Animation World Network reports that Brother Bear’s Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker, and Chuck Williams are now under contract to produce a new animated feature for Walt Disney Feature Animation. While…

A source in the heart of the animation industry “heard today that the My Peoples project has today been cancelled and there is no back up project as of now”….

…beat the competition, this season will be a fun one for animation fans in particular! Apart from the somewhat surprise announcement of Belleville, there’s a chance to see some other…

…first animation short Tapum la Storia delle Armi (Tapum, the History of Weapons) at age 20, and immediately drew the audience’s and the critics’ attention. Bozzetto first achieved worldwide recognition…

‘MusicFan’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=662#post662 Animated News Forum}} lets us know that DreamWorks have secured the web domain names ‘abeemovie.com’, ‘beemovie.net’ and ‘thebeemovie.com’, which can only be a sign of…

Many happy returns and welcome to 2004! The year promises to be a very interesting one for animation indeed, as the medium continues to redefine exactly what “traditional animation” is,…

…Toon Disney. The new banner, to be filled mainly with animation, will apparently reach 137 million homes in 77 countries in 18 languages. To read the full transcript of the…

According to {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10091 AWN}} former animators of the now defunct Disney Feature Animation facility in Orlando may have more opportunites to find work without having to move back to…

Despite leaving the company his father and Uncle Walt built, Roy Disney continues to support the work of the animation division, as ‘PatrickvD’ points out on the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=806#post806 Animated…

…to Pixar, the Walt Disney Studios has relationships with other emerging animation producing partners including Vanguard Films, currently producing \\Valiant\\, and San Francisco-based Complete Pandemonium, producing \\The Wild\\ in conjunction…

\\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=2062 Animation Magazine}}\\ reports that \\The Triplets of Belleville\\ director Sylvain Chomet asked the mag to post a letter he wrote to Pixar’s creative head John Lasseter. The letter…

…to my own mouth’. Roy’s campaign to oust Eisner [continues], citing in particular Eisner’s apparent efforts to phase out hand-drawn animation at the studio and replace it with computer animation”….

…scenery in true Clouseau style! Unlike previous years, there were no animated characters inserted into the live program to present the animation awards (guess that CG Mickey really scared ’em…

Ray Pointer, an animation enthusiast of the medium’s early days who turned his passion into a personal crusade to restore and present the work of such animation pioneers and innovators…

An animator’s guidebook, {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782141293/qid%3D1072479639//102-4687562-8010520 Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right}}, by Jason Osipa, which looks at one of the still-challenging aspects of 3D animation: namely the modeling…

According to \\{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=2310 Animation Magazine}}\\, Cartoon Network will launch a new cartoon block aimed at 6-11 year olds. “Miguzi” will air weekdays from 5pm-7pm beginning Monday, April 19, and…

Cyper Media Inc, a 3D animation studio currently producing the $15 million feature The 5th Glacial Epoch, has acquired Joongang Movie Entertainment Co. Ltd, a producer of animated content for…

…Dali, on Tuesday, 11 May 2004, the anniversary of Dali’s 100th birthday. The evening will include a screening and discussion of Destino and Dali, moderated by LA Times animation historian…

Animation HQ’s {{link http://animationhq.net/v2/news/411.php Industry 411}} page has reported that Legacy Animation, founded only this past January with the goal of continuing Walt Disney’s vision of traditional hand drawn animation,…

…while an orphaned Bambi comes to terms with his Mother’s death. Despite some strong (and anticipated) backtalk at {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=2409#post2409 Animation Nation}}, there could be some hope: Andreas’ involvement could…

…Annecy animation festival, reports the {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=11165 Animation World Network}}. AWN also has more on the ambitious {{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?article_no=1950 El Cid}}, which will see a US release in September through…

Variety reports that Vanguard Animation’s John H. Williams, who brought William Steig’s Shrek to DreamWorks, has obtained the rights to The Zabajaba Jungle from the author’s estate. Published in 1991,…

The Popular Mechanics website has a couple of interesting stories up for animation fans. Tobey Grumet takes a {{link http://popularmechanics.com/technology/television/2004/7/pixar_live/ very brief visit}} to the Pixar Animation Studios, but much…

…(The Kaze: Ghost Warrior DVD also supports on-the-fly “Letterbox” and “Pan-and-Scan” functions available in most set-top DVD players.) On the DVD-ROM portion of the Kaze: Ghost Warrior DVD: Animation Scene-Files…

The Orlando Sentinel writes of a sunnier outcome for a handful of ex-WDFA-F animators: video games. “Cecropia, Inc. has hired seven former employees of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida, which…

…association with Seneca College Animation Arts Centre. Ryan hovers between animation and documentary, and defies easy definition. It is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a former animator who…

…under the symbol “DWA” (DreamWorks Animation). In a statement filed with regulators late Monday, the company said it would use the proceeds to repay debt and fund upcoming animation projects….

It’s recently come to light on several animation forums that the recently-released Tom and Jerry: The Spotlight Collection DVD set has at least 3 censored cartoons contained on it –…

The 90-minute CG movie X and I will be produced at the Bangalore-based Paprikaas Animation Studios (Pas) under the direction of Stanislao Pasqualini, an Italian director who has handled action…

…until joining La Comete, a company making television commercials, in 1963. His work as a background artist there introduced him to the world of animation which, in turn, led to…