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Visual FX and Tech
SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.3.0 First To Use NVIDIA Cg language
November 8, 2002The SOFTIMAGE®|XSI v.3.0 3-D nonlinear production software is the market’s first digital content creation application to...
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Internet
Game Publisher Kemco Launches U.S. Website
November 8, 2002Japan-based video game publisher Kemco announced the launch of its U.S. website www.kemcogames.com. The company has...
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Internet
Grand Day Out For Wallace & Gromit On AtomFilms
November 8, 2002AtomFilms has announced that the Oct. 15 debut of Cracking Contraptions, the new series of Wallace...
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Features
Stan Lee Threatens To Sue Marvel
November 7, 2002The Dow Jones Business News reports that Stan Lee, chairman emeritus of Marvel Enterprises Inc., may...
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Television
Art Exhibited at Groovenians Premiere
November 7, 2002The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) got in the groove Tuesday night with a...
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People
New Nelvana Topper Talks
November 7, 2002Yesterday Animation Magazine Online reported that Paul Robertson had taken over for former Nelvana ceo Michael...
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Visual FX and Tech
Alias SketchBook Pro Unveiled For Tablet PC
November 7, 2002Alias|Wavefront announces the upcoming release of Alias SketchBook Pro with a free introductory version now available...
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Television
Caterpillar Worms Its Way To Awards, TV
November 6, 2002CAOZ, a design and new media agency in Reykjavik, Iceland, is in development on a 26×5...
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Television
ADV Films Launches Anime Cable Network
November 6, 2002ADV Films announced the creation of The Anime Network, the first television channel in North America...
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People
Cabrera Promoted To VP Of 4Kids Home Video
November 6, 20024Kids Ent. has promoted Waldo Cabrera to vp of 4Kids Home Video. He will be responsible...
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People
Corus Ent. Names Hirsh’s Nelvana Successor
November 6, 2002Corus Ent. Inc. announced that it will combine the operations of Nelvana and its television division...
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Visual FX and Tech
Gentle Giant Goes Full Body With InSpeck
November 6, 2002Gentle Giant Studios, the 3D scanning team behind blockbusters such as Spider-Man, Star Wars Episode II...
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Gaming
Powerpuff Girls, Dexter On GameBoy Advance
November 6, 2002BAM! Ent. announced the shipping of The Powerpuff Girls: Him and Seek and Dexter’s Laboratory: Chess...
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Features
Pixar Reports Monster Third Quarter Profits
November 5, 2002Pixar Animation Studios announced the largest quarterly profit in the company’s history. The $46.9 million in...
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Home Entertainment
Brothers, Powerpuff Girls Debut On Video
November 5, 2002Animation and visual effects fans have a lot to choose from with today’s crop of home...
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People
Radium Names Jeffers Exec. Producer Of Episodic And Features
November 5, 2002Michele Jeffers has been brought on as head of the episodic and features division at San...
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Features
Santa Delivers Early Christmas For Disney
November 4, 2002Disney’s The Santa Clause 2, featuring visual effects by Tippet Studio, claimed the weekend box office...
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Television
Classic Spider-Man Series Restored
November 4, 2002If the home video release of last summer’s box office smash has you once again caught...
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Television
Disney Claims New Pooh Rights
November 4, 2002The Wall Street Journal reports that the latest development in the Winnie The Pooh royalties dispute...
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Television
IDT Media, Cartoon Pizza Bake Up Series
November 4, 2002IDT Media’s Digital Production Solutions (D.P.S.) has signed a deal to co-produce a yet untitled animated...
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Home Entertainment
Spider-Man Scales Sales Charts
November 4, 2002The money machine that is Spider-Man continues to fill the pockets of Sony Pictures and Marvel...
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People
Disney’s Animation Chief To Make Exit
November 4, 2002The Los Angeles Times reports that Thomas Schumacher may step down as head of The Walt...
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Licensing
Mainframe Launches Global Sales And Marketing Unit
November 4, 2002In an effort to expand its presence in the U.S. and strengthen its position in the...
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Television
Disney Animation In The Bleachers With ESPN
October 31, 2002The ESPN sports network makes its first foray into animation with the help of Walt Disney...
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Home Entertainment
Halloween DVD Pick: Mad Monster Party
October 31, 2002Overshadowed by other Rankin and Bass stop motion holiday favorites like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Mad...
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People
Larocque Named VP Of Production At Bardel
October 31, 2002Bardel Ent. has made Christine Larocque its new vp of production. The 30 plus year animation...
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Visual FX and Tech
SOFTIMAGE|XSI 3.0 Released
October 31, 2002Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology Inc., announced the availability of version 3.0 of its...
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Licensing
Oooooo! Bacon Cheeseburger!
October 31, 2002If anybody should be the poster boy for a burger loaded with bacon and two types...
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Television
Sugar Dough Series In The Oven
October 30, 2002Animation studio Siriol Prods., (SuperTed, Hilltop Hospital) is developing a series with children’s cookbook author Maisie...
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Television
Sunwoo U.S.A. Bugs Out For Co-Production
October 30, 2002Finalized at MIPCOM earlier this month, a deal between Sunwoo Ent. U.S.A., Rugrats creative producer Chuck...
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Television
‘Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart’: Parker Simmons’ Loveable Trio Hits the Road
June 30, 2019***This story was written for the August ’19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)*** If you...
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Features
Watch: New English-Language Trailer for ‘Maquia’
August 16, 2018Eleven Arts Anime Studio has announced the English dub cast and English dubbed trailer for Maquia:...
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