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Genndy Tartakovsky is the man behind Samurai Jack, Dexter’s Laboratory, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the very popular Hotel Transylvania film franchise. Now, he returns to Adult Swim on Cartoon Network for a brand new project. I had the chance to attend the presentation of his latest animated series, Primal, back in July at […]
What if you learn a friend has lied to you? What if they oppose your political beliefs? What if your political leader asks you to join them? Would you do it? Would you join … the First Order? This is the situation for Tamara “Tam” Ryvora, mechanic and pilot for the interstellar fueling depot, Colossus. […]
Netflix has announced actors Dev Patel, Alia Shawkat and George Wendt to lead the English cast of the Cannes Critics’ Week Winner I Lost My Body. Andrew Bujalski is the Creative Lead of the English dub under the supervision of Director Jérémy Clapin. The will be in theaters in the U.S. on November 15th, and […]
Abominable is a film certain to please middle school to younger age kids and those who love movies classified as “Family Friendly.” However, this approval is purchased at far too high a price. Adorable? Yes. Animated with technical virtuosity? Indeed. Formulaic and derivative? Unfortunately so. Abominable belongs in that category of movies that include “The […]
Like Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 14-year-old Yusuke Urameshi (Justin Cook), the hero of the brawling fantasy-adventure Yu Yu Hakusho (1992), is “a low-down cheap little punk.” He boasts that he’s the toughest kid in Sarayashki Junior High. He cuts classes and loves duking it out with other guys, especially with his red-haired […]
As we wrap-up the first decade of the How to Train Your Dragon saga in pop culture, the folks at DreamWorks are targeting a new demo: young kids. The new animated show Dragons: Rescue Riders is designed to be a starter series for those in Pre-K and elementary school to watch before they’re old enough […]
It’s one of the biggest superhero showdowns of the year. Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans is available this week on Digital. I recently met cast and crew members who dived into the collaboration and successes of these two similar, yet distinct, franchises. Jackson Murphy: What were the origins of this movie? Marly Halpern-Graser (Writer): […]
Disney Junior has ordered a third season of Emmy Award-nominated series Fancy Nancy ahead of its season two premiere on Friday October 4th (11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT), on Disney Channel and in DisneyNOW. Based on the New York Times bestselling books by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, the series was Cable’s #1 series with […]
Women in Animation’s ongoing WIA Scholarship Program is being enhanced this year with the addition of two new partners – Animation Mentor and Toon Boom — who are granting workshops and software packages to add to the usual cash prize. The WIA Animation Scholarship is an annual award committed to furthering deserving animation students who […]
From the chief director of Psycho-Pass, the director of Afro Samurai, and the studio that brought you Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters comes the animated feature film Human Lost – Osamu Dazai’s masterpiece of Japanese literature re-imagined into a hyper-kinetic deep dive into human consciousness. Funimation Films will give Human Lost a limited theatrical release, […]
