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I Wanna Be Like You! The Jungle Book on DVD, plus SuperFriends!

…it all”. Go get ’em tiger! Of course today is also a big collector’s day for classic animation fans: The Jungle Book‘s 2-disc Platinum Edition is now available (and at…

Stay Tooned!

…along with Ray’s other animation anthologies, of which we’ll have more coming up. Speaking of which, while I’m stuck on the sofa here, I’m getting up to speed on a…

Birdman's back! And so are Raggedy Ann and Andy!

…find the preview and the many comments that are starting to build up. Interesting times! Very exciting for classic animation fans is the ASIFA-Hollywood announcement of a screening of Richard…

Spooky! Doomsday, Mickey reviews and Pixar contests!

…low price of under $13.50 at Amazon) in How To Haunt A House, a Mickey MouseWorks cartoon included here that was actually animated by the Feature Animation crew at the…

Alice returns to Walt's Cartoonland!

…on a neat little collection from Ray Pointer’s Inkwell Images: Alice In Cartoonland. As with Ray’s other early animation titles, this is another important addition to any serious enthusiast’s library….

Archie and the Pussycats, plus Beowulf and TailSpin!

…weekend: the contest closes on Sunday 18 at midnight ET. Finally today, we jump to the here and now of theatrical animation – okay, make that “performance capture” – for…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

…while our handy round up of animation on hi-def is a timely reminder of why you might consider upgrading over the next twelve! Don’t forget that we’ve also posted the…

Walt Disney Treasures…live again!

…interested in Walt’s beginning and the birth of Mickey Mouse. Finally today, Christian has been Chatting To The Chestnut Tree Creators, in particular South Koran animation Hyun-Min Lee, who moved…

Director Steve Anderson meets the Robinsons, and we meet a new contributor!

animation and music at the Disney Studios by way of his always warm and knowledgeable interviews. On the other hand, some of you might be frustrated to visit the page…

Batman, Pixar, Pooh…and Cinders two!

…the animation has been accomplished under television budgets, there’s some stuff in here that’s quite impressive given those limits and, for pre-schoolers (or otherwise!), I thought this was a lot…

Hobbits, Floyd Norman, Lone Ranger, Zorro, Moses…what a line-up!

…as clockwork is Jeremie Noyer’s latest interview, this time with Disney Legend Floyd Norman. This is a great discussion, folks, a lengthy look back at Floyd’s extensive career in animation

Blu-Thunder: the format war is as good as over; plus Turok!

animation translation Turok: Son Of Stone. I must admit to knowing little to nothing about this one, save for recent promotions for a video game going by the same name…

More Walt Disney Treasures!!

…as a 1946 collaboration between Walt Disney and the famed surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. A first-hand example of Disney’s interest in avant garde and experimental work in animation, Destino was…

It's the Superman music box set, Charlie Brown!

After the excitement of Oscar weekend, things get a little bit more routine today, with Rand’s latest take on another Warner reissue in their new deluxe line of Peanuts animation

Potter, Austen, de Vil…and lots of spots!

…value and make up a nice little set. Beatrix Potter was of course the subject of the recent animation-tinged Renee Zellweger biopic Miss Potter, a hearty recommend for anyone who…

Andreas Deja hits the spot!

…Studio artists and how their work – especially Marc Davis’ Cruella de Vil – informed his own later villain animation. Congratulations to Eric Emin Wood, Eric Stallard and Raph Branca,…

The end of a "spotty" week: Dalmatians reviewed!

…Radcliffe! • Animation expert Andreas Deja looks back on a dog-gone Disney classic! And, rounding up this week of Dalmatian celebration, is my promised review of the One Hundred And…

Bee good: Jerry's animated debut is out today, plus good news for Gilliam, and I Am Beowulf!

Only animation related in the loosest sense, but anyone with an interest in the medium will know the work of Terry Gilliam, one time Monty Python cartoonist and now one…

Return to Narnia…

animation is the name of the game around here, of course, we do like to keep our eye on classic cinema, visual effects blockbusters and those half and half, in-between…

Our Caspian coverage continues!

…world of animation, he was an important producer and director who made some truly great films, and touched many others. His contributions to the world of film as a whole…

Is Ariel's Beginning worth going back for…?

…takes Christian on a Character Animation Crash Course to dip inside his new cartoon “how to” guide – and you can win a copy of the book in our Contest…

Let's end the week with a game of Cartoon Catch-up…!

…with Disney animator Eric Goldberg on his new Character Animation Crash Course book and that we have a copy to give away to one lucky reader. But hurry – you…

Tweety and Sylvester back on DVD

…original run, and though he calls the mysteries themselves “thin and contrived”, he does admit that the show is not “a total loss for classic animation fans. In fact, there…

Let's start the week off with some new announcements…

…for those who may have missed them: Nothing to do with animation, but the hysterical Three Amigos-like comedy Tropic Thunder will come to disc on November 18, in two-disc DVD…

My vote? I'd say go for Looney Tunes or Popeye on DVD!

…his President Elect website (yep, he mixes politics with animation…a ticking time bomb that could go off anytime – no wonder the guy’s so screwey)! But seriously, today is when…

At the movies: Klaatu, Julien, Despereaux, a Transporter, Bolt and Delgo!

…form for the Studio, remarking that “Disney’s computer animation has come a long way since Chicken Little just three years ago” and praising the “outstanding action sequences” and camera work….

Christmas Contest: win The Little Mermaid II Special Edition – Winner!

…bursting with the same captivating music style, unforgettably colorful characters and brilliant animation that made the original film an Academy Award-winning favorite. After rejoicing over the birth of their daughter…

Oscars, LaserDiscs, Lost Chords, and Wild animals!

…to crack the hold that live-action has on Best Picture. It’s going to have to be a truly unique film that breaks out from the animation ghetto (for that’s what…

Peter, the Wolf, and a Nutty Professor! Plus Watership Down's composer remembered…

…making of one of the most intricate stop-motion films I’ve yet seen. Back to computer animation, and a quick reminder not to forget to enter our Open Season 2 contest…

Oliver, Dave Pruiksma, and Company!

…Company animator Dave Pruiksma, who recalls the tumultuous period of Disney animation in the 1980s when the film came together, as well as lifting the lid on a few insider…