…Home Video, appreciators of vintage animation should not limit themselves to those sets. Some truly classic material that has been released in the past by Image Entertainment, even though the…

…such as when the penguin in The Wrong Trousers keeps playing peppy organ music in his room. The animation itself is also masterful, showing that “personality animation” isn’t just a…

…Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera left the recently closed animation department at MGM and formed H-B Enterprises, with an eye towards television production. They knew that the limited budgets available…

…animation in Japan was brought to a new level of popularity or technical accomplishment. Anime’s oldest and perhaps most beloved character is known in North America as Astro Boy, and…

…days, since theatrical animation was laying off many talented writers and artists. This talent elevates these shows well above what might be expected when viewing the limited animation. To top…

…sunny in time for the game. Bill Melendez, a veteran of just about every major animation studio of the past decade or two, directed the animation for the documentary. The…

Warner Bros. Theatrical Animation (August 10 2001), Warner Home Video (November 13 2001), single disc, 95 mins plus supplements, 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated PG, Retail: $14.98…

…one day, and without the embarrassment of huge media attention. Over time, the titles began to grow in scope and animation did improve greatly, but when Disney announced that several…

…to the amazing visuals of recent animation from all studios. No-one has done the combination of animation and live-action as well since, and even with the latest computer technology at…

PDI/DreamWorks Animation (May 19 2004), DreamWorks Home Entertainment (November 5 2004), single disc, 92 mins plus supplements, 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated PG, Retail: $19.99 Storyboard: Set…

…Images and Steve Stanchfield’s Thunderbean Animation. Without the likes of these two, much truly important animation would remain lost to time and memories. Steve’s Thunderbean series has seen many neglected…

…up to the animation department’s next feature. Devised by Ken Anderson in the mid-1960s, The AristoCats was very much a film that Walt Disney knew about and was involved in….

…park project, and not to mention growing concerns with his health, meant that he spent less and less time in the animation department, an expensive operation to run. “You know”,…

…years to produce, meaning that while the documentary Penguins were marching across the world, Australian animation company Animal Logic was already hard at work on their film, the success of…

…host of then unemployed traditional Disney artists including those from the Project Firefly facility started up after the demise of Disney Animation Florida, James Baxter Animation and numerous individuals all…

…an interesting production history, with Marvel Animation and French animation company Method Animation being listed as co-producers along with India-based multinational powerhouse DQ Entertainment, public television network France 2, and…

…you’re not that big an admirer to collect each and every available version, I’ll wager that, being the consummate animation fans that you are, you have in fact come into…