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Pencils Down at Walt Disney Animation Japan

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Walt Disney Co. is shutting down Tokyo-based Walt Disney Animation (Japan). The animation studio produced many direct-to-video titles and theatrical releases like The Tigger...
Television

New Transformers Series Goes to Entertainment Rights

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Entertainment Rights has secured the television and video rights to Transformers Energon, the next chapter in the epic battle between the Autobots and the...
Festivals & Events

Italy Reels From Cartoon Forum

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The 14th annual Cartoon Forum wrapped up over the weekend. Organized by CARTOON, with the support of MEDIA, Programme of the European Union, and...
Features

Underworld Wins Over Moviegoers

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The ScreenGems/Lakeshore Ent. vampire vs. werewolf EFX fest Underworld took a sizeable bite out of the weekend box office, bringing in an estimated $22...
Features

Kaena Crew Gets Stupid w/ New Films

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Xilam Animation, the studio behind Kaena–The Prophecy, the first European feature-length computer animated 3D film, has two new projects in the works. The team...
Television

Dragon Tales Soaring with Kids and Moms

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The animated preschool series Dragon Tales, which airs in PBS’s Ready to Learn block, is a hit with young viewers and those who look...
Television

Disney Channel Japan to Launch Through J-COM

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Beginning November 18, Jupiter Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (J-COM Broadband) will distribute Disney Channel Japan to subscribers nationwide. Disney Channel Japan will be the second-largest...
VFX

Kaydara Ships MOTIONBUILDER 5

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Kaydara Inc. is now shipping MOTIONBUILDER 5, the latest version of the company’s real-time 3D character animation software. The package includes a new, innovative...
Festivals & Events

AMD Animation and Digital Film Contest Decided

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AMD has announced the winners in its Athlon 64 Processor Animation and Digital Film Contest. Izabela Bzymek of Vancouver, British Columbia, walked away with...
Features

Underworld Surfaces

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Halloween comes a little early this year as first-time director Len Wiseman’s vampire vs. werewolf actioner Underworld opens in theaters today. Sony Screen Gems...
Television

Atomic Monsters Invade Cannes

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Ever wonder what Godzilla did on his days off from stomping Tokyo? Cyberpunk author Steve Aylett taks a humorous look at the domestic lives...
Television

Gee, Davey, We’re History!

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Back when cartoons were mostly reserved for Saturday mornings, the Art Clokey-animated Davey & Goliath was the just about the only animated thing on...
Commercials

Z Animation Opens in N.Y., L.A.

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Veteran exec. producer Peter Barg has founded Z Animation (www.zanimation.tv), a new production house specializing in television commercials. With production offices in both New...
Commercials

Bent Image Gets Skinny on Klondike Spot

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The much-loved Coca-Cola polar bears are a hard act to follow but Portland, Oregon-based hybrid animation laboratory/live-action production studio Bent Image Lab was up...
Features

Todd McFarlane to Unleash Spawn 2

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Todd McFarlane, creator of the Spawn comic book, toy, movie and video game franchise, tells Animation Magazine Online that we can expect to see...
Television

Designer SquarePants to Benefit Kids with AIDS

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Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants serves as the inspiration for 16 of the world’s most prestigious fashion designers to create Designer SquarePants. Giorgio Armani, Jeffrey Banks,...
Video Games

New Jimmy Neutron Game Jets to Stores

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Jimmy Neutron: Jet Fusion, a collaboration between THQ Inc. and Nickelodeon, is now available for PlayStation 2 and GameCube at retail outlets throughout North...
VFX

Intel Proffers Innovative PC Awards

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Alienware Area-51 and HP Media Center have both earned a 2003 Consumer-Desktop Innovative PC Award from Intel Corp. for illustrating industry achievements in technology...
Home Entertainment

Solid Sales for Sleeping Beauty, Family Guy

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Animation is not just tops at the box office this summer, it’s also eating up the home video sales charts as Disney's 1959 classic...
Features

ADV Grabs Beautiful Girl

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ADV Films has acquired the acclaimed South Korean animated feature My Beautiful Girl, Mari (Mari Iyagi) for North American distribution. Directed by Lee-Sung Kang,...
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