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Clicking Into Place; International Education and Career Guide; Ready to Move On; Cartoons On The Move; The Final Furlong; Fuel for Success; An Eye for Detail; An Expanding Universe

Hitting a High Note; A Head Trip for the Heart; On the Road Again; Into the Deep End; Seriously Crazy; Justice for All; Annies Go Wild; Completing the Circle; A Physics Bender; The Best Tech of 2016

Open Play; Dreams, Made Real; Gold Grabbers; View from the Top; The Long Shorts List; Hitting all the Right Notes; Time Travel; Holy Reunion, Batman!

Impromptu Delivery, Finishing Strong, An Artist Restored, Engaging the Target, Upholding the Law, 10 Toons Not to Miss at MIPCOM, Building a Better Studio, Toons Get Trendy, Delivering Superheroic VFX Images

Puppet Masters; Illumination Runs; Good Food Gone; Bulking Up; Sketch Artistry ; Conventional Wonders; Mission: Possible; Spotlight: Educational and Technical Animation

A Tentacle Spectacle; Rovio’s Maiden Flight; NBCU Buys DreamWorks in $4B Deal; Voltron Roars Back; Innovators of 2016; Annecy & MIFA 2016; A Super Scrap

Animal Nation Building; A Third of Firsts; A Potent Story, Revealed; No Limits; DIY Comedy

Animal Nation Building; A Third of Firsts; A Potent Story, Revealed; No Limits; DIY Comedy

Home on the Range 20 years of Toy Story 10 Years of Laika Tumble Leaf 10 advance in Shorts Race

Hatching a Hit, Cosmic Confidence, Days of Big Hair Past, Heroes with a Twist, The Return of Mouse and Mole

Artists United, A Woolly Big Adventure, Lucky Number Seven, Building a Mashup, SIGGRAPH 2015, Summer VFX Scoop, Trusting the Audience

The Animation Magazine 251; Leaders of the Pack; A Head for Animation; Big Bears Seek Big Splash; Working to Scale; No Holding Back; Cosmic Canvas; Annecy 2015.

Building a New Foundation Breaking the Rules A.I. Meets Animation Playing Fairy Godmother Fast Starter Action Fairy MIPTV Toon Sampler

SpongeBob Gets Real Hitting a New Note A Hero from Home An Open Mix No Time for Tea Parties A Wachowski Space Opera

Where High-Tech Meets High Art
Former Disney mainstay Glen Keane dives fearlessly and successfully into the mobile world with an emotional interactive dance called Duet.

Oscar Watch: Best Visual Effects Contenders
The 2015 race is a hot one that’s looking more even this year without a hugely dominant film like last year’s Gravity.

Digging Into World Building
Naturalistic and convincing environments form the canvas for the subjective storytelling of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.

The Evolving Role of the CG Director of Photography
The key live-action title is gaining traction in the animation business after years of being seen as a largely live-action only task.

The Anime Income Gap
While American animation heroes appear above money problems, Japan’s struggle to scrape by in the modern economy.

An Animation Marvel
Disney taps a veteran group of animators to transform Big Hero 6 from an unlikely comic-book property into a mainstream movie adventure.

Feathered Weapons
The popular sidekicks of DreamWorks’ hit franchise are ready for their solo feature close-up in Penguins of Madagascar.

Big Legacy, Bright Future
Disney TV Animation turns 30 on a creative high note that it plans to carry into the future.

Tall Story, Short Run
Creator Patrick McHale’s storybook tale Over the Garden Wall becomes Cartoon Network’s first miniseries.

A Tale from Antiquity, Animated
Isao Takahata turns one of Japan’s most ancient stories into the heartbreakingly beautiful The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.

Complying with Gravity
Double Negative goes for realism and a mix of old-school and cutting-edge effects techniques for Christopher Nolan’s new movie Interstellar.

Awards Season Preview
A broad look at the animated shorts and features landscapes as Academy Awards season begins.

Features

Friends in Low Places - LAIKA pushes stop-motion to the cutting edge as it sculpts contrasting worlds to explore family and identity in The Boxtrolls.

Cheatin' Doesn't Lie - Bill Plympton gets honest -- and a bit weird -- about love and sex in his seventh animated feature, all while sticking with pencil and paper.

Festivals & Events

Growth Spurt — Canada's deep talent pool, excellent infrastructure and generous tax incentives are fueling a new boom in animation and visual effects work.

People

Rising Stars of Animation - Our yearly look toward the future of original animation talent with up-and-coming, first-time series creators.

Features

Mutated Tech Brings Laughs, Action to Turtles - ILM mashes up motion-capture and animation in new ways to live up to the mix of comedy and thrills that define Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Television

BoJack Horseman - Netflix gets animated with BoJack Horseman, a comic take on a washedup former sitcom star that is the streaming service's first original toon.

VFX

Animals and Plants — In Space! Framestore and MPC each faced distinct challenges in animating Guardians of the Galaxy's Rocket and Groot.

Home Video

Heist Style - The Suicide Squad takes center stage in Batman: Assault on Arkham, which mixes the gritty world of the hit video game with a stylish take on the big crime genre.

Features

Building Up to Epic - Writer-director Dean DeBlois steers into trilogy territory on a large scale with How to Train Your Dragon 2.

Passion Play - Documentary Between Frames uncovers hidden gems in Brazil's animation history.

Television

Bending Time and Space - Veteran Family Guy Producer Kara Vallow and Six Point Harness talk about developing a style worthy of the grand scale of Cosmos: A Spacetime Oddyssey.

VFX

42 MPC Adds Menace to X-Men's Sentinels - The secrets of animating the mutant-menacing future Sentinels.

42 Obeying Gravity - Animators learn the physics of being a superhero for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Features

Return to Rio - Director Carlos Saldanha and Blue Sky Studio fly Blu, Jewel and friends into the unknown territory of the Amazon in Rio 2.

Connecting to a Classic - DisneyToons' The Pirate Fairy steers the Tinker Bell franchise into familiar territory that closes the gap with its origins in 1953's Peter Pan.

Television

CN's New Bundle of Joy - Creator Skyler Page and creative director Nelson Boles spread good vibes with their original series Clarence for Cartoon Network.

Events

Turn it Up to Eleven - A list of 10 plus 1 shows to watch out for on the floor at MIPTV during the annual market.

A Big Relief - New tax credits are giving an immediate jolt to the U.K. animation industry.

Features

There Be a Cunning Dragon! - Joe Letteri, the Oscar-nominated vfx supervisor of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, discusses the fine art of crafting the dragon, those spiders and other visual treats of Peter Jackson's epic movie.

Smooth Criminal - Toronto's ToonBox and Korea's Redrover tell the tale of a critter heist in the year's first new CG-animated feature, The Nut Job.

A Toon of Love and Fury - Rio 2096, Brazil's entry in the Best Animated Feature Oscar race, explores the country's history and the transcendence of love through animation.

Television

This month, the cable network debuts Chozen, an intriguing new animated series about a white, gay rapper--and showcases a diabolically different new season of Archer.

Schools

2014 School Guide - Listings for schools offering animation, fx and gaming programs around the world, plus special animation education editorial.

Features

Miyazaki's Magnificent Coda - The Japanese master's final feature, The Wind Rises, is a beautiful, mature work of art as well as a deeply personal one.

Pachyrhinos' Stirring Saga - Walking with Dinosaurs puts a family feature spin on BBC's acclaimed CG-animated documentaries about the Jurassic giants.

A Bittersweet Biography - Comicker and filmmaker Jung Henin's autobiographical Approved for Adoption tells his complex story with animated memories.

Television

Intergalactic Travels with Grandpa! - Rick and Morty, Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon's quirky new sci-fi toon, takes viewers along for a fantastic ride.

Festivals and Events

Settling the Score: The 2014 Musical Oscar Race - Our special Oscar season coverage continues with a look at how top composers scored some of the year's biggest animated titles.

Features

Get Ready for a Real Turkey Feast! - The creative forces behind Reel FX's new animated feature Free Birds discuss the choices behind their time-traveling turkey pic.

Miyazaki's Fond Farewell - Legendary Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki bows out of the limelight with his final Studio Ghibli feature, The Wind Rises.

Out-of-This-World Visuals - Framestore's vfx master Tim Webber discusses the stunning CG elements of Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity.

Television

It All Adds Up Beautifully! - The whimsical new PBS series Peg + Cat helps kids understand simple mathematical concepts without coming across as boring or pedantic.

People

Meet the Buyers: 2013 Edition - Before you attempt to rub elbows with key toon buyers at the MIPCOM market, grease those puppies up with the inside scoop on their likes, dislikes and possible conversation starters.

Features

Save Room for Seconds! - Sony Pictures Animation delivers a delicious second helping with its 3-D CG sequel, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.

The Reign in Spain - Kandor Graphics' Justin and the Knights of Valour delivers a charming adventure set in an enchanted kingdom.

Television

Cartoon Network's Extra-Good Mornin' The manic minds behind the channel's new 2D toon Uncle Grandpa give us a glimpse into their super-positive world.

Nine Shows to Track Down at MIP Junior The MIP Junior event in Cannes gives buyers and execs a look at the future of kids' entertainment. Here are nine new shows that landed on our toontastic radar.

People

Rising Stars of Animation - 2013's crop of up-and-coming animators proves there's still room for originality and inventiveness in the toon landscape.

Features

The Gru Next Door - Universal/Illumination's acclaimed anti-hero returns to the big screen in the 3-D summer sequel Despicable Me 2.

Hail the Magnificent Mollusc - Turbo, DreamWorks' second animated feature of 2013, offers a high-energy tale about an unlikely hero who dreams of winning the Indianapolis 500 race.

Television

The Dream Team Is Back - Marvel's Avengers Assemble brings the very popular and quirky superheroes to the Disney XD lineup this summer.

Holy Awesome, CG-Animated Show, Batman! - Glen Murakami and Mitch Watson chat with us about Beware the Batman, their highly anticipated animated series on Cartoon Network.

Features

Blue Sky Goes Green - Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team at Blue Sky Studios, opens the door to a world inhabited by fantastic creatures hidden from plain sight.

Mike and Sulley's College Adventure - Pixar's much-anticipated Monsters University raises the bar on big feature prequels this summer.

Oz Revisited - Roger S. Baum's further adventures of his great-grandfather's beloved characters are given a new animated life in Summertime's Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return.

Television

The Tale of a Boy and His Snake - Sanjay and Craig, Nickelodeon's eccentric and hilarious new animated series, is exactly the kind of show we love to see on the kid's cabler.

Events

Illuminating Shorts - Our reporter zeroes in on four toons that represent the rich diversity of talent spotlighted at the Annecy Festival this year.

Features

Collodi's Wooden Boy Comes Back to Life - Italian director Enzo D'Alò serves up a faithful new animated feature based on the original Pinocchio.

A Zany Return to Area 51 - Director Cal Brunker stresses strong visuals and iconic imagery in the new, sci-fi comedy movie Escape from Planet Earth.

Television

The Millenial Hipster Superheroes Have Arrived! - Warner Bros. Animation takes the familiar DC characters in a totally new direction in the upcoming Cartoon Network series Teen Titans Go!

Putting Himself Out There - How South Park veteran Ryan Quincy tapped his awkward phase for IFC's first original cartoon.

Events

Cartoon Movie Pics at a Glance - Quick takes on some of the new European-grown animated features presented at the event.

Features

A Valentine to a Vanished Era - Goro Miyazaki's delicate, coming-of-age movie From Up on Poppy Hill offers a welcome respite from the loud, CG world of most American movies.

Building a Beguiling Bengal Tiger - VFX supervisor Bill Westenhofer discusses some of the mind-blowing visual effects of Ang Lee's Life of Pi.

Television

The Return of a Seasonal Friend - Channel 4 and Lupus Films revive Raymond Briggs' beloved characters in a new animated special The Snowman and the Snowdog.

Stop Motion Casts a Spell on SpongeBob - How the talented team at Screen Novelties brought a familiar 2D toon to 3D life in the It's a SpongeBob Christmas! special.

Events

2013 Anniversaries - We celebrate the toon old-timers (and some fresh faces) celebrating milestone anniversaries this year.

Features

He's Got Game! - Inspired by many of our favorite videogames, Disney's Wreck-It Ralph delivers a funny, original and heartwarming tale about an 8-bit bad guy in search of a new life.

Dawn of the Dead Pets - Director Tim Burton pays homage to his favorite monster movies and his childhood pet in the charming stop-motion gem Frankenweenie.

Television

Cartoon Network Turns 20 - A look at how the trailblazing 24-hour cable channel has changed the toon landscape and evolved over the last 20 years. Plus a timeline of milestones and first person P.O.V.s from some of the talented people involved in CN's evolution.

Events

Cartoons at Cannes - Our annual guide to MIPCOM includes buyer profiles, top picks for new animated shows at the market and content listings from studios and distributors.

Features

Genndy Does the Monster Mash - Acclaimed animation world veteran Genndy Tartakovsky brings some old cartoon-y magic to Sony's summer frightfest Hotel Transylvania.

A Czech Toy Story - An inventive, English-language version of Jirí Barta's acclaimed stop-motion feature Toys in the Attic arrives in the U.S. this month.

Television

A Fresh Order of Heroes in a Half-Shell - Nick launches a brand new CG take on an '80s classic with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

How to Hang with Your Dragon - DreamWorks and Cartoon Network join forces to deliver the further adventures of Hiccup and Toothless in the new series Dragons: Riders of Berk.

The Hot Sheet: Eight Shows to Track Down at MIP Junior - A quick peek at some of the hot new TV titles debuting at Cannes.

Features

Scrat and Mammoths and Pirates, Oh My! - The fourth installment of the Ice Age franchise introduces several new characters as well as meticulously rendered visuals to draw fans back into theaters.

Television

He's a Bad Mother … Shut Yo Mouth! We're only talking about Adult Swim's newest animated star and his funkadelic show, Black Dynamite! Can ya dig it?

Inside Cartoon Network's Super Hot Summer - An offbeat Internet fruit sensation, a group of animated reality kids and mystical LEGO fighters add an extra punch to the cable network's summer lineup.

Comic-Con Special

Cartoons @ Comic-Con - Before you have a scheduling-induced panic attack, consult our list of cool toon events to squeeze in at the San Diego event this July 12-15.

VFX

Extreme Webslinging Ahead! - Our writer goes behind the scenes of Sony's Amazing Spider-Man reboot to uncover the secrets of some of its high-end visual effects.

Features

Meet the Bonnie Lass of Brave - Pixar breaks the toon and tech molds once again with its 3-D Scottish princess adventure

Euro Dash - DreamWorks' delightful zoo buddies find some new European pals in the third chapter of the Madagascar trilogy.

Television

Tales from the Weird Side - Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch taps his childhood memories to create the offbeat world of the hot new Disney Channel cartoon.

Tapping in to The Grid - Disney XD puts a fresh spin on a sci-fi classic with the new series TRON: Uprising.

Annecy

Short on Minutes, Long on Talent - The 2012 edition of the Annecy Festival puts an amazingly diverse and creative range of animated shorts from al over the world in the spotlight.

VFX

A Hot VFX Summer Sampler - We focus on some of the innovative digital effects of three of the season's early blockbusters.

Features

Arrietty: A Tale Twice Borrowed - How Disney brought Studio Ghibli's take on The Borrowers to U.S. audiences.

Saving the Truffula Trees of Life - How the team at Illumination Entertainment put a shiny new 3-D polish on Dr. Seuss' cautionary, environmentally themed The Lorax.

Bravo, L'Europe! - Lyon's Cartoon Movie cuts the ribbon for 50 eclectic titles created for both young and mature audiences worldwide next month.

Shorts

Sunday Afternoon with Patrick - Canadian indie Patrick Doyon's subtle short Dimanche (Sunday) is a testament to the simple pleasures of 2D animation and well-observed reflections of life.

A Chicken's Tale Told in Three Acts - Grant Orchard's clever first short, A Morning Stroll, combines various animation styles to tell a delightful story with a twist.

Television

The Kinder, Gentler Robots Are Here! - The Hub's Transformers Rescue Bots opens the door to a more peaceful universe for younger fans of the franchise.

VFX

An Eye-Popping Homage to Jules Verne - How Journey 2 director Brad Peyton and his vfx team crafted the thrilling visuals of the 3-D fantasy adventure.

Features

Belle of the Stereo Ball - How Disney Feature Animation blended artistry and technology to bring Beauty and the Beast into 3-D.

The Annies Shake Things Up! - You can look forward to a lot of surprises and top-notch entertainment at the 39th edition of the Annie Awards in February.

Oscar 2012

Eye on the Oscars: Animated Shorts - We survey the 10 amazing titles shortlisted by the Academy.

Shorts

Expanding the Magical World of William Joyce - How Hurricane Katrina and a veteran children's book advocate in New York City inspired an award-winning animated short and popular iPad app.

Television

Welcome to the Emerald Knight's Reboot! - DC Comics' evergreen hero faces new villains and unforeseen challenges in Warner Bros. Animation's hot new Green Lantern: The Animated Series.

Features

A High-Tech, Dysfunctional Santa's Coming to Town - How the wizards at Aardman joined forces with Sony Animation to deliver the poignant and funny CG-animated holiday adventure, Arthur Christmas.

Awards Preview '11

The Big Picture! - Past Oscar winners and nominees (and some of this year's top contenders) share their views on the toon business in this exclusive Animag feature.

Something Worth Tweeting About! - Tweety, Sylvester, Granny and some familiar voices make the new Warner Bros. 3-D short the cat's meow.

Animation Magazine's Oscar Watch [Part 1 of 4] - Early award season watchers seem to be unable (or unwilling) to pick frontrunners in the animation race this year. But most of them have high hopes for a certain Belgian boy reporter and his dog Snowy.

The 2012 Features Race - Which of the 2011 releases will be leading the Best Animated Feature Oscar race, and which will be left in the dust? Here are our recaps (and pre-caps!) of the possible contenders and their chances for the winner's circle.

The Long and Short of It - We've got the goods on films witty, dark, hand-crafted or technological edge-pushing that have earned consideration for a coveted Best Animated Short Oscar nomination.

Features

A Swashbuckling Cat for All Seasons - Shrek's beloved sidekick Puss in Boots takes center stage in DreamWorks' beautifully crafted 3-D adventure.

Television

Kung Fu Panda Proves His Chops on Nick - Po and his warrior pals get ready to fight the good fight on an awesome new weekly show.

Midwestern Madness - Adult Swim brings Brad Neely's zany characters to animated life in the new series, China, IL.

Nos Amis Across the Sea - How the French government is bolstering international animated co-productions, plus a whirlwind tour of top toon houses.

Keeping Toons Alive in Old Blighty - Despite a rough financial climate, U.K. TV animation producers continue to fight the good fight.

Cartoons at Cannes

2011 MIPCOM Guide to Cartoons - Our handy guide to the top animated fare available at the market, listed alphabetically by producing studio/distributors.

Features

The Dark Knight Rewinds - Warner Bros. delivers a striking new animated feature focusing on Bruce Wayne's first year as Batman.

A Fin-de-Siècle Fantasy - DreamWorks veteran Bibo Bergeron goes back to his French roots with A Monster in Paris, an elegant CG-animated feature set in 1910.

Roaming Deeper into The Lion King - Disney's beloved classic gets a stereoscopic 3-D makeover and theatrical release in advance of its October Blu-ray release.

Television

Gods of Animation Smile at MTV - The cabler toons up its schedule with new episodes of Mike Judge's beloved Beavis and Butt-Head and the premiere of the surfer show Good Vibes.

Fox Strives for Flippin' Good TV - Fox-TV's new animation lineup sees the awkward teens of Napoleon Dynamite get a toon makeover, and Jonah Hill as a sophisticated schoolboy in Allen Gregory.

Euro Toons Parade in Poland - Sixty-six new animated properties fight for buyer and funding attention at the 22nd edition of Cartoon Forum in Sopot.

How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love CG - Veteran animator and supervising director of Star Wars: The Clone Wars discusses the digital evolution of his job. [by David Filoni]

Home Entertainment

Autumn Chillers and Charmers on Disc - Dumbo, Danny Phantom, Vash the Stampede and two spooky DreamWorks specials are this month's entertainment options for a cozy fall night.

Features

Smurfs and the City - Peyo's beloved little blue creatures come to CG life in Sony's Smurfalicious 3-D hybrid extravaganza.

Television

Tail-Waggingly Terrific - Hasbro Studios and The Hub let the fresh new dogs out in the charming reboot of Pound Puppies.

Siggraph '11

Your Essential SIGGRAPH '11 Tip Sheet - Our list of the key events to check out at this year's SIGGRAPH Expo in Vancouver (Aug. 7-11).

SIGGRAPH Recruiters Hum 'O, Canada' - A look at which studios are looking to hire at the big CG confab.

The Quiet Revolution - A timely SIGGRAPH panel examines the pros and cons of distributed production.

Home Entertainment

Midsummer Fun on DVD - Enjoy these old favorites and shiny new toon treats while you nurse your sunburn. If you don't like them, you can use the discs as coasters at next year's BBQ.

VFX

Not Your Grampa's Campfire Story - Industrial Light & Magic helps intergalactic creatures invade the Wild West in Universal's Cowboys & Aliens.

Features - Mr. Lasseter’s Wild Ride John Lasseter and his A-Team at Pixar up the ante for Lightning McQueen, Mater and the rest of their four-wheel buddies in the summer’s highly anticipated sequel, Cars 2. Return of the Kung Fu Beast from the East - Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson reveals how DreamWorks is bringing back Po and the Furious Five for a 3-D rematch in Kung Fu Panda 2. A Superbe Year for French Animation - A record number of top-notch animated movies are slated to be released in France. Is it just coincidence or a sign of things to come? Television - Gumball Begins Reign of Color - Cartoon Network Europe’s hot new series serves up the adventures of an animated sitcom family with amazing verve and visual pizzazz. A Classic Tale Gets a 21st Century Reboot - DQ Entertainment prepares a 3-D CGanimated version of Edith Nesbit’s family classic, Five Children and It. Home Entertainment - New Summer Discs Turn Up the Heat - Whether you’re craving superheroes, ‘90s nostalgia or some heavy metal, new DVD and Blu-ray sets will help you ride out bikini season. Lisensing - 2011 Licensing Wish List - A quick run-down of what to expect from top toon franchises at this year’s Licensing International Expo held in Las Vegas, June 14-16. Visual Effects - Seeing the (Green) Light! - Sony Imageworks vfx supervisor Jim Berney and his team revisit the classic comic book and use real-world references to construct the luminous world of Green Lantern.

Same content as Issue #116 (Cover A), just different cover image! Limited print Collector's Cover starring Pamela Anderson of Stripperella, based on characters created by Stan Lee. Ward Kimball: 1914-2002 - We are sad to report that legendary Disney artist, animator, designer and filmmaker Ward Kimball passed away on July 8 at the age of 88. MGL Takes Toys to TV. The One Big Cartoon Pitch: European Producers Gather at Cartoon Forum.

Features - Director Gore Verbinski and ILM vfx supervisor Hal Hickel discuss the making of "Rango"; A Spanish studio delivers a love story infused with Cuban and American rhythms in Chico & Rita; Cartoon Movie offers a fine collection of Eurocentric animated fare with eclectic themes and styles. Oscar Watch - All the animation and vfx-related categories you really care about are here. Shorts - The German co-directors of the acclaimed special "The Gruffalo" dicscss how they adapted the popular children's book for the small screen; Director Alex Weil and the team at Charlex kick off the new year with a CG-aniamted flight of fancy titled "ShapeShifter". Television - The Hub's new "Transformers Prime" series adds sophisticated storylines and top-notch CG animation to the popular franchise. VFX - Veteran supe Greg McMurry reveals some of the clever ways he and the artists at ILM, Entity FX and Hammerhead deliverd the visual magic for "I Am Number Four".

Features - Director Kelly Asbury and producer Baker Bloodworth talk about the challenges and rewards of their new animated movie "Gnomeo and Juliet"; "Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance" gets ready for its flight to U.S. theaters. Oscar Watch - Our quick glance guide to the key effects of this year's Oscar VFX contenders. Television - Warner Bros. Animation delivers the next evolution of your favorite teen heroes for Cartoon Network's "Young Justice"; The new addition to FOX-TV's Sunday night lineup is "Bob's Burgers" by Loren Bouchard; Preschool veterans Robert Scull and Jonny Belt dive in with their swimming new educational series, "Bubble Guppies"; Disney TV Animatoin's new preschool show "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" revisits Peter Pan's old haunts.