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NOT SO WILD ABOUT THE WILD

East coast film reporter Eric Lurio sent us this note concerning The Wild:”For the first time in its history, Disney will NOT, I repeat, …

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DO-IT-YOURSELF GIGANTOR

Japanese robot maker Vstone Corporation has just released its latest consumer product: Tetsu-jin 28 (aka Ironman 28 – or Gigantor&#153, …

Anime

Studio 4°C’s TEKKON KINKURITO

The upcoming feature TEKKON KINKURITO, scheduled for Japanese release in December 2006, is produced by Studio 4°C, the Japanese …

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Animation Blast #9 Almost Done

Just a brief update on the status of ANIMATION BLAST #9: I’m almost done with the issue and planning to send it to the Canadian printer …

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FLEISCHER COLOR CLASSICS

Film buff John McElwee posted another great entry on his blog about old cartoons. This time offering some perspectives on Fleischer’s

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GREAT TO BE NOMINATED

It’s back! Randy Haberkamps’s great series of Monday night screenings at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Great To Be …

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ASTERIX AND THE VIKINGS

Maybe it’s me – or maybe I’m just nostalgic for an old fashioned hand drawn animated feature – but this Asterix and the Vikings looks …

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TOONWORLD TV CLASSICS

My friend Wayne Daigrepont has a cell phone and just found out he had Toonworld TV Classics. Here’s his email to me:So here’s my cell …

Animators

Identifying Classic Animators

My new favorite blog of the moment is Thad Komorowski’s “Identifying Animators and Their Scenes.” The site has only been up for a few …

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COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA

Films by Jove, owners of the Russian Soyuzmultfilm Studios film library, has invested more than $3 million to digitally restore the 1,500 …

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UPA TODAY

The image above is a black-and-white still from one of the last non-Magoo UPA theatrical shorts, THE JAYWALKER (1956). It’s a strange …

Animators

Disney’s Story of Menstruation

After posts about Disney’s forays into VD prevention and gonorrhea drugs, I’d be remiss to not post Disney’s 1946 film THE STORY OF …

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UPA’S TELL TALE HEART

I guess there is no escaping the fact that it’s UPA week here at CARTOON BREW and on Amid’s CARTOON MODERN (Mike Sporn’s Splog has even …

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UPA SUNDAY

You all probably know this already (and I’m sure we’ll remind you once again over the weekend) but Brewmasters Jerry and Amid will be …

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Fred Moore photos

Jenny Lerew has posted some wonderful rare photos of master animator Fred Moore. She writes that she’ll soon be posting a lot more …

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Good Lord!

Nobody does a better job of parodying “retro” styles of animation than J.J. Sedelmaier. He’s done it time and time again from his …

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