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Bugs Bunny Superstar
Warner Bros. Animation / Hare Raising Films / United Artists (July 9 1975), Warner Archive Collection (November 8 2012), single disc, 91 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original Academy ratio, Dolby… |
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Frankenweenie
…home to Pee Wee, Beetlejuice and Batman. Burton first returned to Disney for 1993’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, produced at a time when Disney Animation under Jeffrey Katzenberg was undergoing… |
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From Johan to Jordan: Peyo’s daughter tells the Smurfs’ story
…animate the Smurfs. Everybody agreed that they were just perfect for computer animation! From comics to hand-drawn animation on television, and now to computer animation, the evolution is wonderful and… |
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Full Disney D23 panel recap; Mickey Mouse in Get a Horse! to be shown before Frozen
A full official recap of today’s Disney D23 animation panel has been released by Walt Disney Pictures via ComingSoon.Net. The report features a number of new images and plot information… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 50th Anniversary Edition
…to mention growing concerns with his health, meant that he spent less and less time in the animation department, which was becoming an expensive operation to run. “You know,” he… |
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Using technology to make new animation look vintage
It is hard to replicate old processes and when Disney Animation was working on the new “Get a Horse” short they had to replicate animation techniques from 1928! With digital… |
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The Puppetoon Movie
…his puppet animation was at times astounding, and must have been nearly miraculous in the 1940s. Pal’s technique utilized carved figures, sometimes with dozens of faces that could be switched… |
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The Best Of 2013: Unlucky, Or Lucky For Some?
Wow! Despite some times when running a fully-fledged animation news, reviews and interviews site came dangerously close to unbalancing our own personal lives and “real work” (whatever that is!) and,… |
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Exclusive D23 Expo 2015 Recap
…else was given the chance to meet her. Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Upcoming Films, Hosted by John Lasseter The animation program became one of the greatest experiences… |
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Quay Brothers to present their work at Fest Anca
…drawn-on-film animation during his Scratchatopia workshop. Steven will reveal even more about the cameraless animation technique during his masterclass. This the 9th Fest Anča will focus on Balkan animation. “We… |
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For Smurfs: The Lost Village‘s art department, it’s great to feel blue!
One remembers that Sony Pictures Animation’s previous two Smurfs movies were live action films in which real humans interacted with more realistically designed and animated Smurfs, and the stories centered… |
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Ed Catmull, President of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation, announces retirement
Edwin Catmull, the 73-year-old computer scientist who co-founded Pixar in 1986 and continued to serve as the animation studio’s President as well as becoming President of Walt Disney Animation following… |
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Toy Story 4, Hair Love, 1917 win animation Oscars
Read the acceptance speeches and watch the backstage interviews from the animation winners at the 92nd Academy Awards. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: TOY STORY 4 • ONSTAGE SPEECHES JOSH COOLEY: We… |
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Apple’s The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse wins BAFTA Film Award for Best British Short Animation
PRESS RELEASE Apple Original Films Academy Award nominee The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse wins BAFTA Film Award for Best British Short Animation The deeply moving film,… |
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Flip The Frog: The Complete Series
…starting to enthusiastically indulge my love of animation in any way that I could. Somehow, I had discovered the wonderful, stupendous, revelatory Whole Toon Catalog, stuffed full of an amazing… |
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Press release: The Wubbcast video podcast for pre-schoolers
For cartoon fans and filmmakers young and old, the announcement has arrived that The Wubbcast, the first video podcast for pre-schoolers, is now available. Offering a lineup that includes the… |
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Podcast recommendations
Load your iPod this weekend with a chestload of free interviews with some of the most fascinating personalities from the animation world: The Animation Podcast offers lengthy audio podcasts with… |
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Tom Sito Podcast
…With the publication of Tom Sito’s book, Drawing the Line the Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson, that statement no longer applies to animation. More… |
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Interview: Eamonn Butler, Animation Supervisor for Chicken Little
The Animation Podcast interviews Eamonn Butler, who has served as Animation Supervisor on such films as Chicken Little, Reign of Fire, and Dinosaur. In the second part of the interview,… |
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Lucasfilm Animation gets ready to challenge former Lucasfilm division Pixar
…While Lucasfilm Animation may have the financial backing and will to succeed, they might have trouble finding the most important asset: talent. “The traditional approach to animation – pioneered by… |
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Pixar to revive traditional animation after Disney and DreamWorks abandon it?
…supreme excellence, innovation and soul in animation today… and putting it behind the form that everyone there loves. 2D Animation. The first film? Well, Brad Bird, who is wrapping up… |
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UPDATED! Finding Nemo earns nine Annie Awards, \\The Simpsons\\ earns four
…the art and industry of animation. – Martha Sigall Winsor McCay Award Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation – Gene Deitch – John Hench –… |
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More on "foreign" Disney Animation: India next?
…{{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10492 Animation World Network}} has news, however, that the studio may now also be looking to strengthen ties in India as a “production base for its animation and feature… |
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Viacom animation to be outsourced to India
…possibilities of sourcing animation work from India for our group of channels. There is a low-cost advantage. Besides, the quality of Indian animation is good. We, however, haven’t firmed up… |
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Interview with Matrix animation supervisor Barrois and independent animator Sawadogo
Animation Insider offers a lengthy interview/editorial article, including a chat with independent animator Cilia Sawadogo and Lyndon Barrois, the animation supervisor for The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Topics… |
