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X and I CG feature from India
…and parts. It’s a serious film as opposed to cartoons. It’s about X, a sheep, humans and fleas that live off sheep. It is being produced for a premier studio… |
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Disney announces… the Classic Cartoon Favorites!
…Looney Tunes, among others, these four single-disc DVD volumes will each contain an hour of classic Disney shorts – making the cartoons more widely available to those that do not… |
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Gargoyles: The Complete First Season review now online!
…the review puts it, “Whether or not season sets for other Disney cartoons will rely on the sales performance of this, as some have indicated, it’s a pretty significant first.”… |
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Turner Classic Movies gets more animated in Alley
…from Turner Broadcasting’s library of more than 1,000 classic cartoon titles from both MGM and Warner Bros, three classic cartoons focusing on the same subject or theme will air during… |
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Future Walt Disney Treasures plans
…apparently from film historian Leonard Maltin about plans for upcoming waves of the Walt Disney Treasures series, which include a catch-all DVD for miscellaneous cartoons and the remaining Silly Symphonies…. |
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Extended Mammuk teaser
Here is a teaser for Bruno Bozzetto’s feature project Mammuk. The status of this project is still unknown: the pilot was presented at the Cartoons on the Bay festival in… |
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DVD reviews: Gargoyles, Treasures Mickey Mouse Club and Mickey Mouse in Black and White
Coming Soon! has reviews for the DVDs Gargoyles – The Complete First Season (Special 10th Anniversary Edition) (“If you like action-adventure cartoons, then you’ll love Gargoyles. There’s hours of entertainment… |
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Classic \\Popeye\\, rare Charley Bowers shorts added to the National Film Registry
…for cartoon supremacy. This classic by renowned animators Max and Dave Fleischer features lush three-dimensional sets, Technicolor, and was twice the length of normal eight-minute cartoons”. {{link http://www.awn.com/folioscope/gazette/archives/39/bowers.html }}Of \\There… |
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Animated News’ PICKS OF THE YEAR 2004
…Out Of The Inkwell cartoons opened up private collections and made such early films as Walt Disney’s Alice Comedies series and the early days of the Fleischer Studios fresh again…. |
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Krazy Kat DVD gets thumbs up
…to the fore one of the most forgotten of the early cartoon stars. {{link http://reviews.goldenagecartoons.com/pietro-krazy.html Golden Age Cartoons}} has more of a history of the character rather than a straight… |
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Entertainment Rights receives rights for He-Man
…which they obtained the Filmation library of cartoons from Hallmark. The new deal also gives Entertainment control of She-Ra, Ghostbusters, and The Lone Ranger, among other characters. Since 1999, Entertainment… |
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Japanese animé still hot, but South Korea in focus at Belgian festival
…be featured. “‘For a long time Korea was seen as a place where Europeans could make their cartoons in a cheap way,’ the festival director, Philip Moins, told Kyodo News…. |
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Stays animated even in milk: Lilo & Stitch breakfast cereal
While other animation blogs are turning their attention to rather trivial matters such as news of adults watching cartoons and what might be in Popeye’s pipe, we here at Animated… |
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Post posts commentary on "reimagined" Looney Tunes, "Loonatics"
…Tunes shorts will continue to air on television, in addition to remarking, “…these are cartoons. Lighten up! They’re fun and the existence of one doesn’t preclude the existence of another.”… |
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Genndy Tartakovsky tribute at the Egyptian
…Genndy Tartakovsky. Genndy will be playing some of his Samurai Jack material, his brand-new Clone Wars cartoons, and works of others who have influenced him (original link via Cartoon Brew)…. |
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Skwigly charity auction
…studios for artwork to be auctioned, with many of them signed by the directors and crew involved. Prints from cartoons such as Cramp Twins, Peppa Pig, My Little Pony, The… |
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Classic Pink Panther on DVD
…the making and style of the cartoons, plus a tribute to Freleng. For a limited time, the packaging will come with a “puffy vinyl” sleeve, complementing the Sellers feature film… |
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Reviews: Spider-Man: Venom Saga, Samurai Jack: Season Two
…features. The show, like most ’90s TV cartoons, will appeal to some part of the population, but is not everyone’s cup of tea. There are both good and bad qualities… |
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New Disney DVD updates
…are not presented in fuill, and the Vintage Mickey collection of black and white Mouse cartoons. The UD {{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/ news page}} also confirms a Toy Story 2 special edition… |
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Pixar's One Man Band poster
Following {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00003619.html our sneak peek}} at Pixar’s new short last week, regular reader Joost vd Bosch, of ka-Ching Cartoons, has sent in a scan of the souvenir card handed… |
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Jamboree offers educational look at opposites
Bishop Animation has finished work on their latest short film, Opposites Jamboree, an educational look at the world of opposites. With the spirit of past Sesame Street cartoons, the short… |
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More toons come alive in future film spin-offs
Apart from The Jetsons, Yogi Bear and the return of Garfield to the big screen, {{link http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8184943/site/newsweek/ MSNBC’s Newsweek}} has a small piece on more cartoons set to “go live”… |
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Paul Winchell dead at 82
Paul Winchell, best known as the voice of Tigger in Disney’s \\Winnie the Pooh\\ cartoons and Gargamel in \\The Smurfs\\, has died at the age of 82, according to the… |
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Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 set to hit stores October 25th!!
…fourth disc. 60 cartoons overall, once again lovingly remastered and restored to look like they did when they first debuted decades ago.” What about another half-baked Premiere Collection, you ask?… |
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Nike's Knight moving into feature animation
…The full text of the article is presented here since Studio Briefing doesn’t appear to have an archive function: NIKE FOUNDER MAKES RUN AT FEATURE CARTOONS Nike founder Phil Knight… |
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Jobs and Iger in talks to continue Disney/Pixar partnership
…Disney movies and ABC television shows for a video iPod that is in the works at Apple. Supposedly, Jobs is particularly interested in bringing classic Disney cartoons to the iPod…. |
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Coming events
…Hornby. On Saturday ASIFA-Hollywood will be screening old Paramount cartoons (Casper, Herman & Katnip, Baby Huey et al) at the Warner Bros. Screening Room in the American Film Institute building… |
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Boomerang welcomes Batman, Superman with marathons
…Comics’ most renowned superheroes, Batman and Superman, arrive to Boomerang, Cartoon Network’s exclusive 24-hour, commercial-free television home to classic cartoons, each to enjoy a five-hour welcoming marathon running from 8pm… |
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Superman, Popeye, and Hercules team up for DVD set
Thought little is known at this time regarding the package, the 3-disc Superhero Collection DVD set, offering cartoons from Superman, Popeye, and Hercules, will arrive in stores on December 6th…. |
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Animated "kid's films" becoming increasingly adult
Recent studies like one series conducted by Harvard University suggest that animated movies are becoming increasingly violent with more abundant mature undertones. SeattlPI comments that while cartoons have long had… |

