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Television

Singapore’s Scrawl Delivers Nanoboy

Ramin Zahed - April 15, 2005

A 2D animated show about a tiny superhero who fights microscopic villains is ready to put Singapore toon house Scrawl Studios on the map....

Television

National Geo and Blueprint Pig Out with Iggy Arbuckle

Ramin Zahed - April 15, 2005

Toronto-based Blueprint Entertainment and National Geographic Kids' Programming and Production are in hog heaven. They recently announced a production agreement on Iggy Arbuckle, a...

Festivals & Events

India’s Anifest Celebrates Animation This Saturday

Ramin Zahed - April 15, 2005

Our friends at Mumbai, India-based one-day toon event Anifest reminded us that this is the big weekend for their exciting event. Organized by TASI...

VFX

IRIDAS Takes New Product Line-up to NAB

Ramin Zahed - April 14, 2005

Munich, Germany-based uncompressed playback and metadata-based color correction tech manufacturer IRIDAS is taking an impressive line of new products to the NAB confab in...

Television

Animated Spoof of Lord of the Rings Lands on Sci Fi Channel

Ramin Zahed - April 14, 2005

Sci Fi Channel will be targeting fantasy, animation, comic-book and role-playing game aficionados with its original new programming slate, unveiled yesterday at the cabler’s...

People

Lyle Is Art Institute’s New Head of Class

Ramin Zahed - April 13, 2005

Aaron Lyle has been named the new academic director of media arts and animation at The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining...

Licensing

New Factory X Toy Site Goes Live

Ramin Zahed - April 13, 2005

Palisades Toys announced today the launch of a newly designed FactoryX.com website. The spanking-new site (www.FactoryX.com) features individual sections for each of Factory X’s...

Festivals & Events

DreamWorks to Unspool Toons at Lincoln Center

Ramin Zahed - April 13, 2005

Al Roker and Chris Rock are among the celebs slated to appear at "Animation Now: Imagination, Innovation, Inspiration," an event presented by DreamWorks Animation...

Festivals & Events

Inspector Gadget CG Pic Flies to Positano

Ramin Zahed - April 13, 2005

It looks like DIC Entertainment's tech-savvy Inspector Gadget is ready to test out his CG powers in Italy this spring. The new DIC/Mainframe Entertainment...

Home Entertainment

Invader ZIM, Space Ghost DVDs Land on Earth

Ramin Zahed - April 12, 2005

Get ready to drop some serious cash on DVD releases featuring your favorite cult animated heroes today. First up, our hats are off to...

VFX

Digital Domain Downloads Luxology’s modo

Ramin Zahed - April 11, 2005

L.A.-based vfx powerhouse Digital Domain will intergrate Luxology modo’s new subdivisioin surface and polygonal modeling toolset into its production pipeline. The Oscar-winning vfx facility...

Television

Chapman Unveils Create Media Ventures

Ramin Zahed - April 11, 2005

In time for the opening day of MIPTV, Vanessa Chapman unveils the name of her new media and rights ownership outfit as Create Media...

Television

CCI’s Harry and His Bucket Full of Sales

Ramin Zahed - April 11, 2005

There is no end to dinosaur madness. CCI Entertainment's charming preschool toon Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs is scaring up healthy sales...

Festivals & Events

Women in Animation Offers Flash Focus

Ramin Zahed - April 11, 2005

Women in Animation International will elects its new board of directors and offer a panel on "The Evolution of Flash," (6:30-9 p.m.) Tuesday, April...

Features

Cast List for Cat Tale Out of the Bag

Ramin Zahed - April 8, 2005

Sean Astin (the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Cartoon Network’s Party Wagon) Elisha Cuthbert (24), Stanley Tucci (Big Night,The Terminal) and Alan Cumming (Spy...

Video Games

Avid Announces SOFTIMAGE|XSI Challenge

Ramin Zahed - April 4, 2005

Avid Technology kicks off the "SOFTIMAGE'|XSI' Mod Tool Lock & Load" Challenge today. Sponsored in part by HP, NVIDIA and Gamedev.net, the challenge gives...

Television

Cartoon Network, Production I.G. Launch New Toonami Venture

Ramin Zahed - April 4, 2005

Last Friday, Tokyo Anime Fair attendees were able to take a sneak peek of IGPX, a new series co-produced by Cartoon Network and Production...

Television

Japanese Mega Manga Merger Delivers VIZ Media

Ramin Zahed - April 4, 2005

North-American based companies VIZ and ShoPro Entertainment announced the completion of their merger today to form VIZ Media. Based in San Francisco, the new...

Features

A Sinful Weekend at the Movies

Ramin Zahed - April 4, 2005

As Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Frank Miller's Sin City took in an estimated $28.1 million at the U.S. box office this past weekend, comic-book...

Festivals & Events