…of the Belvision studio contracted to do the animation. (Universal Studios handled distribution upon release.) The object of the film was for it to be both a sequel to the…

…him no matter what. James Newton Howard’s score brings a more classic sense to the proceedings than the animation. And the squashy, stretchy animation and special effects really are well…

…of effects animation to liven up the visual presentation. Flashes of light, animated graphics, and simple object animation maintain viewer interest. This technical direction by Ian Kirby is actually stunning…

…dynamic animation and stunning imagery. Nonetheless, it is a solid effort that has very expressive animation, and this was doubtlessly an important part of the careers of the people involved….

…Review: Although Filmation was one of the preeminent television animation studios in the 1970s, its shows have been held in mixed esteem. This was largely due to the limited animation…

…such as stagecoach robbers, Presidential assassins, and crooked railroad foremen. He even chases after someone who stole the manuscript for Tom Sawyer! The animation was naturally as limited as any…

…used for the existing animation of many but not all of the Japanese shows, eventually resulting in 104 English language episodes of the newly christened Astro Boy. The first season…

…strong hero from the far-off planet of Eternia became a hit as soon as it came out in 1983. It was produced by the up-and-coming animation studio Filmation in association…

…animation is a bit wacky with rubber animation, exaggerated personality traits, and stylized animation, inspired by the old Looney Tunes cartoons. Even the animation direction of the show is good…

…Review: Toward the end of the Second World War, Walt Disney wanted to put his animation company back on track and once again produce the full-length animated features the Studio…

…the original. When it comes to the animation, I have found that there is a three-tier system running between Disney’s animation units. Obviously there are the “classic” features, created in…

…lines of the character animation, and while there are a large number of fully 24-frame animated shots, it’s mostly all done on twos (nothing that ever stopped the majority of…

…any long-lasting impact. Lance Henrikson, as head of the group Kerchak, also returns, but only in a thankless and fairly redundant role. The animation on the whole could easily be…

…bastion of traditional, hand drawn animation at the Studio that built its name on such entertainment with Bambi II, a movie that’s been on the cards for almost 65 years….

…that give musicals a bad name among non-fans, so-so animation, and those garish direct-to-DVD colors that firmly place these knock offs in younger audiences’ camps. And then it turned out…

…about average TV animation here, but the surprise of seeing Aurora back on the screen in anything less than stunningly clean personality animation is especially jarring. The backgrounds attempt to…