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Home Entertainment

Disney’s Victory Through Air Power Set for DVD

Ryan Ball - October 23, 2003

Last night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Foundation presented special screenings of rare WWII propaganda films produced by...

Features

Cyper Media Acquires Joongang Movie Ent., Takes on Pixar

Ryan Ball - October 22, 2003

Computer animation studio Cyper Media, in a deal worth $2 million, has just acquired 13-year-old Joongang Movie Ent. Co., Ltd., a producer of animated...

Video Games

Nintendo Buys Piece of Bandai

Ryan Ball - October 22, 2003

The Associated Press reports that Japan's Nintendo Co. has purchased a 2.6% stake in toy maker and rival video game developer Bandai Co. Both...

Television

Notorious Kids Premiere on Comedy Central

Ryan Ball - October 22, 2003

Animated kids rule Comedy Central's nighttime lineup as a series of new South Park episodes kicks off tonight, followed by the premiere of the...

Television

Fox Tunes in New Animated Show

Ryan Ball - October 22, 2003

Variety reports that Fox Broadcasting Co. is putting together a deal for Steve Levitan and Clone High writers Phil Lord and Chris Miller to...

Television

Cartoon Net Offers Classic Looney Terrors

Ryan Ball - October 22, 2003

Cartoon Network busts out some animated Halloween classics tonight as it continues its month-long Shocktober programming spree. Bugs, Porky, Sylvester, Tweety and other luminaries...

VFX

Alienware Introduces New Pro Workstations

Ryan Ball - October 22, 2003

Alienware has released three new lines of professional workstations: MJ-12 digital content-creation, Ozma digital audio and Roswell digital video. Customers will have the option...

Features

DPS Happily Takes Grimm Deal

Ryan Ball - October 21, 2003

A freshly struck deal with German production company BAF Berlin Animation Film makes IDT Media's animation unit, Digital Production Solutions (DPS), the single source...

Television

Cartoon Network Has Good Friday

Ryan Ball - October 21, 2003

Codename: Kids Next Door led the charge as Cartoon Network’s newly revamped Fridays block (7:00 p.m.-midnight) saw a 27% ratings increase across its target...

VFX

Power Booleans 2.5 Released

Ryan Ball - October 21, 2003

nPower Software has released version 2.5 of Power Booleans for 3ds Max/Viz. Powered by POPLib, a powerful polygonal modeling kernel from IntegrityWare, the plug-in...

Home Entertainment

Harryhausen, O’Brien Favorites on DVD

Ryan Ball - October 21, 2003

The DVD debut of the Indiana Jones trilogy may be the day’s big home video news, but fans of visual effects and stop-motion animation...

Home Entertainment

Noodlesoup, Johnson Co. Put Fresh Spins on Old Tales

Ryan Ball - October 21, 2003

Fresh Spins, a direct-to-video animated children’s series featuring fresh takes on our favorite fables and fairy tales, is currently in development by Noodlesoup Prods....

Video Games

FUNimation Helps with Game Strategy

Ryan Ball - October 20, 2003

FUNimation Prods. Ltd, the brand management company behind such kids anime hits as Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu Yu Hakusho, is making an...

Video Games

Super Duper Sumos Enter GBA Ring

Ryan Ball - October 20, 2003

When you think of video game heroes, fat guys in diapers don’t usually come to mind. Midway Games hopes to change all that as...

Television

Kiwis to Get Primetime Adult Toon

Ryan Ball - October 20, 2003

Montreal, Canada-based Toon Boom Technologies tells us that Auckland-based Firehorse Films is producing New Zealand's first prime-time animated series for adults. The production company...

Festivals & Events

Independent Women in Animation

Ryan Ball - October 20, 2003

How hard can it be to get an independent animation studio off the ground? Women in Animation (WIA) Los Angeles will attempt to answer...

Festivals & Events

Cartoon Network Helps Bring Arts to Kids

Ryan Ball - October 20, 2003

Taking its cue from the Prince of Wales’ vision that every child in the U.K. should have the opportunity to engage directly with the...

VFX

Mariah Carey Joins Proud Family

Ryan Ball - October 17, 2003

If you missed last week's animated debut of pop diva Mariah Carey on Disney Channel's The Proud Family, you can catch it tomorrow at...

Festivals & Events

Academy Goes to War with Animation

Ryan Ball - October 17, 2003

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a special retrospective of World War II-era cartoons next week in Beverly Hills, Calif....

Festivals & Events

Disney Inducts 2003 Legends

Ryan Ball - October 17, 2003

The Walt Disney Company yesterday recognized individuals who have contributed their creativity and imagination to the Disney heritage with the 2003 Disney Legends ceremony....

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