this one is state-owned!… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #93: Pinocchio – Now That’s How You Do a Sidekick
…Main Discussion: Pinocchio (1940) Talking about the production history. Diving into the original 1883 book The Adventures of Pinocchio. What did they change from the original story? Jiminy Cricket is… |
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire – 2 Movie Collection
…here, but genuinely I do believe it’s a unique feature in the “Disney canon”. It does have its weaknesses but on seeing it again in this impressive HD rendering, I’m… |
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A round-up of toon TV on DVD…
…colorfully titled the Freakin’ Sweet Collection, is to be released on December 14th. This compilation is noteworthy for its inclusion of the uncut episode of “Road to Rhode Island,” which… |
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Toon producers outsource to China
…new Imagi projects next year: the sci-fi ninja Gatchaman and the robot Astro Boy. Both Imagi pics are adaptations of well-known Japanese anime. For Imagi, the decision to work out… |
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Toon Talk's Year in Review
Kirby C. Holt’s latest {{link http://www.laughingplace.com/News-PID280070-280070.asp Toon Talk}} column at {{link http://www.laughingplace.com Laughingplace.com}} is a look back at 2003 with “The Year in Review” and a top 10 list of… |
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Duck Dodgers producers Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone enter the Toon Zone
…Dodgers In The 24 1/2 Century (itself “sequel-ized” in the 1970s follow-up Duck Dodgers And The Return Of The 24 1/2 Century). The new Duck Dodgers show airs on the… |
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Starz On Demand Gets Animated In August
…service). “Bunny-Palooza†begins August 1st On Demand, while “Starz Toon Fest†is slated to begin on August 17th. Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in… |
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Toon Radio expands popular anime show to 1 hour
{{link http://www.toonradio.net/ Toon Radio’s}} anime program Anime in the Limelight will expand to a full hour starting Saturday, February 7, at 6:00pm EST…. |
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Bringing WALL•E to life, and a peek at Pixar's Cars Toon!
…get to the extras, but in the meantime we have a bonus for you too: an exclusive interview with WALL•E’s animator Victor Navone, who speaks with Jeremie Noyer about how… |
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A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: The Complete 2nd, 3rd & 4th Seasons
…makes it more fun to watch. Overall, it is a great show and I am glad that the show has been released in its entirety on DVD. Animated Classic or… |
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Fox, Cube, & Cohen Team-Up For Rap Toon
…series will be set in Englewood, N.J., which is significant because the city is the birthplace hip-hop pioneer Sugar Hill Records, and will follow the adventures of an early 1980s… |
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Classic characters to run marathon with Boomerang
…Boomerang Boomerang is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s (TBS, Inc.) 24-hour cable/satellite network offering the best in classic animated entertainment. In partnership with Cartoon Network, the service boasts 75 percent unduplicated… |
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Thunderbean Roundup: Van Beuren Studio Cartoons and Other Strange and Commercial Rarities
…this color cartoon is actually nicely made; perhaps it was just the fact that it was promotional meant it had money spent on it, even if it now feels like… |
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The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!
…want in high-definition. I’d originally promised myself that I wouldn’t fall into the trap of re-purchasing the majority of my DVD library on Blu-ray, but the lure of authentically upgraded… |
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Filmation’s Ghostbusters: Volume Two!
…shows do show up, however, is how ineffectual Prime Evil is as a habitual villain – perhaps a real threat would have balanced much more nicely against the often hapless… |
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The Rescuers
…no-no in my book – not impressed. Ink And Paint: Compared to the recalled, second-release LaserDisc, which I managed to blag a copy of last-minute, I could see no real… |
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Watch the trailer for Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures animated series of shorts
Disney and LucasFilm have launched a trailer for Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures. The animated series of shorts will be released to the recently launched Star Wars Kids YouTube channel… |
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The Adventures of Tintin DVD and Blu-ray in March
…Conceptual Design”, “Tintin: In the Volume”, “Snowy: From Beginning to End”, “Animating Tintin”, “Tintin: The Score”, and “Collecting Tintin”. No extra material is reported to be included on the DVD…. |
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New images from The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
After releasing the first images from Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn last week, Empire Magazine shares new images from the big screen adaptation of… |
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D.C. Fontana remembers Star Trek: The Animated Adventures
…Animated Adventures. In the conversation, Fontana speaks of her experiences writing and producing Star Trek over the years, and also talks in detail about writing “Yesteryear”, arguably the animated series’… |
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UPDATED: New Adventures of Tintin posters
…that includes Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Daniel Craig. A trailer for the Christmas release is expected to appear online this week. UPDATE: A second poster for the film–with a… |
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Nicktoons announces second season of Iron Man: Armored Adventures
…in 2011. The animated series which bowed in April 2009 helped Nicktoons reach its highest-rated and most-watched year in history with boys 6-11, kids 6-11 and total viewers in 2009…. |
