Stories By Ramin Zahed
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Features
KOCCA Funds $6 Million Toon Studio
March 16, 2006The Korea Culture and Content Agency has been a familiar force in funding animated projects in...
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Commercials
Blur and Lapin Blanc Partner Up to Make TV Commercials
March 15, 2006Venice, Calif.-based animation house Blur Studio has joined forces with Lapin Blanc, the animation unit of...
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Home Entertainment
History of Violence, Speed Racer DVDs Roll into Stores
March 14, 2006We know St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, and you’ll be needing some help...
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Festivals and Events
Cartoon Movie Ends on an Upbeat Note
March 13, 2006The Eighth edition of Cartoon Movie ended on an optimistic note this past weekend as awards...
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Visual FX and Tech
Softimage’s New Face Robot Begins Global Invasion
March 10, 2006Score another one for the proponents of digital cloning! Yesterday, in Los Angeles, Softimage unveiled its...
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Festivals and Events
UCLA Hosts Rare Screening of Band of Ninja
March 8, 2006If you are in the Los Angeles area this week, you won’t want to miss a...
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Television
PBS Paints Picture of Terry Gilliam’s Animation
February 28, 2006If you’re a fan of the highly original and wacky animated sequences featured on the groundbreaking...
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Visual FX and Tech
Wondertouch Emits Six New FX Libraries
February 27, 2006Visual effects artists have six cool new pro emitter libraries to choose from this week. St....
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Festivals and Events
John Lasseter Tribute Dominates 4th Annual VES Awards
February 16, 2006Last night’s Fourth Annual presentation of the Visual Effect Society Awards in Hollywood aimed to honor...
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Licensing
Lark Creek Restaurants Hungry for Animated Gaspergoo
February 15, 2006Kids will soon be able to watch their Gaspergoo show and eat it too. Entertainment and...
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Visual FX and Tech
BOXX APEXX 4 Shows Love for Autodesk Maya Software
February 15, 2006Austin-based workstation and render node developer BOXX Technologies reports that its new BOXX APEXX 4 workstation...
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Home Entertainment
Bambi II DVD Rolls in the Doe
February 15, 2006Sixty-four years after David Hand’s beautifully animated feature introduced moviegoers to Bambi, Thumper and Flower, a...
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Television
Comet and Dachefa Build Animated CoolCity
February 15, 2006Toronto-based toon house Comet Entertainment is taking a trip to an animated hipster paradise known as...
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Features
Curious George Animators Go Bananas for Toon Boom
February 15, 2006Montreal-based animation solution producer Toon Boom is proud of the success of Universal/Imagine’s 2D-animated Curious George...
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Licensing
Dora Explores Top Toy Brand Honor
February 14, 2006Nickelodeon’s little animated adventuress, Dora was the big winner the sixth annual T.O.T.Y. (Toy of the...
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Home Entertainment
Disney Faves, He-Man and MirrorMask Out on DVD
February 14, 2006Just in time for Valentine’s Day, there’s an avalanche of animated and vfx-related titles arriving in...
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Television
FUNimation’s Dragon Ball Z Bounces to CN Weeknights
February 14, 2006Navarre’s FUNimation Entertainment has announced the return of Dragon Ball Z to Cartoon Network’s weeknight schedule....
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Features
Weinsteins Plan CG-Animated Escape From Planet Earth
February 14, 2006It sure seems like Harvey Weinstein can’t get enough of CG-animated family movies. It was announced...
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Features
Amp’d Cells Dial Up Scanner Spots
February 14, 2006The trailer for Richard Linklater’s highly anticipated animated adaptation of A Scanner Darkly is set to...
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Festivals and Events
Artists Offer Extreme Disney Makeovers
February 13, 2006If you like to see modern takes on favorite Disney classics and you live in Los...
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