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Jim Hill Updates: Damage Control, Image Control, and Cartoon Trivia

…full of heretofore little-known anecdotes and factoids from animation history. Read on and find out what baseball great Yogi Berra thought of his name being used as the inspiration for…

Is there more to the Disney / Pixar split that meets the eye?

My bro-in-law sent me this very interesting article from the San Francisco Chronicle. It seems there could be a little school yard justice going on in the animation world. Wonder…

Jobs disses Disney

…confident… Pixar’s golden age will continue to evolve without missing a beat”. Jobs went on to give his personal assessment of Disney. “The truth is there has been little creative…

New animation updates from AICN!

…as a return to the golden days of the classic characters. Next, some guys in New Zealand have put together a fun little movie in an attempt, it seems, to…

Whose Bright Idea Was This?

…a couple of surfaces’ shape and angle at a certain time of year create a little bit of a bad reflection.” This isn’t the first time one of Gehry’s iconic…

Looney Tunes: Back on DVD!

…that of the throwaway, classic Looney Tunes attitude of pure abandon that’s been missing in big features of late. Without the elements all gelling together a little more consistently, I…

AnimWatch site updates with new profiles and a new DVD

…Jones and Wira Winata regarding their development studio Shadedbox and their multi-award-winning short \\Little Red Plane\\\, and information about Volume I of the AnimWatch Collection DVD, featuring the best finished…

Return of the King hits (place pinky next to lip)…1 BILLION DOLLARS – Muuhahaha!

…ring, over and over and over and over again, it probably will never reach the massive 1.8 billion Titanic pulled in. CNN has a little tid bit on it. Thanks…

Cartoon Network Unveils New Shows

…a little girl with a secret superhero identity. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi – One of Japan’s biggest pop music acts arrives in America, not with a massive stadium tour but…

A look at Oscar's Animated Short Films

…it completed. “‘It is a little different [project] for us’, Disney says of \\Destino’s\\ cryptic artistic merits, which features such trademark Dali images as ravaging ants, eyeballs, melting clocks, the…

FilmForce takes an "Adult Swim"

…one, plus alternate endings for the episode I, Robot, deleted scenes for the episode Little Orphan Angry, a pitch pilot that never aired, and uncensored scenes for Radio Free Sealab….

The Harry Potter Puppet Pals – Now With Shiny New Website!!

…easy-to-find location! The Puppet Pals madness began in September 2003, when an odd little animated short called “Bothering Snape” appeared online on the 30th. Over the next two months, the…

Disney "dweebs": fighting the cause

MLive’s {{link http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/business/index.ssf?/newsflash/get_story.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?f0037_BC_WSJ–Disney-Fans&&news&newsflash-financial Business News Flash}} has a great little story on the kinds of Disney fans who are standing up to help Roy Disney’s fight against the current Disney…

Philadelphia 2004: Eisner steps down as Chairman; Comcast back; Disney issues statement

…role of Chairman is George Mitchell, someone who many feel is too close to Eisner and represents little change. In fact, the move could be seen as sign of retreat…

For all you late night adults out there :)

…back ago, that this show will not be for the faint of heart or little kiddies that stay up late. The first show’s story is about the crew going back…

Universal announces animation project to follow Curious George

…likes the light and a young servant girl with cauliflower ears – whose fates are intertwined with that of a princess” when the little mouse with big dreams falls in…

Scooby-Doo: the first and second season box set reviewed

…collection, which brings together all 24 episodes from the first two series. Although the package and episodes gain top marks, the bonus extras seem to sound a little skimpy: “Given…

Ron Clements and John Musker Interview

Laughing Place has a great new in-depth interview with Disney’s dynamic directing/writing duo Ron Clements and John Musker who helmed The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, and Treasure Planet. Thanks to…

Home on the Range: Sing Alongs Songs DVD menus and screen grabs

Ultimate Disney has menus and screen grabs from Home on the Range: A Little Patch of Heaven Sing Alongs Songs DVD, arriving in stores on March 23….

Brother Bear Outtakes

…disc 1 of Disney’s Brother Bear. Warning: spoilers involved for those who like Disney movies about genetic experiments from outer space crash landing on Hawaii and befriending orphaned little girls….

Spain's best kept Secret

…post-WWII Tuscany. He is joined by a little kid named Nino, who he will eventually come to love as a son. You can find more information about this beautifully drawn…

The Drudge Report on Disney and Eisner

Starting to think that things in the Roy Disney camp had gone a little quiet in the past few days? Well he’s back folks, asking for a count of employees…

Dick Cook says Buzz and Woody deserve it: Toy Story 3 likely to hit theaters first

Animation World Magazine has a quick little article detailing Walt Disney Studio President Dick Cook’s vision of Toy Story 3 as being a full-fledged theatrical feature rather than a direct-to-video…

US dub voice cast for My Neigbor Totoro

…Daddy Day Care) as Mei, and familiar Disney voices Lea Salonga (Aladdin‘s Princess Jasmine and Mulan‘s singing voices) as Mrs. Kusakabe, and Pat Carroll (The Little Mermaid‘s Ursula) as Granny….

New Garfield: The Movie trailer online

…And on TV, where I saw it today in all its NTSC glory. Style is similar to the Stuart Little and Scooby CG characters. Well, I can’t blame Garfield for…

Stills and Menu Screens from Mickey Mouse in Living Color – Volume 2

…for Disc 1 Pointer Main Menu for Disc 2 Nifty Nineties Bonus Features Menu for Disc 1 Little Whirlwind Bonus Features Menu for Disc 2 © Disney. All rights reserved….

An educational special for British inmates

…film’s goal is exactly the opposite. The British government’s Marriage and Relationship Support Programme, which commissioned the video, hopes that the cartoon will help make prisoners’ lives a little easier….

Popeye's 75th!

…Theater comic strip, the piece follows our favorite spinach-guzzling sailor through his adventures in the cartoon trade, a little known radio excursion, the 1980 live-action misfire and a future bound…

New Popeye special: first image and plot

…his new 3D incarnation, comes from this month’s print issue of Time Magazine. They also outline the show {{link http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040419-610090,00.html online}}, which actually sounds a little too clever for its…

Amazing new DVD "megapack" animation collection…

…retails at just $29.95 – a total of only thirty cents a cartoon! Featuring such characters as Popeye (the later Famous Studios shorts), Betty Boop, Little Lulu, Mutt And Jeff…