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The Art of Designing Stand-Out Animated Characters

***This article originally appeared in the February '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 327)*** Some of today's top character designers discuss their craft and challenges. Things...

Your 2023 Academy Awards Animated Feature Dossier

***This feature originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)*** Which animated features are going for Oscar gold on March 13,...

Exclusive: Crafting Po’s Return for ‘Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight’ (NEW Clip)

***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)*** You have to hand it to Po, the sweet-natured,...

Exclusive: ‘Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers’ Answers, Whatever Happened to Those Chipmunks?

***This article was written for the 35th Anniversary issue of Animation Magazine (June/July '22, No. 321)*** Whether you remember them as chattering foils for Pluto...

Exclusive: Richard Linklater’s ‘Apollo 10 ½’ Launches Audiences on a Nostalgic Flight in 2.5D

***This article originally appeared in the April '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 319)*** Tired of all those conspiracy theories claiming that the moon landing...

Creating a Rubber Hose Wonderland for ‘The Cuphead Show!’

***This article originally appeared in the March '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 318)*** Don’t think of Netflix Animation’s riotous new comedy series The Cuphead...

Feature Animation Faces the Music: Exclusive Interviews with Top Composers

***This article originally appeared in the February '22 issue of Animation Magazine*** If the 90-plus-year relationship between animation and music can be described as a...

Illumination Hits All the Right Notes with ‘Sing 2’

***This article originally appeared in the January '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 316)*** Buster Moon, you and your band of farm/zoo animals scored one...

Shion Takeuchi’s ‘Inside Job’ Welcomes Viewers to Conspiracy Central

***This article originally appeared in the November '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 314)*** The United States as depicted in Netflix’s new 2D-animated series Inside...

The Road to Lake Eerie: Conrad Vernon Maps Out ‘The Addams Family 2’

***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 313)*** We've all heard about Okie families of the 1930s traveling across...

LeBron Gets a New Dream Team in ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’

***This article was written for the August '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 312)*** There’s a lot more going on in Warner Bros. Pictures' Space...

‘America: The Motion Picture’: George & Abe’s Excellent Adventure

***This article originally appeared in the June/July '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 311)*** Forget what you learned in school. Turn a deaf ear to...

On the Right Track: The Remarkable Success of ‘Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train’

***This article originally appeared in the February '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 307) and has been updated with current box office and release...

Warner Animation’s ‘Scoob!’ Cracks the Case of the Loveable Great Dane

***This article originally appeared in the May '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 300)*** In his later years, Joseph Barbera was asked why he thought...

Much A-Doo about ‘Scoob!’: An Early, Behind-the-Scenes Sneak Peek

Director Tony Cervone makes no bones about the latest iteration of animation’s venerable, lovable Great Dane, Scooby-Doo. “This is an opportunity to animate Scooby...

Oscar Watch: Tunes that Makes Toons Fly

***This article originally appeared in the February ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 297)*** Feature animation and music have been Oscar-night dates for some eight...

‘Spies in Disguise’: Espionage Takes Wing

***This article originally appeared in the January ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 296)*** There’s a surprising message in Spies in Disguise, the new Blue...

Hip Tunes for Toons: Top Composers on Creating Eclectic Soundtracks

It practically goes without saying that children’s animated shows today don’t look like they used to. But neither do they sound the way they...

2018’s Animated Feature Composers Strike a Universal Chord

With the checkered flag about to be waved on the 2019 Academy Award race, the list of likelies for the Best Animated Feature category...

‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles’: Drawn to Reality

Spanish director Salvador Simó puts an animated spin on a special chapter in Luis Buñuel’s life and career. Imagine a movie that proposes to explore,...
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