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Spider-Man: The New Animated Series: Special Edition

…the studio its contract, and shows an equally skillful but more 3D take on Spider-Man. The Abandoned “Spidey-Sense” Test is simply a black and white representation of a short scene….

Cinderella: Platinum Edition

…has the bizarre and somewhat unwelcome inclusion of Cinderella Stories Presented By ESPN Classics (33:40). Joe Namath hosts this look at some of the greatest sports stories, focusing on well-known…

Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 2

…fired from MGM. Cohn reacted unfavorably to the first test reel and told Mitchell to get rid of Hanna-Barbera and to drop the idea altogether. Fortunately, NBC was also shown…

The Venture Bros.: Season One

…Secret Intelligence who thrives on way too much testosterone. Let us meet the rest of the cast as we look at the thirteen half-hour episodes included in the DVD set….

Dinosaurs: The Complete First And Second Seasons

…brief first season. The premiere episode, The Mighty Megalosaurus, introduces us to the Sinclair family, including the latest addition, Baby Sinclair. The baby was positioned immediately to be the source…

Batman: Gotham Knight (Blu-ray/DVD)

…in which Allen and Ramirez are caught in the middle. Field Test continues the loose storyline, with a jarring change of visual style. This segment looks more like what people…

Teen Titans: The Complete Fifth Season

…encounter who he considers to be only wannabe Titans. In order to test their mettle, he subjects them to a series of challenges. Snowblind takes the Titans to Russia, where…

Popeye The Sailor: Volume 2 1938-1940

Test (0:31). This is a true rarity, since the Fleischers did not typically use pencil tests. Then, a Storyboard Reel for Stealin’ Ain’t Honest (6:12) contrasts storyboards with the final…

Otto Messmer And Felix The Cat

…him up to create an animated test film for the Universal newsreel. Messmer in later years Unfortunately, Messmer did not actually know how to create animated cartoons, although he had…

Schoolhouse Rock!: Special 30th Anniversary Edition

…reason they passed their civics test was because they had the words from “The Preamble” stuck in their heads. Even people who applied for American citizenship were encouraged to go…

Beauty And The Beast: Platinum Edition

…meant to him. In “Tricks of the Trade”, you can click on “Camera Move Test” to see camera tests for the ballroom sequence. The “Beauty And The Beast” music video…

Ice Age: 2 Disc Special Edition

…removal of Sylvia was a change in Sid’s personality. Some of the later scenes involving Sylvia and the other lady sloths did not screen well with test audiences due to…

A Bug’s Life: Collector’s Edition

…early test footage (5:28), and an animation progression demonstration. The animation progression demonstration goes from the very early stages of story reels, to layouts, to the animation, ending up with…

Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume Six

…sixth and final volume of their latest incarnation – Tom and Jerry Tales. In these fifteen cartoons, the duo travels around the world and back in time, singing and dancing…

Director Kevin Munroe on TMNT

…was really involved with it. I think the area he first lightened up with was probably the visuals. I think as soon as he saw the test images coming back,…

Directors Miller and Hui on Shrek the Third

To help promote the latest entry in the wildly successful Shrek franchise, directors Chris Miller and Raman Hui recently engaged in separate discussions with Animated News & Views’ Josh Armstrong….

Directors Buck and Brannon on Surf’s Up

Directors Chris Buck and Ash Brannon recently took time to talk with Animated News & Views’ Josh Armstrong about their latest feature, Surf’s Up. From Sony Pictures Animation, the animated…

Phil Nibbelink talks Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss

…(1999) and Leif Ericson, Discoverer of North America (2000). Nibbelink recently participated in a discussion with Animated News & Views’ Josh Armstrong about his latest film, Romeo & Juliet: Sealed…

Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!

…Movie Guide, Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide and The 50 Greatest Cartoons. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney, and is currently a consulting producer to…

How director Steve Anderson met The Robinsons!

…find a place for it, but sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. That’s the great thing about animation: you have that ability test these ideas when the film is just…

Michael Giacchino: not so short on ideas for Pixar Shorts!

…for new ideas, for new techniques. It’s a great way to test these things in an environment where there’s not an entire two-hour feature film at stake. It’s a safer…

Who Discovered…Lyricist Glenn Slater?

…screen-test level; if it did, I didn’t see it. AV: Can you tell me about the song This Only Happens in the Movies featured in Kerry Butler’s latest album? GS:…

How Dean Wright and Wendy Rogers brought FX to Prince Caspian

…awful lot of characters. There were two of us, Dean and I, and early on, we separated out which sequences we would supervise. I took on the CG test development…

Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Composer J.A.C. Redford!

…Flora’s Family) but he’s also known as one of the greatest orchestrators (WALL-E, Leatherheads, The Spiderwick Chronicles) and conductors (The Little Mermaid, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas) of our…

The Prince Of Egypt: Signature Selection

…shortcoming. Followed by a lack-lustre direct-to-video spin-off, Joseph, King Of Dreams, it’s The Prince Of Egypt that will stand the test of time from DreamWorks biblical animation outings. People have…

The Quest For Camelot: Special Edition

…and testing, as opposed to tried and tested, way to get information across. The soundtrack brought in a lot of talent and the songs within the film are performed by…

The Rescuers Down Under: Gold Classic Collection

…own DuckTales adventure movie spin-off, the film was not as successful as some would have hoped, even with the latest Mickey Mouse comeback featurette, The Prince And The Pauper, presented…

Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land

…classic book and stage play Peter Pan, I was ready to tear the latest non-needed “sequel” from the Disney company apart when it hit theatres early 2002. I’d grown up…

Monsters, Inc.: 2-Disc Collectors Edition

…you outtakes from the tour, plus an early animation test. You can access the opening to this Tour again from behind door number one: Pixar Fun Factory, which has John…

Walt Disney Treasures: Behind The Scenes At The Walt Disney Studios

…the sequence in pencil test, we are treated to a completed Goofy cartoon – the classic How To Ride A Horse (which was also issued as a separate short, but…