‘Mouse in Transition’: Goodbye Disney (Chapter 18)
The first sign that you might get laid off at Disney: the bosses won't give you a new computer.
The first sign that you might get laid off at Disney: the bosses won't give you a new computer.
Steve Hulett recounts his experiences working on "Oliver & Company" and the unexpected tragedy that happened during its production.
"Spectators" is an observational animation that inverts the expected focus of a football match, turning attention to those on the periphery.
"All dogs are born special..."
Animation veteran Phil Robinson, one of the founders of the former San Francisco studio Wild Brain, has died.
Steve Hulett remembers the time when Disney artists were told they were being moved to a warehouse off the lot, and the animation division's first "gong show" pitch session.
Nickelodeon has launched an in-house artist development program called the Artists Collective, aiming to reverse its fortunes and create culturally relevant shows that rival those of competitors Cartoon Network and Disney.
If you love animation, you'll want to check out this list of animated features that will be released in 2015.
With eight months of the year nearly passed, we're beginning to get a clearer sense of who the major contenders will be in the upcoming award season.
It's getting harder and harder to tell the difference between YouTube cartoons dreamt up by teens in their bedrooms and big-budget TV studio productions created by professionally-trained artists. Today, Disney Television Animation announced the beginning of production on "Pickle & Peanut," a "buddy comedy series about two unlikely friends—an emotional pickle and a freewheeling peanut...two underdogs who dream up plans to be anything but ordinary."
I can remember looking at anime titles in British video catalogues back in the nineties; as the pastoral fantasies of Hayao Miyazaki would not reach prominence in this country until the new millennium, UK distributors placed a strong emphasis on futuristic thrillers. The films of Mamoru Oshii certainly fit that bill.
"Frozen" is beautiful to see, fun to sing along with and is a modern day marketing marvel, but the script has structural and performance issues that are worth examining because they impact directly on acting.
The Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to distribute Foosball in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and France. …
Benjamin Flouw is a Paris-based artist who has also worked in London on animated productions. He designed some of the hybrid art/photo backgrounds for the second season of "The Amazing World of Gumball."
Hayao Miyazaki may be revoking his plan to retire and returning to animation, according to unconfirmed reports.
Richard Short is a London-based cartoonist who creates Klaus comics and other illustrations. Klaus recalls Tove Jansson’s …
Coming of age tales are usually found in Judy Blume pages or John Hughes films, but that’s not the case as far as Rebecca Sugar’s …
This morning, Comic-Con International: San Diego released the event schedule for Thursday, July 18th, the first day of programming at the …
Claudio Acciari is an Italian artist who has worked in animation on major productions there, in Germany and in the U.S. He keeps a blog …
Variety is reporting that bankrupt American animation/visual effects studio Rhythm & Hues has been acquired at auction by Indian company …