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Video of 243 animated titles
Irina Neustroeva, who has described herself as a “stop-motion and media creator, a scriptwriter, [and] a teacher of animation”, has put together an amazing four-and-a-half minute video of the title… |
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Help! …It’s The Hair Bear Bunch!: The Complete Series
…show. It’s pretty standard Hanna-Barbera stuff from the early 1970s, more notable for its actors that the quality of the animation or the originality of the scripts. Still, it’s a… |
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Do Studio Ghibli’s films make Pixar look weak by comparison?
…the bunch. Frozen was intended to be traditional animation, but the writer claims that Tangled’s success changed its style. Despite the differences in story, the editorial points out these two… |
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Paddington Bear arriving Christmas 2014
…animation will feature the beloved children’s book character Paddington–a bear who wears a fancy coat and loves marmalade–being “adopted” by Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth. Not much is known about… |
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Is Kaguya-hime appropriate for a global audience?
No one can deny that Isao Takahata’s The Legend of Princess Kaguya has beautiful animation, but ANN found a piece by Newsweek journalist Akihiko Reizei that suggests some scenes are… |
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The Miyazaki Pippi Longstocking film that never was
…to adapt her famous children’s books into a movie. They painted watercolor storyboards and presented them to Lindgren, but after meeting with the animation team she didn’t consent to a… |
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Eisner pays compliment to Disney’s Get A Horse
…draw by taking note of the two new princesses in the pantheon. Eisner wrote, “The tradition of Disney Animation thrives and continues, as usual.” Nice words from a former Disney… |
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Lasseter’s Disney and Pixar tug-of-war
The Hollywood Reporter looks at the “Tricky Tug-of-War” John Lasseter is in the middle of in running both Disney Animation and Pixar. “Borrowing a page from Pixar, Lasseter is hands-on… |
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Lasseter discusses Disney 90th birthday
NPR has more on the 90th anniversary of Disney Animation. In an audio interview with John Lasseter (with some printed excerpts as well) he discusses many topics including: the creation… |
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Book excerpt from The CG Story
Christopher Finch’s new book The CG Story: Computer Generated Animation and Special Effects, “which peels the curtain back on CG pioneers like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, and Pixar… |
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Is there Room On The Broom for the Best Animated Short Oscar?
…as one of only 10 films to make the shortlist for the Oscar for Best Animated Short. Broom followed that honor with a Children’s BAFTA in the Animation category and… |
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Legendary actor Peter O’Toole passes away
…known to animation fans as the voice of food critic Anton Ego in Ratatouille. In addition, O’Toole was also heard in The Nutcracker Prince and as the world’s greatest detective… |
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New How to Train Your Dragon 2 image
USA Today has your first look at a new image from DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming How to Train Your Dragon 2. The article also details many aspects of the sequel’s plot,… |
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Phase 4 copies Disney’s Frozen
…Land, says Animation Magazine. Not only was the name borrowed from Disney’s most recent picture, but the color scheme, font, and logo design bear a strong resemblance to it as… |
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Animator talks hand-drawn/CG transition
…part two he talks about the transition between hand-drawn animation and computer generated from the perspective of an animator who has been with the Mouse House since the early 1990s…. |
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DreamWorks enters the tablet market
DreamWorks is developing its own tablet, says the LA Times. The animation studio partnered with Fuhu Inc. to create the DreamTab, a device designed to teach children how to be… |
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Frozen retakes box office crown in 7th week
…has made almost $300 million domestically and over $600 million worldwide, which is closing in on the The Lion King — the current highest grossing film from Disney Animation Studios…. |
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The minions, the musical, and the monsters earn BAFTA noms
…Am Tom Moody, and Sleeping with the Fishes got nods in the Best British Short Animation category. Saving Mr. Banks picked up five nominations for: British Film; Debut by a… |
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DreamWorks and YouTube to collaborate on new web series
Variety reports that DreamWorks Animation and YouTube are teaming up in an “unusual collaboration” to produce an original daily series titled YouTube Nation. The show “is expected to provide a… |
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VES nominees announced
…animation titles with four each. Also of special note is the nod for Sandra Bullock’s character from Gravity, Ryan Stone, in the Outstanding Animated Character in a Live-Action Feature Motion… |
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New Peabody trailer, Rocky & Bullwinkle details
DreamWorks Animation has released a new trailer for their upcoming film Mr. Peabody and Sherman. And Rope of Silicon has a little information about the attached Rocky & Bullwinkle short… |
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Oscar nominations announced
…Hayao Miyazaki’s last outing, and Frozen attempting to become the very first film from Walt Disney Animation Studios to win the trophy for Best Animated Feature. The Academy Awards telecast… |
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Paperman director goes to Paramount’s Shedd
…writing the script, which is based on an original idea from Paramount’s Film Group president Adam Goodman, who oversees the animation division. The studio is keeping the logline under wraps.”… |
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Disney classic theatrical sequels
While Fortune discusses whether a Frozen sequel should be in the works despite Disney’s usual reluctance to do so with their classic series films, The Animation Guild Blog looks at… |
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Captain Underpants on DreamWorks slate
DreamWorks Animation has announced that Ed Helms, Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Nick Kroll and Jordan Peele will be starring in an upcoming feature titled Captain Underpants. The film will is… |
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Oscar nominated animated shorts profiled
…Online. If you’d like to see the films for yourself, Shorts HD is once again bringing their Oscar Nominated Short Film program (Live Action, Animation, and Documentary) to theaters. Their… |
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The Lego Movie opens
…beautiful animation, a charming voice cast, laugh-a-minute gags, and a surprisingly thoughtful story, The Lego Movie is colorful fun for all ages”. Fandango reports that the movie is on pace… |
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Frozen, Gravity take BAFTAs
…Sleeping With The Fishes won for Best British Short Animation. Gravity was the night’s big winner, picking up seven awards: British Film, Director, Visual Effects, Cinematography, Editing, Music, and Sound…. |
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Goldberg reveals Mickey’s de-evolution in Get a Horse
…had to set their mental clocks back to before they were born. Because a lot of the animation techniques that we use now hadn’t even been invented back in 1928.”… |
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DreamWorks diversification good news for investors
The Wrap says DreamWorks Animation has reached a pivotal moment in growth of the company — they “can get away with releasing movies that are not huge hits”. How? Diversification,… |
