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Klasky Csupo launches adult toon site

Klasky Csupo, the studio responsible for a great deal of animation on television these days, has found a way to release some of the tension that must have built up…

Hot Spots Showcase 2

While searching the ‘net for some new animated shorts to bring to the attention of the Animated News readership I stumbled across the mother lode at Animation World Network. This…

Top Marx for including classic cartoons in WB's new collection

…from the 1938-46 era, plus a number of rarely seen MGM cartoon classics. Among the line up are Rudolf-Ising’s The Milky Way, Hanna-Barbera’s Officer Pooch and Clampett’s The Daffy Doc!…

Raven Tales: The first all Native American computer animated short film

…follows the comic misadventures of Raven and his friends Eagle and Frog among the first people and the strange creatures at the beginning of the world”. Follow this link for…

What's Waiting upstairs?

A new animated web short answers the question of what we can look forward to when we finally make that trip to the great upstairs. Mishmash Media’s {{link http://www.mishmashmedia.com/waiting01.html The

The Lion King to roar again for crew reunion

…connection between the film’s success and the future of traditional animation, Worth added, “To stay with the tone of the event, all proceeds will benefit the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project,…

Mike Barrier on Fritz The Cat and post-Fritz Bakshi

…Funnyworld Revisited}} pages to re-print a fascinating and in-depth piece on the making of Bakshi’s first feature, Fritz The Cat, with some additional thoughts on Bakshi’s post-Fritz career. Great suff!…

Fan reaction to Mickey's Three Musketeers

…was a great movie, but as usual Disney has twisted the original story to the unrecognizable,” says ‘Karlsen’. The Three Musketeers will arrive on DVD in stores on August 17,…

Happy Birthday Donald!

With all the fuss over his co-star Mickey’s 75th anniversary this year, it seems the irascible Donald Duck has once again been shunted out of the spotlight. Well, let’s set…

The Lion King Tenth Anniversary Reunion

…if they had nothing to do with the topic of the event. Katzenberg even at one point while discussing the genesis of the story of The Lion King respectfully mentioned…

Jonathan Frakes speaks Thunderbirds

…haven’t been introduced to the Thunderbirds before – you’re in for a great time,” says Frakes. The site also features new photos from the film. Thunderbirds opens in US theaters…

Does whatever a spider can: The '67 Collection reviewed

DVD Toons’ Rand Cyrenne cracks open the Disney DVD release of Marvel’s {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/316 Spider-Man: The ’67 Collection}}, six discs of original animated adventures. “When I was eight years old,…

More Sky Captain early reviews

the predictability of the story simply because the tale was easy to get into.” Finally, Nathanael May concludes, “This was easily one of the most well conceived and original movies…

Academy Award-nominated director awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

…sequences for the 2004 release of the first full-length feature film of SpongeBob Squarepants – the popular television show. Karen Dufilho-Rosen produced the Academy Award winning short films For the

Exclusive news on DreamWorks at Comic-Con!

…Madagascar, attendees have the opportunity to view conceptual behind-the-scenes art of the sets and character development. Visitors to the DreamWorks booth (#4321) will also be among the first to see…

Comic-Con: New Snicket images…

Photos from this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego are already starting to flood the net, and the Latino Review has, for starters, got some great new images from this Christmas’…

Is DreamWorks sure about that IPO thing?

TheStreet.com listed DreamWorks at number four in a scathing criticism of the filing move. “It’s not that Shrek and Shrek 2 aren’t great. They are. And they made decent money,…

Coverage of the Comic-Con coverage

…News brings the highlights of the Incredibles panel. First off, the movie will be Pixar’s first PG-rated film. Also, as of 10:00 a.m. Friday, The Incredibles is “done,” although it…

Animated Poo

great article up about a half-hour stop-motion animated Korean film, Doggy Poo, which turns out to be a surprisingly tender, gentle and profound story that the site describes as “beautiful”….

The Motley Fool comments on the upcoming DreamWorks IPO

…crowded at the pixilated multiplex soon. Rick Munarriz takes a closer look at DreamWorks, Disney, and Pixar and sees the potential for great rewards — as well as perilous pitfalls….

Preview the Aladdin DVD bonus features…

…posted a page of some great preview shots of deleted scenes and games from the upcoming Aladdin Platinum Edition DVD, which will be released on October 5th. Check them out!…

Pixar Q2 beats analyst expectations, Jobs doing well

…Steve Jobs, who is currently recuperating from successful cancer surgery, said “Our performance this quarter highlights the ongoing success of Finding Nemo and the longevity of all of our films….

Looney Tunes arrive on November 2nd!

…year – featuring just two of the discs and none of the extras of the Golden Collection – Warners is releasing a similar 2-disc Spotlight Collection on the same day…

Father of the Pride images and review

…It keeps up a good, brisk pace that never gets boring. The humor is rather raunchy and Shrek-like but we were told that the pilot episode (the one about the

Elmer Bernstein dies at 82

Great Escape, which perfectly summed up the nature of the World War II adventure-drama and remains one of the most whistled of movie themes. Bernstein worked tirelessly through the 60s…

Ultimate Disney reviews Simba's Pride

…a very good traditional animated sequel, easily surpassing the great majority of Disney’s direct-to-video fare.” Like the Lion King 1½ DVD, this 2-discer seems a bit light on the extras,…

The real reason The Three Musketeers was kept from theaters

…and why you may not be seeing Disney’s better animated sequels, including the upcoming Bambi and the Great Prince that has been described as “simply stunning”, heading to theaters anymore….

Bambi Platinum Edition DVD to hit stores on March 1, 2005

…home video executive Gordon Ho remarks, “It’s amazing how much more vivid and clear it looks from the color and clarity standpoint.” As for the DVD’s bonus features, the main…

Alvin And The Chipmunks head to the big screen

Obviously content with the tidy sum Garfield The Movie made over the summer season, 20th Century Fox are to bring another 80s cartoon favorite to the screen in the form…

"Bart Simpson" coming to Toronto

…Silverman directed many classic episodes including Simpsons Simpsons Roasting Over an Open Fire (the first full length episode), Bart the Genius, Bart the General, Krusty Gets Kancelled and Homey the