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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore now online
The Oscar-winning short film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is now viewable online for those who are curious to see it, with the link to the cartoon… |
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Gallery of African-American animators
Cartoon Brew reminds us that today is the last day to celebrate Black History Month. Amid Amidi links to a Facebook gallery called African-American Animators—Past & Present, which he describes… |
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First How To Train Your Dragon TV Series Trailers
…are moving to Cartoon Network. Don’t go flying with your dragon just yet, as the series isn’t set to launch until this fall (their article says 2014, but that’s the… |
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Season premieres for Aqua TV Show Show and Squidbillies to air tonight
Two of Adult Swim’s most popular cartoon shows “for big kids” have season premieres tonight. First up is the latest version of Aqua Teen Hunger Force–this time titled Aqua TV… |
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The Lorax
…cost would have been $75 to watch a 90 minute cartoon. Occasionally worth it for a night of good entertainment. But not for an hour and a half of being… |
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Adult Swim crashes Fox’s ADHD debut
Fox’s late night animated comedy block, called Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD), kicked off this weekend, and rival Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim was there to welcome them… literally! Deadline reports that… |
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Too many animated movies? The debate continues…
…at the summer box office. But Amid Amidi at Cartoon Brew disagrees with the idea that there are too many animated movies: “The problem isn’t that there are too many… |
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Is Family Guy going to kill off a major character? Has an American Dad movie been confirmed?
Exciting movie and TV news just keeps pouring in this weekend from Comic-Con, and the panels for FOX’s popular cartoon shows American Dad and Family Guy were no exception…or were… |
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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles get a release date
Cowabunga! The long-rumored Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot has been given a release date, with the classic 80’s cartoon characters set to make a comeback in 2013. The film is… |
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Now Playing: The Lone Ranger and more
…non-animated films currently in theatresthat you can feel safe reading before heading out to the theatre. The Lone Ranger Based on the classic characters from the radio, TV, and cartoon… |
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The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
…far into the film: the traditionally computer animated Snowy is as realistic as any live-action dog, even if he is clearly a “cartoon character” (ironically, it initially seemed to me… |
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The Lion King II / The Lion King 1½
…show, animating new sequences to bridge cartoon compilations, and that the company itself had been doing all through the 80s (remember the likes of Goin’ Quackers, Sport Goofy and various… |
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Doc McStuffins
…of practically ever children’s cartoon, so let’s focus on what makes Doc McStuffins different. At the top of the list is the semi-blurred line between pretend and real life. Doc’s… |
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John Textor Makes Millions from Student Labor
John Textor, CEO of Digital Domain, has blacklisted himself in the animation community. Cartoon Brew has been following the story about how “Textor’s comments, which were made last November but… |
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Blu-Ray dates for Robot Chicken and South Park
Release dates for two popular cartoon shows “for big kids” were announced today, and Blu-Ray.com has the news on both. First up is Robot Chicken: Season 6, which will give… |
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Avatar: The Legend of Korra
Nickelodeon changed American animation history when they brought to airwaves a “kid” cartoon with a continuous, dramatic plot with ever-changing characters and comedic hijinks, called Avatar: The Last Airbender Avatar… |
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Shazzan: The Complete Series
…cartoon from 1967, with only ten-minute stories, there isn’t a whole lot there. Chuck and Nancy couldn’t be blander in both appearance and personality, with their signature trait seemingly being… |
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American Dad: Volume 7 marching to DVD this April
The seventh DVD volume of FOX’s critically acclaimed cartoon series American Dad will come to DVD this April, TV on DVD is reporting. The three disc set will include all… |
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Oliver & Company: 25th Anniversary Edition
…pup should do (in this case to save or let a poor little kitty drown). Next is Puss Café, another Pluto cartoon in which he faces off opposite Melvin and… |
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Trailer for UTV Disney India release Arjun
…offered by Cartoon Brew and can be found here. “The untold story of India’s greatest warrior” has been in development for a while, much before Disney took control of UTV…. |
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Obama visits DreamWorks and “wants to work there.”
…Katzenberg. There was speculation that Obama’s speech would be overrun with an audience in green shirts protesting visual effects jobs being outsourced, says Cartoon Brew. Animation Magazine does not mention… |
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Seibert innovating with online animation channel
…His latest focus is online video where his company, Frederator Studios, runs Cartoon Hangover, one of the fastest-growing channels on YouTube. “The Internet is ushering in the next golden age… |
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De Micco and Sanders master class highlights
…The filmmakers “used the class to walk a group of NYU animation students through the creation of their awards-nominated cartoon.” You can watch a highlight reel of the class here:… |
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Popeye returning to the big screen
The spinach-eating, fist-throwing sailor is making a comeback. ComingSoon.net is reporting that Sony Pictures Animation is planning to make an animated movie based on the old cartoon character, with Smurfs… |
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Winnie The Pooh
…cartooning, with Mark Henn drawing for Pooh and Christopher, Randy Haycock on Eeyore, Dale Baer’s Owl, a frantic Rabbit from Eric Goldberg, Bruce Smith’s Piglet, Kanga and Roo, and Andreas… |
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Miley Cyrus joins Hotel Transylvania
…include Kevin James as the monster Frankenstein, David Spade as the hunchback Quasimodo and Andy Samberg as the first human being to find the supernatural hotel. Acclaimed Cartoon Network director… |
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Powerpuff Girls return
Variety reports that Cartoon Network is bringing back the Powerpuff Girls for a special episode on January 20th. The episode will reunite the original voice cast and include special guest… |
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Saving Mr Banks
…retro-melding of the 1980s blue castle Disney emblem combined with the text format of a 1940s cartoon title card that has the strange effect of suggesting “Walt Disney Presents”…!) that… |
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Eisner pays compliment to Disney’s Get A Horse
…for the short, as mentioned by Cartoon Brew, proclaiming that it is “the best film of the year.” In a follow-up tweet he congratulated Disney on Frozen‘s big box office… |
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Family Guy: Volume 9 coming to DVD in December
After having its release delayed for months, the ninth volume of FOX’s adult cartoon series Family Guy will finally be available on December 13th, according to Amazon.com. Highlights on the… |
