Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
When Cowboy Bebop concluded in 1998, viewers waited eagerly to see what Shinichiro Watanabe would do next. After directing two short films for the anthology feature The Animatrix in 2003, he released the broadcast series Samurai Champloo in 2004. It was worth the wait. Although it was a science fiction series about a “space cowboy”/bounty […]
With a name like Dr. Evil, you just know he’s up to no good. Especially when he allies himself with do-badders Baron Ashura and Count Brocken. But they want more than world domination. This time, they want to replace our universe with one of their own. How? By activating a massive robot just discovered at […]
Nelvana today announced the official launch of the teaser trailer, sneak peek images, and official website for its first ever animated short film, The Most Magnificent Thing. Adapted from author Ashley Spires’ bestselling book, The Most Magnificent Thing, the film features the voices of Alison Pill, Lilly Bartlam, Tony Daniels, and Whoopi Goldberg. With nearly […]
Feature animation flipped on its tail three decades ago, when Disney’s The Little Mermaid premiered and ushered in a “second golden age.” Today, the new Walt Disney Signature Edition of The Little Mermaid appears in stores and online, and whether seeing for the first or 400th time, it never ceases to wield its gentle power, […]
“Destiny is a book you write yourself.” This is a major theme in The Dragon Prince, the fantasy-adventure series streaming on Netflix. In real life, the theme happened to apply to the show’s creators, Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond. They met while working at Riot Games, makers of the multiplayer League of Legends. Ehasz had […]
The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature went to Sony’s Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse. Directors Rodney Rothman, Peter Ramsey, and Bob Persichetti, and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller accepted the award from John Legend and Michelle Yeoh (video below). The Academy Award for Best Animated Short went to Bao. Director Domee She and producer […]
Spider-Man: Into The Spidereverse, swings onto a 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, a Blu-ray Combo Pack, and a standard def DVD on March 19th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. From Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the uniquely creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, the film offers a fresh vision of the […]
Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb were two of hundreds of Pixar creators who worked on the studio’s award-winning, Inside Out. Little did they know at the time that 5+ years later they would be Oscar nominees – Shi as director and Neiman-Cobb as producer – for Bao, Pixar’s latest quirky, thought-provoking animated short. Domee Shi: […]
This is a show that, once you begin watching it, you can become hooked, and you don’t want to let go of it. It’s a magical world of elves and dragons and knights and wizards—and a glow toad named “Bait.” It’s also a world of diversity, a mix of age, color, gender, and handicapped characters […]
Here it is, the first look at Disney’s Frozen 2 – certainly one of the most anticipated animated films of the year. Directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, and producer Peter Del Vecho return – as do the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad, and songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert […]
