In conjunction with the release of MTV/Paramount's Daria: The Complete Animated Series on DVD, we got in touch with Glenn Eichler, who co-created the...

Festivals & Events

Metropia, Mr. Fox and One Piece to Screen at Annecy

Ramin Zahed - May 5, 2010

The event organizers of the Annecy International Festival of Animation have unveiled the feature film line-up for this year's 50th Anniversary edition (June 7-12)....

Festivals & Events

Ottawa Festival to Showcase Tezuka, Czeck Animation

Ramin Zahed - April 29, 2010

A special screening of short films by Japanese manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion) and an international focus on the...

VFX

Curiouser and Curiouser

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

Animation supervisor David Schaub spills the beans on the painstaking task of creating 30 major characters for Tim Burton's surreal adaptation of Alice in...

Home Entertainment

Books We Love: April/May 2010

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

The Art of How to Train Your Dragon By Tracey Miller-Zarneke Although the arrival of yet another 'art of' book, detailing the craftsmanship and artistic...

Television

Fathers of Invention

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

Aardman's Wallace & Gromit adapt to new roles as patron saints of gizmo creators from all over the world. Gadgets, gizmos and fun contraptions have...

Television

A Singin’ and Dancin’ Mystery Tour

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

Cookie Jar delivers a colorful, animated show featuring The Doodlebops. When the live-action children's series The Doodlebops debuted in 2004, many were struck by how...

Television

Meet Fin McCloud, Fresh TV’s New Celebritweet

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

About a year ago, Toronto-based studio Fresh TV (6Teen, Total Drama Island) brought its latest animated series, Stoked!, to the MIPTV market. This spring,...

Television

The Plush Life

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

The new Toonzone series YooHoo & Friends marries a popular international toy phenom with an environmentally sound premise and a voice cast led by...

Festivals & Events

Annecy, Mon Amour!

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary edition of Annecy, animation luminaries reminisce about the many reasons they fell in love with this remarkable festival. Philippe...

Television

The Adventure Brothers

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

Martin and Chris Kratt are back for more wildlife excursions, but this time, they're even more animated than usual. Roving nature documentary star Martin Kratt...

Festivals & Events

We’ll Always Have Rapallo!

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

The 14th edition of the fantastic Cartoons on the Bay Festival offers four days of jam-packed panels, special screenings and tributes to Don Bluth...

Television

Corus Introduces a New Bushy-Tailed Star

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

Let's say TV's famous obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk was reincarnated as a young squirrel and had to deal with all kinds of phobias in...

Television

Mini Pets Poised to Steal Hearts

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

Rome-based Mondo TV wags its tail for a new animated series based on the popular European toy brand, Puppy in My Pocket. If you work...

Television

Toon Town Revisited

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

The new 13-part series Tooned! offers a highly entertaining look at Saturday morning cartoons and their impact on culture and society through the years. Creating...

Features

The Fine Art of Domesticating Dragons

Ramin Zahed - April 23, 2010

Co-directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois reveal the triumphs and tribulations of bringing DreamWorks' majestic 3-D epic How to Train Your Dragon to animated...

Television