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- Animation Magazine 2012 Trade Show Calendar
  
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  Animation Magazine's 2012 Trade Show Calendar
- Animation Magazine 2012 School Guide
  
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  Animation Magazine's 2012 School Guide issue
- Issue #220 April/May 2012
  
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  Features
  
  Avast, Aardman Magic Ahoy! - With The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Peter Lord and his team have outdone themselves with another delightful, beautifully crafted animated movie.
  
  More Than Just a Pretty Picture - An appraising look at Jean-François Laguionie's latest work of art, The Painting.
  
  Television
  
  Korra: The Next Airbender! - From the minds behind Nickelodeon's acclaimed Avatar comes an exciting new chapter with a brand new heroine, The Legend of Korra.
  
  Teen Spidey Reports for Duty - Ultimate Spider-Man begins to spin its colorful web on Disney XD's new Marvel block.
  
  MIPTV
  
  La Dolce Vita Animata - Indie animation producers in Italy continue to deliver the goods despite tough financial challenges and the slow growth of revenue from multimedia projects.
  
  Anniversary Special
  
  25 TV Shows That Defined the Toon Landscape (1986-2011)
  
  Blockbuster Bonanza! Top 20 Animated Movies at the Box Office
  
  Looking Back in Wonder - Animation Magazine's founder recalls the early days of the publication and 25 years of unbelievable changes in the toon business
- Issue #219 March 2012
  
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  Features
  
  Arrietty: A Tale Twice Borrowed - How Disney brought Studio Ghibli's take on The Borrowers to U.S. audiences.
  
  Saving the Truffula Trees of Life - How the team at Illumination Entertainment put a shiny new 3-D polish on Dr. Seuss' cautionary, environmentally themed The Lorax.
  
  Bravo, L'Europe! - Lyon's Cartoon Movie cuts the ribbon for 50 eclectic titles created for both young and mature audiences worldwide next month.
  
  Shorts
  
  Sunday Afternoon with Patrick - Canadian indie Patrick Doyon's subtle short Dimanche (Sunday) is a testament to the simple pleasures of 2D animation and well-observed reflections of life.
  
  A Chicken's Tale Told in Three Acts - Grant Orchard's clever first short, A Morning Stroll, combines various animation styles to tell a delightful story with a twist.
  
  Television
  
  The Kinder, Gentler Robots Are Here! - The Hub's Transformers Rescue Bots opens the door to a more peaceful universe for younger fans of the franchise.
  
  VFX
  
  An Eye-Popping Homage to Jules Verne - How Journey 2 director Brad Peyton and his vfx team crafted the thrilling visuals of the 3-D fantasy adventure.
- Issue #218 February 2012
  
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  Features
  
  Belle of the Stereo Ball - How Disney Feature Animation blended artistry and technology to bring Beauty and the Beast into 3-D.
  
  The Annies Shake Things Up! - You can look forward to a lot of surprises and top-notch entertainment at the 39th edition of the Annie Awards in February.
  
  Oscar 2012
  
  Eye on the Oscars: Animated Shorts - We survey the 10 amazing titles shortlisted by the Academy.
  
  Shorts
  
  Expanding the Magical World of William Joyce - How Hurricane Katrina and a veteran children's book advocate in New York City inspired an award-winning animated short and popular iPad app.
  
  Television
  
  Welcome to the Emerald Knight's Reboot! - DC Comics' evergreen hero faces new villains and unforeseen challenges in Warner Bros. Animation's hot new Green Lantern: The Animated Series.
- Issue #217 December 2011 / January 2012
  
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  Features
  
  A Grand Adventure - Global sensation Tintin finally arrives in America, thanks to a spectacular movie directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson.
  
  Once More, with Feathers - George Miller's Oscar-winning, soft-shoeing penguin crew is back in the new 3-D adventure, Happy Feet Two.
  
  The Island of Lost Chipmunks - The CG-animated singing critters are back and in excellent form in the new family movie Chipwrecked.
  
  How to Create a Spanish Gem - Director Ignacio Ferreras discusses the joys and challenges of adapting the graphic novel Arrugas (Wrinkles) into a 2D animated film.
  
  Television
  
  Building a Multi-Dimensional Spy's World - Mixing traditional animation with 3D-generated backgrounds allows for cinematic directing in FX's animated hit series Archer.
  
  VFX
  
  Divine Digital Intervention - Raymond Gieringer, vfx supervisor of the current box-office hit Immortals, discusses how he and his team created stunning battle sequences involving both ancient gods and mortals.