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Dive into New Cartoon Lagoon of Fun


December 5, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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New York-based animation veterans Manny Galán & Pat Giles know their toons! They are the type of creative guys who have a deep passion for all forms of animated projects—even the goofy, low-budget ones that haunt the strange corners of public domain and pop culture. So, it’s not surprising that [...]

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40th Annie Nominations Reveal Cluttered Field


December 3, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 3 Comments divider image
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The 40th Annie Award nominations were announced this morning (Dec. 3) and it looks like ASIFA voters decided to spread the wealth among many of this year’s animated features and TV shows. In the crowded Best Animated Feature category, eight pictures—Pixar’s Brave, Disney’s Frankenweenie and Wreck-It Ralph, Sony Animaton’s Hotel [...]

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‘Beforel Orel’ Premieres Next Monday on Adult Swim


November 12, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 3 Comments divider image
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Ever wondered how Adult Swim’s popular Moral Orel character developed his religious beliefs? Well, you’ll be able to learn more about this interesting stop-motion character’s early days and the birth of his brother Shapey in a new special, slated for a November 19th premiere at 12:30 a.m. (and repeats on [...]

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‘South Park’ Predicts Obama Win


November 6, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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As the rest of us wait out the final vote tallies, chewing our nails and deciding whether or not to apply for Canadian citizenship, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are banking on four more years of President Barack Obama in Wednesday night’s episode of South Park, Comedy Central has revealed. [...]

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Welcome to Brickleberry!


September 12, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image
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Comedy Central’s crazy new toon features a group of oddball forest rangers and a pampered grizzly cub voiced by Daniel Tosh. Move over, Ranger Smith and Yogi Bear. There’s a new animated comedy about forest rangers coming to town: It’s called Brickleberry, and it’s bound to raise some eyebrows when [...]

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Russian Channel Censors ‘Itchy and Scratchy’


August 30, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 5 Comments divider image
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It looks like Russians are not going to be able to enjoy the super-violent Itchy & Scratchy segments on The Simpsons, thanks to a new law banning displays of violence, drinking and smoking before 11 p.m. The means the Russian TV channel 2×2 will cut all the cat-and-mouse segments out [...]

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New Animated Band PusherJones Makes Some Noise


April 18, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Mover over, Gorillaz. There is a new animated rock band in town. Rollingstone.com reports that Velvet Revolver guitarist Dave Kushner has launched an “animated” rock band called PusherJones, featuring The Simpsons creative director Dave Warren, singer Frankie Perez (Camp Freddy), bassist Scott Shriner (Weezer) and drummer Joey Castillo (Queens of [...]

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Sneak Peek: This Week’s ‘South Park’


March 26, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Check out this new, suspense-building preview of the newest season 16 episode of Comedy Central’s South Park, “Faith Hilling.” The episode finds the Colorado boys embroiled in the battle to the death between two rapidly evolving species, the answer to which may be the phenomenon known only as… Faith Hilling. [...]

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Quincy’s ‘Out There’ to Debut on IFC in Jan.


March 23, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 3 Comments divider image
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IFC will premiere a new animated comedy titled Out There in January 2013. The cabler announced the news at its upfront event in New York City this week. The 10-part half-hour series is written and exec produced by Emmy-winning director and producer Ryan Quincy, who was a longtime animation director [...]

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‘South Park’ and ‘Ugly Americans’ Return on March 14


January 31, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Comedy Central announced today that its two popular animated shows South Park and Ugly Americans will return with new episodes on March 14. Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s twisted fourth-graders will begin their 16th season on March 14 at 10 p.m. followed by the tormented zombies, werewolves and vampires of [...]

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