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Taiwan’s Next Media Animation
I’ve never written a post fully expressing my appreciation for the Taiwanese animators at Next Media Animation who create news segments …
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Kihachiro Kawamoto, RIP
It’s not a good week to be a Japanese animation legend. Stop motion animator and puppeteer Kihachiro Kawamoto, passed away last Monday at …
The Big Girl by He Weifeng
A film that answers the eternal question: “Will you still love me the same as before if I was a fatty?” This Chinese student-made …
Embarrassing Promo Art for CN’s Looney Tunes Show
(Click to enlarge this image if you hate your eyes.) If you can list three things wrong with the image above, then you aren’t trying …
Looney Tunes Censored 11 to screen in Hollywood
Warner Bros. and TCM are running a Classic Film Festival in Hollywood on April 22nd-25th, showcasing restored prints of more than a dozen …
Te Wei (1915-2010)
The master of Chinese animation, Te Wei (Sheng Tewei), has passed away at age 95. Te Wei, a pioneering animator and cartoonist, was …
See Through by Jokelate
We don’t see much independent animation from China – but you really need to see this one. After working on it alone for three years, a …
Stop-Mo Explosion: Jackboots on Whitehall and Project Chopin
Hot of the heels of the recent spate stop-motion features – Fantastic Mr. Fox, Coraline, Mary and Max, $9.99 and A Town Called Panic – …
In L.A. This Week: Meet Selick, Docter and Anderson
If you are a member of Asifa Hollywood, this is a killer week: you can meet Henry Selick, Peter Docter and Wes Anderson and see their …
Astro Boy‘s Abysmal Opening, and Imagi’s Sinking Ship
Imagi, an animation studio that thought it could compete with the big boys, has suffered a major blow after the abysmal opening of Astro …
Lui Lui in Amelica by Vera Wing Lui
Lui Lui in Amelica is a thesis film project by Chinese-born Vera Wing Lui, who graduated this year from University of the Arts in …
Worst. Disney Knock-off. Ever!
I have no-idea what this really is. Is it really a Chinese Mickey Mouse knock-off? Or is it from that Beijing Amusement Park we wrote …
El Superbeasto theatrical screenings Sept. 12th
A “One Night Only” theatrical screening of The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is set for September 12th in about 50 movie theaters …
Thomas the Transformer
Here’s a film I’d pay good money to see. Megatron kicking Thomas in his Tank Engine caboose. Until then, I’ll have to be content with …
Mon Chinois by Cédric Villain
I’m having an unforgettably fantastic time at Anima Mundi in Brazil. One of the films that picked up an award at the festival is Mon …
Road To Home
Heads up on a new animated feature coming from China. Road To Home is in pre-production at Beijing-based Magic Dumpling studio, on track …
Bass+Crippen+Freberg=”Sale of Manhattan”
The animation above aired on the 1962 ABC special “Stan Freberg Presents The Chun King Chow Mein Hour: Salute to the Chinese New Year.” …
China’s real response to Kung Fu Panda
Apparently China had a response to Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda that’s more pointed than the film mentioned in this previous Brew post. …
The Legend of Milu Deer: Princess Yoyo
One of my favorite sources for learning about obscure foreign animated features is TwitchFilm.net. Certain films though are perhaps best …
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