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Chiodo Bros talk Netflix’s Alien Xmas
…bits, and figure out what the core of the story was. AV: What led you to stop-motion? What do you like the most in that form of animation? EC: The… |
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Disney Historian Christian Renaut on The Best Of Disney’s Animated Features
…it. I’m not at all into the Star Wars and Marvel universes. And I am a die-hard defender of hand-drawn animation. AV: How did your project start out? CR: Well,… |
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Soul
…a small number of characters we come to care about. The animation in Soul is some of the most beautiful and interesting in the Pixar canon — and some of… |
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An interview with the creators of Oni
…Views: The first thing I noticed in Oni is the animation, which seems a great homage to old fashioned stop-motion animation. Dice Tsutsumi: It’s an interesting process, because we originally… |
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More than meets the ears with Transformers: Earthspark composers Crush Effect
…eye”. Animated Views: How did you go from record and music production to animation? David Veith: It was kind of a slow process. Jess and I started on this adventure… |
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The Wild Robot
…disability, and unless Roz can find a way to teach him how to fly south, Brightbill will freeze to death during the rapidly approaching winter. Since this is an animation… |
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Watch DreamWorks Animation’s new short Wednesdays with Gramps
DreamWorks Animation’s new animated short Wednesdays with Gramps has been made available on YouTube (under–sighs–the “Universal Kids” banner). It had been expected to be shown in theaters with Gabby’s Dollhouse:… |
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Tons more on Coraline: character designs, podcast and more
As promotions for director Henry Selick’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline continue, the Character Design page has an interview with artist Damon Bard, while the W+K agency doing all that… |
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\\Elf\\ pays tribute to Rankin-Bass holiday specials
…Comin’ To Town\\) by using stop-motion animation instead of computer generated effects, according to {{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=1762 Animation Magazine}}. When Will Ferrell converses with a stop-motion snowman, he was shot on… |
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DreamWorks on \\Sinbad\\ skipping the Oscars
{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=1806 Animation Magazine}} has the scoop on why DreamWorks’ \\Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas\\ was not on the list of films eligible for the Best Animated Feature Film… |
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Roy Disney's open letter to employees
Readers at the {{link http://www.animationnation.com Animation Nation}} messageboards have posted {{link http://www.animationnation.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=007083 Michael Eisner}} and {{link http://www.animationnation.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=007077 Roy Disney’s}} dueling open letters addressed to Disney employees. Roy Disney’s letter: December… |
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Spaghetti, Pizza and… Animation
Have you ever wondered how the most famous Italian dish was born? The new animated feature Toto’ Sapore e la Magica Storia della Pizza (Toto’ Flavour and the Magic Story… |
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New year: new animation books
Jerry Beck, over at his {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/comments.html Cartoon Research}} page, takes a look at the new Definitive Guide To Betty Boop Memoribilia book, as well as Mike Joens’ An Animated… |
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Animation across the pond…
Though the future of classically animated films in the US hangs in the balance, the medium is flourishing in Europe, thanks to technology and a boom in talented artists able… |
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WB getting serious about animation on DVD
Flushed with the success of their Looney Tunes: Golden DVD Collection late last year, it seems Warners are already looking towards a second boxed set for Bugs and co. The… |
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New animation updates from AICN! Part II
Ain’t It Cool News takes a sneak peek at a few upcoming Disney animated releases, including The Incredibles, Chicken Little (including a description of its upcoming teaser trailer), and The… |
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This is getting to be expensive! More animation on DVD…
Steaming ahead with their sudden attempt to cram every Hanna-Barbera television classic onto DVD, Warner Brothers Home Enteratinment have just announced {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/522 The Jetsons: Season 1}} for a boxed… |
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Twisted animation at Atom Films
After a busy newsweek, and finding ourselves with a slow newsday, hop on over to {{link http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/landing/landingIndex.jsp?id=atom_412&mature=accept Atom Films.com}} for a “naughty but hilarious short”, Wheelchair Rebecca. As the site… |
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Eisner calls animation the "cornerstone of family entertainment" at Disney
Michael of Mickeyfan’s Website has posted Michael Eisner’s speech during last Saturday’s Wonderful World of Disney presentation of The Emperor’s New Groove…. |
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Upcoming DVD: Poppins to include new animation
{{link http://www.dvdfile.com/software/dvd-video/archive/2004/04_07.html DVD File}} today posts the specs, dates and prices for a crop of new DVD titles, including The Simpsons: Season 4. Of most interest is the announcement that… |
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The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour to collide worlds of animation
On May 7, 2004, Nickelodeon will premiere a new special that will combine two of the channel’s biggest hits. What will especially make this a “special special” is that the… |
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Macca Cartoons Get Big
For those who live in or around Los Angeles, there will be a special one time theatrical screening of Paul McCartney’s Music and Animation Collection at the Lloyd E. Rigler… |
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University develops improvements in computer animation
The Daily Herald reports that researchers at Brigham Young University have created new techniques in which a computer will create animations more realistic and quickly. These researchers have come up… |
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Disney animation insulting to the mentally ill?
{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=26428 The Big Cartoon Database}} has the info on a study recently conducted on how mental illness is treated in Disney animated features. “The researchers discovered that almost all… |
