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Howl's Moving Castle Los Angeles premiere press release
…celebrates the power of love to transform and the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Brimming with a blend of imagination, humor, action, and romance, Howl’s… |
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DWA short First Flight takes off
…work, he has been teaching for the past four years at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects, where he also aids in the design and curriculum of several of the… |
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Not the 'hood, The 'Wood
…celebrity persona from the young ingenue soaking up the limelight to the aging legend who wants to get out of the spotlight. “Starz is the perfect outlet to celebrate and… |
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One on one on One Hundred And One Dalmatians
Over at Animated Views, we’ve a selection of articles celebrating the arrival of Disney’s One Hundred And One Dalmatians in a new 2-disc Platinum Edition DVD, including several interviews with… |
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Green Lantern: First Flight soars into stores in July
…Warner Premiere is committed to being at the creative forefront in the evolution of quality product in the direct-to-DVD business and the digital space, creating material that exemplifies the commitment… |
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All It Takes Is A Little Imagination: John Lennon Animated DVD in the Pipe
The Forum at the Big Cartoon Database reports that a new DVD is coming featuring animation based on drawings by Beatles legend John Lennon. The DVD will be entitled Lennon… |
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The Sword In The Stone and The Jungle Book 2 Contest – Winners Announced!
…Mowgli will need the help of both his old friends and his new family. About The Sword in the Stone: Modern animation wizardry meets medieval magic in the legendary classic… |
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DuckTales: Volume 1
…US television markets on the basis of the Disney name and the show’s concept. They took two years then to prepare the initial 65 episodes, ensuring that the show had… |
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Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume Two
…of the heroes this time out, with the interiors carrying their respective model sheets. The outer slipcase, in the tradition of the He-Man sets, switches to having the villains take… |
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TaleSpin: Volume 2
…in the air and on the ground. The Sweatbox Review: Of all the Disney Afternoon shows that premiered in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there are two that stand… |
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Kachow! The Cars Speedway Premiere
…for the presentation of the oversized checks to the two charities. The subsequent section of the pre-show consisted of Larry introducing the various Cars celebrities seated in the bleachers, in… |
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Directors Miller and Hui on Shrek the Third
…the one with the strongest sense of entitlement. Probably the most conceited, because she was called ‘The fairest of them all,’ and she believes they’re impressed. She’s quick to point… |
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Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven
…That was very, very early on. In the 50s, UPA was the avant-garde group of animators in Hollywood. They had a lot of tremendous talented people. Actually, they’d heard of… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume One
…playfulness is always present, of course, but these cartoons do more than often show off the limitations of the character. Without resorting to Tex Avery-type gags and comical set-ups, the… |
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Mulan II
…on the more epic toes of the original. Part of the reason it doesn’t build on the first film is down to the occasional moments of déjà vu and the… |
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Shrek The Third
…stage of the film’s finale. It’s not the most elaborate of slipcases, with only the title stamped out instead of the intricate detail we often get nowadays, and to be… |
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The end of a "spotty" week: Dalmatians reviewed!
…couple of spotty oversights that could have helped the set reach a perfect 10 score all around. As it is, the brilliant film is worth the pick up (especially as… |
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Animated Views 2.0 is here!
…looks at the Blu-ray release of Nick Park’s danger-prone duo, which includes the hi-def debut of their newest adventure, A Matter Of Loaf And Death. Also new to Animated Views,… |
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Super Friends: Season One, Volume One
…he was not even mentioned in the opening of the show, which only proclaimed “four” of the world’s greatest heroes). The opening, incidentally, did verbally identify the team as the… |
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The Paintings of Peregoy at Suspended Animation
The Suspended Animation Gallery, the online art collection produced by Disney animation artists to reflect their own personal inspirations in works created in their own choice of medium, has announced… |
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Plympton over at Chuck’s
…distributor of the art of the legendary animation creator and director, Chuck Jones, it is the only gallery in San Diego devoted to the art of the animated film. Included… |
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Ilene Woods dead at 81
Ilene Woods, the voice of Cinderella and a Disney Legend, has died at the age of 81 according to a post by D23. No further details have been released at… |
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Thundarr The Barbarian: The Complete Series
…Evanier, and Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway. The main character designs for the show were the handiwork of legend Alex Toth, while many of the backgrounds and secondary characters were… |
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Pocahontas: 2-Movie Collection
…the rest of the songs, anyone who has seen the film will know they are equally up there with the best of them, though I have to say that I… |
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2012 Annie Award nominations announced
…this year are: Brave, Frankenweenie, Hotel Transylvania, ParaNorman, Rise of the Guardians, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, The Rabbi’s Cat, and Wreck-It Ralph. Brave, Rise of the Guardians, and Wreck-It… |
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Fyodor Khitruk Passes Away
The Soviet animation legend Fyodor Khitruk passed away on 12/3/12 at age 95. Animaton Magazine highlights the legend, who is best known for creating Vinni Puh, the Russian version of… |
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AV Readers’ Best of the Decade List: 2001-2010
In December of 2010, I was running a poll asking our readers to pick the best animated films of the decade. Unfortunately during the final week of voting I had… |
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Brave: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…like the best Pixar shorts, told completely in pantomime. The second, the cover-hyped The Legend Of Mor’Du (6:50) is perhaps the most disappointing and pointless of all the Pixar shorts,… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2
…Playing theatrically with Cars 2, the first of these is Hawaiian Vacation (5:53, 1.78:1, 2011), which for many was the highlight of the Cars 2 experience in theaters and on… |
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Kung Fu Rabbit finds success via Redbox
Despite a slew of animated titles hitting stores this month, one smaller animated film has found an audience thanks to Redbox kiosks: The Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit. If the… |
