{{link http://www.animwatch.com AnimWatch}}, a monthly magazine featuring the best in independent animation, has updated its site with 8 new film profiles (bringing the total to 47), an interview with Joey…

{{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/ DreamWorks Fansite}} has pics of some promotional material from \\Shrek 2\\ and \\SharkTale\\.

…with an exclusive Satoshi Kon character illustration postcard and the Animax Making Of special. Thanks to ‘Wolf Tooth’ in the Animated News Forum for posting the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1389#post1389 complete specs}}….

‘Ros’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1385#post1385 AN Forums}} posts that Brad Bird’s highly anticipated debut CGI project The Incredibles is to be Disney/Pixar’s first PG-rated collaboration. “I couldn’t believe my eyes…

…is kind of true, depending on how you look at it)! {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001I55W4/qid=1077812117/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/102-4687562-8010520?v=glance&s=dvd Lion King II}} WILL include the previously unannounced Timon And Pumbaa’s Virtual Safari 2.0, Disney Feature Animation’s…

…video, with Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio. Extras will include audio commentary with Bakshi, the “Ralph Bakshi: The Wizard of Animation” featurette, 2 theatrical trailers, a TV spot, and a…

It’s been a good couple of weeks for animation and fantasy films at this week’s theaters in the UK, mainly due to the school holidays. The Haunted Mansion was off…

…to the younger generations, abandoning the company’s roots of whimsical, artist-nurtured stories. At Animation Nation, he argues that, “any theme, no matter how serious, can be used in a cartoon,…

…spelt on the poster as “theatres” – could this be an international poster, with October 1 the UK release date also? Hats off to ‘Dalboz’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1439#post1439 Animated…

…which joins Ben Hur and Titanic as the only films to earn a record eleven Oscars each! And so, the animation-and-related winners of the 2004 Academy Awards were: Animated Feature…

…Honeymoon and upcoming Shrek 2 sequel. You can download the three-and-a-half minute clip now, courtesy of the {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/ DreamWorks Fansite}}! Also, news has come in that DreamWorks plan to…

…Best Animated Feature Oscar right up until Andrew Stanton’s name was announced. In addition, animation historian {{link http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Commentary/Belleville/Belleville.htm Michael Barrier writes}} about Belleville and its channelling of “The Ghost Of…

Now available in a wider DVD release, {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/275 Walt: The Man Behind The Myth}} takes an intimate look at the life of one of animation’s pioneers and innovators. Despite…

…Paul McCartney tune accompanying the new animated film Tropic Island Hum, to be released worldwide on April 19 as part of the Paul McCartney: The Music and Animation Collection DVD….

…of this November’s The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird. “The script has been recorded and the animation is almost done [for the teaser]”, our source says. The news isn’t a…

We’ve just heard a rumor from a good source within the animation industry that a later, as yet unannounced Canadian DVD version of Sylvain Chomet’s The Triplets Of Belleville may…

…wonderful stories, including Toy Story 3, now in development at Walt Disney Feature Animation”. Future films include Tim Allen in a remake of Disney’s classic The Shaggy Dog, and the…

…have a double meaning. The fact that it’s animation, oddly enough, lets you get away with saying a lot of things because your audience says, ‘This is just a cartoon.’…

…of the film as it happens. The Studio: Atlanta-based Fathom Studios has been creating award-winning computer animation for more than a decade. A division of the interactive agency Macquarium Intelligent…

…logo for John Lasseter’s next, Pixar’s Cars! Even more “interesting” is the fact that Disney Animation’s upcoming summer release Home On The Range is not only missing from the line…

The BBC’s disc review show, The DVD Collection, looks at the work of stop-motion animation director Ray Harryhausen today, plus the UK Looney Tunes releases and Belleville Rendezvous, on their…

…be followed by Silver Squirrel in Uneasy Pieces. In related news, Project Dogwaffle 2.0 has had a {{link http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/whatsnew new patch}} v2.0c released. Check out {{link http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/art/animations/index.html sample animations}} made…

‘Wolf Tooth’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=1497#post1497 Animated News Forum}} reports some great news for fans of Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli films. “Anime Digital in the UK gave us a…

Animation historian and writer Jerry Beck got a sneak peek at Disney’s next – and last – traditionally drawn animated film, the bovine comedy {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/reviews.html Home On The Range}}….

…use of its limited animation budget, and is actually pretty fluid, backed up by the always moving camera and direction that cuts the action on at breakneck pace. Though [it…

{{link http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/040308f.php Dark Horizons}} points to some pretty major movies shifting their original release date orders. Of most interest to animation fans will be the Tom Hanks CGI-fest The Polar…

…reporting that Roy Disney would support the eventual release of his Uncle Walt’s 1946 animation/live-action masterpiece Song Of The South on DVD. “[Eisner] has been – for quite a few…

…show Saturday Night Live has been cast in the title role. “The film will start with animation, move into live-action and end in the animated world.” And in an additional…

Many critics are saying that the game should have never been started for UPN’s Game Over, the first computer-animated primetime show on broadcast televison. Though most enjoy the show’s animation…

…Clown. Le Calvez argued in his lawsuit that the Nemo created by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Disney is a copy of the Pierrot character he invented and first…