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Madagascar roars into theatres
…cartoon way, but in a world where the stakes have been raised by \\Finding Nemo\\, \\Shrek\\, and \\The Incredibles\\, it’s a throwback to a more conventional kind of animated entertainment…. |
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Rex Steele – Nazi Smasher: Limited Edition
…clever and very entertaining slice of throwback matinee excitement, and all the principals involved deserve to go on to greater things. Currently, Matt Peters is working for Cartoon Network on… |
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Teens dive into Adult Swim, avoiding sea of late-night talk shows
The Internet Movie Database reveals that for over a year, the Cartoon Network’s lineup of adult-oriented late-night cartoons, airing under the banner Adult Swim, have been drawing more young-adult males… |
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Charley Bowers: profile and review of a forgotten pioneer
…remembered by some today for the cartoon series based on the Mutt And Jeff and The Katzenjammer Kids newspaper comic strips. A companion to the piece is Del’s {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/315… |
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The Last Unicorn (pan-and-scan)
…to lift above the quality of the Saturday morning cartoon style – just – but only ever reaches full feature quality when the Red Bull (presumably before he became a… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (3D)
…it was such a hit at the time is down to the mature storytelling, from before when Disney sidekicks were just shoehorned in to please the kids, and an elevated… |
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Season premieres for Aqua TV Show Show and Squidbillies to air tonight
Two of Adult Swim’s most popular cartoon shows “for big kids” have season premieres tonight. First up is the latest version of Aqua Teen Hunger Force–this time titled Aqua TV… |
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Meet the flockers: the Animated-News Valiant review
…(don’t worry – nothing too gritty for the kids!) a nice German twisted accent, which gets the vocals away from being just another Curry-for-the-money voice, so not so bad, though… |
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Big Hero 6
…once had a book on animation as a child that asserted Paul Terry’s Mighty Mouse character was not simply an obvious and logical cartoonification of Superman, but partly suggested at… |
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Osbournes get animated
…Coffee Studios’ president and show creator Adam Shaheen notes, rather unnecessarily, that “although it is a cartoon, [The F’n Osbournes] is certainly not one for little kids, bearing in mind… |
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Oliver & Company: 25th Anniversary Edition
…of years earlier, Disney had been given a wake-up call by Steven Spielberg and Don Bluth’s An American Tail, which had proven animation wasn’t just for kids, a popularly conceived… |
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Earthlight Pictures launches CCTV animation training
…a young age.” Nickelodeon is not alone – other studios which have extended multiple invitations to Earthlight classes include Pixar, DreamWorks, Film Roman, Rhythm & Hues, Cartoon Network, Warner Bros…. |
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Princess Mononoke
…on the English voice cast and script. Everyone goes to lengths to say how this isn’t your basic kids’ cartoon, and praise Miyazaki. A great new addition is Princess Mononoke… |
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South Park not ending after all
Despite rumors that the show’s 15th season would be its last one, South Park has been greenlit two more seasons, Screen Rant is reporting. The adult cartoon series has been… |
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Lionsgate announces new Speed Racer series
…a continuation of the old series rather then a reboot and will feature a new young Speed Racer who enters a racing academy for the fastest kids on Earth and… |
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Maleficent
…fairytale features in the cartoon landscape, not only rendering the artform supposedly old-fashioned but inadvertently reducing the interest level from today’s kids in almost everything that came before the advent… |
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An author named Charles Solomon about a boy named Charlie Brown…
…specials as kids and they clearly had a lasting impression. If you’ll pause, you can still hear Linus’ recitation of St. Luke in your head. AV: How did you gather… |
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Mad Monster Party
…a “whos-who” of TV cartooning, and they also pretty much forged ahead over the years with the first made for TV animated movies, including a 2D drawn animation series based… |
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Astro Boy (1980): The Collection Box Set
…year 2030— as opposed to 2003 in the manga and first cartoon series. (“Toby” is certainly a better translation of the comic’s “Tobio”.) And once again, Boynton madly thinks of… |
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The Dad Behind The Myth: An Interview With Walt Disney’s Daughter Diane
Walt Disney was a very special person indeed. Known throughout the world for his animated films, live-action features, television programs, the theme parks and his beloved cartoon character creations, Walt… |
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Brave
…aren’t used to from their animated films, especially of late. And tweaking reviewer expectations seems to be a particular specialty of Pixar’s! (“A film for kids with hardly any dialogue?”… |
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New website for Mr. Men Show
Toy News writes that Chorion has relaunched the online domain for The Mr. Men Show, a forthcoming animated sketch series for kids. At the site, folks can meet and interact… |
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More Krypto!
The {{link http://www.supermanhomepage.com/news.html Superman Homepage}} has some more info on the new animated kids series that will feature Superman’s dog, Krypto. The Man of Steel himself and arch nemesis Lex… |
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Ernest Borgnine passes away at age 95
…was best known to both kids and cartoon fans as the voice of Mermaidman on SpongeBob SquarePants, the retired superhero is who is SpongeBob’s hero. Borgnine also lent his voice… |
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The Chosen One
…to say the cartooning here is limited is being too cavalier with a description of its fluidity: The Chosen One is something more akin to South Park, but without the… |
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Osmosis Jones
…Farrelly Brothers, Peter and Bobby, apparently could do no wrong. A slew of projects began pouring from their production company, including this hybrid kids/gross-out movie, for which they directed the… |
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Family films becoming less family-friendly?
The Associated Press, via Yahoo! Movies, investigates the subtle adult humor and cartoon violence found in many animated offerings today, including such films as Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of… |
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Mia And The Migoo
…show up in Latin America. But that US market can be a tough nut to crack. So, thank goodness for GKids. After starting out as organizers of the New York… |
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The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes – Vol. 1 – Heroes Assemble & Vol. 2 – Captain America Reborn
…Justice League series which ran on rival Cartoon Network. Unlike The Super Hero Squad Show, the show is aimed at an older and more sophisticated audience while still being accessible… |
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New look and voice cast for Loonatics revealed
…Bros. has reconstructed certain aspects of the cartoon, which will debut on this fall on Kids’ WB. Also at Toon Zone is a list of the voice cast for Loonatics…. |
