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America, WonderCon serve Ratatouille
Upcoming Pixar notes that Ratatouille director Brad Bird and star Patton Oswalt will appear at this year’s WonderCon, on Saturday, March 3, from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. In addition to… |
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New Spider-Man series coming to Kids' WB
Once planned for direct-to-DVD distribution, The Amazing Spider-Man will now air during the CW’s Saturday morning Kids’ WB block, records Variety. with Greg Weisman as supervising producer and Victor Cook… |
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CBS to serve Shortcake and Sushi with Care
A press release at PR Newswire reveals that American Greetings Properties and DIC Entertainment are bringing more educational and informational programming to the Saturday morning line-up on CBS. Coming to… |
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Iron Kid blasts his way to the US
…will be released in the United States under the revised title, Eon Kid, and will come in the form of twenty-six episodes to the KidsWB! Saturday morning line-up this fall…. |
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Spider-Man webs himself more episodes
…television series, bringing the current series run to 26 episodes. The initial 13 episodes will premiere in early 2008 on the Saturday morning kids programming block, Kids’ WB!, on The… |
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Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines: The Complete Series
…spin-off machine first got going when network programmer Fred Silverman asked Bill and Joe to create two shows using characters from the previous season’s Saturday morning hit Wacky Races. For… |
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Ultimate Avengers 2
…surpassed the level of Saturday morning animation, this second picture often only meets it. Oh, there is a lot more shading (nicely aided by computer coloring techniques), but overall the… |
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Ratatouille arrives, and Jason review lands
…sequences done for the show concerning alien monsters. Besides, this is a classic Saturday morning series from Filmation that we are sure will be of interest to our readers, many… |
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Astro Boy (2003): The Complete Series
…2.0 in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. The English track is pretty decent, but does not strive too hard to impress. Astro Boy simply sounds like the Saturday morning cartoon show… |
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Dungeons & Dragons: The Complete Animated Series
…still considered taboo for Saturday morning television. The show also reveals a surprising twist to the show that ties in nicely with the unaired series finale, “Requiem”. Other great episodes… |
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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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Space Ghost, Dino Boy and the great animation DVD summer!
…Saturday morning show can compete”. Even better, the extras serve up something quite unusual, which Rand calls “a doozy”: an 80-minute “touching and provocative” documentary about renowned artist Alex Toth,… |
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The Lost World (1925 and 1960 versions)
…out as a special effects animator and had always been drawn to recreating prehistoric life on screen. The Dinosaur And The Missing Link; 10,000 Years BC and Prehistoric Poultry all… |
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The First Easter Rabbit: Deluxe Edition
…became less viable, and the cost of overseas cel animation became more attractive to Saturday morning television programmers, Rankin/Bass returned to the hand-drawn medium for their later shows, where they… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 5
Marvel Entertainment (September 7, 1996 – September 20, 1997), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (May 4, 2010), two discs, 308 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0, Not Rated,… |
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Dr. Seuss’s Holidays On The Loose!
…the middle-ground DePatie-Freleng stuff did, the special ultimately into the pitfalls of Saturday morning cartoon traditions, from the more economic background art, to the often recycled animation and a lack… |
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Sealab 2020: The Complete Series
Hanna-Barbera (1972), Warner Archive (May 22, 2012), 2 discs, 280 mins, 4:3 ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Not Rated, Retail: $24.95 Storyboard: A scientific community living under the sea deals with… |
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Pocahontas: 2-Movie Collection
…akin to the kind of thing that plays better in Saturday morning cartoon fare. But on the flipside, Bedard returns to vocally portray Pocahontas, and she’s again joined by David… |
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The Halloween Tree
…of Saturday morning cartoon fare we may be more accustomed to. Perhaps because it is clear that holiday specials can become perennials that can be re-run each year, producers tend… |
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Stripped
…Mike & Jerry (Penny Arcade), Jeff Keane (The Family Circus), Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics), Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse), Zach Weiner ( Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal), Scott Kurtz… |
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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: 2-Movie Collection
…“fun” and better audibly than things are visually. Oh, and what visuals! No, no…I mean what visuals!? Reeking of a “quality” less than acceptable on Saturday morning television, this is… |
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O Brother Bear, Where Art Thou?: Why Disney Channel turned down Brother Bear: The Series
…the ABC network’s Saturday morning block. Writer Bart Jennett had a deal with Walt Disney Television Animation, which would soon become the animation production arm of Disney Channel Worldwide. DTVA… |
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Oscar nominated animated shorts of 2013
…Saturday morning pre-school show. However, that all faded to the back of mind as I was charmed by the story and the character animation. Sure I may not have been… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #61: The Last Unicorn – Give Us More Pirate Cat!
…cat is the best part of this movie! He needs his own Saturday morning spinoff cartoon! • Deep thoughts with Chelsea: ”There are no happy endings because there is no… |
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Turbo: F.A.S.T.
…theme song, it looks and feels like a Saturday morning cartoon. Yes, I know that educational programming has its place in children’s television, but as I said in my review… |
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DC Superhero Girls: Hero of the Year
…the “Saturday morning feel” is ultimately what gives Superhero Girls its charm. It’s light on its feet, fast-paced, and full of appealing characters. In a striking contrast to the more… |
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The Powerpuff Girls: Tiara Trouble
…Girls should remain a blast of Saturday morning adrenaline. For adults, there’s the nostalgia factor going for it, even though longtime fans may find some of the changes a bit… |
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My Little Pony spoofs The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air with Season 7 trailer
…Pony: Friendship is Magic is now online, and in typically meta-humor fashion for the show, it spoofs The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. It premieres this Saturday morning on Discovery Family…. |
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The Emoji Movie
…that the film has only 50 collected reviews on Rotten Tomatoes compared to the usual 150), the film’s become the butt of internet jokes over the last few months, even… |
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Muppet Babies Composers Andy Bean & Keith Horn Make Your Dreams Come True
…the 60’s or 70’s or 80’s or anything like that, but still definitely inspired by that.” AV: “Let’s talk about Summer, who’s a brand new character. Unlike the other Muppets,… |
