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Persepolis Nabs Another Prize at Cartoon Movie
Although they lost the Oscar to Brad Bird and Ratatouille, Persepolis directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud won the Award for Best European Director of the Year at this week’s Cartoon Movie gathering in Postdam, Germany. Other nominees in the category were Victor Maldonado and Adrian Garcia for the Spanish [...]
48 Euro Pics Bow at Cartoon Movie
If you happen to be in Germany next week and would like to take a sneak peek of what the European animated feature film community has to offer, you should definitely check out the tenth edition of Cartoon Movie (March 5-7) in Potsdam/Babelsberg. Kicking off this year’s lineup is a [...]
Pirates Helmer to Navigate First Animated Pic
Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski is getting ready to follow up his CG-laden phantom swashbucklers with a fully animated feature, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Oscar-winning producer Graham King (The Departed, The Aviator) is reported to be attached to Verbinski’s new animated venture, which is described only as [...]
Evangelion 1.0 Nabs Tokyo Fair Top Honor
Evangelion 1.0: You are (Not) Alone has been given the Animation of the Year Award by the organizers of this year’s Tokyo International Fair (TAF). Directed by Hideaki Anno, Masayuki and Kazuya Tsurumaki, 1.0 is the latest installment of the franchise, based on the 1994 manga by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto about [...]
And Your Oscar Winners Are…
Just in time of the real Academy Awards ceremony, which takes place this Sunday (check them out on ABC at 5 p.m.), we’ve tallied your votes for your favorites in the Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Short and Best Visual Effects categories. This year, we had a huge response from [...]
Replacements Ready for Sophomore Season
Disney Channel will launch the second season of its popular animated series The Replacements on Monday, March 10. Created by children’s author and illustrator Dan Santat (The Guild of Geniuses) and exec produced by Jack Thomas (The Fairly OddParents), the toon centers on tween siblings who can replace any grown [...]
China Extends Ban on SpongeBob
Just when it seemed that the Chinese regulators were going to warm up a little to Western shows, the country’s State Administration of Radio, Film and TV (SARFT) is cracking down harder on imported toons, extending its prime-time ban on foreign shows by an hour: The block is now extended [...]
Tyler Perry a.k.a. Madea Talks Toons
Tyler Perry, the man behind such surprise box-office hits as Madea’s Family Reunion and Diary of a Mad Black Woman is getting into the animation business. Helping him bring his unique vision to toon town is Venice, Calif-based Exodus Film Group, which is also in production on the CG-animated feature [...]
Animag Book Signing in Big Apple
Last week, Animation Magazine hosted a party in celebration of our 20th anniversary retrospective art book at New York City’s very cool Animazing Gallery. We were fortunate enough to have several of the book’s talented contributors in attendance at the party. Bill Plympton, John Canemaker, Linda Simensky and Terry Thoren [...]
DUCK Swims with Hoop
LA.-based indie studio DUCK recently wrapped the innovative partially animated music video for rising star Jesca Hoop’s second single ‘Money.’ Directed by Richard Borge and produced by Mark Medernach, the innovative clip uses a wide range of media to animate Hoop’s catchy song. The music video was animated entirely in [...]
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