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GKIDS Will Release 25th Anniversary Edition of Isao Takahata’s ‘Only Yesterday’
Isaoo Takahata's 1991 efort is the only Studio Ghibli film never to have receive a North American release.
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‘April and the Extraordinary World,’ ‘We Can’t Live Without Cosmos’ Top Annecy
Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci's sci-fi fable and Konstantin Bronzit's short exploration led awardees to the outer limits.
Cartoon Brew Launches 2015 Animation Oscar Tracker [UPDATED]
What animated shorts and features are contending for an Oscar this year?
Book Review: ‘Insider Histories of Cartooning’
Historian R.C. Harvey sets out to rescue great cartoonists of old from obscurity.
One Corporation Cannot Own the Animated Feature Oscar
The Disney Corporation has won the Oscar seven of the last eight years, and that's not healthy for the art form.
SXSW 2015: Animation Shorts Lineup Announced
SXSW has announced the animated film selections for their upcoming edition, which will take place in Austin, Texas next month.
‘Mouse in Transition’: ‘Basil’ Kicks Into High Gear (Chapter 13)
When the Disney strike of 1982 ended and the story artists returned to their respective work spaces in the animation building, "Basil of Baker Street" was still running along two sets of tracks. There were storyboards filled with gags and character bits, and boards filled with plot points.
‘Mouse in Transition’: Disney Dead-Ends and Lucrative Mexican Caterpillars (Chapter 12)
Steve Hulett on everything from "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore" to "Katy Caterpillar."
Primanima Winners: ‘Small People with Hats,’ ‘Symphony No. 42,’ ‘Man on the Chair’
The 3rd annual edition of Primanima, a festival dedicated entirely to student work and debut professional films, took place last week in Budaörs, Hungary.
Official Selections For Our 5th Student Animation Festival
For the fifth year in a row, we are delighted to present the selections for the Cartoon Brew Student Animation Festival, our online showcase for animated short premieres by student filmmakers. We like to believe that each year is our strongest year, but this year's selections feel particularly vital, illustrating the remarkable breadth of work currently being produced by student filmmakers around the globe.
Fox Is Scrapping Its Late-Night Animation Block ADHD
Fox's experiment with late-night animation didn't go as well as they had anticipated. The network will end its Saturday late-night animation block ADHD (Animation Domination High-Def) in June, less than a year after it began. It was originally created as a replacement for the cancelled sketch comedy show "MADtv."
Reflections On 10 Years of Cartoon Brew
Cartoon Brew officially launched on March 15, 2004. A decade is a long time to be doing anything, but it feels like an especially long time to be blogging daily. As we head into the site's 10th anniversary year, here are some reflections on where we've been and where we're headed.
‘From Dad To Son’ by Nils Knoblich
This story exists in its basic features since the fable "The Father and His Sons" by Aesop (600 B.C.) and is told to this day in anecdotes and urban myths. In From Dad To Son we translated a written narrative into a paper crafted animation short. It’s a parable about the assignment of roles of parents and children and the conflicts of physical separation and their communication. And a response to violence of privacy by governmental institutions.
Animation Breakdown’s Alex McDonald and Kevin Sukho Lee on Launching A New Festival
The Los Angeles indie animation event of the season takes place tomorrow, Saturday March 8th, at The Cinefamily. Animation Breakdown Roundup! is a collection of over two dozen shorts by seasoned indie stars (Vince Collins, Emily Hubley), current filmmakers (Kirsten Lepore, Takeshi Murata, Devin Flynn, Allison Schulnik, Galen Pehrson, Amy Lockhart, Matt & Paul Layzell, Garrett Davis, Charles Huettner, Caleb Wood, Alex Schubert) and next-wavers (Peter Millard, Sean Buckelew, Quique Rivera Rivera.)
“When the Wind Blows” Director Jimmy Murakami, RIP
Japanese-American animation legend Jimmy Murakami, who played an important role in the development of Ireland's animation industry, has died at the age of 80, reported the organization Animation Ireland. The cause of death is unknown.
Happy 103rd Birthday, Tyrus Wong!
Wishing Tyrus Wong a happy birthday is something we enjoy doing on Cartoon Brew. Wong isn’t the oldest living animation artist but he’s …
Your Guide to Animation Events at San Diego Comic-Con (Days 3 and 4)
Go here for Comic-Con Day 1 Animation EventsThe remaining half of programming for San Diego Comic-Con has been announced, and for your …
How Old Were These Animation Directors When They Made Their First Film?
“Animation is a young man’s game,” Chuck Jones once said. There’s no question that animation is a labor-intensive art that requires mass …
Tom Whalen’s “Yellow Submarine” tribute
Artist Tom Whalen has designed a set of four Beatles posters, a tribute to the animated feature Yellow Submarine (1968).
Animated Fragments #21
There is a mind-boggling breadth of expression and experimentation across the contemporary global animation scene. The short animation …
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