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DC Toy Fair photos
…photos that have been posted online which feature figures from the Fantastic Four animated series, figures from classic Warner Bros. cartoons, and figures “inspired” by Cartoon Network’s Clone Wars series…. |
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China bans animated/live-action hybrids
…penalties would be levied for violators, it did not specify what those punishments would be. The letter also failed to provide examples of “so-called cartoons that mainly feature real people… |
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RIP, Robert "Tiger" West
…cartoons; from 1953 to 1958, he was vice-president and production manager at Grantray-Lawrence. During the period of 1968 to 1977, West was a supervisor for Hanna-Barbera’s Xerox department. He also… |
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Japan remaining strong in the animation field
The Age investigates Japan’s great presence in the animation industry, noting that the country is the “world’s biggest producer of cartoons and comics.” The two-paged article also notices the growing… |
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Voice actors' residuals increase, due to new SAG agreement
Negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and major producers of cartoons on basic cable have resulted in a 20 percent rise in residuals for voice actors. “This is a significant… |
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DVD news: Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3, Godzilla, Avatar
…feature, 4 bonus episodes, 2 Oh Yeah! Cartoons tales (“The Zappys” and “Party of Three”), and DVD_ROM demos of Nickelodeon computer games. Cover art for the Jimmy Timmy Power Hour… |
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Over the Hedge: review, interviews, and production notes
…want to take their friends. They have as much awareness about this as adults have about The Da Vinci Code. Are there any cartoons from television you remember liking? WS:… |
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ReFrederator offers animated shorts from the great directors
…cartoons. You can see ReFrederator by downloading the episodes at their website or by subscribing through iTunes. According to ReFrederator, Great Director Week will include: Monday, June 5 – \\Tale… |
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Rumor mill: American Dog cast?
…Nevertheless, a message within the forums of The Internet Movie Database writes that at the recent Cartoons on the Bay festival, Roy Disney himself admitted Travolta’s involvement in the film…. |
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Update on future Nick animation
…season), and Spongebob Squarepants (fifth season). Meanwhile, new series Ni Hao Kai-Lan is getting 20 episodes, while fellow newcomers El Tigre and Random Cartoons will each receive 13 episodes. As… |
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China aims for 70,000 minutes of animation
…of animation this year, signaling the industry’s rapid development. Attempting to reach that goal, the country has released 50,000 minutes of cartoons, already exceeding last year’s total of 47,200 minutes…. |
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RIP, Jan Svochak (1926-2006)
…assisting Marty Taras on cartoons starring Baby Huey, Little Audrey, and Herman & Katnip. In addition, he freelanced for Pelican Films, Byron Rabbitt, Zanders, Buzzco, Ink Tank, Jumbo, J.J. Sedelmaier… |
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Cartoon Network Halloween Treats
…and the cartoons are getting spookier, starting with a five-hour marathon starring that paranoid pooch, Courage the Cowardly Dog, from 1-6 p.m. · 7-9 p.m.: Scooby-Doo – The supernatural programming… |
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Scooby-Doo celebrated in Boomerang marathon
…and 16 One-hour Telefilms Included in “Scooberang” Salute Spooky mysteries and spine-tingling action will haunt Boomerang Oct. 26-31 when the commercial-free television home to classic cartoons stirs up the comedy… |
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The Beatrix Potter Collection
…Disney’s Winnie The Pooh cartoons, perhaps even more so due to the delicate pencil artwork and Potter-styled watercolor backgrounds. A previous edition of the Peter Rabbit story was produced for… |
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Nyback's Cartoon Extravaganza now in motion
The Oregonian spotlights Dennis Nyback, an animation enthusiast with a passion to show folks exactly why he loves cartoons. Last Friday, February 16, saw the beginning of his Cartoon Extravaganza… |
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Enchanted
…here, they all seem a bit too common, a bit boring, more like David Hand’s Disney copies in his Animaland cartoons. For a Disney movie set in a classically referenced… |
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European animators take on Hollywood
…“Animation can be mature but too many cartoons have the same shiny bigeyes style so kids only know one taste and can’t tell the difference between good food and junk… |
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Beowulf: Director’s Cut (HD DVD)
…still a great story, well told, here. If one can enjoy a traditionally animated film like The Last Unicorn or Watership Down (not to mention various good quality television cartoons),… |
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Raketu, John K. team for marketing collaboration
…years,” said animator John K. “I have always wanted to work directly with a sponsor to produce my cartoons and have my stars pitch their products. This was the model… |
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Hey Seuss! Horton hears our Views! Plus the new League…
…that, in World War II, on the Snafu military cartoons) and as such there’s an assuredness to this adaptation too. It’s been out on disc before, but this new edition… |
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Popeye: 1933-1938 Volume One arriving in July
TV Shows on DVD has the official artwork and details for Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938 Volume One. Containing “uncut, unedited” cartoons, in addition to over five hours of bonus features,… |
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Woodpecker flies onto DVD
…cartoons, uncut and restored from the original Universal Pictures master negatives. Bonus material will include six Behind-the-Scenes with Walter Lantz segments from the 1957 Woody Woodpecker Show and the rarely… |
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Warner Animation asks you to decide
…that to this day have not yet seen a DVD release. The various cartoons listed include Freakazoid!, Tiny Toon Adventures, Shazzan, The Jetsons, Silverhawks and even the 70’s Harlem Globetrotters… |
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Introducing Oleg the Taxi Man
…is that each “episode” lasts only eight seconds, airing in-between commercias. Apparently, Fox is hoping that the cartoons will keep encourage viewers not to change the channel during commercial breaks…. |
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Hair High winds up
…while watching “Dementia 13”.†Andy Klein, LA CITY BEAT “Offering animation free of the corporate governance that plagues much of today’s popular cartoons, Plympton and his new film “Hair High”… |
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Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: The Complete Animated Series
…though the cartoons are still quite bright overall. A few episodes are fairly muddy looking, but overall most will find these discs quite watchable, particularly since the prints are at… |
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John K's Guide to Surviving the End of Television
…on John K’s work, While the interview elaborates, among other things, on John K’s vision of using the internet for online directly sponsored cartoons and the evolution of online animation…. |
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Woody Woodpecker site updated
…be taken while the plan is to expand the page to a full site, supporting the revival effort with streaming clips of the restored cartoons in the weeks to come…. |
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Drawn Together – Uncensored! Season Three
…not be offended at all— especially if you’re not Catholic, Jewish, conservative Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, gay, African American, Greek, Mexican, or a fan of old cartoons. If any of these… |


