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Awards Season
Within the last few days, many of the Hollywood award associations and motion picture critics have selected their best-of picks for 2009. …
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20 Animated Features in Oscar Race This Year
Start making your predictions now! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that twenty films have been submitted …
Gene Deitch: Quo Vadis Animation?
Veteran animation director Gene Deitch and his wife Zdenka were invited to the Xiamen International Animation Festival (Oct. 30th-Nov. …
CTN Expo Update
Last month we told you about the animators expo shaping up for this November in Burbank being organized by former Disney character …
First 1/3 of Princess and the Frog
I dropped into the big D23 Disney Fan Expo in Anaheim today, attended Bob Iger’s talk and watched the Disney Legends ceremony. The big …
Cartoon Network loses gamble
The LA Times has a huge front page story in it’s Business section today, reporting on Cartoon Network’s recent programming gamble on live …
Who’s Afraid of Song of the South?
Song of the South, the one film The Walt Disney Company will not release on DVD, lives on. There hasn’t been much to report lately on …
SDCC ’09: Van Eaton’s Book Booth
If you are going to the San Diego Comic Con, don’t miss Booth #501, Van Eaton Galleries. Forget the voluminous amount of vintage …
SDCC ’09: The Animation Panels (Thursday and Friday)
Here is the first of Cartoon Brew’s guides to the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. These are only my recommended animation panels for Thursday …
REVIEW: Miyazaki’s Ponyo
I just saw the most surreal film released under the Walt Disney banner since… I dunno, The Three Caballeros? Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo …
Wayne Allwine (1947-2009)
Wayne Allwine, the official voice of Mickey Mouse, the third person in history to play the character in various movies and TV shows, has …
EXCLUSIVE: Early Review of The Princess and the Frog
I don’t typically republish reader comments in separate posts, but a Cartoon Brew reader named Michael saw a rough cut of The Princess …
The first sound Krazy Kat cartoon: Ratskin
Researching early sound cartoons is fascinating. By studying these efforts, it becomes easier to see why Disney’s Steamboat Willie was …
Glen Keane Interview
The new-ish animation blog Lineboil offers up a fine interview with Glen Keane, in which he talks about his preference for pencil over …
Pooh diapers — and a rectal thermometer!
This week marks the anniversary of one of our most popular posts: the one about the Spongebob Squarepants Musical Rectal Thermometer. …
Small World makeover opens
Last year we made note of the planned revamp of a classic Disneyland attraction, It’s A Small World. This week the new version has …
Heavy Metal Thumper
A few years ago we posted about a musician applying a rock guitar soundtrack to a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Now a band from San Antonio …
Gulliver’s Travels on DVD
Though Max Fleischer’s Gulliver’s Travels in public domain and widely available on several home video formats, the film has never been …
2009 Animation Book Preview
While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished …
2008 Annie Award Nominations
The nominations for the 36th annual Annie Awards were announced today. Kung Fu Panda recieved 17 nominations including Best Animated …
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