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Casper the friendly ghost celebrates 60 years in 2009
…to retail in time for Halloween. Classic Media and Genius Products will also be releasing this Halloween the first two volumes in an all-new Casper DVD collection; each themed DVD… |
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The Smurfs coming to the big screen
…development of the script for Kerner Entertainment. Haber and Paul Neesan are exec producing the film. Stem and Weiss’ credits also include The Rugrats Movie and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius…. |
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Totoro forest project
…be hosting the art auction event. More information on the event, the art collection and contributions to support the Totoro Forest project, can be found on the recently launched official… |
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Newport Beach Film Festival Animation Showcase 2008
…feature “a unique collection of short animated films, including hand-drawn and computer-generated works created by cutting-edge and traditional animators from around the globe” shown throughout the regular run of the… |
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Random! Cartoons to air on Nickelodeon
Random! Cartoons, a collection of 39 different cartoons all created in various mediums, is set to air on Nickelodeon on December 6th after several delays, reports Animation World Network. Created… |
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Chowder DVD cover art
…episodes from the series, a list of which can be viewed here. The DVD collection will be available for purchase on November 4th with a suggested retail price of $14.98…. |
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Igor opens today
…well with critics, only earning 31% so far on Rotten Tomatoes. Sean Axmaker of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer calls the movie “… a haphazard collection of spare movie parts cobbled together… |
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Akira goes Blu in 2009
…tracks will be available on the disc. A special booklet, the teaser and standard trailers, and a video storyboard collection will also be included. Thanks to “GeorgeC” over at Animated… |
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The Art Of Pixar Shorts, plus last chance for the Oscar Contest!
…Shorts that preceded Toy Story, followed by The Next Generation Of Shorts, and the Feature Film-Based Shorts, which I think is a great way to regard the films and breaks… |
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Azur & Asmar: Michel Ocelot’s Quest For Tolerance
…story? Michel Ocelot: I decided the interesting subject was: here and now. There are rich and poor countries, and poor people coming into rich countries, and the West and the… |
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NASA robots give Wall-E a touch of realism
…think and learn, director Andrew Stanton and his team visited the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and talked with the folks who designed the machines such as,… |
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DC Comics animation goodness, plus director Michel Ocelot!
…Superman resonates with fans on such a deep and personal level. Also included in the bonus features are interviews with surviving members, relatives and biographers of the animation and production… |
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Gulliver's Travels release reviewed
…Video’s recent Superman collection, and there are more superheroics with comments on X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 1 and comics derived shenanigans in the latest of the Peanuts releases,… |
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Superman soars! Gulliver sinks! In a double dose of Fleischer fun!
…and propel him to a stardom that at one time beat Mickey Mouse in merchandising popularity, and became only the second Studio to release a full-length animated feature after the… |
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The Astonishing Work of Osmau Tezuka DVD in July
AnimeNewsNetwork reports that Kino International have announced the dvd release of The Astonishing Work of Tezuka Osamu, a collection of 13 anime shorts by the anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka, on… |
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Gulliver’s Travels
…the 70th Anniversary of the film and try and make that a selling point, though the “breathtaking newly-enhanced picture and sound” is mentioned. Yep, it’s breathtaking alright, and I should… |
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Up DVD and Blu-ray in November
UltimateDisney reports that Disney/Pixar’s Up will be out on dvd and Blu-ray on November 10th, 2009 as a standard 1-disc, 2-disc deluxe edition and a 4-disc Blu-ray release. Extras on… |
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Chicken Little: Blu-ray Preview
…originally released in select theatres in Disney Digital 3D, and while the disc obviously does not have that ability there are some scenes that really jump off the screen. And… |
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High-Def Animation Took Off in 2007
…format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD is not helping things. But the number of titles now being released by the studios, many day-and-date with the DVD, has grown at… |
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Watchmen: Director’s Cut
…the usual topics of conversation and reminding of the similar “exposé” on the Sin City BD, often splitting between the movie and visual effects shots and original graphic novel and… |
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Lots of classic super-Warner goodness!
…adventure Captain Sindbad, cavalry conflict in A Distant Thunder, the enjoyably escapist Captain Nemo And The Underwater City, adult police comedy Freebie And The Bean and fan favorite Doc Savage:… |
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Witch Mountain, Super Friends, and Disney history!
…meatier stories here. You’ve got guest stars galore, a number of supervillains, Superman destroying Krypton, Phantom Zoners going after Superboy, and a Malusian blob, all in addition to the regular… |
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Season 1.1
…hand man, and Baroness, the sole female villain. Cobra is also sometimes allied with Zartan and his gang of mercenaries, and the twins Tomax and Xamot. Many of these characters… |
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Pete’s Dragon: High-Flying Edition
…live action and animation. Sure, 1964’s Mary Poppins is the most famous, and there was its follow-up Bedknobs And Broomsticks in 1971; but this tradition goes back to Disney’s pre-Mickey… |
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales (with Bonus Disc)
…for any audience and age. Quality is quality, and kids know that too. Unfortunately, it’s missing in spades here, and woe betide any parents who end up having to sit… |
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Scooby, Aurora and Jasmine…
Although the news is just breaking on Disney’s announcement that they’re scrapping the Platinum Editions and starting again from scratch with the Diamond Collection on Blu-ray Disc, I’m afraid this… |
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Bedknobs and Shermans; Earth and Our Gang!
…M. Sherman for a delightful interview on the recent re-release of Bedknobs And Broomsticks on DVD and on the eve of the upcoming CD retrospective The Sherman Brothers Songbook. For… |
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The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
…A nutty inventor and his more clever dog have an adventure on the moon and foil the schemes of a crooked penguin and a sheep lady. The Sweatbox Review: Charm…. |
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Bob Clampett’s Beany And Cecil: The Special Edition
…and became responsible for such surreal and wacky cartoons as Porky In Wackyland, The Great Piggy Bank Robbery, and the infamously great Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs. He left… |
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Spider-Man: The New Animated Series: Special Edition
…also sharp— hip without obviously trying to be hip. The relationship between Peter and MJ is especially interesting, and references to James Bond, Batman, the X-Men, and Winona Ryder are… |
