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Comedy Central’s Comic-Con Plans
Those crazy kids at Comedy Central have some cool events planned for toon fans at this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego. Learn more about hit series Futurama and upcoming toon Brickleberry. CC will also be heavily promoting live-action comedy series Workaholics, with a signing (4:30) and panel (6:30) on [...]
Hunting for ‘Brave’s Hidden Gems!
Caution: Spoiler alert! If you’ve only caught Pixar’s Brave in theaters once, you might have been too dazzled by the 3-D CG animation to notice the fun studio Easter Eggs the artists managed to sneak in to the ancient Scottish adventure. Now, the studio has unveiled a couple of these [...]
Looney Tunes Leads DVD Packs
Some fun goodies for kids and kids-at-heart today! The big flippin’ deal this week is Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume One (Warner: $26.98). But even though you get two glorious DVDs with 25 mad-cap Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts—Chuck Jones’ Old Glory (1939), Duck Amuck (1953) and What’s Opera, [...]
‘Monsuno’ to Hit TV Tokyo
Pacific Animation Partners has announced that Monsuno, its boys’ action animated series created as a joint venture with JAKKS Pacific and Dentsu Entertainment USA, will be premiering on Japan’s TV Tokyo in October of this year. TV Tokyo is a major anime network in the country. “Dentsu is very excited [...]
Brutal ‘Metalocalypse’ Plans for Comic-Con
Adult Swim will be hosting a massive fan concert featuring the Death Metal stars of hit show Metalocalypse, Dethklok, during the San Diego Comic-Con next month. The show is set to take place Friday, July 13 (brutal) on the USS Midway in San Diego, with the animated band coming to [...]
VIZ to Launch Console Channel
VIZ Media, the anime and manga giant, has announced plans to launch Neon Alley, a 24-hour anime channel featuring the world’s most popular titles set to debut on game consoles this fall. The service will be available in the United States and Canada. Neon Alley will present a mix of [...]
ABP Reveals 2012 Lineup
The ninth annual Animation Block Party will be in full swing July 27-29 in Brooklyn, NY. An international assortment of short films will be screening at the Rooftop Films opening night (Friday, 8 p.m.), which will also feature live music. Further programs will play at BAMcinématek, which will also host [...]
Siggraph Movie Panels Announced
CG-animated and vfx-packed blockbusters will have a big presence at this year’s Siggraph confab, taking place in the L.A. convention center August 5-9. The show organizers have released their Production Session highlights (full program available at s2012.siggraph.org), here are some can’t-miss toon related sit-ins: Building Disney-Pixar’s Brave: Pencils to Pixels [...]
Iron Man One of Today’s DVD Heroes
Whether you’re a fan of high-tech laser blasters, ancient ninja magic or old fashioned heists, there’s something for everyone in the action department on DVD today. On the cutting edge is the new Iron Man: Armored Adventures Season 2 Volume 1 set from Marvelous Media ($14.95). The action-packed CG toon [...]
Fox/Blue Sky’s ‘Epic’ Trailer Debuts
Good Morning America got a first look at the upcoming animated adventure Epic from Fox and Blue Sky Studios—based on William Joyce’s kids book The Leaf Men, and formerly titled such. The 3-D CG adventure is set to hit theaters May 24, 2013. Directed by Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Robots), [...]
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