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Disney Jr. to Add Nightly Programming Block


August 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Disney Junior plans to launch a nightly block of parent-targeted, kid-friendly short-form programming to air interstitially on the 24-hour channel Disney Junior, beginning Tuesday, September 4 (9 p.m. – 4 a.m.). Presented under the banner “Disney Junior Night Light,” the content is produced by Disney Interactive Family and the block [...]

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Disney Fine-Tunes Pixel Animation App


August 1, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Disney Interactive has launched a new app for creating original and Disney-themed pixel art and animation for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The free app, which is called Disney Pixel’d is available on the App Store this week (itunes.com/apps/pixeld). Users can create one-of-a-kind pixel art that literally pops as you make [...]

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Hanks Promotes Animated Web Series ‘Electric City’


July 18, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 3 Comments divider image
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Tom Hanks’ new animated series Electric City, premiered on Tuesday on Yahoo.com. Set in a troubled dystopian world which is the result of a series of ecological and human-related disasters, the 20-part show was written by Hanks and also features the multi-Oscar-winning actor as the voice of Cleveland Carr, a [...]

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‘Dick Figures’ Movie Hits Kickstarter Goal


July 13, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image
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The fans have spoken, and the sassy minds behind the sassy stickmen of Dick Figures are listening. The hit web series created by Six Point Harness Studios for Mondo Media’s YouTube channel (Mondo Mini Shows) has reached their Kickstarter funding goal for Dick Figures: The Movie. The campaign launched on [...]

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Consider These Careers Launched!


July 10, 2012 by Ellen Wolff No Comments divider image
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A look at the three animated winners of this year’s Student Academy Awards. When the medalists at the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards gathered in Beverly Hills in June, their group photo shows animator David Wolter in the last row. Standing 6’10”, Wolter is used to being placed in back. [...]

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Shut Up! Cartoons Debuts ‘Krogzilla’


June 4, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Shut Up! Cartoons, the YouTube based original programming destination from Alloy Digital’s Smosh, former Disney TV Animation head Barry Blumberg and Smosh co-founders Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, has premiered its fourth new series: Krogzilla Gets a Job. Check it out at www.youtube.com/shutupcartoons. Created by Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked), Krogzilla follows [...]

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Six Point Harness Kickstarts ‘Dick Figures’ Movie Campaign


June 3, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean 3 Comments divider image
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Six Point Harness has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a feature-length Dick Figures movie. The animated Dick Figures series of about 40 shorts has recorded more than 115 million views since debuting just over a year ago on Mondo Media’s YouTube channel. It has become one of the most-viewed and highest-rated animated series [...]

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Short on Minutes, Long on Talent


June 2, 2012 by Ellen Wolff No Comments divider image
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The 2012 edition of the Annecy Festival puts an amazingly diverse and creative range of animated shorts from all over the world in the spotlight. Animated short film submissions poured in by the thousands to Annecy for the 2012 festival, which runs from June 4-9. Though just 49 shorts were [...]

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New Season of ‘Explosion Bus’ Coming Soon


May 24, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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In case you’re missing out: “Squigglevision” inventor Tom Snyder and comedian Jonathan Katz, the co-creators of Comedy Central’s Emmy-winning animated series Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, are back in the toon game with an animated web series called Explosion Bus. There, now you have no more excuses for not watching. The [...]

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Pixel Toon ‘Hit Squad’ Gears Up


May 21, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image
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Like your animation a little rough around the edges? A cool new indie film project from comedy shorts team Super Pixel Brothers titled The Hit Squad is gearing up to start production next month. Billed as “Family Guy meets Nintendo at a Spinal Tap orgy,” the film follows Roddy Stones [...]

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