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 Powers 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 years 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, 2005Dont miss the animation industrys biggest night of the year. Produced by ASIFA-Hollywood, the 32nd Annual...
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Television
Even Antonuccis 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 McFarlanes 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, RobotsChris Wedges much anticipated CG follow-up to Ice...
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Features
10 Things to Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving
November 24, 20041. Pixars amazing animation record wasnt 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 childrens 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
Miyazakis 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, 2004Its good to know that although the political climate around the world shows little signs of...
Superprod Animation (France) and Atmosphere Media (Germany) have started production of Anna & Friends, a ...

About 10 years ago, the producer/directors of the prize-winning animated short Kapaemahu Joe Wilson and ...

Donkey Hodie, a whimsical new PBS KIDS puppet series produced by Fred Rogers Productions and ...
