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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 1 1933-1938
…Betty Boop cartoons and probably Walt Disney’s biggest rival. Fleischer approached a Mr. Gortatowsky at King Features Syndicate, the cog in the Hearst newspaper empire that owned and distributed Popeye… |
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Planes, The Blue Umbrella soundtrack info
Film Music Reporter has details on two upcoming Disney soundtracks. First up, a track listing for Planes is now available. “The album features the film’s original score composed by Mark… |
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Japanese trailer for Frozen reveals first new footage from the film
A brand new Japanese trailer for Disney’s upcoming animated feature Frozen has found its way online and gives first look at some of the lead characters using plenty of footage… |
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POPEYE!!!
…his film, Romeo And Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss. Stay tooned for my review of Disney’s release of The Tick Vs. Season Two, before I dive into the Hanna-Barbera adventure… |
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Josie And The Pussycats: The Complete Series
…enjoyed reading Archie Comics, you have likely enjoyed the artwork of DeCarlo. In much the same way as Carl Barks became known as “the good Duck artist” on Disney comics,… |
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Beetle Bailey: The Complete Collection
…as “Gopher” in Disney’s Winnie The Pooh theatrical featurettes. Allen Melvin (often heard on Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including the title character on Magilla Gorilla) plays Sergeant Snorkel. I could also hear… |
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Jerry's new book, and Warner's Blu announcement
…Shrek The Third was the only HD DVD-exclusive title out there, compared to the Blu-ray exclusive Disney and Pixar movies, plus the dual format release of a few titles from… |
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Monsters University
…the first film, laughter can be very powerful. Animated Classic or Back To The Drawing Board? Monsters University Disney/Pixar June 21, 2013 110 minutes Rated G directed by Dan Scanlon… |
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A Fond Look Back At Filmation: Part 2
In Part One of this article, we looked back to the origins of Filmation, an animation studio founded in the early 1960s by artist Lou Scheimer and former Disney artist… |
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Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season
…UK; and the Carl Barks Disney comics sometimes had a similar combination of travel mixed with intrigue. Jonny Quest, though, had a special blend of ideas that made it unique…. |
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Justice League: New Frontier
…want to think about upgrading hundreds of DVDs!! Now, I’ll be most curious to see more impressive traditionally animated fare, such as Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, make the jump to Blu-ray…. |
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Preview Frozen: The Junior Novelization
…latest feature from Walt Disney Animation Studios, particularly since the book replaces songs with dialogue. Nonetheless, the preview offers a glimpse of the opening scenes for Frozen, set to open… |
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New Princess and the Frog featurette
AWNtv hosts a new featurette from Disney’s upcoming 2-D film Princess and the Frog where the crew talks about the creation of the new princess. The featurette includes interviews with… |
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The Wind Rises to open in states early for Oscar-qualifying run
Disney has decided to release Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises for a brief run in LA and New York this November, Collider is reporting. The reason for the week-long release?… |
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Family Guy breaks Emmy glass ceiling with Best Comedy Series nod
…The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – The Simpsons Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Animated Programs –Disney’s Phineas And Ferb, The Monster Of Phineas-N-Ferbenstein – SpongeBob SquarePants, Dear Vikings Outstanding… |
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Dallas McKennon 1919-2009
…the voice of Archie Andrew in the Archie cartoons, as well as a voice actor for many Disney films, including Sleeping Beauty and Lady & the Tramp. He was 89…. |
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New Rapunzel image
/Film shares a new image and also a link to few new magazine scans from Disney’s upcoming film Rapunzel. Directed by Byron Howard & Nathan Greno, Rapunzel is scheduled to… |
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At work with animation legend Hayao Miyazaki
…to Miyazaki. Hewitts bring Miyazaki Stateside shares details on the care taken in Disney’s English translations of Miyazaki’s films. Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo opens across theatres in US on August 14…. |
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Who are the top 25 animated film characters of all time?
…since 1988, and twenty-one are (at least in part) Disney creations. It’s an interesting idea and sure to cause discussion (in our forums, perhaps) among animation fans! Would you change… |
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Up floats overseas
Two months after its domestic launch, Disney/Pixar’s Up is heading to several major overseas markets this weekend including France, South Korea, Spain and Taiwan with an additional 1,200 locations, reports… |
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Up DVD and Blu-ray in November
UltimateDisney reports that Disney/Pixar’s Up will be out on dvd and Blu-ray on November 10th, 2009 as a standard 1-disc, 2-disc deluxe edition and a 4-disc Blu-ray release. Extras on… |
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Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse DVD in November
UltimateDisney reports that Disney has announced Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse dvd on November 3rd. The non-branded new version will carry the same bonus features… |
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Happily N’Ever After
…wait for the film to begin. But first there is another production logo, Vanguard Animation’s. No big deal – Disney and DreamWorks do that too with their Pixar and Aardman… |
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High-Def Animation Took Off in 2007
…studios may be ready to move on without you. Disney, for example, is already removing normally standard special features (such as documentaries, games, and director commentaries) from their DVD releases… |
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Despicable Me 2, Ninja Turtles top summer toy sales
…series declining, Disney Junior found mega-success with Sofia the First toys. However, the picture wasn’t all bleak for Nickelodeon: toys inspired by its computer animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series… |
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More X-Men, plus A Bug's Life is back!
Rodney’s been back over the weekend with his promised look at the second of Disney’s recent superheroic offerings, X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 2, which picks up where Volume… |
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Heavy Metal: Collector’s Edition
…for an anthology. It also means, however, that the quality of the animation is inconsistent. These smaller operations weren’t Disney, after all, although I know of one fellow from my… |
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McKenzie talks Muppet sequel
…are in the new film and which characters sing some of them, ideas not used in the films, how a song comes together, and how his relationship with Disney is…. |
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Up
…be hard for anyone else to top Up this year. Animated Classic or Back To The Drawing Board? Up Disney/Pixar May 29, 2009 96 minutes Rated PG directed by Pete… |
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The Jetsons: The Complete First Season
…of Disney. The network was trying to repeat the success The Flintstones had had on primetime, but the show failed to deliver in ratings. After a full season, the show… |
