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Kids’ Choice Awards feature Epic preview, animation categories, Monsters vs Aliens debut
…Cartoon (Fairly OddParents, Phineas and Ferb, SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom and Jerry), Favorite Animated Movie (Brave, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Wreck-It Ralph), and Favorite Voice from… |
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Wreck-It Ralph: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…trail/dragging issues whenever a contrasting object moved at any speed. A great cartoon, but not one to really see or remember in 3D, ultimately. Bit By Bit: Creating The Worlds… |
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Brother Bear: 2-Movie Collection
…goes from that “serious, epic art” approach from human-Kenai’s screen time to a much more cartoony feel. In a reverse of Bambi’s cute-to-realism switch after the little deer loses his… |
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Exclusive clip and interview for Adventures in Zambezia
Sony Entertainment released a new direct-to-video cartoon feature called Adventures in Zambezia in the US. The animated movie follows Kai, a young falcon who goes on the basic hero’s journey… |
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The Croods hit $300 million
The Wrap notes that The Croods has become just the second movie of the year to pass $300 million worldwide box office gross. “[This weekend] the 3D caveman cartoon took… |
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Michael Eisner plays with Mysticons
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner has taken a step into boys action cartoons, says The Hollywood Reporter. Eisner’s Tornante Co. and Nelvana have teamed up to make the Mysticons, with… |
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Superman Classic creator Robb Pratt unveils Flash Gordon Classic
…Fleischer Studios’ Superman cartoons from the ’40s. The positive reception to Superman Classic encouraged Pratt to create a follow-up, Superman Classic: Bizarro. As with the prior Classic short, Bizarro starts… |
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Actor/comedian Jonathan Winters dead at 87
…Winters’ work in various Smurfs projects that will be remembered best. The actor voiced Grandpa Smurf in the ’80s cartoon series and its TV movie, ‘Tis the Season to Be… |
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The Cleveland Show officially cancelled
…reviews, is not on FOX’s schedule for the fall, Collider is reporting. The good news for fans of the network’s cartoon line-up is that all of its other shows have… |
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Jeepers! The ponies are now human!
No one and we must admit no one saw this coming: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls. The fan favorite cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is getting its first… |
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China wants to be known for fruit and veggie animation
…cartoon called Galaxy Heroes. Instead of using animals or humans as characters, Chengdu used vegetables and fruits in the 52-episode series. The idea is that food products have not been… |
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Mike Disa and The Seven Dwarfs: How the Snow White prequel became a Dopey movie
…cartoons for Joe Barbera at Hanna-Barbera. He worked with Steven Spielberg on Amblin Entertainment’s Casper, as a key pose animator. He even landed a job on Bakshi’s 1992 directorial effort… |
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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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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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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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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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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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A preview of Disney’s Wander Over Yonder
Among the many things previewed at Disney’s D23 last weekend was Disney Channel’s upcoming Wander Over Yonder, a cartoon show that focuses on an overly optimistic space traveler going across… |
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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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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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John Kahrs explains why he left Disney
…— they were very gracious about that — and I believe we all left the door open,” he said via Cartoon Brew. Disney wishes the director the best of luck…. |
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New promo art for Star Wars: Rebels
…week, the studio revealed propaganda-style featuring Stormtroopers and can be seen on Collider. Taking place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, the cartoon show will follow the… |
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Scooby-Doo: Stage Fright
…the greatest cartoon maker on the planet. There characters may no longer be fresh, but they still hold great appeal all these years later. Animated Classic or Back To The… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #52: Interview with Vic Mignogna
…talks about his music career and how it has blended into his voice acting career. • Experience voicing Broly from Dragon Ball Z. • What is his favorite American cartoon… |
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O Brother Bear, Where Art Thou?: Why Disney Channel turned down Brother Bear: The Series
…the national DVD sales chart, fiscally outperforming Kronk’s New Groove, which had premiered directly to video eight months earlier. Jennett went on to write for other TV series, including Cartoon… |
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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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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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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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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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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:… |
