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Legacy Animation Studios starts production on Lucky!!

…the name of Lucky! According to the release, “Lucky is the story of a four-leaf clover who is down on his luck. As Lucky passes through a small town he…

Independent studios spark a change of 'toon

…– a detective-story take on Little Red Riding Hood – are being developed by small independent studios, often on a shoestring budget. The internet also plays a role, allowing the…

Composer Jerry Goldsmith has died

…as The Secret of NIMH, Mulan, Small Soldiers and Looney Tunes: Back In Action. Despite recovering from cancer, he continued to work through 2002-03 and still had projects ready to…

UK TV animator Ivor Wood dies aged 72

Ivor Wood, who brought Paddington Bear, The Wombles, Postman Pat and the original version of The Magic Roundabout to the small screen, has died. Paddington creator Michael Bond remembers Wood…

Latest happenings at Dark Prince

…state of Dark Prince Productions, the intentionally small Parisian studio with two ‘hats’: producer and service studio. It is worth noting that GenerActor, the company’s proprietary 2D animation software, finished…

More Howl clips

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Dalmatians 101: “Spotting” fun facts with Andreas Deja

…Marc and his wife Alice in 1984, when the Olympic Games were in Los Angeles. The Studio sent a small group of people and Marc and Alice to show animated…

Horton Hears a Who!

…starts flying through the air. Horton, an elephant, hears a small “yelp” as the speck flies past him. Horton assumes, quite correctly it turns out, that there must be tiny…

Nemo sub coming to you

…an “aquarium on wheels,” featuring surprise appearances by Crush, the cruisin’ turtle from Finding Nemo, who can take questions and chat with small groups of guests in a “road show”…

The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition

…has a similar idea, as he has grown tired of the taunts of other jungle creatures (particularly the loopy buzzards) about how he was humiliated by a small human boy….

Perfect Nightmare: Mike Cachuela on storyboarding Christmas

…of the storyboard artists of the film, to remember in his company the beginnings of the production: about how such a rich and wide universe was born, in a small,…

Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy

…his kind heart. He loves Wilbur and will do anything to protect his small friend. It is a funny short, but the humor is mainly provided by Wilbur. This probably…

Frank Walsh: On set with Prince Caspian’s Final Battle – The Beruna Bridge Sequence

…God himself coming to the rescue to defeat the Telmarines, in an impressive and splashing display of furious water. Not a small challenge, technically speaking. But an exciting one for…

Christmas Contest: The Tale Of Despereaux goodies – Winner!

…in shining armor. In this tale of bravery, forgiveness and redemption, one small creature will teach a kingdom that it takes only a little light to show the truth: what…

Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition

…and added touches such as the actual product labels for Coca-Cola, USA Today, Kodak and other trademarks play no small part in creating an atmosphere that we can relate to…

The Secret Of The Magic Gourd

…fluid, well up to expected standards, never skimping on shots where they’re needed and adding in small touches here and there that wouldn’t go missed but just add an extra…

Monsters vs Aliens: Conrad Vernon vs Animated Views!

…react? So, we actually had one of our animators. We built a small model city and we put little cars and trees and street lamps and everything down the streets…

When You Wish Upon A Star: The Musical Making of Walt Disney’s Pinocchio

For Pinocchio, Walt Disney showed no small ambition: he wanted it to be the most wonderful animated film ever created – and he would spare no expense to achieve it….

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Galaxy Divided

…Malevolence where Anakin is leading an strike against the Malevolence. He believes that a small force will be able to outmaneuver the ship and strike the bridge, destroying General Grievous…

The Jetsons: The Complete First Season

small featurette about the origin of the series. One plus for this release is the addition of a commentary track on the first two episodes with Janet Waldo. There are…

Ponyo, or Hayao Miyazaki’s Inner Child

…present-day Japan. A small town at the sea, a home at the top of a cliff, a few characters and the ocean, seen as a presence, a living entity. A…

Peter de Seve Breaks the Ice with Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs

…One day, I got a call from Westchester, New York, from a small studio I had never heard of. They said they were working on their first animated feature called…

Gigantor: The Collection, Volume One

…schemes vary slightly, but mostly they want to take over the world, possibly with the help of robots. Compared to Astro Boy, this series has a smaller scope of stories…

Watchmen: Director’s Cut

…shortcoming that blots Watchmen’s scorecard and sets the general reaction for the movie: for everything they get right in tone and scope, the smallest and silliest of elements can tip…

The Complete Uncensored Private Snafu

…No Buddy Atoll – Snafu versus a Japanese admiral on a small island. Private SNAFU Presents Seaman TARFU – This 1946 cartoon, focusing on Snafu’s brother, looks at Navy life….

Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind

…inclusion of this nice bonus. (This is a small point anyways, since the top people are the same. Even the box art proclaims this as a Studio Ghibli film on…

Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride

…They also used a digital camera for photography, which allowed for instant feedback. In a small 19th-century European village, two young people disparage at their plight, that of an arranged…

Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 3

…Flintstones in Ancient Rome), Speed Buggy (1973), Peter Puck (1973), These Are The Days (1974, small-town nostalgia series, think The Waltons), Wheelie And The Chopper Bunch (1974, with anthropomorphic autos),…

Fred Grandinetti: Talking With Popeye’s No. 1 Fan

…even a live-action film. For the whole story on Popeye you will want to read this book. Facts large and small are explored with equal enthusiasm. There is so much…