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Cars speeds off with top Annie Award, Flushed Away wins big
…Flushed Away, DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features Character Animation, TV Yu Jae Myung, Avatar, (The Blind Bandit), Nickelodeon Character Design, Feature Nicolas Marlet, Over the Hedge, DreamWorks Animation Character Design,… |
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Otto Messmer And Felix The Cat
…as a landmark character in animation history, since that is exactly what he was: a character. Prior to Felix, animated characters were generally created simply as a means of putting… |
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Animated News’ PICKS OF THE YEAR 2004
…low re-gift rate! Jolly Roger Messenger Bag I don’t know if this is animation related, but if you like animation you probably also like pirates! I know it makes a… |
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The Best Of 2018: The Year Old Became New (Again!)
…to me that 2018 was a very interesting year in animation and entertainment. Disney had a dominant year, particularly in animation with the critical and commercial success of Pixar’s Incredibles… |
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman writes (and talks) about his Animated Life
…Disney animation. Well, Disney animation doesn’t need saving. It’s here, it’s always been here, and it’ll always be here. Whether Disney wants to support animation, is a corporate choice. Even… |
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The Nightmare Before Christmas: 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…animation could be a hit among the older teenagers and adults for whom the “cartoons are for kids” ethos rang sadly so true. The film was so groundbreaking enough to… |
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The Best Of 2023: Back To Normal-ish?
…animation slate! Rand’s Picks For me, the most notable thing about 2023 was the resurgence of animation on home video. This came amidst the ongoing shift in the market towards… |
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Agenda set for the Animation Block Party
…an Animation Survivors Panel. Four animation originals talk about the genesis of the New York City animation experience. This will be a one of a kind discussion with industry survivors… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities – Celebrated Shorts: 1920s-1960s
…The animation is quite nice, even is there are a few seconds of recycled Cinderella animation (running down the stairs of the palace). Paul Bunyan (16:58) is another longer one,… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition
Walt Disney Feature Animation (1991/2002), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (October 5 2010), 2 Blu-ray Discs plus 1 DVD, 92 mins plus supplements, 1080p high definition 1.78:1 widescreen, 7.1 DTS-HD Master… |
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Tangled: Before Ever After
Disney Television Animation (March 10 2017), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (April 11 2017), single disc, 56 mins plus supplement, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated TV-Y, Retail: $19.99 Storyboard:… |
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WALL•E: Angus MacLane’s burning love for BURN•E!
…was awarded the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation. Angus also supervised the animation on the Academy Award-nominated animated short film, One Man Band. Not bad, hey? So,… |
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Picks Of The Year 2004
…a low re-gift rate! Jolly Roger Messenger Bag I don’t know if this is animation related, but if you like animation you probably also like pirates! I know it makes… |
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Cars 2’s Victor Navone takes the wheel!
…industry as a conceptual designer and 3D artist. In 1998, he began studying 3D character animation in his spare time. One of his early animation exercises, Alien Song, went on… |
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Become an animated judge in the Animex Student Animation Awards
The following is a press release on the Animex Student Animation Awards special public choice award, in which everyone is invited to cast a vote: The Animex Student Animation Awards… |
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San Diego 2016 Comic-Con Exclusive
…over a thousand fans looking to celebrate 25 years of NickToons. Hector Navarro of the Nick Animation podcast moderated the exciting panel that featured Craig Bartlett (creator of Hey Arnold!),… |
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D23 Expo 2019 Exclusive
…Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios booths in which the talent would be surprises. The results were that for the Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios booth they had the… |
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Enchanted
…the musical notes by Alan Menken and the charming tonal quality. It was as if Disney’s fairytale animation had never been away. But then I was surprised to find the… |
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Pete Docter’s Up-bringing!
…career in hand-drawn animation for Disney Feature Animation, Bob Rogers and Company, Bajus-Jones Film Corp, and Reelworks in Minneapolis. Upon arrival at Pixar in May 1990, Pete created and directed… |
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The Complete Adventures Of The Little King
…These two animation enthusiasts have done more out of their own pocket to bring really vintage, important animation to wider audiences than even the biggest, well funded corporates, and their… |
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Comic-Con 2006: Animated Coverage!
…Feature Animation promoted officially. Nonetheless, at the “State Of The Animation Industry” panel, Animation Guild leader Kevin Koch mentioned The Frog Princess as being a traditionally animated feature in the… |
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Paul & The Dragon
…but with some minimal Dutch intertitles) and a 2005 animation test lasting around 60 seconds which served as a pitch reel in proposing the project to investors. AniKey’s animation process… |
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The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery In The Mist Edition
…it marked a definite point when Disney animation seemed as dead as its villain’s army of skeleton corpses. With animation on the block at the Disney Studios, the division turned… |
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Jan Pinkava reveals “les ropes” of Ratatouille
…I was more interested in what animation does best – caricature. I saw human characters in 3D computer animation as just stylized puppets. The same as stop-motion. But with the… |
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Official Word On My Peoples And Disney's Florida Unit
…raising questions about the fate of the company’s Orlando animation facility and its staff of 258 artists. Disney animation chief David Stainton confirmed Friday that the movie was being shut… |
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Once Upon A Dream: Burny Mattinson on Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent
…to be around. Regarding animation, one of the things he told me was ‘Animation was 75% thinking and 25% execution’ and I’ve always used that bit of advice throughout my… |
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The Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Ultimate Collector’s Edition Volume One
Leon Schlesinger Studios / Warner Bros. Animation (1936-2003), Warner Home Video (November 15 2011), 3 disc set, 357 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.37:1 original Academy frame ratio, Dolby Digital… |
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King Con! News from San Diego…
…ASIFA Vault: the Animation Archives has a massive collection of animation and animation memorabilia going all the way back to 1917, just 11 years after the creation of the animation… |
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The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery In The Mist Edition
…daring fight held deep in the cogs of the Big Ben clock. This was the first time computer animation had been combined with full-quality drawn character animation, and much was… |
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Brother Bear: 2-Movie Collection
Walt Disney Feature Animation, DisneyToon Studios (November 1 2003, August 29 2006), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (March 12 2013), Blu-ray Disc plus two DVDs, 85 and 73 mins plus supplements,… |
