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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….

Toy Story That Time Forgot

…top pigs with pigs” was Uncle Walt’s famous retort when asked for more Three Little Pigs cartoons back in the 1930s, although even he relented with a short-lived series of…

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…

Around the world with Mila: Writer (and Director) Cinzia Angelini

…of war. Mila represents the children who survived and the children who were lost. The Mila Family wants to prove that “cartoons” can successfully enlighten all age groups on serious,…

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…

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

Star Wars – Rebels: Complete Season Two

…We do have new Star Wars feature films at last, but the cartoons need not be seen as an inferior product. The graphics may be a little simpler, and there…

Beauty And The Beast: 25th Anniversary Walt Disney Signature Collection

…almost four hours, including four original Laugh-O-Gram shorts, additional Disney cartoons and copious image galleries. Set-top games have never been high on my list of essentials, but some of the…

Lego Star Wars – The Freemaker Adventures: Complete Season One

cartoons. The 16:9 picture is excellent, and likely represents the animation the best it can. Any deficiencies only come from the source, including some soft edges and very minor background…

“With a smile and a song” with music historian James Bohn

…And The Seven Dwarfs was the first step in establishing Disney as a major Hollywood studio. AV: At the same time, you start your study with Mickey Mouse cartoons and…

Justice League Action – Superpowers Unite: Season One, Part One

…Firestorm and Green Arrow hew closer to their classic looks. In terms of continuity, the show takes its cues from various eras of the comics and cartoons. One episode sees…

Production Designer Carlos Zaragoza puts a smile on The Emoji Movie

…me about the influence of cartoons of the 1930’s on your work on the characters? CZ: Some of my favorite animation short films are the Silly Symphony series, from Walt…

Didier Ghez uncovers the hidden art of Disney’s early renaissance

…even on the first animated cartoons produced for the Disney Channel in the early 1980s. When you look at all the Disney artists, his career is probably the richest and…

The Best of 2019: And Then It Was Over

…got high definition issues of such classics as 1940s Popeye cartoons, Hanna-Barbera series The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, and Scooby-Doo, and “Timmverse” show Batman Beyond, the latter two being offered in…

Didier Ghez’s They Drew As They Pleased series goes full circle

…animated cartoons we love. It was therefore critically important for me to focus on the concept artists to understand this chaotic and fascinating creative process. One last reason why this…

The game of cat & mouse is on in new Tom & Jerry trailer

…will be brought to life through computer animation, though they’re still going to look like “cartoons” rather than the more realistic approach similar films have taken. Starring Chloe Grace Moretz…

The Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers trailer is not what you’re expecting

…and Dale are living amongst cartoons and humans in modern-day Los Angeles, but their lives are quite different now. It has been decades since their successful television series was canceled,…

Twenty Questions with the AV Staff

…Justice League Unlimited, Futurama. JAMES: When I was a kid, TV cartoons were probably my first big introduction to animation and I’ve been hooked ever since. Some favorites from childhood…

Watch a first look at The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

…director Pete Browngardt, and the creative team behind the award-winning Looney Tunes Cartoons, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie stars Porky Pig and Daffy Duck as…