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CBTV Student Fest: ‘A Hedgehog’s Visit’ by Kariem Saleh
A grumpy hedgehog trying to confess his love.Will he be able to overcome his insecurities?
Amid Amidi
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Open In 1st; Sequel Announced
Paramount’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” opened with an estimated $65 million in the United States.
New ‘Book of Life’ Trailer is Out
The latest trailer for Fox’s “The Book of Life” opens up the festive-looking world of the film with new plot points like a love triangle and the introduction of new characters like the Candle Maker portrayed by Ice Cube.
Golden Globes Change Their Animation Rules
The Golden Globes, awarded annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., has revised its rules for the animated feature category. The winner of the category has gone on to win the Oscar in six of the last seven years.
New Trailer and Clip from ‘Penguins of Madagascar’
What can one say about the new trailer for “Penguins of Madagascar” that hasn’t already been said about the previous twenty-plus DreamWorks Animation comedies?
The Evolution of TV Cartoon Characters
To the average cartoon viewer, SpongeBob is SpongeBob and Bart Simpson is Bart Simpson, but cartoon connoisseurs recognize that characters evolve over the years, not just personality-wise but graphically.
‘Drunk History’ Tackles The Birth of Mickey Mouse
“Drunk History,” the Comedy Central series in which drunk celebrities explain real history, set their inebriated sights last night on Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks, and the creation of Mickey Mouse.
Disney Tries Something New With ‘Star Vs. The Forces of Evil’: A Woman Creator
It’s always amusing when people criticize Walt Disney for being sexist because of the way he ran his company over 70 years ago, while completely overlooking the contemporary Disney Company’s abysmal track record of promoting women into top creative positions.
CBTV Student Fest: ‘Mr. Piggy Dies in 25 Dimensions’ by Josh Sehnert
Join Mr. Piggy on an adventure through time and space. Please wear 25-D glasses.
‘Mr. Piggy Dies in 25 Dimensions’ Selected As Cartoon Brew’s Student Fest Grand Prize Winner
Cartoon Brew’s fifth annual Student Animation Festival will launch tomorrow, August 5th, with the grand-prize winning work “Mr. Piggy Dies in 25 Dimensions” by Josh Sehnert.
‘Tales of Stuff’ Episode 1 by David de Rooij
In episode 1 of “Tales of Stuff,” see what happens when the dragon finds a bottle of beer!
Animation Was UK’s Most Popular Type of Film in 2013
In 2013, filmgoers in the United Kingdom and Ireland watched more animation than any other type of film, according to a new report by the British Film Institute.
Is YouTube Making It Harder for Animators To Make Money?
Ross O’Donovan, an Australian animator who creates Internet cartoons using the handle Rubber Ninja, has posted a video that argues recent changes in YouTube’s algorithms give preferential treatment to live-action content creators while making it more difficult for animation creators to earn money on YouTube.
Animated Fragments #27
Animated Fragments is our semi-regular feature of animation tests, experiments, micro-shorts, and other bits of cartoon flotsam that don’t fit into other categories.
Glenn Beck Praises Walt Disney and Ward Kimball
It’s perhaps a mixed blessing that the only public personality who talks frequently about Walt Disney nowadays is the right-wing political commentator/conspiracy theorist Glenn Beck.
A Mexican Cemetery Comes Alive Through Animation
“They say Mexicans have a special fascination with death,” writes Christian Bermejo of the Mexican animation website Tweenbox. “We don’t believe it but maybe playing around with mapping in the cemetery doesn’t help.”
How Japanese Animators Use Flash to Create Amazing TV Animation
Science Saru, the new studio started by Japanese directors Masaaki Yuasa and Eunyoung Choi, has shared a behind-the-scenes look at how they used Flash in the recent TV series “Ping Pong.”
Watch ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water’ Trailer
The first trailer for the mixed-media SpongeBob movie “Sponge Out of Water” was released today, and it’s a real winner.
World Premieres of ‘Big Hero 6’ and ‘Parasyte’ Set for Tokyo International Film Festival
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is putting a special emphasis on animation this year, and has announced that Disney’s “Big Hero 6” will be the opening night film of their 27th edition.
Nick Previews Its First Web Series ‘Welcome to the Wayne’
Nickelodeon unveiled the revamped Nick.com today, and as part of the new site, they offered a 90-second first-look at “Welcome to the Wayne,” which is their first animated series made exclusively for digital platforms like the Nick App.
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