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Pixar: 20 Years of Animation heading to San Francisco?
The blog Luxo gathers from Cartoon Art that after the exhibition’s successful run at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Pixar: 20 Years of Animation may move… |
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Disney animated news
…is the part-CGI Dinosaur. Lastly, entries in the fourth wave of the Classic Cartoon Favorites line have been named: Volume 10: Best Pals – Mickey and Minnie, Volume 11: Best… |
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RIP, Lou Rawls
…Few Good Ghosts. For more information on the life of Lou Rawls, recommended sites include the Associated Press via Yahoo! News, the Big Cartoon Database and the Internet Movie Database…. |
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Future looks promising for Pinoy animators
…within the next couple of years. Among the studios requesting such services are Disney, Warner Brothers, HBO, Cartoon Network, and Marvel Comics. Sun.Star General Santos has more on this story…. |
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Ice Age 2 to have an ice premiere?
The Big Cartoon Database reports that organizers of the World Ice Art Championships are looking to host the premiere of Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. With talks already in progress… |
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Danger Mouse – The Complete Seasons 5 & 6 box art and details
Containing 37 episodes of the popular cartoon series, Danger Mouse – The Complete Seasons 5 & 6 also offers character descriptions and the Count Duckula episode “One Stormy Night,” in… |
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4Kids chooses not to renew Pokémon license
4Kids Entertainment Inc. has revealed that it will not renew its license for Pokémon, which expires on December 31st, reports the Big Cartoon Database. Instead, Pokémon USA, Inc.’s in-house licensing… |
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Bruce Auerbach hired as president of Exodus' consumer products division
The Venice, California-based Exodus Film Group announced Wednesday that veteran licensing executive Bruce Auerbach has been named president of the company’s new consumer products division, reports The Big Cartoon Database…. |
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Madagascar DVD bonus features review
…didn’t, or even if you did, you can still catch it on this DVD. What’s a cartoon without a good anvil gag? And if all those bonus features weren’t enough… |
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Miyazaki going to Earthsea
Anime director Hayao Miyazaki’s oldest son, Goro Miyazaki, will make his directorial debut with the animated film Tales from Earthsea, says distributor Toho Co., via The Big Cartoon Database. The… |
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Source of Aardman's fire discovered
The Big Cartoon Database indicates that following two months of investigation, a conclusion has been drawn regarding how a fire began at Aardman Animations, on October 10, 2005. Investigators say… |
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More animation stamp sets in 2006
{{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=55126 The Big Cartoon Database}} reports that in addition to the {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00004174.html DC Comics stamps}} being released next year, the {{link http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2005/sr05_054.htm United States Postal Service}} is also… |
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Extras for Teen Titans – The Complete First Season unveiled
…“Finding Their Voices,” a behind-the-scenes look at the show; Toon Topia bonus cartoons: The Hiros Episodes 1 and 2; “Comic Creations – From Comic Book to Cartoon” featurette; a Puffy… |
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Underdog's Tuxedo and Gophers due for DVD
Go-Go Gophers and Tennessee Tuxedo, two cartoon segments which regularly played in-between Underdog cartoons in The Underdog Show, are about to get new DVD releases from Classic Media and distributor… |
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Pat Morita, dead at 73
…Oscar nomination in 1985. On the animation front, Morita voiced the Emperor in both Mulan films, in addition to playing himself in an episode of Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken. He… |
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Teen Titans defeated by cancellation
Toon Zone points to sources TitansTower.com and Titansgo.net to report that Teen Titans has been cancelled by Cartoon Network. No explanation regarding the move has been given yet. Nonetheless, fans… |
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"I'll be there right by your side…" My Little Pony comes to DVD!
Rhino continues the ’80s cartoon invasion, as TV Shows on DVD gives us the scoop. Rhino plans to release My Little Pony: Season One – Part One on October 26th,… |
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Eggbert starring in Chicken Little?
Always on the look out to poke one in the eye of computer animation, Amid Amidi at Cartoon Brew asks…is the Warner Brothers character Eggbert (AKA Egghead Jr.) reviving his… |
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Breakdown of 2006 Annecy International Animation Festival
…special occasion this time around, as eight French animated films were completed in 2005 – a number double the amount of any previous year. In the meantime, Cartoon Brew was… |
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Pixar's \\Tin Toy\\ and WB's \\One Froggy Evening\\ added to the National Film Registry
…{{link http://www.pixar.com/shorts/tt/theater/index.html Pixar’s website}}.) According to Don Markstein’s Toonopedia, “not many characters achieve lasting fame just from having appeared in a single six-minute cartoon. In fact, Michigan J. Frog may… |
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New year: new animation books
Jerry Beck, over at his {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/comments.html Cartoon Research}} page, takes a look at the new Definitive Guide To Betty Boop Memoribilia book, as well as Mike Joens’ An Animated… |
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Jim's festive farewell feature…
…people to write about it” – here’s {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/guest/rgutierrez.12242003.1.htm Rick Gutierrez}}’s take on possibly the most misguided thing George Lucas ever did (though the Boba Fett cartoon segment was cool)!… |
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RIP…
…Les Tremayne (heard in many of Chuck Jones’ Tower 12 productions, including The Phantom Tollbooth). The Big Cartoon Database has biog pages dedicated to both {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/gforum.cgi?post=16992 Wah Chang}}, who… |
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Christmas Nightmare
…tenth year celebrations come to a close, Alex Weitzman at The Big Cartoon Database’s {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view&post=16860 The Animated Word}} takes a look back at the 1993 stop-motion musical and finds… |
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Noodlesoup's \\The Venture Brothers\\ wins Cineme TV Series award
…the series is scheduled to premiere on Cartoon Network this spring. \\The Venture Brothers\\ “parodies the 1960’s favorite \\Jonny Quest\\, featuring brothers Hank and Dean, their top-notch scientist father and… |
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Warner Bros. to buy MGM?
CBS MarketWatch reports, via Cartoon Research, that the Time-Warner juggernaut may expand its properties with an attempt at MGM Studios. Quotage – “Daily Variety first reported that Time Warner, the… |
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Mickey Mouse Leaves Disney!!
…Although primarily for amusement, the piece does have serious undertones and makes for fascinating “between the lines” reading – thanks to Jerry Beck’s {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/ Cartoon Research}} for the link…. |
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Finding Seventh Place
…its 12th annual awards, has placed Finding Nemo in 7th place on its list of 2003’s top 10 films. Thanks to the Big Cartoon Database‘s forum for the heads up!… |
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New Wartime Shorts book…
…like a solid read for anybody interested in understanding the now-controversial animated shorts produced by the major Hollywood cartoon studios during World War II”. Michael S. Shull and David E…. |
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How do Superheroes spend Christmas, anyway?
…Cartoon Network’s popular animated series based on the the joining up of DC Comics’ biggest guns, reports {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php3?ltype=top&newsitem_no=9822 AWN}}. The half-hour Comfort And Joy, which premieres at 10pm on… |