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Anime Sensei to Student: “Get A Life!”
Veteran anime director Yoshiyuki Tomino (Brave Raideen, Mobile Suit Gundam) gave a realistic, yet somewhat harsh response to a student’s …
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Mobil Ads by Ward Kimball
For nearly thirty years, animation legend Ward Kimball contributed a cartoon page called “Asinine Alley” to the bi-monthly magazine …
Heart of Refuge by Piotr Kamler
Polish animator Piotr Kamler (b. 1936) won the Grand Pix at Annecy in 1975 for his film Le Pas, but I’ve chosen to display an earlier …
The 2000s: TV Animation
It’s the time again when critics start compiling their “best of” lists for the decade. We’ll probably do a few ourselves, though the …
Hayao Miyazaki/John Lasseter Press Conference
I had an opportunity to join selected journalists at a Hayao Miyazaki-John Lasseter press conference held yesterday (7/28) before their …
Notes on Bolt
Saw Bolt yesterday. Before the screening they gave everyone a promotional deck of playing cards featuring development artwork from the …
Tezuka’s Amazing Three
Perhaps the most obscure of the pioneering anime series imported to the U.S. in the 1960s was Osamu Tezuka’s The Amazing Three. Why has …
Stan VanDerBeek
(Photo © Amy Drown) I’m currently fascinated with the work of avant-garde filmmaker Stan VanDerBeek (1927-1984). There seems to be …
In by Philipp Hirsch and Heiko Tippelt
In is a 23-minute CG/live-action short created by Philipp Hirsch and Heiko Tippelt in 2004. I have a bit of a history with this film; …
Adventure Time T-Shirts
UPDATE: More details about new Adventure Time merchandise here. I was a fan of Pen Ward’s warped cartoon genius before I saw his two …
Anime Alert!
Heads up, East-coasters! Several worthwhile anime screenings are scheduled for later this month. The Japan Society, in New York, …
Cartoon Dump #4: Captain Fathom
Captain Fathom was the third and final cartoon series produced by Cambria Productions in their patented Synchro-Vox system. This was the …
Platform Snaps
I’ll share my thoughts on the Platform festival in a bit, but first, a few snaps from this past week. As you can probably tell from these …
Beany & Cecil Boards by Bruce Timm
File this under “Weird Things I’ve Accumulated Over the Years.” While cleaning out some boxes recently, I ran across photocopies of a …
BUSTER BALLOON
I was lucky enough to attend a wonderful Boxing Day party last night which was teeming with Hollywood celebrities (not to name drop, but …
Animation History Gone Awry
Mark Mayerson rips apart the new book CREATORS: FROM CHAUCER AND DURER TO PICASSO AND DISNEY by British historian and journalist Paul …
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