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The Black Cauldron: Gold Classic Collection

…pan-and-scanned. Ugh! Another inclusion is the 1952 Donald Duck short Trick Or Treat, a comical escapade in which Donald must outwit his three nephews on Halloween night. Unknown to him,…

Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition

…mind seeing this one get made, but don’t mess with CG, guys – the whole point of Dumbo is to remain simple! Lastly, and despite a really snazzy custom DVD-ROM…

Treasure Planet: Special Edition

…aside, this is an interesting watch for casual viewers (things don’t get too technical) as well as those who understand the process. It loses marks for the almost-comical use of…

Bolt: Cinzia Angelini – one bold, Bolt animator!

…went from Milan to London and from London to LA. Can you tell me about that extraordinary adventure? Cinzia Angelini: After working in Milan, Italy for about a year I…

The Quest For Camelot: Special Edition

…were added, the comedy was played up, and the film slowly became diluted. There are some scenes that just don’t make sense, or a bit of comic business that doesn’t…

The Rescuers Down Under: Gold Classic Collection

…you don’t forget him, and his talent is still sorely missed today. This really is a very underrated film. All the characters have a great deal of depth to them,…

Monsters, Inc.: 2-Disc Collectors Edition

…Harryhausens Bar!) and the whole film is brimming with fantastic bits of business (“no, no, don’t worry – it’s lemon!”), but when the climax kicks in, it simply blows everything…

Ant-Man

…beats that I don’t think there’s any need for me to explain the film’s plot. From the beginning, you know what the hero’s goal is going to be. You can…

Animation Addicts 100th Episode Spectacular

…fandoms have rabid fan bases, but the others not so much. What’s the difference? Don’t forget to use the hashtags #AnimAddicts and #AnimAddicts100 when talking about this episode on Twitter!…

Beauty And The Beast

…Beast that edition should be in your collections anyway. But don’t discount those older LaserDiscs just yet – with the correct negative framing, the original version of the Work In…

What would Walt have done?

If you’re going to be giving your own guided tours of Disneyland make sure you don’t charge for them and make sure folks who paid for an official tour don’t

Valley Of The Dinosaurs: The Complete Series

…easier to identify episodes; but these episodes don’t have title cards, and no extra effort was given for more elaborate menus. Case Study: The two DVD-R discs come in a…

ACADEMY AWARDS: And the Oscars go to…

…marketing team”. Bird said: “I don’t know what’s more frightening, being watched by millions of people or the hundreds of people that are going to be annoyed with me tomorrow…

Interview: Nick Park of Aardman Animations

…One idea currently running through Park’s mind is Chicken Run 2. “At the time I thought ‘No Way, I don’t want to see another Chicken as long as I live!’…

Madame Tutli-Putli vs. The Crazy Locomotive

…expect from that? MS: Are you kidding? I don’t expect anything! You know how utterly and completely satisfied we are with what has happened with this? One month after we…

Pinocchio Deluxe Edition

…debuted on both home video and DVD and didn’t sell, mostly due to over pricing and bad marketing, which Disney of course don’t accept, choosing to believe that it’s just…

Annie Award nominations announced

…Feature Production Tony Anselmo – Voice of Donald Duck – Mickey, Donald & Goofy “The Three Musketeers” Antonio Banderas – Voice of Puss in Boots Shrek 2Brad Bird – Voice…

Michael Giacchino: not so short on ideas for Pixar Shorts!

…to pick things that either scare me or thing that I haven’ t done before in order to challenge myself. I don’t want to constantly do the same thing over…

Animated News’ PICKS OF THE YEAR 2004

Don’t miss out on this one, folks. Mary Poppins: 40th Anniversary Edition DVD “Practically perfect in every way”. The Incredibles Pixar delivers once again in this adventurous, comical tale, set…

Mulan II

…of which do their job, even if they don’t tread any new ground. If there is anything “wrong” with Mulan II, it’s that the whole endeavour is overly simplistic, especially…

Annie Awards results – \\The Incredibles\\ wins big

…in an Animated Feature Production Tony Anselmo – Voice of Donald Duck – Mickey, Donald & Goofy \\The Three Musketeers\\ Antonio Banderas – Voice of Puss in Boots \\Shrek 2\\…

Mulan: Special Edition

…way that us LaserDisc enthusiasts remember: a recurring sequence of the same scene played through various stages of production (don’t worry, a multi-angle proposition that allows toggling between the clips…

Bruce Broughton: The Great Prince of Bambi II‘s Music

…well, like Thumper’s saying, “If you can’t say somethin’ nice, don’t say nothin’ at all.” These words were embedded in my memory since childhood. I didn’t like the movie as…

"Matt Damon!" – DVD Toons on Popeye and Team America

…America: World Police}}, the “action-comedy-adventure-special-effects-drama-musical-extravaganza-social-issue-piece-animated-with-puppets” which streets next Tuesday 17. “If you take yourself too seriously, you probably won’t ‘get’ it”, says the review, adding that “Luckily, I don’t take…

Looney Tunes: Back In Action

…director-for-hire, found himself up against several brick walls throughout production. These don’t manifest themselves on-screen as anything to draw attention to themselves, though one can bet that any intrusions that…

Douglas Gresham and Trevor Goring: Back Into The Narnia Wardrobe!

…very first comic I’ve ever read. It was Red Rackham’s Treasure –I’d love to work on the upcoming movie, but, I don’t know, it will probably be done in New…

Perfect Nightmare: Henry Selick on Making Christmas before time!

…complementary technology in addition to traditional stop-motion/hand animation? HS: We don’t think we actually achieved a very fluid motion, so thanks for the compliment. It was basically made the same…

Son of the Mask enters theaters without power of good reviews

…and I just don’t understand the point. If you don’t like the jokes and think it’s stupid, fine, but it’s still just a harmless kid’s movie.” How will the brutal…

Ariel’s Song: Glenn Slater, a sparkling lyricist for The Little Mermaid on Broadway!

…enter. We don’t how they enter. On wires? Walking? But they enter and then they sing and then they exit, but we don’t know how they exit.” We were in…

Cool World

…no depth. It wouldn’t be so bad if all the varied styles worked as a whole, but everything keeps fighting each other for screen time. The actors don’t even come…