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‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ and Mickey Mouse Shorts Dominate Annie Awards

After a difficult week for DreamWorks in which they announced their largest layoff ever, the studio dominated the Annie Awards tonight.

RIP

Walt Peregoy, ‘101 Dalmatians’ Color Stylist, RIP

Walt Peregoy, the influential animation artist who was the color stylist of Disney's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" and headed up Hanna-Barbera's background department for a time during the late-Sixties, has passed away at the age 89.

Award Season Focus

‘Big Hero 6,’ ‘Boxtrolls’ and ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Top VES Award Nominations

"Big Hero 6," "The Boxtrolls," "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" and the TV series "Game of Thrones" lead the VES Awards with five nominations apiece.

Ideas/Commentary

6 Stories of Cartoonists Who Stood Against Tyranny

These cartoonists stood up against intimidation and fought for their right to freedom of expression. Let us celebrate their victories.

Untold Tales

‘Mouse in Transition’: “Call Us Mike and Frank” (Chapter 14)

Walt Disney Productions changed forever when two guys named Mike and Frank showed up.

Award Season Focus

42nd Annie Award Nominations Announced: Complete List

Laika's "The Boxtrolls" topped the noms with a total of thirteen; the awards will be handed out January 31, 2015, in Los Angeles, California.

Untold Tales

‘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.

Untold Tales

‘Mouse in Transition’: Cauldron of Confusion (Chapter 10)

Steve Hulett recounts his role in the the confusing and chaotic production of Disney's most un-Disney-like feature, "The Black Cauldron."

Untold Tales

‘Mouse in Transition’: The CalArts Brigade Arrives (Chapter 9)

"Chief has to DIE,” Ron Clements said. “The picture doesn't work if he just breaks his LEG. Copper doesn't have enough motivation to hate the fox."

Untold Tales

‘Mouse in Transition’: And Then There Was…Ken! (Chapter 4)

I was back in Don Duckwall's office, exchanging insincere smiles with him. I had been on "The Fox and the Hound" with Larry, Woolie, and everybody else for half a year. But now Don wanted me to go on another assignment.

Box Office Report

‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ Launches with $50 Million

DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon 2" opened in second place this weekend with an estimated $50 million. The film trailed the $60 million debut of another sequel, the R-rated "22 Jump Street," directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who also directed "The LEGO Movie," which opened to $69 million earlier this year.

Untold Tales

‘Mouse in Transition’: Larry Clemmons (Chapter 2)

Disney's head animation writer in 1977 was cartoon veteran Larry Clemmons, who had first been hired at the studio in 1930. At the time of his hiring, he was a Yale graduate with a degree in architecture, but an Ivy League education was of little value in 1930 when the economy was collapsing...and few buildings were being erected.

Recaps

‘Ping Pong’ Recap: ‘The Wind Makes It Too Hard to Hear’

A recap of the first episode of Masaaki Yuasa's new series "Ping Pong."

Box Office Report

‘Frozen’ Crosses $1 Billion Mark On The Day It Wins Oscar

It's a special day for directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. Their film "Frozen" will win the Best Animated Feature Oscar on the day that it crosses $1 billion in global box office revenue. It becomes, along with "Toy Story 3," only the second animated feature to achieve this distinction, and the 18th film overall.