Few Disney short subjects pack more character, story, beautiful animation, and the feel of a holiday into a brisk eight minutes than Trick or Treat. The 1952 Donald Duck cartoon has become a Halloween tradition for so many, and for great reason: it’s wonderful. Crafted with great care by director Jack Hannah, Trick or Treat […]
Archive for October, 2022
A “Boo”-tiful Classic: The 70th Anniversary of Disney’s “Trick or Treat”
October 31st, 2022 
Michael Lyons 
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INTERVIEW: Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond: Growing the Xadiaverse
October 30th, 2022 W.R. Miller The Dragon Prince dodged a bullet. Throughout the year, Netflix—the internet service that streams the epic fantasy—has engaged in drastic cutbacks in staff, and outright cancelled several animated projects, with the latest being Mike Judge’s Bad Crimes getting the axe midway through production. But the online network has spared The Dragon Prince. Why?
BOOK REVIEW: “The Shonen Jump Guide to Making Manga”
October 29th, 2022 Charles Solomon As a quick glance at any bookstore or Amazon will confirm, the popularity of manga in the US has produced a flood of how-to books aimed at adolescent/teen-age artists. In addition to the general books, there are specialized volumes focusing on everything from accessories to hair styles to furry characters and mecha. An unscientific sampling […]
WIA Announces Honorees For Diversity Awards at Spark Festival
October 26th, 2022 Lauren Ashton Women In Animation has just announced the recipients of the WIA Diversity Award, presented alongside the Spark Computer Graphics Society (Spark CG). This year’s recipients are: Producer Chris Nee, Epic Games, and Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib’s film, entitled: It’s a Gray, Gray World. Jena Olson (Head of Operations at WIA) is presenting the awards via […]
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24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students- Results Anounced
October 24th, 2022 Lauren Ashton With 2022 being their 20th year, the 24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students once again challenges its participants to create a 30 second film based on a provided theme. They must complete this challenge in a designated 24-hour period. Teams create their projects at their school and turn in a Youtube link of their work […]
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TRAILER: “Evangelion:3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time”
October 24th, 2022 Jerry Beck The acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, GKIDS, has announced it has added exclusive IMAX showings of Evangelion:3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time, to theaters nationwide, happening on November 30th only. The IMAX shows will be proceeded by screenings of EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME – the final installment of the […]
INTERVIEW With The Valedictorian Of “Monster High”
October 24th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Shea Fontana is the showrunner and co-EP of Nickelodeon’s new Monster High animated series, premiering this Friday October 28th at 7pm. In this Animation Scoop Q&A, Fontana discusses the influence of the popular toys on the fun new show, as well as a revamped Dracula and her own high school memories. (This interview was edited […]
WIA ANNOUNCES 2023 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INDUSTRY PARTNERS
October 23rd, 2022 Lauren Ashton Women in Animation has just announced the largest amount of industry partners contributing to the WIA Scholarship Program. Eight partners, including Animation Focus, ArtStation, Autodesk, Animation Mentor Foundry,Toon Boom, Wacom, LAIKA, and Yellowbrick Learning have all contributed workshops, tutoring sessions, hardware, software packages and cash prizes. WIA’s Bay Area and Montreal Chapters are providing special […]
INTERVIEW—Two Stars of Star Trek: Prodigy: Brett Gray and Ella Purnell
October 21st, 2022 W.R. Miller What do you do if you live on a prison asteroid run by a megalomaniacal warden, and you uncover an abondoned starship capable of near-transwarp speeds? Do you take it? 17-year-old Dal R’El does, with the help of his fellow adolescent escapees including Gwyndala, 17-year-old daughter of the warden. So off the kids race toward […]
INTERVIEW: The Might And Heart Of “Oni: Thunder God’s Tale”
October 20th, 2022 Jackson Murphy From Tonko House, the makers of bold, Oscar-nominated short “The Dam Keeper”, comes a new four-part series debuting October 21st on Netflix. Oni: Thunder God’s Tale introduces us to Onari, a curious and courageous girl, daughter and friend. She seeks the powers that can help defeat the evil Oni, on their way to possibly destroy […]
TRAILER: “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules”
October 19th, 2022 Lauren Ashton Disney+ has released key art for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, as well as a new trailer. This all-new animated film is based on the second book in Jeff Kinney’s immensely popular book series. In addition, Can You Smell Us Now,, the original new song from the film,is also available. Written and produced […]
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October 19th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Stop-motion animation directing icon Henry Selick (of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “James and the Giant Peach”) is back with his first new feature since 2009’s “Coraline”. A teen girl meets demon brothers in Wendell & Wild, co-written by Selick and Jordan Peele. It opens in select theaters this Friday Oct. 21st and is on […]
Chatting With “Big City Greens” Gang In The Big Apple
October 18th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Over the past four and a half years, Big City Greens has quickly become one of the most popular Disney Channel animated series of all-time. Creators Chris and Shane Houghton are deep into production on the upcoming fourth season and movie. I recently had the chance to finally meet them in person at New York […]
INTERVIEW—Two Janeways, One Voice: Kate Mulgrew
October 17th, 2022 W.R. Miller With the next half-season of Star Trek: Prodigy about to premiere, Paramount+ invited journalists to interview some of the cast — including Kate Mulgrew — allowing a behind-the-microphone peek at the voiceover process. Mulgrew reprises her role as Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager, who stars in Prodigy as Hologram Janeway aboard an experimental high-warp […]
INTERVIEW With “Avatar: Braving The Elements Podcast” Hosts
October 17th, 2022 Jackson Murphy Janet Varney (the voice of Korra on “The Legend of Korra”) and Dante Basco (who voiced Zuko on “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and General Iroh on “Korra”) host Avatar: Braving the Elements Podcast. It’s Nickelodeon’s official podcast about everything in the Avatarverse. “Braving the Elements” (available wherever you get your podcasts) is now in its […]
