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As blu-ray catches on with consumers, more and more vintage animation is getting a hi-def make-over. Disney has been releasing its features, one by one, in this format for years. Warners has just begun releasing classic Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry shorts on blu-ray.

20th Century-Fox has now jumped into its vault and has remastered Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards for blu-ray release on March 13th. I remember loving this flick when I first saw it back in the seventies. It inspired Wendy Pini’s cult comics masterpiece Elfquest, and was the catalyst for several animated fantasy features that followed in the next few years (Heavy Metal, Rock & Rule, not to mention Bakshi’s own Lord of The Rings). I always remember Wizards as Mark Hamill’s other 20th Century-Fox fantasy film from 1977 (you-know-what was the other one).

The Wizards blu-ray is being tied to the film’s 35th Anniversary, and being released in “Digi-book” format which packages the disc inside a commemorative 24-page book. The book features an introduction from Ralph and is illustrated with much rare artwork from his personal collection. The film comes with audio commentary by Ralph, a documentary Ralph Bakshi: The Wizard of Animation, theatrical trailers and TV spots and 300 still photos.

So what do you think? Has time been kind to Wizards? How does it hold up in your opinion?

55 Comments »   posted in Feature Film, Ralph Bakshi, Wizards

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Music Video Round-Up #3

January 9, 2012 12:05 am

Count Skylarkin & Harvey K-Tel, Dub of a Preacherman by Bristol’s Rumpus Animation

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Mawson’s Peak by Douglas Einar Olsen for the electro group French Horn Rebellion.

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There Is A Gulf was created for the Good Frames project by Ted Newiss.

2 Comments »   posted in Music Videos, Douglas Einar Olsen, Music Video Roundup, Rumpus Animation, Ted Newiss

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Spielberg’s “Tintin” in 2D

January 7, 2012 9:30 pm

Andy Lyth created this trailer using the track from the Spielberg trailer with visuals from 90s cartoon series.

(Thanks, Betsie Beadling, via Cartoon Brew’s Facebook page)

16 Comments »   posted in Feature Film, The Adventures of Tintin

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“Hollow” by Oliver Franklin Anderson

January 7, 2012 12:05 am

Hollow, by Cal Arts Experimental Animation grad Oliver Franklin Anderson, uses photographs, artwork and live actors to create a haunting mood piece. The film has been accepted as an Official Selection at Slamdance 2012.

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“Burrow” by Frederico Gutierrez (NSFW)

January 5, 2012 8:00 pm

If drawings of cartoon people in the nude is NSFW – then Burrow by Frederico Gutierrez is “Not Safe For Work”. This is Gutierrez’ graduation film from the Vancouver Film School Classical Animation program. I have no idea what its about – but I enjoyed its surreal sensibility.

7 Comments »   posted in Student, Frederico Gutierrez

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“Electroshock”

January 5, 2012 1:00 pm

Electroshock feels like feature film condensed into 8-and-a-half-minutes. Directed by five students (Hugo Jackson, Pascal Chandelier, Valentin Michel, Bastien Morteleque and Elliot Maren) at France’s ESMA School of the Arts (Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques), it’s a nicely paced spoof of superhero/geek culture.

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