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The Disney Renaissance
…Geek decided to take a look back at the end of the dark ages of Disney animation and the renaissance which was sparked by the film in the late 1980s…. |
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Animated Doctor Who part of the Neverweres
…distract from production of the tv show”. This wouldn’t be the first time the Doctor flirted with an animated series. In the 1980s Nelvana worked on a version as well…. |
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The Regular Show: The Complete First & Second Seasons
…as done by the South Korean studio. Much less substantial is the four-second CG Test For Hogepodge Monster (0:04), while it is nice to see the 2010 Comic-Con Teaser Trailer… |
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Robotech 2-Movie Collection
…fight for Earth’s survival. The Sweatbox Review: This is going to be a little complicated… Robotech was an American television series produced by Harmony Gold in the mid-1980s, utilizing animation… |
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Muppet designer Faz Fazakas passed away
…him, but you know his work, Faz Fazakas. With a Muppet-like name, Faz was the main Muppet special effects designer from the 1970s-1980s and he even performed a bit as… |
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Strange Magic
…movie’s budget (figures are sketchy, but I’d assume between $40-60 million) when one sells a company for over $4 billion? For their part, the film’s release may have been the… |
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Exclusive WonderCon 2016 Recap
…more than the over 125,000 that flock to San Diego every summer without feeling too crowded. But on the other hand, it may be too big as attendees did feel… |
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Watch the first full trailer for Voltron: Legendary Defender
DreamWorks and Netflix have posted the first full trailer for Voltron: Legendary Defender. The remake of the popular Japanese animated series from the 1980s is animated by Studio Mir, which… |
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Raiders! The Story Of The Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
…a near 20 minutes, it’s fun to see the kids making their movie in this juvenile “making of” footage (mostly of the central truck chase), though again much of it… |
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All Things Must Pass: The Rise And Fall Of Tower Records
…too much time and money in – London, which for a long time in the late 1980s and into the 1990s (before it was bought out by Virgin Megastores), was… |
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Kubo And The Two Strings
…intriguing, than “Kubo And His Mom And Dad” would have been had Disney’s marketing team named this in the mid-1980s. In many ways, having real if fantastical counterparts to his… |
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Pete’s Dragon
Walt Disney Studios (August 12 2016), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 29 2016), Blu-ray plus DVD, 103 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition widescreen 2.40:1, DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Rated, Retail:… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez celebrates the art of Disney’s mid-century era
…the families of Sylvia Holland and Retta Scott for Volume 2, the families of James Bodrero, Campbell Grant and Martin Provensen for Volume 3, or the family of John Dunn… |
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“Claymation” pioneer Will Vinton passes away at 70
Oscar, Emmy, and Clio Award winner Will Vinton has died at age 70. Vinton was a pioneer in stop motion animation, trademarking the name “claymation” for his process. He and… |
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Looking at the Critical Role animated Kickstarter campaign with Sam Riegel
On April 18 at midnight Pacific standard time, the Critical Role Kickstarter campaign to fund an animated program came to an end. With an initial goal of raising $750,000 in… |
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Disney to release throw-back VHS tapes of recent animated films
…Wreck-It Ralph, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, and Ralph Breaks the Internet. Both waves will be available for 90 days before the films are returned to “The Vault”. Suggested retail is… |
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Star Wars: Visions
…have adapted the original trilogy and The Phantom Menace. I still possess the two volumes of The Phantom Menace by Silent Möbius creator Kia Asamiya. Visions takes it a step… |
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Watch the trailer for the documentary Pencils vs. Pixels
…of 2D hand-drawn animation and an exploration of how the Disney Renaissance of the late 1980s and early 1990s led to an animation boom that was quickly upended by the… |
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More Alice than is really necessary?
{{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/main/index.htm Jim Hill Media}} is back this morning with another entertaining look at one of the Walt Disney World cast members-only party films; short movies made by and for… |
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Don't Forget!
A couple of DVD updates for you this morning: today seas the release of Disney/Pixar’s fintastic underwater adventure comedy Finding Nemo, in a special 2-disc edition packed with fun bonus… |
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Manga anime galore: the latest from AICN!
{{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=16504 Ain’t It Cool}} is back this morning with their latest update in the world of Japanese animation. Check out the link for a round up of all the… |
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Jim Hill on Disney's CEO: "denial isn't just some river in Egypt"!
The ever popular (and ever probing!) {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/main/index.htm Jim Hill Media}} is back this morning with another insightful story. To put it in his words, “as more stories leak out… |
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Disney and Fox merge for new Toon channel
…in buying programmes, as well as making them. The name will appear first in the US next month, with Jetix-branded programmes appearing in the morning on the ABC Family network,… |
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Roy Disney responds to Disney Animation closure
…Roy Disney has {{link http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-12-2004/0002087971&EDATE= spoken out}} about the closure, with comments similar to those that have appeared on SaveDisney before, and the site also gathers a number of links… |
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Jim Hill on the Disney/Pixar break-up…
…morning?), {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01302004.3.htm Jim chimes in}} with the latest, as well as a report on {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01302004.2.htm some emails}} Disney Animation head David Stainton has been sending around the company… |
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The State of Animation
Be sure to tune in to CBS News tomorrow morning, February 8 at 9:00 am ET and at 7:00 am PT, for a report on the state of animation. Animators… |
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Pics from \\Chicken Little\\, \\Boundin'\\, and artists' prep work for \\Rapunzel Unbraided\\
As we {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00000826.html reported}} last week, \\CBS News Sunday Morning\\ aired a segment on the state of animation. We have some pictures from the piece, including a logo from… |
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Sony to buy Pixar?
…Nemo. Pixar is currently trading at about $70. Analysts aren’t giving the idea much credence. Pixar Chairman and Chief Executive Steve Jobs controls 60 percent of the company’s floating shares,… |
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Poor little Jonah
…for a short while, the highest grossing Christian movie of all time. Alas, in one day, Mel Gibson’s The Passion pushed the little vegetable to the #2 spot this morning…. |
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UPDATED: Eisner's last stand?
…revised and improved Comcast bid, possibly due to land in Eisner’s lap the morning of the Wednesday meeting, coincidentally enough in Comcast’s home town of Philadelphia. {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=104106 Toon Zone}}… |
