Stories By Ramin Zahed
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Television
Japanese Mega Manga Merger Delivers VIZ Media
April 4, 2005North-American based companies VIZ and ShoPro Entertainment announced the completion of their merger today to form...
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Features
A Sinful Weekend at the Movies
April 4, 2005As Robert Rodriguez’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s Sin City took in an estimated $28.1 million at...
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Festivals and Events
Cartoon Movie 2005: Pitching Future Euro Toons in Potsdam
March 15, 2005If you happened to be in Potsdam, Germany (which is about a 20-minute drive from Berlin)...
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Television
4Kids TV Feels Mew Mew Power’s Feline Fury
February 18, 2005Fans of Japanese manga will have their first date with the superhero teenage girls of Mew...
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Visual FX and Tech
Alias Offers Maya 6.5 to Platinum Members
January 31, 2005Toronto-based software tech company Alias unveiled the latest version of its award-winning Maya software package today....
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Television
NATPE NEWS DIC Ent., SmartVideo to Launch Mobile Toon Channel
January 26, 2005Animated series such as Inspector Gadget, Strawberry Shortcake and Trollz will soon be popping up on...
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Television
NATPE: Fine-Tooning the Art of the Deal
January 25, 2005Many animation industry players are optimistic about this year’s TV confab in Las Vegas. Staff Report...
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Television
4Kids Entertainment Has Something for Everybody
January 24, 2005At NATPE 2005, 4Kids Entertainment will introduce two new Japanese anime properties: Mew Mew Power (52×30’),...
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Television
Nelvana, TELETOON Launch DVD/Video Venture
January 24, 2005Toronto-based family entertainment house Nelvana will be joining forces with Canuck cabler TELETOON in a new...
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Television
Please Leave SpongeBob Alone!
January 20, 2005With everything that’s going on in the world and domestically, you would think Christian conservative groups...
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Festivals and Events
It’s Still Not Too Late to Buy Your Annie Awards Tickets!
January 18, 2005Don’t miss the animation industry’s biggest night of the year. Produced by ASIFA-Hollywood, the 32nd Annual...
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Television
Even Antonucci’s Eds Catch the Holiday Spirit
November 24, 2004The boys are getting out of their "summer in the cul-de-sac" frame of mind in the...
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Television
Fox to Air Controversial Family Guy Episode
November 24, 2004Die-hard fans of Seth McFarlane’s Family Guy series are already familiar with a controversial episode titled...
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Features
Fox’s Robots to Assemble on IMAX
November 24, 2004Following in the tracks of The Polar Express, Robots–Chris Wedge’s much anticipated CG follow-up to Ice...
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Features
10 Things to Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving
November 24, 20041. Pixar’s amazing animation record wasn’t a fluke. John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Andrew Stanton, Peter Docter...
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Gaming
Di-O-Matic Releases New Facial Studio for Windows
November 23, 2004Montreal-based animation software developer Di-O-Matic announced today the release of its Facial Studio for Windows. The...
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People
Gavin Becomes a Contender
November 23, 2004Rupert Gavin, the former chief executive of BBC Worldwide, has joined children’s animation outfit Contender Entertainment...
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Television
Pet Alien Finds a Home on CN
November 23, 2004Taffy Entertainment’s new CG toon, Pet Alien, will be unleashed on Cartoon Network in the second...
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Features
Miyazaki’s Howl Heard All Over Japan
November 23, 2004Although most American and European box-office watchers are chronicling the performances of The Incredibles, The SpongeBob...
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Television
DECODE Toons Take Over the World
November 22, 2004It’s good to know that although the political climate around the world shows little signs of...
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