Just when you thought cel animation was dead and shipped to Siberia: PRINCE VLADIMIR, a Russian production, will be released in the …

Back when the family vacation was a real trip: Steve Thompson has been posting brouchures from the 1972 and 1973 King’s Island Happy Land …

Sting (at right) is featuredin THE SWEATBOX (2002)In all the delirium over the wonderful Disney-Pixar news this week, one burning …

Speaking of Pixar, as we’ve been doing all week long, Dan Caylor has posted a great 14-1/2 minute video clip on his site that features …

Paul Briggs, a story artist at Disney Feature, shares on his blog the story of his first encounter with John Lasseter this week. An …

Let the good times roll. According to the LA TIMES (reg. req’d or BugMeNot), TOY STORY 3 has been shelved. The announcement comes hardly …

ASIFA-Hollywood’s Archive Blog has started posting images from Mary Blair’s long-out-of-print Golden Book of Little Verses and archivist …

Miayazki is the talk of several websites right now (due to his films being showcased this month on TCM), but another international …

Good stuff worth checking out. Nate Pacheco: Talented artist and Flash technical guru who has worked on Renegade’s HI HI PUFFY AMI YUMI …

We asked yesterday evening for artists to send in their thoughts about the Disney/Pixar deal. Below are a select number of the responses …

Any artists at Pixar, Disney or beyond with thoughts on what the sale means — for Disney, Pixar, the animation industry as a whole? Are …

Here’s the email that Walt Disney Feature Animation President David Stainton sent out today. From: Stainton, DavidSent: Tuesday, …

Former ANIMATO! editor (and current PC WORLD editor) Harry McCracken asks the questions that are weighing heavily on the collective mind …

The NY TIMES reports that Disney may announce their acquisition of Pixar as early as tomorrow. According to the TIMES, “the deal would …

Now in production in Denmark, A.Film is making The Ugly Duckling And Me, a CG feature – as well as a companion TV series of 26 episodes. …

I just found out that Image Entertainment issued a 3 disc boxed set last month called

Good piece in today’s LA TIMES – “Walt’s Shoes at Disney Could Be a Fit for Jobs” – that draws parallels between Jobs and Walt …

I would have preferred that Pixar create its own distribution company and compete with the industry as a full-fledged stand alone player …

It’s beginning to look official. Britain’s TELEGRAPH is reporting today that Pixar’s board will meet on Monday to approve Disney’s $7 …