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Anime Expo Exposed


June 20, 2005 by Sarah Gurman No Comments divider image

With a bundle of Miyazaki screenings, a rocking night of everything Gundam and an evening of Midnight Madness, the 2005 Anime Expo (AX2005) promises to thrill anime aficionados and novices alike when it hits the Anaheim Convention Center July1-4. The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation will be hosting [...]

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CalArts Delivers Bradbury Future Fest


June 15, 2005 by Sarah Gurman No Comments divider image

Creative production designs inspired by the prose of sci-fi master Ray Bradbury will be on display Sunday, June 19, 2005 (from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.) at the Foundry (1583 Fishburn Ave) in downtown L.A. Under the direction of CalArts animation alumni J.R. Smith, a talented squad of students, alumni [...]

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Tronic’s Cool Moves for Nike Air Jordan XX


May 27, 2005 by Sarah Gurman No Comments divider image

For those of you who have sported Air Jordan’s since Nike delivered the AJ1s in 1984, New York-based Tronic Studio has cooked up three online CG spots designed to make the latest version of the ballin’ sneakers inspired by the hoops legend simply irresistible. As part of the ongoing collaboration [...]

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Z Animation Builds for Longford Homes


May 2, 2005 by Sarah Gurman No Comments divider image

Claire Armstrong and Joel Parod, Z Animation’s husband-and-wife directing duo, have wrapped up production on a southwest-flavored, 30-second animated spot for Longford Homes, a residential and commercial developer operating out of Albuquerqe, New Mexico. Peter Barg of Z Animation exec produced "Home of Your Dreams," a client-direct commercial aimed at [...]

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DJs Compete to Score New Oedekerk Toon


April 19, 2005 by Sarah Gurman No Comments divider image

Steve Oedekerk and O Entertainment, producers of Jimmy Nuetron, have teamed with ACIDPlanet.com to launch a contest aimed at finding the best piece of original music to score their new animated undercover spy series, Dirk Dercy, Wonder Jockey. Part of the Sony online music creation communities, AcidPlanet.com was tapped by [...]

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Betting on Angelus Awards Student Film Festival


April 15, 2005 by Sarah Gurman No Comments divider image

Hollywood’s 10th annual Angelus Awards Student Film Festival has issued a call for entries through July 1, 2005. The festival recognizes films, documentaries and animation for outstanding achievement in exploring the human condition with creativity, compassion and respect. Not surprisingly, the event was named Best Bet for student filmmakers in [...]

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Discovery Kids, WGBH Do the Time Warp Trio


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WGBH and Discovery Kids have announced that they’re co-producing a brand new time traveling series, Time Warp Trio, which is slated to arrive in households via Discovery Kids on the NBC morning block July 2. The program will also air weekly at 10.30 a.m. (ET) on the Discovery Channel as [...]

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Jakers! Makes Weekday Move


April 14, 2005 by Sarah Gurman No Comments divider image

Following its highly successful weekend run on PBS for the past two years, CG-animated Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks will hit the Monday through Friday programming scene, it was announced this week at the PBS Showcase in Las Vegas. A shift in line with PBS KIDS-enhanced programming plan, the [...]

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ER’s Postman Pat Delivers to the BBC


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Entertainment Rights (ER) has announced that the BBC has commissioned another 28 episodes of its critically acclaimed Postman Pat series. This brings the number of Postman Patepisodes and specials licensed to the BBC to 114, which bodes well for the future of this series on the BBC and the CBeebies [...]

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Profound Effects’ Useful Assistants 1.7 at Your Service


April 13, 2005 by Sarah Gurman No Comments divider image

Vfx developer Profound Effects has announced that its workflow automation tool for Adobe After Effects, Useful Assistants (UA) 1.7, is now available for shipping. Version 1.7 will attend to Adobe After Effects needs, offering 118 time- and money-saving assistants (32 more from previous versions) available for free download by registered [...]

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