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Animation Addicts Podcast #86: Once Upon a Forest – How Alvin and the Chipmunks Save the Forest
…Main Discussion: Once Upon a Forest • It’s ok. Not bad. But just ok. • Classic James Horner. There’s alway a wind instrument solo. • Mason soapbox moment: Why are… |
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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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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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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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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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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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New How to Train Your Dragon TV spot released
A new TV spot for the live-action How to Train Your Dragon premiered tonight during the NFL Playoffs, and you can check it out in the player above. The highly… |
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Take off with the new How to Train Your Dragon trailer
A new IMAX-specific trailer for How to Train Your Dragon was released online this week, and you can check it out in the player above. The much-anticipated release has been… |
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Remastering a classic commercial: how the Tootsie Pop ad was remade
A behind-the-scenes look at the remaking of the “How many licks” Tootsie Pop commercial has been put on YouTube. You can check it out in the player above (also, Tootsie… |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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ALFTales and ALF: Animated Adventures episode listings
DVDtoons offers the episode listings for ALFTales: ALF & the Beanstalk and ALF Animated Adventures: 20,000 Years In Driving School. Both DVDs are due in stores this May 30…. |
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Cartoon Network Halloween Treats
…Oct. 13 · 7 p.m.: Scooby-Doo – In this live-action/CGI feature, making its Cartoon Network debut, The Mystery Inc. gang must work together to uncover a scary mystery. Fred, Daphne,… |
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Spongebob has Bikini Bottom Adventures
TV Shows on DVD has the description and cover artwork for Spongebob Squarepants – Bikini Bottom Adventures. With a running time of 83 minutes, the disc contains seven “all new-to-DVD”… |
