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Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Mystery Of The Easter Chipmunk
…home video, has been furiously releasing DVD after DVD of their many specials and cartoon episodes. There hasn’t been a full season release yet (8 seasons were produced) and I’m… |
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Monsters vs Aliens: Conrad Vernon vs Animated Views!
…What did they wear then? We didn’t want to literally set it in the 60s. My first thought was to say: “ok, what was the cartoon style they had back… |
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When You Wish Upon A Star: The Musical Making of Walt Disney’s Pinocchio
…extraordinary of surroundings for an animated cartoon. What results from that is the remarkable structure of the movie. Despite the very episodic nature of the story, reminiscent – even though… |
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Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic
…of walking, the characters just move across the screen as if they are cartoon cutouts from the novel. With minimal, yet effective, sound effects, and with one principal narration, the… |
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Eartha Kitt, the voice of Yzma, dies
Eartha Kitt, singer, dancer and actress, died of colon cancer on Thursday at 81, reports Big Cartoon Forum. Kitt, who successfully played Catwoman in the Batman television series in the… |
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Astro Boy and the economy; Tusker in production
…classic cartoon character almost was halted during production due to major money problems, only recovering at the very last second. Interestingly, the post also mentions that the studio is developing… |
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Star Trek alum boldly goes to a galaxy far, far, away
…Falls Tribune. Takei voices the character of Lok Durd, in Cartoon Network’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Besides discussing his role in the series, Takei also talks about the similarities… |
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The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest: Season One, Volume One
…scientists, to aliens and lost civilizations. The Sweatbox Review: The original Jonny Quest is somewhat legendary among those who treasure cartoons from the 1960s, or Hanna-Barbera in general. That show… |
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The Zeta Project: Season One
…but the new cartoon would have the benefit of being set in the same future as Batman Beyond, with the cool factor of having a mechanical being as the object… |
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Director George Scribner: Happy as a King with Prince and the Pauper!
…realm of cartoon animation. Would he have liked that? Nobody can tell, yet it can but be acknowledged that Disney’s 1990 featurette stands among the most successful cartoons ever. Not… |
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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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Get Your Star Wars Fix: New Clone Wars Commercial
TheForce.Net has updated with a full clip of the new Clone Wars commercial showing on Cartoon Network, previewing the micro-series that will begin airing on November 7. Given that the… |
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Robot Chicken team hatches Titan Maximum
The New York Times reports that Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim has ordered a new show from the creators of the stop-motion animated series Robot Chicken. The new show will be… |
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Superman soars! Gulliver sinks! In a double dose of Fleischer fun!
During the 1930s there was but one outfit that could lay legitimate claim to rivaling Walt Disney in the animated cartoon stakes: the Paramount-sponsored Fleischer Studios, run by producer Max… |
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Futurama is back… again
After being canceled after four seasons on FOX, then jumping from Cartoon Network to Comedy Central in reruns, then getting four new direct to DVD movies, Futurama has received yet… |
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Dallas McKennon 1919-2009
Cartoon Brew reports Dallas Mckennon, the lengendary voice of the iconic claymation Gumby, died this past Tuesday, July 14th. Mckennon was also known as the voice of Archie Andrew in… |
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Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol 7 DVD in October
DVDActive reports that Warner Home Video has announced Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 7 on 13th October. The 2-disc package will includes 26 cartoon classics from the series. Further details… |
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Computer Animation – Lango Style
Raise your hand if you know who Keith Lango is. Ok, a few of you. Have you ever watched a Big Idea cartoon like Veggie Tales, 3-2-1 Pengiuns, or the… |
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Ratatouille
…with a more stylized look. The movements of the characters, while at times meant to be funny, always have a sense of plausibility. Nothing looks too cartoon-y, even Remy’s wild… |
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The Jetsons: The Complete First Season
…the year 2000. So, here were are in 2004, and still no flying cars, except those we find in cartoons and other movies. However, many of the other inventions only… |
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Review Roundup: Up flies high, plus Hanna-Barbera classics
…further into the TV time machine, I found a whole lot to love in Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 1. With this being a Warner release, they have the… |
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Ice Age coverage, Chuck does Tom & Jerry, and more of Saturday Morning
…in a few days ago unannounced and post his DVD review for Tom & Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection. These cartoons have been slapped down a bit over the years,… |
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The Transformers: The Complete First Season (25th Anniversary Edition)
…DVD. However, the show stands on its own and is something different. Sure, this was a cartoon created to sell a product, but can we honesty think of any show… |
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Green Lantern: First Flight
…appearances in more recent TV cartoons; but he had never headlined a project before now. With the advent of the direct-to-video movie, Warner Bros. now has the opportunity to do… |
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Super Friends: The Lost Episodes
…course, having already been aired for a number of years In fact, it was already among the longest-lasting cartoon shows, which usually only seemed to get a single season or… |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…animation was either absent or somewhat in the doldrums for much of the decade, allowing cartoons on television to flourish, especially those paid for by the toy companies, who snuck… |
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales (with Bonus Disc)
…compilation features and television programs galore based around old cartoon output combined with new animation. He took Scrooge McDuck – a comics phenomenon – and put him on the screen… |
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Bedknobs And Broomsticks: Enchanted Musical Edition
…to the feature, two classic cartoon shorts have likewise not been carried over. The Sodium Vapor process was more than adequately explored in this disc’s companion release of Pete’s Dragon,… |
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The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
…characters and a melodramatic score. Still, the creators do not forget that they are creating a cartoon, and the composer is allowed to get silly at times with the music,… |
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Heavy Metal: Collector’s Edition
…“guilty pleasure”. It doesn’t aspire to be deep, meaningful, or touching. It’s all about putting boobs & rock and roll into a cartoon, baby, and it makes no apologies for… |
