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Golden Globes for animation, and a teaser for this week…
…good for Mr. Cameron and his animation crew! Look over to our News headlines to learn more about the Golden Globes. Sorry for the tease folks, but I just wanted… |
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Animation artwork auction on eBay to benefit animator’s family
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation is hosting an eBay auction of artwork donated by the animation and cartooning community. The money raised will help pay medical bills for Matthew Hodge,… |
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Norm up next from Lionsgate, Crest Animation
Reuters reports that the second film in a three picture deal between Lionsgate and Crest Animation is slated for 2012 and is titled Norm of the North. The story features… |
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Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland: How illustrators Kei Acedera and Bobby Chiu shaped the Characters’ Designs
…started her art career at the age of 16 painting upscale murals for mansions and casinos. Acedera studied animation at Sheridan College for three years but left early to start… |
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Tom and Jerry Tales: The Complete First Season
…modern animation, the quality of the print is excellent. The colors are vivid, the image is clean, and the animation looks great. This is modern animation with clean lines and… |
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The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!
…heaping pile of you-know-what. You have been warned. It seems almost pointless to discuss the animation, but here goes… Flash animation was used for the movie in order to cut… |
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Fears and fantasies animation on the roof
Rooftop Films have posted their “fun, frantic program of films about losing your grip on reality…and loving it” for a screening of Fears And Fantasies themed animation in New York… |
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G2: Pixar’s changing face of animation; New Wonder Woman
The Guardian online version of its G2 supplement today looks into the way Pixar and its feature debut Toy Story revitalized the animation industry, as the third film gets ready… |
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The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons
…of the overall output from a supplier that retained an extraordinary level of quality throughout its existence? Well, that’s just what animation historian and cartoon brewmaster Jerry Beck has done… |
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Pixar’s RenderMan licenses drop price
Pixar Animation Studios has announced new pricing for its RenderMan Pro Server software via an announcement which can be read here: New Pricing for Pixar’s RenderMan Pixar Announces Major Price… |
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Information on several upcoming DreamWorks Animation movies revealed
DreamWorks Animation has revealed new information on all of their upcoming movies from now through 2014, thanks to a loaded press release that can be found on ComingSoon.Net. The article… |
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Sony Animation Picks Up Instant Karma
Sony Animation has another project: Paul Hernandez’s fantasy Instant Karma. The film with be a live action/CGI hybrid about a safe cracker in New Orleans who dies and is reincarnated… |
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Gnomeo & Juliet’s director Kelly Asbury Opens His Secret Garden!
…From opera (Gounod, Berlioz, Tchaïkovski…), ballet (Prokofiev), musical (notably West Side Story), or cinema (Cukor, Zefirelli, Lurhmann…), the tragic love story had never been adapted to theatrical animation…until now! With… |
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Private Snafu Golden Classics
…The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu.) During World War II, some of animation’s brightest talents contributed to the War effort by making films for the United States military. Walt Disney’s contributions… |
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Animation Domination returns to FOX tonight
…Show, stating that the latter “tries way too hard, and is often chilly when it is suppose to be generating heat.” Animation Domination starts tonight on FOX at 8:00PM et…. |
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Miyazaki’s Views on Women and Animation
Hayao Miyazaki recently tweeted about how he sees a strong decline in Japanese animation because only women are applying for animator positions. He quickly responded with a five-part tweet to… |
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Batman: Year One
…style.) The Moi Animation artists handle the realistic drawing beautifully, making for what may be the nicest looking and most consistent of the DC animated movies. The animation is fluid… |
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X-Men Anime
…right now, at least in terms of its feature film franchises. On the animation side of things, however, Marvel’s record has been a bit spotty, though there have been a… |
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Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero / Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm
Warner Brothers Animation (1993, 1998), Warner Brothers Home Entertainment (February 12, 2008), single disc, 76 mins (Phantasm)/67 mins (Subzero), 1.33:1 ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0, PG (Phantasm)/Not Rated (Subzero), Retail: $14.97… |
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Indian animation set to grow over next few years
The Times of India reports that the animation industry in the country is expected to grow almost 25% over the next 4 years. The report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers International Limited… |
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The Art of Brave: an interview with author and Pixar story artist Jenny Lerew
…their most heartfelt and exquisite Disney/Pixar art-of books – written by Pixar story artist Jenny Lerew. Jenny is an animation story artist and the author of a noted blog on… |
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Penguins win top animation Daytime Emmy
Nickelodeon’s Penguins of Madagascar won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Animated Program according to Animation Magazine. This award is in addition to the two it won last week in… |
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ParaNorman creators discuss stop-motion animation
Some of the cast and crew of ParaNorman discuss stop-motion animation with Reelz — the process, how long it takes to make, and the appropriateness of the medium for this… |
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Chapman leaves for LucasFilm Animation
IndieWire reports that Pixar’s Brenda Chapman, the original director of Brave, has left Pixar for an unannounced project at LucasFilm Animation. Thanks to Lord Akiyama in the AV Forum for… |
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Secret Of The Wings
…the animation truly approaches feature animation levels, only too evident in the animation of some of the animals. As always, the delight is in the design details— while smaller ones… |
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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume Two
Leon Schlesinger Studios / Warner Bros. Animation (1929-1959), Warner Home Video (October 16 2012), 3 disc set, 365 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.37:1 original Academy frame ratio, Dolby Digital,… |
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Paramount Animation working on slate
Deadline reports that the recently formed Paramount Animation unit has decided on an original project to be the followup to their next film, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2. Viacom CEO… |
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Animation gets no Grammy love
Animation (and quasi-related projects) were all losers in the Grammy Award race. The Woody Allen film Midnight In Paris won Best Compilation Soundtrack over The Muppets, The Girl With The… |
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Peter Pan: Diamond Edition
…films as John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve in 1950, and headlining a slew of Fox comedies in 1951-52, while Peter Pan was in animation. By the… |
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DreamWorks investing in technology to streamline animation
The Motley Fool, a financial-services company that supports investments, recently took a tour of DreamWorks Animation. Despite their recent issues with layoffs and earnings results, after seeing the “investments the… |
