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Magic School Bus reboot on the way
Depending on when you were born, you might remember The Magic School Bus, PBS’s very popular educational TV show from the 90’s which was based off of an equally popular… |
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Of pigs and men – Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi talk about The Dam Keeper
…of Japanese classrooms from Dice’s upbringing, and the classic American school bell that signals the beginning and end of class is specific to Robert’s memories of elementary school in Southern… |
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2023 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…in nature and it was a delight to be in the middle of it. Nothing was wasted and everything was pure fun. Watch exclusive footage of The Owl House: Us… |
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The Lion King II / The Lion King 1½
…middle of the story. Using it here (as sung by original Lion King contributor Lebo M) is a corking set up, though it doesn’t help that the similarity to the… |
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The Incredibles: Collector’s Edition
…of some pretty big named stars: Craig T Nelson and Samuel L Jackson, as well as some without middle initials – Holly Hunter and Jason Lee – and the usual… |
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The Incredibles
…accident clip (is that a SharkTale poster on the Pixar wall?), and a nice tribute to Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston (“no school like the old school”!), among others –… |
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Meet The Robinsons
…nicknamed Goob, kept awake each night when Lewis’ latest gadgets flip out. During the school science fair, Lewis quite rightly thinks he’s in with a chance, but his creation is… |
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Wonder Park’s heroine June takes center stage in new STEM PSA ad campaign
…early as middle school, and this path continues through high school and college, ultimately leading to an underrepresentation of women in STEM careers. “Our main character, June, believes that if… |
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Floyd Norman: Story Of A Storyman
…of art school. Back in those days they had what was sort of a training program for potential new employees, and what they would do, they would bring in young… |
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You’re Not Elected, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…made at the last minute in the special’s title card, which soon made even the TV Guide listing out of date. Most of the episode takes place at Birchwood School,… |
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Perfect Nightmare: Mike Cachuela on storyboarding Christmas
…my drawings and said: “Hey, you should check out an art school called California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California!” And so I did, and I loved it because… |
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Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!
…of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He has taught animation history at New York University, New York School of Visual Arts, the American Film Institute and University of California, Los… |
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Pixar's Burke to speak at N.C. School of the Arts
The Winston-Salem Journal indicates that Pixar animator Adam Burke will speak at the N.C. School of the Arts’ Digital Arts Symposium 2007. The event will take place at 11:45 a.m…. |
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The Princess And The Frog‘s Directors John Musker and Ron Clements take us to “the other side” of animation!
…high school in Wilmette, Illinois, Musker became a cartoonist for the school paper. His special brand of caricature, which included outrageous sketches of teachers and school celebrities, quickly caught on…. |
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Animation Mentor Celebrates Graduates with Pete Docter
Last Saturday Pixar’s Pete Docter delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of Animation Mentor, “the online animation school by animators for animators” (see our prior writeup). The following… |
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"Old school" resides on Sesame Street
Yahoo! Buzz Log takes a trip down memory lane, on the lookout for “where the air is sweet.” To celebrate the DVD release of Sesame Street – Old School, Vol…. |
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Ms. Frizzle is back in new trailer for The Magic School Bus Rides Again
The new trailer for The Magic School Bus Rides Again–starring Ghostbusters star Kate McKinnon as the voice of Ms. Frizzle–is now online and can be viewed in the player below…. |
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Cartoon Network Halloween Treats
…spooky will vanish forever. Friday, Oct. 20 · 7 p.m.: Casper’s Scare School – The full-length animated movie Casper’s Scare School makes its television debut on Cartoon Network on Friday,… |
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Pete’s Dragon: 35th Anniversary Edition
…of “middle-period” Disney features (those films that came right in the midst of the period between Walt’s passing and the management takeover of 1984) coming to Blu-ray this year, I… |
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Truth, Justice and the Middle-American Way: The Politics of The Incredibles
The New York Times [free registration required] has a new article about the more possibly profound themes in the upcoming film The Incredibles. “‘The challenge in the post-9/11 world is… |
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Jackson getting set to return to Middle Earth
As perhaps inevitably expected, helmer Peter Jackson is in negotiations to sit in the director’s chair for the two upcoming Hobbit movies being made by New Line and MGM. Although… |
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Animated Con-versation: AN&V at Comic-Con 2008!
…that had been chosen for its views and placement near the beach and other attractions, but which turned out to be a little out in the middle of no-where. It… |
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Up
…past animated films than the usual Pixar approach, and I was reminded very much of old-school Disney from the 1940s rather than any other modern CG movie. It’s during these… |
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Au clair de La Luna with director Enrico Casarosa
…Miyazaki’s television series in Italy. Born and raised in Genoa, he moved to New York City in his twenties, to study animation at the School of Visual Arts and Illustration… |
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Up: 3D Edition
…to get me. It’s wonderfully emotional, feeling much more “traditional” in terms of past animated films than the usual Pixar approach, and I was reminded very much of old-school Disney… |
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Peter Pan: Diamond Edition
…such it also quickly became one of my favorite films, and is unquestionably still my top pick from Walt Disney’s “middle period” of the late 1940s and the 1950s. Pan… |
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Oliver & Company: 25th Anniversary Edition
…(5:30), a 1988 featurette from a period in the middle of old-school documentary program making and the whizz-cut soundbite fluff pieces of today, back when interviews were allowed to run… |
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Phil Nibbelink talks Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss
…back. AV: What animation schools did you attend? PN: Actually, when I left high school, I went to Italy to learn cinematography at Il Instituto di Stato per la Cinematografia… |
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The Nutty Professor (2008)
…in school but seemingly the only girl in school (perhaps the crowd control unit found it tricky to render up a few extra female pixels given the budget)! Soon Kelp… |
