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Monsters vs. Aliens TV series trailer premieres
IGN has the first trailer for Nickelodeon’s Monsters vs. Aliens TV series, a spin-off of DreamWorks Animation’s hit film from 2009. The series is co-produced by New Zealand-based Oktobor Animation,… |
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Bruno Bozzetto receives prestigious award
…Animation Magazine. He will be given the ASIFA Prize for outstanding achievement in the art of animation on June 13 at the festival, which runs June 10-15th in Annecy, France…. |
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New DreamWorks, Classic Media content coming to Netflix
…deal for original first-run content in Netflix history, is also the first time DreamWorks Animation’s beloved characters will be introduced into the television market as a branded collection of shows…. |
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Oz, The Great And Powerful (regular and 3D editions)
…Gollum or Dobby did and whose wings even look like they were added in afterwards on top of the character animation. Not that Oz, The Great And Powerful is slow… |
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Director Jimmy Hayward talks turkey about Free Birds
…its own with Free Birds, its first in-house theatrical animated feature. For two decades, the studio has provided animation on a work-for-hire basis, with projects ranging from the theme park… |
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Frozen
…went for an almost hand drawn feel (beautifully done), Frozen embraces computer animation fully. And counterintuitively, it’s so well done the fact that it is computer animated never crosses your… |
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Holocaust victim Anne Frank gets her own animated picture
…for animation for The Congress. He is honored to have the opportunity to tell Anne’s story. Folman wants to use animation as a way to keep her memory alive and… |
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De Micco and Sanders master class highlights
IGN recently attended an “Animation Master Class” featuring The Croods directors Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders and animation historian John Canemaker. The filmmakers “used the class to walk a… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez takes us for a “Grand Tour” with Walt
…His articles about the Disney parks, Disney animation, and vintage international Disneyana, as well as his many interviews with Disney artists, have appeared in Animation Journal, Animation Magazine, Disney Twenty… |
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The Lego Movie
…“Reverend Marijuana”! The animation in the film had a unique computer generated stop-motion look, and the effect was fantastic, especially since the “medium” was Lego bricks. While a lot of… |
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Disney staff celebrates Oscar win
…DreamWorks Animation have won all other years… Never winning was a humiliation for a lot of artists at Disney, the shop where the art of mainstream animation was essentially born”…. |
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Rio 2
I’ll admit, for an animation fan I’m a bit more picky and unforgiving than most. There are many shortcuts, cliches, tropes, and stereotypes that drive me crazy when I see… |
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series
…film. And that is really a pity, because Warner Bros. animation, led by executive producer Bruce Timm, created a marvellous animated series that succeeded in many ways where the film… |
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Toy Story Of Terror!
…toys and brands seen in this world, specifically the sure-to-be new regular Combat Carl (in classic 1980s TMS animation!), Old Timer and Transitron, in the traditional Toy Story style, and… |
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Phineas And Ferb Star Wars
Disney Television Animation (2014), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (November 11, 2014), 1 Disc, 44 mins, 16:9 ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0, Not Rated, Retail: $19.99 Storyboard: Two brothers leave their… |
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Star Wars – The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions
Lucasfilm Animation (2014), Beuna Vista Home Entertainment (November 11, 2014), 2 Discs, 287 mins, 2.39:1 ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated TV-PG, Retail: $45.99 Storyboard: As the Clone Wars become more… |
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Kiki’s Delivery Service
…as laudable qualities, and fortunately this film manages to do so without becoming maudlin. In terms of animation, there is an understated yet impressive quality to what is on display…. |
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Toy Story That Time Forgot
When Shrek The Halls was announced by DreamWorks Animation back in 2007, eyes were rolled by many. Not just because it seemed like a shameless cash grab for the mega-franchise,… |
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
…them from their hand-drawn counterparts. And the superhero designs were fantastic and perfect for each character. While the CG animation may have been top notch, unfortunately the traditional animation was… |
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Gladiators Of Rome
…How to Train Your Dragon 2 all opening within a year of each other, the argument could be made that we are living in a golden age of animation. Having… |
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More Cartoons For Victory!
…its purpose in educating fighting men. Behind-the-scenes filming is shown, as well as glances at artists at work in animation. For anyone with an interest in this fabled Unit, this… |
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Insider Access To Inside Out
…Pixar animation facility, hosted by director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera. Wow, do I want to work there. Clearly a shrine to creativity, the place exudes fun and collaboration…. |
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Turbo: F.A.S.T.
…and The Smurfs 2. With a domestic take of about $83 million, it looked like the series was one and done, with any hope that DreamWorks Animation had of making… |
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The Seventh Dwarf
…the movie does have some “decent” enough animation, particularly the character animation of Dellamorta. Still, the least annoying aspect of this movie is Norm MacDonald as a potentially suicidal dragon,… |
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Star Wars – Rebels: Complete Season One
…from George Lucas, and the Clone Wars production staff had mixed feelings about continuing without Lucas anyway. And thus Clone Wars came to a close. Lucasfilm Animation was given a… |
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The Peanuts Movie
…that serves it well. Excepting the new animation techniques used to create it, the film fits in with all that came before it. Besides story, the next issue fans probably… |
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The Lion Guard: Return Of The Roar
…one of the most impressive-looking cartoon shows on television. The character animation is smooth, the backgrounds are detailed and colorful, and even the CGI effects shots are pretty good. It’s… |
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World of Tomorrow
…and has influenced a generation of animation programs such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force and a recent batch of Pop-Tarts commercials. At the time he was making his Simpsons couch… |
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Only Yesterday
…animation, I feel it is nonetheless a fascinating study into her character, having become a patient and appreciative person. This unique sense of wonder in adulthood is further expanded upon… |
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Exclusive WonderCon 2016 Recap
…models the animation would be placed upon, I asked about the characters maintaining the classic marionette look despite being done in CG. Rob said that it not only served as… |
