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The Emperor’s New Groove: 2-Movie Collection
…the Mouse House, continuing his pursuit with Prince and, ultimately, somewhat fulfilling his intention by winning the first Best Animated Feature prize with Shrek. Several projects instigated by Katzenberg were… |
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Lilo And Stitch: 2-Movie Collection
…that could normally indicate a disaster waiting to happen, Sanders and his co-director Dean DeBlois instead have created a charming animated film that, at now over ten years old, should… |
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Free Birds creators explain why Reel FX’s first theatrical feature is no turkey
…that the former title might have invited critics to prematurely label the film a “turkey.” “We just wanted to make sure it had international appeal and could be something that… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 50th Anniversary Edition
…well suited to the rough edged animation approach and the angular, block-colored backgrounds created for the film. The Xerox process also contributed heavily to the free-wheeling, loose feel of The… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #45: Kevin Schreck Interview
Learn more about The Rotoscopers! Join Mason as he interviews Kevin Schreck, the director of Persistence of Vision, a documentary of the story behind the animated film by Richard Williams,… |
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From Up On Poppy Hill
…her mother is studying in America. Every day, Umi raises a pair of flags, in honor of her departed father, who instructed her years ago to raise the flags to… |
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Animated Views: A Retrospective
…the Internet. Both passions obviously collided. While surfing the web he would become increasingly frustrated to see amazing animated art and incredible interviews with talented artists just disappear. So he… |
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Annie Award nominees for 2013 films revealed
ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominations for the 41st Annual Annie Awards, which recognize the year’s best in animation. Frozen and Monsters University lead the field with 10 nominations each. The… |
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The Best Of 2014: Son Of 2013!
…deleted section only! Worse yet, this selection failed to include all the restored/then deleted footage, making a complete mockery of the entire process. With the film presented both ways on… |
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The Boxtrolls
…Simon Pegg) and even a song contributed by Python’s Eric idle. Ben Kingsley’s stab at an animated villain steals the show for sure, but once again Laika’s visual mastery isn’t… |
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Gladiators Of Rome
…the good foreign language animated films often have trouble finding their way to the states. But Paramount Pictures apparently showed enough interest to give the film an extremely limited theatrical… |
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A Conversation with Terry Rawlings
…you created it. TR: Yes, because I love dissolves anyway. AV: And then you started mixing those kinds of films, like Not Without My Daughter… TR: Brian Gilbert directed that…. |
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Strange Magic
…really set up or can pay off with any impact. Clearly Lucas wanted to make some kind of modern classic to sit aside the great animated musicals, but without original… |
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Exclusive 2015 Comic-Con Recap
…and the emotional reaction that resulted. Patel noted that his dad had not seen a movie in possibly forty years. The behind-the-scenes material was great, showcasing the stages of development…. |
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Lego Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles
…that memorable, Luke freaking out when Obi-Wan haunts him for the first time, and Jar Jar Binks being reunited with his bested buddy Darth Vader. In the next episode, Race… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…frame ratio, DTS 7.1 Master Audio and Restored Original Mono Soundtrack, Rated G, Retail: $36.99 Storyboard: Walt Disney’s first animated full-length feature, a retelling of the classic Grimms’ story about… |
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59th Annual Grammy nominations announced
…S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira from Zootopia) Reading through the list there were a few other nominees that tangentilly touch the animation field: – Best… |
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Floyd Norman and Leo Sullivan to help run Punch Animation
…take on the role of Chief Operating Officer. Norman and Sullivan have collaborated previously over the years including in the mid-1960s when they founded Vignette Films and produced animated films… |
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Adventure Time: The Complete Seventh Season
…on this DVD set. There is actually a rich, broad sound field at work here, even if it is limited to the front, and I really appreciated the sound design… |
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Muppet Babies Composers Andy Bean & Keith Horn Make Your Dreams Come True
…I got the gig, when I started writing songs for it, I actually prevented myself from watching too much of the original Muppet Babies, and actually for a lot of… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez celebrates the art of Disney’s mid-century era
…and Gustave Doré. Starting in the 1950s, the Disney studio and its artists started experimenting with a much more stylized approach. The 1950s were dominated by the stylistic sensitivities of… |
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Ed Catmull, President of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation, announces retirement
…elsewhere and discovered computer science while attending the University of Utah, going on to earn a Ph.D in the field. In 1972, Catmull created an animated version of his left… |
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Blast off with the first Snoopy in Space trailer
…become a reality when he and Woodstock tag along with the Peanuts gang on a field trip to NASA and are chosen for an elite mission into space. As Snoopy… |
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2019 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…panel consisted of Director of Family Entertainment, Development and Partnerships in Kalia Ramirez, writers Mark Hoffmeier (Spider-Man: The Animated Series) and Marty Isenberg (X-Men: The Animated Series), and voice actors… |
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Spies in Disguise
…of weapons drone from a black market arms dealer. On his return from the field he fires Walter, a scientist with some weird ideas who altered one of his gadgets… |
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AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.
…you that he’s not overbearing, and I love that he was sarcastic in his way, but he acted — and that’s the thing — he just acted it well, because… |
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Chiodo Bros talk Netflix’s Alien Xmas
You are probably familiar with the Chiodo Bros, who created the animated prologue for Jon Favreau’s Elf several years back, and are longtime filmmakers in the field of stop-motion. Among… |
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The cell phone is in charge in independent animated short film Like and Follow
There are many, many independently produced animated shorts available to watch on the internet, and one that was recently brought to the attention of Animated Views is Like and Follow,… |
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An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations
…rather tricky. Dungeons & Dragons Animated Series Dungeons & Dragons really started to surge in popularity in the early 1980’s. Alongside an impressive television commercial containing both live-action and animation,… |
