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Horton Hears A Who!: Deluxe Edition
…the multiple cartoon specials (including George Pal’s 1944 Puppetoon And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street) that lend it a multi-media quality that predates the later Sesussical… |
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WALL-E: 3-Disc Special Edition
…such is the tearaway impact of the film in regards to it being a “cartoon”, that Pixar’s parent distributor Disney is rumored to be eyeing a push for a Best… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume One
…Pluto, another cartoon from the same year which is curiously marked as a Silly Symphony in the Disney lists, the selection here moves on to Pluto’s first series cartoon proper:… |
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Beowulf: Director’s Cut
…fancy name you give it, is like old-school pencil drawn rotoscoping, where the movement is so tailored to reality that it then doesn’t actually fit in a cartoon world. And… |
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Whatever happened to Robert Zemeckis?
…not live-action and the audience can’t identify directly with the actor, thus rendering the nuances that thousands of tiny mo-cap suit balls can’t possible register redundant. Then again, it’s not… |
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Warner Archive: The Our Gang Collection
…is well and truly to be lamented. Not that we also lost the guaranteed addition of an animated cartoon on the bill, as well as often very entertaining second features… |
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One Hundred And One Dalmatians: Limited Issue
…Anita. Soon they are all living together in a tiny townhouse, with Roger’s songwriting just about paying the bills. When Anita’s old schoolmate Cruella De Vil hears that Perdita is… |
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Snoopy! X-Men! The Calgary Expo!
Hello toonfans, and a happy “May Day” Holiday to those in the UK. If you’ve been trying to (unsuccessfully) access our review of Gulliver’s Travels, please note that it’s now… |
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The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea – Special Edition
…ever so tiny and out of the way Morgana just about edging herself into the bottom left and, on the right, the usual proud image of Triton that may as… |
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Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas
…the film’s 1.85:1 widescreen shape (and for once it is true 1.85 – note the tiny slivers of black along top and bottom), with anamorphic enhancement. As with Spirit: Stallion… |
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Samurai Jack fights his way to the big screen
Variety reports that a trio of toon veterans (Fred Seibert, Kevin Kolde and Eric Gardner) are launching Frederator Films as an indie feature film company with a mission to produce… |
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Disney Channel/Jetix on demand
…adventure, daring and humor, is seen weekdays in the evening and on weekends in the afternoon and evening on Toon Disney, an advertiser supported channel available in over 51 million… |
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Two Tinks?
…versions of the film were allegedly being prepared. One version was to suit Walt Disney Feature Animation Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter, while another one was tailored to please DisneyToon… |
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Sabrina, The Animated Series: Witch In Training
…cartoon on CBS in 1969. This led to her being spun off onto her own 1970 Filmation-produced television show (sharing billing with her monstrously fun cousins in the hour-long Sabrina… |
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Disappointing opening in sight for Narnia sequel
…On the animation front, DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda and Disney/Pixar’s Wall•E are both released in June, making it the first time the toon giants battle it out the same month…. |
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Bill Plympton's Idiots and Angels getting rave reviews
…Princetonian adds that Idiots and Angels is “both a delightful comic adventure and an effecting tale about spiritual transformation.” The film will next be screened at the Seoul International Cartoon… |
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WALL•E gets our Animated View…
So, apart from the box-office, the real question is how did Pixar’s latest, WALL•E, fare with James R Whitson in our own Toon Review? Well, there’s no need to worry;… |
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A day at the movies, plus more Narnia, and Baloo too!
…a couple of plot points confusing? Kung Fu Panda, on the other hand, was everything our own James R Whitson said it was in his Toon Review – and more!… |
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The Art Of WALL•E: you're booked!
…reviewed and given an enthusiastic thumbs up by James in our Toon Review. We’ll have more for you next week, including a pretty cool announcement that we’re more than a… |
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New Horton character posters
A batch of brand new Horton Hears A Who character posters have appeared on CanMag. The five one-sheets feature the various ‘toon stars of the film, including the Mayor of… |
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Ratatouille roundup #3
…director Brad Bird. Meanwhile, SCI FI Wire serves a trio of articles regarding the movie: “Ratatouille, Short Share A Character,” “Ratatouille Sparked To Oswalt’s Rant” and “Ratatouille Mixes Toon Styles.”… |
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Batman: Gotham Knights voice cast announced
Currently featured on Toon Zone is an article announcing the voice cast of the upcoming direct-to-DVD project, Batman: Gotham Knights. Playing Batman will be fan-favorite Kevin Conroy, who has voiced… |
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\\Gopher Broke\\ going for feature length
…and directed by Jeff Fowler, \\Gopher Broke\\ is a stylish toon about a hungry gopher who devises a madcap scheme that he hopes will provide him with a tasty snack.”… |
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More on Disney's acquisition of Pixar
From The New York Times to USA Today, several media outlets have weighed in on the news of Disney’s purchase of Pixar. Toon Zone has gathered a large assortment of… |
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Animated movies set to air on Disney Channel in February
Toon Zone has the complete list of animated movies and specials scheduled to air on the Disney Channel this February. The lineup includes such Disney animated classics as Cinderella and… |
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The Bart Ultimatum
Variety.com reports on the all the d’oh The Simpsons Movie is raking in in the overseas market, most recently besting The Bourne Ultimatum, amongst others. “Fox’s toon — propelled by… |
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Cartoon Network unveils new projects
Toon Zone offers excellent coverage of Cartoon Network‘s upfront presentation in New York. The report features the latest on upcoming series such as Flapjack, Chowder and Re-Animated. Likewise, the news… |
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Disney TV Animation welcome Eric Coleman on board
…leading Disney’s animated television efforts into a new phase of expansion by spearheading development of short-form and long-form animated series for Disney Channel, Toon Disney and related Jetix programming platforms…. |
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The Los Angeles Animation Festival 2007
…http://www.kachew.com/clients/rockinanimation Deadline October 10. SPONSORS Titmouse Inc., S4 Studios, Z-Animation, Parallax Studioworks Inc., Toon Boom, Sprecher Brewing Co., Stop Motion Pro, Animator DV, Ka-Chew!, ASIFA-Hollywood If you wish to be… |
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Jetix Acquires Captain Flamingo
Animation Insider reports that Jetix US has acquired Captain Flamingo for its programming block on Toon Disney. Produced by Breakthrough Animation, Captain Flamingo tells the story of Milo Powell who,… |
