…the green screen is electronically replaced with background, costumes and assorted props that fit the skit — all created by a variety of animation techniques, including hand-drawn, stop-motion and computer-generated….

From the creators of the political satire sensation This Land comes a sequel set to the tune of Dixie. The online animation Good To Be in DC! features the presidential…

…the filmmakers reflect on their earliest memories of the attraction and how it inspired the film. Sneak Attack Animatic: Before executing the movie’s sneak attack sequence, the filmmakers created animation…

…short live-action sequence that would then blend into animation, it appears that the movie reverses that forumla by beginning with an animated sequence that blends into live action. And, yes,…

…methods of fighting villainous goons, and extensive profiles of each character. In related news, Norn Iron Man has posted the Japanese trailer via the Animation Nation boards. It reveals a…

Ultimate Disney takes a look at the Mulan Special Edition DVD, concluding that “Mulan: Special Edition takes its place among the solid 2-disc Disney animation sets, a once-fading class which…

Oscar- and Tony-winning director Sam Mendes is teaming up with DreamWorks Animation and one of the masterminds behind the puppet-powered hit production Avenue Q to bring Shrek–The Musical to Broadway….

…the book are chock full of portraits, caricatures, paintings displaying an amazing range of styles, from the modern animation works to retro drawings remindful of Jack Davis and other Mad…

Cartoon Network has acquired The Super Milk-Chan Show, an irreverent, politically-incorrect anime series from ADV Films, which it will begin airing in November 2004. Mixing live-action with animation, this whacked-out…

…Nielsen//NetRatings. AtomFilms, which hosted the JibJab.com presidential election parody animation titled Good to be in DC, saw its Web traffic soar 341 percent to 2 million unique visitors during the…

…living in harmony with nature. Scheduled for a 2006 release, the $80 million Arthur will include some live-action sequences, with the 3-D animation being crafted by French specialist Buf Compagnie….

…for the past year! He has done a great job with it. (You can see the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/ archives here}} until it is eventually taken down.) Due to the costs…

…combination of digital animation and live-action performances, such as seen in The Polar Express, will change the way that movies are made, as the article takes an in-depth look at…

…images, Rope of Silicon reveals the evolution of one animation cell from the film, from the storyboard sketch to the final addition of shading and lighting. Also, be sure to…

The Business of Animation blog observes some upcoming computer animated features and the chances of their success in the two-part article “The CG Features Come Marching In”. Thanks to ‘splinewrangler’…

For those of us who miss the animated and educational shorts of yesteryear, Animation Insider reports that Schoolhouse Rock will be returning to television November 1 on Toon Disney….

Animation World Network reports that long-running television series The Simpsons is set to return for its sixteenth season with its fifteenth Treehouse of Horror episode (the first season of The…

…satisfying the insatiable addict. It’s an exhaustive set, and well worth any animation nut’s time – a lot of ‘bang for your Bugs’, if ever there was such an expression!”…

Coming Soon is reporting that Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge) is in talks to provide her voice in the upcoming Aardman Animation/DreamWorks claymation comedy Flushed Away. If she accepts the role,…

…animation,” with the help of Flash animator Jayson Thiessen. We’re given a taste of such an idea from a short Flash teaser, found at the link above. Gagné plans to…

…score of 7/10, the website concludes, “Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas is worth checking out not only for the computer animation but the fun Disney shorts featuring Mickey, Donald, Goofy,…

…advance because everything was driven by the animation. Food on the table gets thrown around, so you have to keep track of every item on each plate, including the gravy….

…as significant as the medium change, which puts Mickey and company in three-dimensional computer animation for the first time with odd results.” Twice is released to stores on November 9th….

…2D, traditional animation is dead is absurd.” This remark was responded to with tremendous applause from the audience. Another tidbit learned from Animated News’ fly-on-the-wall perspective is that the upcoming…

{{link http://www.animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=312 Animation Insider}} reports that children’s publisher Scholastic has signed an exclusive deal with Cartoon Network to publish books based on current series’ \\Codename: Kids Next Door\\, and \\Foster’s…

{{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=12405 Animation World Network}} reports that Warner Brothers has opened their new {{link http://LooneyTunes.com LooneyTunes.com}} website, which includes “the first original Looney Tunes shorts (online or offline) in more…

…about all the ups and downs in the last couple decades of Walt Disney’s Feature Animation division, with special emphasis on David Stainton’s involvement and the upcoming Chicken Little film….

…as Executive Vice President of Creative Affairs at Walt Disney Feature Animation. The firing was reported by one observer to be Stainton’s way of “clearing the field of potential replacements.”…

DVD Toons has posted a scathing review of the direct-to-video {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/350 Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas}}, calling its computer animation “knock-off, lifeless, carbon copy remnants of Walt Disney’s cherished…

{{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=cat&category1=Television&newsitem_no=12411 Animation World Network}} reports that after only three episodes aired Comedy Central has already ordered a second season of \\Drawn Together\\. The show, hyped as “television’s first animated…