{{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=2730&n=1&burl= DVD Answers}} have posted slightly revised cover art for the upcoming region one release of Lion King 1½. Follow the link to see the new look, and thanks…

‘dtemplar’ in the {{link http://forums.toontitan.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=17831#post17831 DVD Toons Forum}} posted that “Penny Singleton, who brought Jane to life on Hanna-Barbera’s 1962 primetime cartoon The Jetsons, died in California Wednesday two weeks…

The Big Cartoon Database has just kicked off a new feature, {{link http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view&post=14707 The Animated Word}}, which will be a review coulmn on new animated films and DVD releases. Alex…

…which will debut December 12 at 9pm, “the girls are shocked to find themselves on Santa’s naughty list”. This is the same episode that was released on DVD in October….

…the Academy can make their final selection of three from to put forward for the award. Profiling each of the 11 films, the article takes a realistic look at their…

…the theater, as he doesn’t seem to take to either of these films, though he backs up his arguments with professional insight. Also new is Barrier’s look at the differences…

…Leonard Maltin calls it “an animation extravaganza”), a picture of the final look for the DVD cover, and a hint that there will be a “Hot Tub” trailer coming soon….

…a “lunchbox”-styled case, with the discs inside as individual editions in their own keepcases, this looks like a nice version. All special features in the set apparently remain the same….

…at the three theatrical shows transferring to the stage: Mary Poppins (actually debuting in London), Tarzan, and The Little Mermaid, which is being worked on by original composer Alan Menken….

…brings to home video, especially in the collectors DVD market. The company distributes a number of animation-related titles, including those of Rankin/Bass, as well as many live-action Disney Studios films….

…Day Care in theaters, and Blue Sky’s Gone Nutty (which won the L.A. Short Film Festival, but was created initially for the Ice Age DVD, thus prompting the notion, as…

…doing their best to raise the lion cub prince Simba. Follow the “More” link to view the image. Timon and Pumbaa find parenting a young cub can be exhausting in…

If you loved Brother Bear in the theater and can’t wait to get a copy of your own for home viewing the good news is that it will be released…

…Cartoons}} looks at the phenomenon of animated characters in live-action films. Where should the very blurry line between these types of “actors” and their counterparts in fully CG films such…

…four and a quarter hours! In fact, quite a few reviewers have been reigning in their appraisal of the current theatrical cut in anticipation of the Extended Edition being even…

…{{link http://www.pixar.com/shorts/tt/theater/index.html Pixar’s website}}.) According to Don Markstein’s Toonopedia, “not many characters achieve lasting fame just from having appeared in a single six-minute cartoon. In fact, Michigan J. Frog may…

…At least some of the animation looks to be exactly the same high quality as the animation in the original Lion King movie. There is also a funny little clip…

…put the studio up for grabs in 2002 with an asking price of $7 billion. MGM couldn’t find a willing buyer at the time. Whether the deal actually will come…

The {{link http://www.ultimatedisney.com/ Ultimate Disney}} DVD fansite posted their “Most Popular DVDs on the Site” for December, which places Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl at…

…Baron Of Glacier Mountain is “a brand new holiday story that explores the possibility of Jack Frost having a female counterpart”. The book, just on sale now through the official…

‘Baloo’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=131 Animated News Forum}} shows us the UK artwork for the upcoming Lion King 1½ 2-disc DVD, known internationally as The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata….

…on a shortlist made up from the reviewers, including myself, at {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/ DVD Toons}}. The list (also featuring further links to full reviews) brings together rabbits (both Bugs and…

The indie cinema company Landmark Theatres has just announced an American circuit for the elusive Disney/Dali short, Destino! According to their site, “the never-before-seen animated short Destino has premiered at…

…use them in a dastardly plot to rid the kingdom of Princess Minnie – the only mouse standing between Pete and the throne! Pete makes the trio official Musketeers and…

The highly anticipated release of Invader Zim to DVD has had fans on tenterhooks for the past couple of months now. {{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=98716 Toon Zone}} finally lifts the lid on…

…Eye Contact: The Best Of NYC Independent Animation also includes animators’ “personalized navigational menus, and a few bonus materials (audio track commentaries, behind the scenes footage, pencil tests, stills, etc)”….

The usually quiet Ted Thomas, director of the 1995 documentary Frank And Ollie, recently released on DVD, steps out into the limelight to reflect on making the film and putting…

{{link http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=99470 Toon Zone}} points to another Wilbur in the news today – Wilbur Post, the long-suffering human friend to the world’s most famous talking horse, Mr Ed. As MGM…

…set to write the film. The Trumpet of the Swan has previously been adapted for the screen as an {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005LB87/qid=1073948325/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2271211-1467963?v=glance&s=dvd animated feature}} by director Richard Rich (The Swan Princess)….

…based in New York City. “The Empire State Building’s famous tower lights will be going green– spinach green — from sundown the 16th until the 18th.” Popeye first appeared in…