Festivals and Events
‘Children of the Sea,’ ‘Genius Loci’ Take Grand Prizes at Bucheon
Streaming
A Friendship to Treasure: All About Max Keane’s New Netflix Series ‘Trash Truck’
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Licensing
Nick’s Backyardigans Hits Licensing Scene
June 23, 2005Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products debuted the licensing program for the hit Nickelodeon animated series The...
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Features
Disney Eyes 2008 for Toy Story 3
June 22, 2005Whether or not Disney is able to strike a new deal with animation powerhouse Pixar, the...
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Television
Kids’ WB! Grabs Viewtiful Joe
June 22, 2005The Japanese anime series Viewtiful Joe will be introduced to young viewers in North America on...
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Home Entertainment
Fleischer Biography to Animate Bookstores
June 22, 2005Toon fans can kick off their summer reading with Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and...
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Licensing
BKN Signs Game Deals for Legend of the Dragon
June 22, 2005BKN International announced Tuesday at the Int’l Licensing Show that it has sealed video game deals...
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Licensing
DC Comics Adopts Princess Natasha
June 22, 2005Princess Natasha, a popular animated web series featured on America Online’s KOL service for kids, will...
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Licensing
Southern Island on the Case for FUNimation
June 22, 2005FUNimation, which was recently acquired by Navarre Corp., has named Southern Island the master toy licensee...
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Licensing
Mattel is the One for 4Kids’ One Piece
June 22, 2005At the Int’l Licensing Show in New York today, 4Kids Ent. Inc. and Toei Animation announced...
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Features
McGee’s Alice Gets Director, Star
June 21, 2005Daily Variety reports that Marcus Nispel, director of the recent Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, has signed...
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Features
Family Guy Feature Set for September
June 21, 2005As Seth MacFarlane’s animated series, Family Guy, pulls in solid ratings with its second go-round on...
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Television
TELETOON Sneaks New Shows in August
June 21, 2005Canada’s TELETOON will tease audiences with sneak peeks at new fall shows every Sunday at 7...
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Festivals and Events
SIGGRAPH Sessions Spotlight Disney, Polar Express, Star Wars
June 21, 2005Each year, SIGGRAPH Special Sessions offer interactive presentations by some of the world’s most imaginative experts...
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Home Entertainment
Starchaser, Cursed Hit DVD
June 21, 2005Fans of Filmation’s 1985 animated space actioner, Starchaser: The Legend of Orin, can now own the...
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Gaming
THQ’s Destroy All Humans! Invades Stores
June 21, 2005Destroy All Humans!, the highly anticipated new video game from THQ, arrives at retail today for...
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Licensing
Nick’s Avatar on Licensing Block
June 21, 2005Having won over toon lovers with its blend of anime style, Eastern philosophies and Western sensibilities,...
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Features
POW! Batman Batters Competition
June 20, 2005Director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale managed to breathe new life into an exhausted franchise,...
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Television
Nick to Spin More Miss Spider
June 20, 2005Nickelodeon has ordered 20 new episodes of the 3D-animated series Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends. Based...
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Television
Disney Channels Swim to Cambodia
June 20, 2005Kids in Cambodia are waking up to animated fare thanks to Walt Disney Television International (South...
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Festivals and Events
Anime Expo Exposed
June 20, 2005With a bundle of Miyazaki screenings, a rocking night of everything Gundam and an evening of...
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Gaming
Insomniac Makes Best Employer List
June 20, 2005Video game developer Insomniac Games has become the first in the industry to be included on...
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Internet
MTV Networks Wrangles NeoPets
June 20, 2005MTV Networks is doing some heavy petting, shelling out an undisclosed sum to acquire privately owned...
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Features
Batman Broods, Castle Opens Wider This Weekend
June 17, 2005When Brunei, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Luxembourg are among your opening week territories you know it’s a...
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Television
Cartoon Network Pens Ben 10 for ’06
June 17, 2005It looks like Cartoon Network’s latest toon character has a bad case of multiple personalities. Ben...
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Television
Maggie Begins Buzzing on Disney
June 17, 2005Disney Channel’s new Flash-animated series The Buzz on Maggie lands on the cabler tonight at 8...
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Festivals and Events
Legendary Disney Toonman Gets One More Bow
June 17, 2005Probably no one will dispute that Joe Grant lived a full life. One of Walt Disney’s...
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Festivals and Events
Legendary Disney Toonman Gets One More Bow
June 17, 2005Probably no one will dispute that Joe Grant lived a full life. One of Walt Disney’s...
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Home Entertainment
Polar Set For Happy Thanksgiving
June 17, 2005It’s not even summer yet, but execs at the major studios already have visions of sugar...
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Licensing
Joester Loria Takes On Peppa Pig
June 17, 2005Licensing and marketing gurus Debra Joester and Joanne Loria have been retained by UK-based Contender Entertainment...
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Features
Post-Pixar Disney Unveils Ani Plans
June 16, 2005Against the backdrop of swirling rumors that Pixar might come back to the Disney fold now...
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Features
Phreex Next for Shrek, Valiant Producer
June 16, 2005One of the most successful animation producers in recent years, John H. Williams (Shrek, Valiant), has...
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