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40th Annual Annie Award winners revealed
…Best Animated Short Subject Paperman — Walt Disney Animation Studios Best Animated Television Production For Preschool Children Bubble Guppies: A Tooth on the Looth — Nickelodeon Animation Studios Best Animated… |
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From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece’s animated adventures in screenwriting
…designs of Gerda and Kai for The Snow Queen Indeed, several factors controlled which animated films Disney produced amidst an evolving animation industry. The days when traditionally animated musicals ruled… |
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Animated Con-versation: AN&V at Comic-Con 2008!
…and coming across a few very expensive prop finds from a couple of my favorite movies: Cliff Secord’s Rocketeer helmet going for just under $20,000, Marty McFly’s Hoverboard from Back… |
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Batman: The Complete Animated Series
…close to the animated adventures of the Bruce Timm-designed Batman. When I first watched Batman: The Animated Series, it immediately became one of my favorite all-time shows. The designs were… |
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35th Annual Annie Award nominees announced
…Up follows with 10 nominations for feature, animated effects, animation production artists, character animation (two nominations), character design, and directing. Rounding out the Best Animated Feature category are DreamWorks AnimationÂ’s… |
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Sing
…nature. So, as is now standard for the studio’s animated properties on disc, Sing features three Mini-Movies of the short shorts variety, all running around four minutes and animated to… |
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Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology
…Back To The Drawing Board? NOTE: This final score takes into account the various cuts and varied quality of the movies themselves, from Superman: The Movie’s undoubted 10/10, to Superman… |
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Bolt on DVD & BD: One Super-Director + One Super-Voice Make One Super Rhino!
…things worked out! RI: What was your favorite animated movie when you were a kid? NG: Dumbo is my favorite animated film of all time. It has the perfect balance… |
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Directors Buck and Brannon on Surf’s Up
Directors Chris Buck and Ash Brannon recently took time to talk with Animated News & Views’ Josh Armstrong about their latest feature, Surf’s Up. From Sony Pictures Animation, the animated… |
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Big Hero 6
…6 to being one of the most broadly enjoyable animated adventure films of recent times, with enough inherent humor to also differentiate itself from the glut of other superhero movies,… |
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Star Trek: The Animated Series
…live action version. (On the other hand, Captain Kirk is a bit less of a horndog in the animated version.) Ironically, the animated series did pick up an Emmy Award… |
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Mark Smith talks Art of Flash
…some animated intros for WCOV-TV, Montgomery’s Fox affiliate. I created Farley Fox for them, a little animated emcee who would introduce their syndicated package of cartoons, like Tiny Toons, Darkwing… |
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\\Wallace & Gromit\\ leads 2005 Annie Award nominations
…pack with 16 nominations, including Best Animated Feature, Directing in an Animated Feature, Writing in an Animated Feature, and all four nominations in the Voice Acting in an Animated Feature… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part One – Ogres Are Like Onions!
…of $919 million against a budget of $150 million, regarded for seven years as the highest grossing animated feature of all-time. It remains the highest grossing animated feature in North… |
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The Best Of 2021: The More Things Change…
…with our staff’s favorite (and least favorite) picks of film, television, and any other form of media! Plus, of course, your picks for what you thought the best animated movies… |
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Animated Comic-Con coverage!
On Thursday, July 20th, over 100,000 comic and film fans united for a single purpose: San Diego’s Comic-Con International 2006. This year, largely represented before the “Con-verts” was a cornucopia… |
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Heidi’s Song
…the novel has been adapted countless times in the 1950s and 60s, with television mini-series and movies appearing in the 70s, including two Japanese animated versions, a Disney edition in… |
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UPDATED! Finding Nemo earns nine Annie Awards, \\The Simpsons\\ earns four
…home video companion to the Matrix movies produced by Warner Bros. The Annie Awards are presented by The International Animated Film Society to honor outstanding animation in television and film…. |
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Animated News’ PICKS OF THE YEAR 2004
…Animated News’ first complete one! – and another selection of all fine things animated. The Animated News team have once again taken a look back at the wonderful offerings presented… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company Animator Dave Pruiksma!
…and Ken O’Connor. From 1979 to 1981 he produced two short animated films, learning everything about animated film production from design to sound mixing. He even performed voices for other… |
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2006: A Year In Review
…first time. In fact, of the six foreign animated films this year, only two (Paprika and Norway’s Captain Sabertooth) are traditionally animated while the rest are computer generated. This is… |
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2017 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…nearly 170,000 were expected to have gotten in. And with how packed the San Diego Convention Center got, the name of the game right from the start was planning. Picking… |
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Kung Fu Panda / Secrets Of The Furious Five
…I’d have to admit to finding the package perfectly formed, but wait – there’s more! A now standard staple in the animated DVD wars, as if the movies just weren’t… |
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Comic-Con 2006: Animated Coverage!
To whom it may concern, particularly younger readers: Many of the reports and videos linked in this report contain mild to strong language. On Thursday, July 20th 2006, over 100,000… |
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Pixar Short Films to debut on ABC Family
…Presto. Pixar Short Films premieres on ABC Family on Wednesday, December 2 from 7:00-9:00pm ET/PT (and again from 9:00pm-11:00pm ET/PT). Two encore presentations will air on the network on Friday,… |
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Kung Fu Panda leads 36th Annie Awards nominations
…Angeles, CA. You can discuss your thoughts on the nominations in the Animated News & Views Forum. The full list of nominees follows: PRODUCTION CATEGORIES Best Animated Feature Bolt –… |
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Kung Fu Panda wins big at 36th Annie Awards; WALL-E shut out
Kung Fu Panda was the big winner at last night’s 36th annual Annie Awards. The film picked up 10 awards including Best Animated Feature. Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II… |
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Toy Story / Toy Story 2 / Toy Story 3 – 3D Editions
…plus for the 3D experience, and three of Ken’s Dating Tips (1:30), to the brilliantly executed Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear Commercial (:30) and Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear Japanese Commercial (:30) that both run like… |
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Ice Age: 2 Disc Special Edition
…As with all animated movies, the sound had to be created from scratch. The sound transfer to DVD is the best an animated movie can have. The surround sound really… |
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Annie nominations for 2011 films announced
…Animated Features tops 10 this year and include: A Cat in Paris, Arthur Christmas, Arrugas, Cars 2, Chico & Rita, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss In Boots, Rango, Rio and… |
