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And the highest-grossing animated project of 2011 is…

The year isn’t over yet, but barring a record-shattering gross by Tintin or Happy Feet 2, we already know what will become the …

As much as I love classic animation, I rarely (if ever) enjoy modern-day revivals and tributes to classic animation styles. I shudder …

When it started airing on MTV in 1993, Beavis and Butt-Head was more than just a popular animated series, it was a cultural phenomenon. …

This very short short by New York animation legend Candy Kugel and Rick Broas serves as a great summary of the Occupy Wall Street …

Hayao Miyazaki, who has been known to often take a negative tone about the animation industry and society in general, recently tweeted …

It worked for THE LION KING. Who knows what cartoon treasures lie in studio vaults, awaiting 3D conversion? Perhaps Terrytoons …

I’ve attended my fair share of foreign animation festivals over the years, and have always bemoaned the lack of Los Angeles industry …

What advice would you give to a budding artist who’s considering entering the lucrative and glamorous animation industry? It’s tough …

Ted Parmelee (pictured above, right) is perhaps best remembered today as the director of UPA’s The Tell-Tale Heart, but his career in …

John Lasseter believes that, “No amount of great animation will save a bad story.” Not every exec at Disney appears to share the same …

Cold Hard Flash brings news of a legal case that JibJab is pursuing against Toyota over this spot: Click the following link to …

The drama beween DreamWorks Animation and its distributor Paramount continues with plenty of unsubstantiated rumors, but no hard details …

Actor Patrick Stewart expresses his appreciation for animation in this CNN interview and says that, “I think in film the most exciting …

Chris Sanders, the author of the Big Bear Aircraft Company, penned a detailed comment that clarifies the purpose of the book and the …

An allegorical tale about the animation industry by the director of “Lilo and Stitch” and “How to Train Your Dragon.”

Does it bother you when someone calls multiple pieces of animation “animations”? Well, there’s a Facebook group for that: Stop Calling …

The problem with publishing a magazine about animation that nobody wants to read is that one often has to resort to questionable tactics …

A short piece about Alejandro Garcia, a professor at San Jose State who teaches physics to animation students and is now consulting …

Last July we posted the amended Oscar rules that stated motion capture would no longer be eligible for the best animated feature Oscar. …

Digital Domain is jumping head first into the feature animation game. Veteran studio owner and director Uli Meyer suggested in our …