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The internet fan communities are reeling after Cartoon Network announced yesterday that Adventure Time will be coming to a close in 2018. This news comes not long after the announcements of the […]

Adventure Time to End in 2018

To this day, The Emperor’s New Groove remains one of Disney’s most delightfully strange films in their animated canon. This film was released December 15, 2000, post-Renaissance and after six […]

Disney Canon Countdown 40: ‘The Emperor’s New Groove’

Disney has started a trend that most fans find upsetting: the constant announcement and production of ‘live-action’ remakes of classic animated films. Or, as Disney calls them, ‘reimaginings.’ Aside from […]

Reimaginings: The Updated List of Disney Remakes

The Pixar Post reports that the studio has announced their next short film and its director. It looks like Dave Mullins, who has worked as an animator in nearly every […]

BREAKING: Pixar Announces Next Short Film Titled ‘Lou’

Damn, Disney! Back at it again with the live-action remakes! After the roaring success of Disney’s live-action take on The Jungle Book, their live-action remake train continues unabated with the […]

Disney & Jon Favreau Confirm Development on a Live-Action Remake of ‘The Lion King’!

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life may seem like an odd film to review on an animation website but there is actually a fair amount of animation in […]

[REVIEW] Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Review

Sometimes, a creator, or creators, can turn out something that’s more than just below par… Often times, we question: why? Sometimes the response is a simple “What went wrong?” Another […]

Disney Canon Countdown 39: ‘Dinosaur’

September 24th was National Art House Theater Day and, to celebrate, my neighborhood theater had a treat for us animation buffs – the package film A Town Called Panic: Double […]

[REVIEW] ‘A Town Called Panic: Double Fun’

This summer, Blue Sky Studios released the fifth installment in its Ice Age franchise and, to celebrate, released an entire art book dedicated to the franchise. The Art of Ice Age […]

[ART BOOK REVIEW] The Art of Ice Age

‘What You Should Know’ is a Rotoscopers series that gives you a detailed and (somewhat) objective rundown of this year’s animated films, right before or on the day they hit […]

What You Should Know Before Seeing: ‘Storks’

Fantasia 2000 is one of the rare sequels that manages to feel like a worthy successor to the original film. Unlike the many quick cash-grab sequels that Disney became known […]

Disney Canon Countdown 38: ‘Fantasia 2000’

As the Disney Renaissance comes to a close, we enter into the Post-Renaissance Era, otherwise known as Disney’s Second Dark Age. This era, with a few exceptions, is full of […]

Disney Canon Countdown: The Post-Renaissance Era

Ah, siblings. Love them or hate them, siblings make life interesting, especially in animated movies. Siblings play such a important role in movies that I have compiled a short list […]

Top 10 Siblings in Animated Movies

Way out west, the Rotoscopers are at it again, dog-gone-it! This time they review ‘An American Tail: Fievel Goes West’ Highlights Main Discussion: So many connections to Beauty and the […]

Animation Addicts Episode 131 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West – Cat R. Waul VS Ratigan

On April of next year, it’s out with the old and in with the new. Or in the case of Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming reboot Smurfs: The Lost Village, it’s […]

First (Teaser) Trailer for ‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’ Arrives Online!

It was announced back in June that Sony Pictures Animation was given an overhaul from filmmaking arm to production house, complete with a new slate of film projects dated up […]

‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’ Teaser Poster + First Trailer Tomorrow!

If you’re like me and you grew up during the days of classic Adult Swim, Toonami, or Cartoon Network, than this will certainly be a sad day in TV animation […]

Voice Actor and Animator C. Martin Croker Dead at 54

In 1919, popular novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs moved his family from Oak Park, Illinois, to Southern California. Not long after his arrival, Burroughs bought a huge tract of land from […]

Disney Canon Countdown 37: ‘Tarzan’

A few months ago, I did a post on a ‘History of Disney Owls‘, and it is one of my favorite posts. For a girl who normally does opinion pieces, […]

A History of Disney Bears

Welcome to the next entry in the Rotoscopers’ Canon Countdown! Leading up to the release of Moana this November, we’re going through the history of Walt Disney Animation Studios, film […]

Disney Canon Countdown 36: ‘Mulan’

This month, Storks will be sent out into the world as the second theatrical release from Warner Animation Group. As with most major animated films, their were two directors at […]

Dax Shepard to Co-Direct and Co-Write Warner Animation Group’s ‘S.C.O.O.B.’

The release of DreamWorks’ second animated release this year, Trolls, is quickly approaching, and in preparation for that release, DreamWorks just released a second full trailer for the film. Even […]

Second Trailer for DreamWorks’ ‘Trolls’ Debuts Online!

**This is a user-submitted post by Octaviano Macias** The summer season seems to be over, so I’ve been looking through some summer-based shows to honor it. From shows like Ed, […]

[OPINION] ‘Gravity Falls’ – The Worst Episodes

Welcome to the next entry in the Rotoscopers’ Canon Countdown. Leading up to the release of Moana this November, we’re journeying through the history of Walt Disney Animation Studios, story […]

Disney Canon Countdown 35: ‘Hercules’

Are you a fan of Indiana Jones? Have you ever wanted to see an animated feature film featuring the archaeologist/professor/explorer? Well, on September 29, 2016, your dreams may come true! […]

‘The Adventures of Indiana Jones’ Fan Film to Debut Online on September 29

‘What You Should Know’ is a Rotoscopers series that gives you a detailed and (somewhat) objective rundown of this year’s animated films, right before or on the day they hit […]

What You Should Know Before Seeing: ‘The Wild Life’

For a less talked about Disney movie, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale, was actually a decent success when the film was released in 1996. […]

Disney Canon Countdown 34: ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’

In November of 2015, a report revealed that Sony Pictures was developing a live-action/CG hybrid film adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit series of books. Will Gluck was set to […]

Sony’s ‘Peter Rabbit’: James Cordon and Rose Byrne Confirmed to Star + Shooting Location and Animation Update

Storks is set to fly in theaters in a little over two weeks. Anticipation for this film might be higher than usual since this is the film that Warner Animation […]

‘LEGO Ninjago’ Short Film ‘The Master’ to Screen before ‘Storks’

WRITER’S NOTE: I’m aware that the subject of this article might be a sensitive topic to some readers. I fully understand that, but I am also of the opinion that […]

‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Casting Criticism: What Do You Think?

LATE STORY: ‘The LEGO Ninjago Movie’ Update – New Cast Additions, New Plot Details, and New Writers

In May, DC Comics launched a new publishing line where A-list comics creators took iconic characters and properties from the Hanna-Barbera library and reinvented them for comics. For those not […]

DC’s Hanna-Barbera Line Expands with Two New Titles: ‘Dastardly & Muttley’ and ‘The Jetsons’

It seems you can’t talk about Disney’s Pocahontas without mentioning the history. She was, after all, a woman who really existed. A chief’s daughter that ‘saved’ John Smith (though even […]

Disney Canon Countdown 33: ‘Pocahontas’

Welcome to the Rotoscopers Roundtable, a feature in which the Rotoscopers crew takes one question and gives their answers. If you have a question you’d like us to answer, ask it […]

Rotoscopers Roundtable: How Would You Describe Your Writing Style?

Up next in the Disney Canon Countdown, comes, arguably, the greatest film of the Disney Renaissance, and perhaps, even the entire Disney lineup. May I present, the sixth highest-grossing animated film, winner […]

Disney Canon Countdown 32: ‘The Lion King’

Before I write anything else, I should mention a caveat right up-front. While I’m familiar with Richard Rich’s name from The Fox and the Hound and his animated scriptural stories, I’ve never […]

[REVIEW] ‘The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today!’