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There is much overlap from Once Upon a Time‘s audience and lovers of animation. It is here that we find the pulse of this lively weekly conversation, Storybrooke Sound-Off. Returning for […]

Storybrooke Sound-Off S4E12: ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’

This article has been a long time coming. For years I have wondered why, Pocahontas, a movie I am very fond of, gets a fair amount of hate, while Anastasia, a movie that plays […]

Battle of the History Rewrites: ‘Pocahontas’ vs. ‘Anastasia’

Earlier this week Deadline reported that Alessandro Carloni has joined Jennifer Yuh to co-direct DreamWorks upcoming animated feature Kung Fu Panda 3. Carloni joined Yuh as a director when Yuh personally requested to add Carloni […]

Alessandro Carloni to Co-Direct DreamWorks’ ‘Kung Fu Panda 3′

Two weeks ago, we showcased a tribute video celebrating the legacy of hand-drawn animation and championing those who are still in favor of the medium. Judging from the reaction on […]

Former Disney Veteran Explains Why Big Studios Have Abandoned 2D Animation

The nostalgia bug appears to have bitten the animation industry once again. This time, the effects are now being felt on the small screen. Deadline recently reported that Disney XD […]

Woohoo! Disney XD Announces ‘Ducktales’ Reboot for 2017

The Rotoscopers review DreamWorks’ second CGI animated film–the amazing, hilarious, irreverent Shrek. Highlights Main Discussion: Shrek (2001) Morgan and Chelsea saw this movie in theatres together and bonded over the fairy tale and […]

Animation Addicts 88: Shrek – The Anti-Fairytale

It appears that it’s not just animation studios here in America who are dipping their toes back into faith-based animation. Cartoon Brew recently announced that Entertainment One has picked up […]

Entertainment One Picks Up U.S. Rights to ‘Ooops! Noah is Gone’

DreamWorks Animation has been having as rough a last couple years as a studio can have. Things have been coming to a head this past month though with DreamWorks selling and […]

Dreamworks Animation Reports Quarterly Loss of $263 Million

Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna both released a new song that will be part of the soundtrack of DreamWorks’ upcoming animated feature Home. The first song, performed by Jennifer Lopez, is […]

Listen to Two New Songs from the DreamWorks ‘Home’ Soundtrack

Pencil Test Studios have released a video this week on their YouTube channel, giving us a peek into the making of their new claymation point-and-click video game Armikrog. The video entitled […]

New Behind-the-Scenes Feature for Claymation Video Game ‘Armikrog’

Which film from the Disney Revival Era do you think is the best? This was the question that led us to write about the last 8 movies Walt Animation Studios […]

Disney Revival Poll Results!

Aardman Animations has signed a deal with London Resort Company Holdings, the company behind the new Paramount London Entertainment Resort, which is set to open in Spring 2020. Aardman is, arguably, the most popular […]

Aardman Signs Deal with New Paramount London Resort

Spring is almost here – and so is Disney’s newest Frozen treat: Frozen Fever! Disney has released the first official trailer for the upcoming short, and needless to say, it’s […]

New Trailer For ‘Frozen Fever’ Released!

Three weeks ago, we reported on a major shakeup at Sony Pictures Animation, where Michelle Raimo Kouyate stepped down from her position as President of Animation. Now we bring news […]

Sony Pictures Animation Welcomes Kristine Belson as President of Animation

No, it’s not a fan-produced Fritz the Cat cartoon. The Nine Lives of Claw is a 2D hand-animated cartoon that, from what I could tell, looks like a lost Saturday […]

‘9 Lives of Claw’ Offers 90’s-Style 2D Animated Mayhem, Seeks Supporters

Big Hero 6 is now available on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital HD. Fresh off its Oscar win of Best Animated Feature, the film marks another achievement in the ongoing revival […]

Interview with Ryan Potter, Hiro in ‘Big Hero 6′

It became clear that animation is an overlooked medium within The Academy when Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson presented the award for “Best Animated Feature” Sunday night. Johnson began to introduce the […]

The Problem with Animation and The Academy

After just taking home the animation crown, the Blu-ray release of Disney’s Big Hero 6 gives the world a chance to fall in love with this film (and it’s huggable robot) all over […]

‘Big Hero 6′ Collector’s Edition Blu-ray DVD Review

(Banner image/graphic created by Ryan Campbell) Judging by the opinion article I recently wrote on the subject, everyone has a different take on what the relationship between animation and cinematography is […]

Ani-Matography: An Introduction

Over the last week we’ve been posting daily articles about the Disney Revival movies and now it’s time for readers to decide which one is the best! Reading through the […]

Vote for the Best Disney Revival Movie!

Once Upon a Time returns from its winter slumber this Sunday, March 1, at 8 p.m. EST on ABC. Ready to welcome three iconic animated villainesses to the show, the […]

‘Once Upon a Time’ Reveals Teaser Trailer; Storybrooke Sound-Off to Return

Big Hero 6 is now available on digital HD, and it arrives to Blu-ray and DVD Tuesday, February 24. In celebration of the release, Disney created these beautiful “style posters” […]

‘Big Hero 6′ Gets Snazzy Posters Just in Time for Blu-ray Release

Gravity Falls returned last Monday night, after an almost three-month hiatus, with another terrifyingly hilarious episode. It probably goes without saying, but…warning! Major spoilers ahead! “Northwest Mansion Mystery” opens at […]

Recap & Review of ‘Gravity Falls': Northwest Mansion Mystery (S2E10)

A new stop-motion feature film titled Hell & Back is currently in the works by animation studio ShadowMachine who gave us Robot Chicken. The film is set to be released this year. The film appears […]

‘Hell & Back’ Stop-Motion Film to be Released in 2015

If you have ever wanted to learn more about your favorite animated film participating in this year’s Oscar race, you have come to the right place! Frozen directors Chris Buck and Jennifer […]

‘Frozen’ Directors Host Roundtable Discussion of Oscar Nominated Animated Films

In what could described as both a return to convention and a break from the norm, Big Hero 6 defied expectations and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature […]

‘Big Hero 6′ Deemed Best Animated Feature at the 87th Academy Awards

Welcome to the Disney Revival Rundown! This week, we at Rotoscopers are analyzing some of the most recent Disney animated films and what makes each one so great. At the […]

Disney Revival Rundown: ‘Big Hero 6′

Disney isn’t the only one reviving its classic characters and properties through the medium of comics. Courtesy of Comic Book Resources and Bleeding Cool, Oni Press dropped a huge surprise […]

Oni Press and Nickelodeon are Teaming Up for ‘Invader Zim’ Comic Book

The entire week we have celebrated all the Academy Award nominated animated shorts by reviewing one of the shorts each day. With only a few more hours left until the Oscars […]

2015 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts Films: Rotowriter Roundtable

The best stories, the best art, change with us. I’m recently replaying the Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask for the first time in nearly fifteen years. The weight of the […]

Disney Revival Rundown: ‘Frozen’

Studio Ghibli fans, rejoice! It looks like the iconic Japanese studio may not be dead after all. In a recent interview with the Associated Press about his latest, Oscar-nominated movie, The […]

Rumor: ‘Princess Kaguya’ Director Isao Takahata Working on Next Ghibli Film

Our final review in our series of Oscar Nominated Animated Short reviews is Disney’s Feast. This endearing short about the life of a man seen through the eyes of is […]

2015 Oscar Nominated Shorts Review: ‘Feast’

Welcome to the Disney Revival Rundown! This week, we at Rotoscopers are analyzing some of the most recent Disney animated films, and what makes each one so great. At the […]

Disney Revival Rundown: ‘Wreck-It Ralph’

** This is a user-submitted article posted anonymously** Waking Sleeping Beauty is a rare look into the Walt Disney Animation Studios between the years of 1984 and 1994, when […]

[REVIEW] ‘Waking Sleeping Beauty’

When one thinks of classic comedians, one may think of Abbott and Costello, Charlie Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton, The Three Stooges, or the subject of this article: Laurel […]

A New ‘Laurel & Hardy’ Series to be Produced by Gaumont Animation

With the release of the final trailer, opinions regarding Disney’s 2015 Cinderella film have been finalized into three groups: the ones who are generally excited to see the movie, the ones who just want to […]

‘Cinderella': What Makes Her So Popular?