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New 2D shorts star the Mouse
…esthetic for the Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts reaches back almost 80 years and borrows reverentially from the bold style of his 1930s design, but not before adding a few contemporary… |
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“Golly gee whiz!” and “Oh no!” Bruce Timm leaves DC Animation
…post as supervising producer and focus on personal projects, according to io9. Timm’s time in the DC sun may be done, but James Tucker, a producer/director on many DC cartoons,… |
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Season 9 of American Dad officially confirmed?
…eighth season finished production about a year ago. As for Seth MacFarlane’s other cartoons, Family Guy is all but certain to come back next fall, while The Cleveland Show is… |
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Michael Eisner plays with Mysticons
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner has taken a step into boys action cartoons, says The Hollywood Reporter. Eisner’s Tornante Co. and Nelvana have teamed up to make the Mysticons, with… |
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Director Bergeron, actress Paradis talk A Monster in Paris
…first draft overflowed with characters and situations, so the next step was to pare the best parts down into a 90-minute movie. Q: Why did you ask Stéphane Kazandjian to… |
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Mike Disa and The Seven Dwarfs: How the Snow White prequel became a Dopey movie
…answer to The Lord Of The Rings, exploring the 10,000-year history of the dwarfs and their culture in an epic quest. He met with Evan Spiliotopoulos, then one of DisneyToons’… |
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The Emperor’s New Groove: 2-Movie Collection
Walt Disney Feature Animation (December 10 2000), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (June 11 2013), Blu-ray plus two DVD set, 78 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.66:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD Master… |
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Adventure Time: The Complete First And Second Seasons
Cartoon Network Studios (2010-2011), Warner Home Video (June 4, 2013), 1 Disc per season, 286 minutes each, 16:9 ratio, Dolby Stereo 2.0, Rated TV-PG, Retail: $32.07 each Storyboard: A human… |
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From Johan to Jordan: Peyo’s daughter tells the Smurfs’ story
…their own series of traditional books. And the Smurf language spread faster than Esperanto or Volapuk. In honor of Peyo and his influence on The Smurfs 2, we were privileged… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 50th Anniversary Edition
…Oliver And Company). Based on the 1938 novel by T.H. White (Walt Disney actually bought the rights a year later, but it took him some 20-odd years to translate the… |
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Using technology to make new animation look vintage
…drawing errors as well as to why old cartoons flickered: “…back in 1928 — the current flowing through Southern California’s power grid wasn’t really all that steady. So when these… |
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The Academy speculates about special effects and animation
…and George Clooney in non-animated form, so for the time being it seems unlikely that studios would even want for movies like that to count as “cartoons” in Oscar’s eyes…. |
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Historian draws attention to black animation art
…UnCut Funk. A traveling show titled “Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Exhibition” begins touring next month. A sidebar to the article discusses animator Leo Sullivan who worked on some… |
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The Puppetoon Movie
Leibovit Productions (1987), B2MP (November 22, 2013), 2 Discs, 79 mins plus supplements, 4:3 ratio, DTS-HD Master Audio 4.0, Not Rated, Retail: $49.98 Storyboard: George Pal’s incredible animated shorts from… |
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Animation dominates Japan box office in 2013
…of the big local and Hollywood live-action franchises that have won over audiences in recent years… let the cartoons reign supreme in 2013, and left Hollywood struggling for market share”…. |
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The Nut Job
…some of the old 1950s Warner Bros. cartoons, which is fun is some places but doesn’t work as well in others. The biggest thing I can think of to praise… |
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Justice League: War
…finished footage. Lookin’ good. From The DC Comics Vault – 4 Vintage Cartoons gives us standard definition versions of episodes from three different areas of modern DC animation. Episodes include… |
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Rio 2
…I get that a big part of the appeal of Rio is the music. But, man, I get so tired of cartoons characters dancing to popular music in just about… |
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Prolific animation composer Powell profiled
Variety looks at the career of composer John Powell. “Twenty of his 54 features have been animated. And with a resume that also includes a 2010 Oscar nomination for his… |
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series
…Tracks: This may only be a 2.0 audio track, but it is still lossless (2.0 DTS-HD MA), and manages to deliver the goods. Right from the opening of the show,… |
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Phineas And Ferb Star Wars
…2.0 Dolby Digital English track, and English subtitles for the hearing deficient. A full-blown 5.1 track could have been great fun, but 2.0 is fine for a TV cartoon, I… |
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Uncle Grandpa: Tiger Trails
Cartoon Network (2013), Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (December 16, 2014), 1 DVD, 132 minutes, No Supplements, 1.78:1 Ratio, Dolby Stereo 2.0, Rated TV PG, Retail $14.99 Storyboard: Uncle Grandpa–who is… |
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Batman Vs. Robin: Exclusive Figure Edition
Warner Bros. (2015), Warner Home Video (April 14, 2015), 1 Blu-ray + 1 DVD, 80 mins, 16:9 ratio, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Rated PG-13, Retail: $29.96 (regular edition without figure:… |
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Rick & Morty
…The Drawing Board? Rick & Morty Adult Swim Sundays at 11:30 PM ET; repeats Mondays at 10:00 PM ET 22 minutes Rated TV-14 Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon… |
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Miles From Tomorrowland: Let’s Rocket!
Disney Channel (2015), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (August 11th, 2015), 1 DVD, 121 minutes, No Supplements, 1.78:1 Ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0, Rated TV Y, Retail: $19.99 Storyboard: Miles Callisto and… |
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The Peanuts Movie
…worried most about was the animation. There are just some cartoons that feel like they should not go CG and Peanuts had to be at the top of that list…. |
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Studio Ghibli adapts 12th century manga to promote Marubeni Power
…Scrolls of Cartoons of Birds, Animals, and People, for a commercial to begin airing on April 1. Marubeni Power has posted 30-seconds of the commercial online. According to Animated News… |
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Around the world with Mila: Writer (and Director) Cinzia Angelini
Mila is a dream Cinzia Angelini has been chasing for 5 years— a dream that has led over 250 volunteers working night and day to bring to life a story… |
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The Secret Life of Pets
…and 1970s Warner Brothers cartoons — a little too loud, a little too brash, but fun. Most of the voice cast, like a lot of the film, was serviceable if… |
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Watch the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles short Don vs. Raph by Jhonen Vasquez
Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez made a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles short called Don vs. Raph that premiered at the end of a panel celebrating 25 years of Nickelodeon cartoons… |
