…deal of the look and tone of The Black Cauldron. I was excited by the prospect of what Quest For Camelot could be, especially as it was taking a huge…

…nothing to detract from the story. The inclusion of these songs is what may bring on the stronger feelings of a reminder of Fox’s animated sci-fi attempt Titan AE. But…

…designer Ramond Zibach, head of story Jennifer Yuh Nelson, animation supervisor Kristof Serrand, and layout supervisor Damon O’Beirne. With such a line up of speakers, things should rarely get dull…

…act like teenagers in love). When Minnie mistakes Mickey’s offer of an afternoon of miniature golf for a luxury Hawaiian holiday, the in-need-of-cash Mouse offers his services to a Dr…

…$29.99 Storyboard: Set once again in the plains of the African savannah, Lion King II opens pretty much where the first film left off: with the birth of Simba and…

…offer any reward, while much better is The World Of Mulan, a series of three featurettes adding up to around seven minutes of material, including Mushu’s introductions. Covering the Yin…

…praise than it has been, if nothing else for the accomplishment itself. With a good story in the bag courtesy of old Bill the Bard, Nibbelink set about storyboarding the…

…when the need arises. The rest of the cast, too, essentially continue the Jungle Book trend of playing caricatured versions of their established personalities, the most notable of which is…

…Close, failed to gel in the story department and didn’t exactly set the box-office alight, despite some delicious designs. Merchandise wasn’t flying off the shelves, and suddenly the prospects of…

…Toys Of Doom features a pretty neat Superman bumper (“we’ll be right back!”) at the start of that episode, and we even get a glimpse of Superboy and Krypto in…

…emphasis on the Oswald short Confidence, the two-strip opening to the Universal feature The King Of Jazz, the birth of Andy Panda, Woody’s debut of course, and the story of…

…a technology that hasn’t frankly, reached the plateau needed to pull off a story of this magnitude. Even though things didn’t look right, the sheer fantasy elements of The Polar…

…of its time in providing a glimpse at the various stages of animation. Sound Design takes another look at an often undervalued aspect of an animated film, its soundtrack. King…

…are often striking, as he employed a variety of styles to tell his stories. Very little of what appears on this DVD will remind anyone visually of Astro Boy. Instead,…

…The Sweatbox Review: The adventure begins with the same storybook opening of the original shorts before a narrator begins telling the story of how Winnie the Pooh and his friends…

…thing that wouldn’t even be dreamed of being acceptable today, though it’s all part and parcel of the archival nature of the material. The Complete Animated Adventures Of Van Beuren…

…of characterization or humor. Long-time readers of the comics certainly can get the maximum benefit from the writing, but anyone can appreciate the drama, action, and inventiveness of the plots….

…barest of bare elements of A Christmas Carol in its tale of a miserly old grouch, literally a ill-looking green color due to his years of built up bitterness, The…