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Disney’s Adventures Of The Gummi Bears: Volume One, Seasons 1-3
Walt Disney Television Animation (September 14 1985 – November 11 1987), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 14 2006), 3 disc set, 640 mins approx. plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame… |
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The Best Of Casper: Volumes 1 and 2
…offensive, but certainly not in the major leagues. The Best Of Casper series, spread across two volumes, is a seemingly random selection of cartoons from the Harvey Comics animation library,… |
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WDFA becomes WDAS. Not the same, is it?
…And going with “Animation Studios” doesn’t have the distinction that “Walt Disney Feature Animation” brought to things. It only cheapens the name and places it even more into the Pixar… |
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The New Adventures Of Superman: DC Classics
…Bent (no joke, it’s well worth checking out in The Ultimate Superman Collection set), though understandably neither of these were picked up. Animation seemed the way to go, and Ellsworth’s… |
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
DreamWorks Animation (November 7 2008), DreamWorks/Paramount Home Entertainment (February 6 2009), single disc, 89 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.78:1, Dolby Digital 5.1 True-HD, Rated PG, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: The… |
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Pinocchio: Platinum Edition
…department at top notch fever pitch; it’s an absolute triumph of animation, color design, lighting, music, vocal performances (Pinocchio’s Dickie Jones’ reading of the line “…and I’m…I’m real” is as… |
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Wild about Wild Things, Up, Sister Act and more!
…gallery owners or relatives of deceased Disney artists, artists working in the animation business, this message is for you! After having published two French books on Disney animation (From Snow… |
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Cats Don’t Dance
…time animation director, Mark Dindal was given the difficult task of making the next animated feature for Turner Animation a success. This was the studio that had previously made the… |
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Gong, but not forgotten
…could explore ways of utilising the Bepanthen baby logo after her painterly illustration and animation style caught their eye. The brief was simple – keep to one shot with a… |
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Animation impact on 2010 Oscars
Awards season is creeping up on us, and ABC News has the story on how animated films might factor into the Oscars. Up obviously could get Best Picture and Best… |
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Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure
…studios. The characters are surprisingly expressive, and a talented cast of voice actors makes up for any deficiencies in the animation. This time there also better animation of hair, a… |
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Globes expand animation category
The Oscars aren’t the only awards show expanding. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced a new rule for the Golden Globe Awards that would allow five nominations in the… |
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Up
…for a grumpy old man approach, but one that never feels stereotypical. For the first time in a long while there’s a fantastic meshing of animation and voice to create… |
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Fox gets more animation
The Fox TV network, already home to more prime time animated series’ than any other network, is adding two more to the lineup. Variety says Fox won the bidding on… |
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Going West, stop-motion style!
…CREDITS: Going West Stop-frame animation by Andersen M Studio Design and Animation: Line Andersen Photography and Lighting: Martin Andersen Sound Design: Mikkel H. Eriksen / Instrument Studio Commissioned by Colenso… |
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Miyazaki’s first is revisted by a new contributor!
…review of The Astro Boy Essays to Animated Views last year, we’re delighted to welcome Raz Greenberg to our motley crew. A writer and lecturer on animation, we can be… |
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The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog, Disney’s long awaited return to hand drawn animation, has finally hit theatres. This movie can’t be reviewed in a vacuum. It’s the first major traditionally… |
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The Princess And The Frog’s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 4: Americana
…Disney animation… Animated Views: You’re well-known for your passion for American history. Mark Henn: It kind of goes back to my childhood. I grew up in the Midwest of this… |
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The Princess and the Frog DVD and Blu-ray in March
…The Return to Hand-Drawn Animation, Bringing Life to Animation and a behind the scenes tour. A full press release and cover art can be seen here: Disney’s Newest Princess Makes… |
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Super Friends: Season One, Volume One
…comic book legend and HB animation veteran Alex “Space Ghost” Toth. The largely sub-par animation was mainly produced in Australia. The hour-long stories used corny dialog, somewhat wonky plots and… |
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Kiki’s Delivery Service
…animation, there is an understated yet impressive quality to what is on display. I have to say that one aspect of the animation that I was particularly impressed by was… |
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Animated genre types are Drawn Together for their movie debut
…Comedy Central in October 2004 and aired for three seasons and 36 episodes. The series presented a world in which cartoon characters from various genres of animation were brought together… |
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Plympton over at Chuck’s
Animation Legend Bill Plympton is set to spread his wings over at the Chuck Jones Gallery in San Diego, where a reception and exhibition will be held to celebrate his… |
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Tinker Bell And The Great Fairy Rescue
…improve is the animation. Already impressive in the first movie, it’s only gotten stronger. Mostly, I noticed more careful attention to hair, which now moves more realistically; and better, more… |
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The Secret Of Kells: Special Edition
…eclectic bunch that represented well the three major techniques of animation, the traditional hand-drawn “classical” style, frame-by-frame model moving stop-motion, and the now approximately thirty year old use of computer… |
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Toy Story 3: Pixar writer Michael Arndt tells the story behind the story
…me. RI: Were you a fan of animation before working for Pixar? What are some of your favorite animated films? MA: I’ve always loved animation. I took a few animation… |
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Bugs Bunny’s Howl-Oween Special
…there’s not actually anything to take umbrage with in these specials, which can routinely match up the classic animation pretty well at times, and at others the years between the… |
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The Essential Bugs Bunny
…the Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection have been able to lap up their fix of television animation with a run of five or six titles that might have otherwise never seen the… |
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Tangled
…film. Another character or a generic narrator I think might have been a better choice. The animation in Tangled is some of the best I’ve ever seen in a computer… |
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The Art Of Disney’s Tangled: an interview with author Jeff Kurtti
…considering its massive inspiration from European art, from Rembrandt to Fragonard and to Disney and Disneyland artists, and most of it filtered through the tremendous input of animation director Glen… |
