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AnimationHQ chats with Johnny Yong Bosch
‘Otma1918’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4179#post4179 Animated News Forum}} points out that AnimationHQ will be hosting a chat session with voice actor Johnny Yong Bosch (Witch Hunter Robin) on Sunday July… |
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New Shark Tale trailer online
As seen on Extra last night, hop on over to their website for a sneak peek at the new, full two-and-a-half-minute trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Shark Tale. {{link http://extratv.warnerbros.com/ Open… |
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Happy Feet in hot water?
Ain’t It Cool News brings the latest news on George Miller’s animated film Happy Feet, which Miller hopes to animate with photo-realistic CGI animation. However, Animal Logic, the special effects… |
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Portland Studios launches new Flash site
…designs and concept art to the animation industry, all from a young, inspired team of artists who are almost all under the age of 23. Also look out for Portland’s… |
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Howl's Moving website
‘WolfTooth’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4262#post4262 Animated News Forums}} has pointed out that Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle now has an official {{link http://www.howl-movie.com/ Japanese website}} up…. |
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EXCLUSIVE! Shrek 2 DVD menu descriptions and screen shots!
…who steels the show as usual just by doing nothing. Links to other sections of the disc branch from this main menu, including New From DreamWorks Animation (previews of upcoming… |
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DreamWorks moves out of Monster House
Variety reports that Sony has acquired the animated feature Monster House from DreamWorks. The feature will be the second film to use “performance capture” animation, after The Polar Express. [paid… |
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The future of digital effects
VFX World takes a look at the computer animated visual effects and character animation in two recent blockbusters: an interview with {{link http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=319b255d&atype=articles&id=2159 Spider-Man 2}}’s John Dykstra, and the process… |
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Andrew Silke's 10 Second interview
Robert Starr of the 10 Second Club has told us that “Andrew Silke, famous for his Cane-Toad films, his ubiquitous Generi-Rig animation system, countless inspirational animated pieces and his high… |
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Pixar's expansion vote
The {{link http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~1865~2285196,00.html Oakland Tribune}} has an article up which looks at Pixar Studios’ expansion and the problems they face within the local community. The future of the animation giant’s… |
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Disney and Pixar: together again?
The {{link http://www.nypost.com/business/25409.htm New York Post}} says that “Steve Jobs’ Pixar Animation Studios is likely to renew a lucrative movie-making partnership with Disney. After bailing on Disney, Pixar held preliminary… |
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Composer Jerry Goldsmith has died
One of the most successful and influential music score composers in the movie business {{link http://www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com/ has died}}. Jerry Goldsmith dipped into the animation world several times, scoring such features… |
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Animator Bill Plympton gets Wild
Wild Violet features a four-page interview with animator Bill Plympton. Included topics are a humorous piece on the Hollywood method of animation, an essay about the psychology of torture, coverage… |
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This Land Flash cartoon – a whole new take on the talking heads!
…to the tune of Woody Guthrie’s This Land Is Your Land, the two-minute cartoon lambastes “the right-wing nut job” (Bush) and the “liberal wiener” (Kerry) with amusing animation and slightly… |
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Dandy & Company leaps from the web to the comic shop
…decades worth of Dandy & Company comics, cartoons and animation. Under the Big Pond umbrella is all of the Dandy & Company print adventures and is the place to go… |
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More Aardman Creature Comforts
This short piece of animation was created by academy-award winning Aardman for the UK government using all new Creature Comforts characters and countryside sets of moorland, coast and farmland. It… |
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Hellboy DVD signing
…available for purchase on the day of the signing for $21.72, and is of additional interest to animation fans, since it contains four uncut and original Gerald McBoing Boing shorts!… |
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Duck Tales movie on DVD
{{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/ Animated News Forum}} member ‘Angus McBadger’ reminds us that lucky region two owners in the UK can purchase Duck Tales The Movie: Treasure Of The Lost Lamp on… |
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Top cats: Lorenzo and Catwoman unmasked
Animation World Network’s VFX World takes a look at two recent feline featured films: Disney’s short {{link http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=319b255d&atype=articles&id=2169 Lorenzo}} and the visual effects-created world of {{link http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=319b255d&atype=articles&id=2168 Catwoman}} (which is… |
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Rex Steele ready to fly!
‘RandCanuck’ and ‘GeorgeC’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=339 Animated News Forum}} remind us that Whohoo Pictures’ animated short version of Bill Presing and Matt Peters’ Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher, one of… |
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Incredibles to ride Dark Horse
Dark Horse Comics, in conjunction with Disney Publishing Worldwide and Pixar Animation Studios, will publish a comic book adaptation of The Incredibles. The first of four issues will arrive on… |
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6-Minute Pilot of Seth MacFarlane's American Dad online…
“ScribbleChimp” over at Animation Nation has found a 6-minute Windows Media teaser clip of the new FOX animated sitcom, American Dad. Although those at AN are clearly unimpressed, it’s too… |
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The Motley Fool comments on the upcoming DreamWorks IPO
With DreamWorks set to spin off its animation studio and promising to ramp up its computer-rendered production, it’s going to get crowded at the pixilated multiplex soon. Rick Munarriz takes… |
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Pixar CEO has cancer surgery
{{link http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20040801/tc_nm/tech_apple_jobs_dc Reuters}} reports that Pixar Animation Studios and Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his pancreas. In a company-wide email sent to… |
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WB and Sony: MGM a perfect fit
…would also get full distribution rights to The Hobbit, currently in rights negotiations with MGM. What in the world would LB think!? Vote now in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=557 Animated News… |
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The DDb scores an exclusive interview with former WDFA-F animator
Our friends at the The Disney Database have posted an exclusive interview with Greg Hill, a former artist and animator at the now-defunct Florida animation studio. Greg worked as an… |
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New Disney Treaures up for pre-ordering
‘Avdcd’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4606#post4606 Animated News Forum}} links to Amazon.com, where this year’s selection of Walt Disney Treasures are now up for pre-order. Set for release on December 7,… |
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Don Bluth Teaches The Art of Storyboard
…Anastasia, and Titan A.E. – comes The Art of Storyboard, a one-of-a-kind textbook that describes in detail the technical and artistic processes involved in crafting animation storyboards, the visual blueprints… |
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Three Musketeers screen shots and DVD features review
…a few comments of my own. Being an old, jaded adult who keeps up on all the news in the animation industry, sometimes I have to get a fresh perspective… |
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New Rankin/Bass DVDs on the way
‘Special Ed’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4710#post4710 Animated News Forum}} links to a few classic Rankin/Bass animated specials coming to DVD this winter: Frosty’s Winter Wonderland, T’was The Night Before Christmas… |
