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Disney Animation To Launch Artist Showcase Book Series
The personal styles of individual animation artists will be front and center in a new book series being prepped by Disney Publishing.
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VES Awards Nominate Sandra Bullock as Best Animated Character
To acknowledge the crucial role of animators in the evolving world of filmmaking, the Visual Effects Society today nominated Ryan Stone, Bullock's character in "Gravity," for Outstanding Animated Character in a Live-Action Feature Motion Picture.
“Cyclope” by Marine Duchet
A door opens onto a world, haunted by flying fishes, buried chimaeras and deep fancies.
2014 Animated Feature Preview
From mainstream releases to independent foreign productions, we've got a guide to the animated feature releases that you can look forward to in 2014.
Disney Florida Veterans Create Hand-Drawn Spot for British Retailer John Lewis
British department store John Lewis has released an ambitious annual Christmas advertisement, a £1 million hand-drawn spot with stop …
“Celebrating Crystallography” by Phoebe Halstead
Commisioned by the Royal Institution of Science, this animated short celebrates the centenary of X-ray crystallography, a Nobel …
Next Tuesday in NYC: Newly Restored Hubley Feature “Of Stars and Men”
A newly restored version of John and Faith Hubley’s exquisite animated documentary Of Stars and Men (1964) will debut next Tuesday, …
“Ghoul Friend” by Aaron Springer
After his car breaks down, Mickey is pursued by a hideous ghoul.
Koji Morimoto Directs Sequence for Lexus-Sponsored Short Film
A little product placement can go a long way, as proven in Mitsuyo Miyazaki’s A Better Tomorrow, a short film about a pair of kidnapped …
“A Very Fuddles Christmas” Book Trailer by Frans Vischer
Veteran film animator Frans Vischer (Cats Don’t Dance, Curious George, Rover Dangerfield, The Princess and the Frog) has completed his …
How Porter Airlines Bucks the Trend With an Animated Mascot
Porter, a regional Canadian airline, has quietly built a unique brand through print and animated ads featuring a jet-setting raccoon …
How Can We Make Adult Animation Truly Adult?
The potted history of animation’s shifting demographics should be familiar. Once, animated films were aimed at general audiences. Over …
Ward Kimball Explains to a Hollywood Producer Why An Animated Film About A Snail Is A Stupid Idea
Flawed film premises weren’t invented in the last decade. In 1977, a gentleman named Lorenzo Music was developing an animated feature …
Exploding Disney Princesses
Simone Rovellini likes to make actresses explode—literally. Here’s the Disney princess edition: His take on The Lion King isn’t …
Five Amazing Annecy Signal Films Created by Gobelins Students
Yesterday the Annecy International Animated Film Festival came to a close. For everyone who was unable to make the annual jaunt to …
Gabe Swarr Turns “Life in the Analog Age” Into A Weekly Online Series
Earlier this week, Gabe Swarr relaunched "Life in the Analog Age" as a weekly animated series online, with the goal of new episodes every week.
From Animation School to the Real World
Last week, I flew out from Los Angeles to New York to attend the annual Dusty animation screening at the School of Visual Arts. I watched …
Disney Announces “Star Wars Rebels” Animated Series for 2014
Just two months after Disney cancelled the Cartoon Network series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, they have announced a new series called Star …
2015 Award Season Tracker
Cartoon Brew will regularly update this page with information about the contenders for various end-of-year animation awards, including …
Laika’s Next Feature Will Be “Boxtrolls”
Laika, the Portland studio that made Coraline and ParaNorman, announced this morning that its third feature will be Boxtrolls. The film, …
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