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Macho Man Randy Savage Enrolls in College University


December 8, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Pro wrestler, actor and recording artist "Macho Man" Randy Savage lends his signature gravelly voice to the season premiere episode of the popular underground web series College University from creators Mike and Andy Parker. Described as Animal House meets The Simpsons, the cartoon spoofs pop culture as it follows the [...]

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Bandai, Microsoft to Stream Toons


November 13, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Bandai Co. and Microsoft Corp. have joined forces to offer a global on-demand video streaming service that will begin webcasting cartoons in South Korea in November, according to the Dow Jones Business News. The service will expand to Europe, North America and other parts of Asia beginning in 2004. The [...]

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Cosgrove Hall Animates Doctor Who


November 11, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Manchester-based animation house Cosgrove Hall has been commissioned by BBCi to animate the ninth incarnation of British sci-fi cult favorite Doctor Who. The all-new 85-minute animated series titled The Scream of the Shalka will premiere on BBCi’s website (www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho) on Thursday, November 13. Shalka will follow in the vein of [...]

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Sony’s Triplets of Belleville Site Up


October 17, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Sony Pictures Classics, which acquired the U.S distribution rights to writer/director Sylvain Chomet’s Les Triplettes de Belleville, has launched an English language web site for the film. In the March issue of Animation Magazine, we visited Chomet at his studio and talked to him about his animated masterpiece. Now you [...]

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Dynamic Forces, MoCCA Hold Second Online Fundraiser


September 9, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Lawrence Klein, chairman of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (www.moccany.org) and Nick Barrucci, president of Dynamic Forces Inc. (www.dynamicforces.com) have announced a second online fundraiser, following their first successful collaboration. "In the beginning of August, through our first initiative, we were able to raise money for MoCCA, and [...]

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Panasonic Site to Drive Traffic with Game


August 4, 2003 by Chris Grove No Comments divider image

To juice up its introduction of a new line of Panasonic home audio products, Nitrix mini-system stereos, the company’s web site is introducing its first on-line video game. Developed by Renegade Marketing Group, the Nitrix Series Racing game will be featured as one of the primary highlights within Club Panasonic, [...]

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Take a Ride with Lara Croft, Angelina Jolie Not Included


August 1, 2003 by Chris Grove No Comments divider image

Think you have what it takes to maneuver through the Mayan Ruins in Lara Croft’s custom Jeep Wrangler Rubicon? Visitors to Jeep.com and Yahoo! Games can find out when they download Jeep 4×4: Trail of Life. The PC-based computer game is also being promoted through Yahoo! Games. Jeep 4×4: The [...]

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New Pic Pirate Threat Looms in Far East


July 29, 2003 by Chris Grove No Comments divider image

Proving that video piracy isn’t going to go away sooner or later, another website openly selling illegal DVDs has sprung up on the Web. And there’s a new wrinkle to the scam’the site is offering current blockbusters burned onto DVDs instead of downloads. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Charlie’s [...]

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Disney Flicks Set for Download


July 23, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Buena Vista Pay Television has reached an agreement with Movielink to make movies released by The Walt Disney Company available online for the very first time. The deal covers new releases and select library titles from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone, Miramax and Dimension to be made available for secure download [...]

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Dragon Ball Still Tops on Lycos


June 26, 2003 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

FUNimation Prods.’ Dragon Ball property is celebrating its 200th consecutive week in the Top 10 most-searched terms on The Lycos 50 (http://50.lycos.com), a weekly list of the most popular people, places and things users search for online. The term “Dragonball” has been at the top of the weekly report since [...]

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