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In an entertainment industry of sequels, reboots, and re-imaginings, no matter how high quality continued franchises are, any originality is a breath of fresh air. Pixar will bring the original Onward on […]

Pixar Announces 2020 Original Film, ‘Onward’

As a writer for Rotoscopers I take the calling of animation addict very seriously. Anyone can be fans of Disney and DreamWorks films, but I believe we as hard-core animation […]

[BLU-RAY REVIEW] ‘Sgt Stubby: An American Hero’

Award season is kicking into gear, so it’s the perfect time for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to announce the nominations for the 76th Golden Globe Awards. This award ceremony honours […]

Animation Nominations at the 76th Golden Globes

Ever wondered what sort of computer magic goes on behind the scenes in movie blockbusters? Important Looking Pirates (ILP), a studio who has worked on some of the biggest movies […]

Interview with CG Wizard Niklas Jacobsen from ILP

Disney-Pixar sweeps the Annie Awards nominations with 21 nominations, respectively, for Ralph Breaks the Internet and Incredibles 2, and more, while Netflix sweeps the series nominations with 14 nominations for […]

46th Annie Award Nominees Announced

The Los Angeles Animation Festival honored Evette Vargas last night with the Festival Pioneer Award for her VR work, and announced LAAF and Toon Boom winners: Best Student Stop […]

LAAF Announces 2018 Winners, Honors VR Pioneer

The Story of Our Workflow, by Alex Safavinia An animated explanation of Kasra Design‘s workflow as an agency that creates animations for businesses. Billie, by Maki Yoshikura The story of […]

LAAF Second Day Screenings Wrap Up Competition

Evolution of Family in Animated Sitcom Moderated by Patty Jausoro, the panel featured historian Jerry Beck, Jesse Eisenberg (Hanna Barbera), David Silverman (The Simpsons), Jaydi Samuels (Family Guy), David Krinsky […]

LAAF Day 1: Panels and Features

Los Angeles Animation Festival screened two rounds of selected animated shorts this Saturday, ahead of the third round and awards show this Sunday. 30 films of various animated media from […]

LAAF Competition Heats Up With First Day Screenings

The Los Angeles Animation Festival – LAAF – kickstarted their weekend with a party, raffle prizes, the voice of Spongebob’s rocking 13-piece band, and the “cream” of the LA indie […]

LA Animation Fest Kicks Off With a Splash, Set With Full Indie Weekend

Anyone who follows animation knows the name Hayao Miyazaki. The helmer of masterpieces like Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, is in the conversation as one of the greatest directors period, […]

[GIVEAWAY] ‘Never-Ending Man’ Tickets and Merch

It is with the sad grievance that we say goodbye to Stephen Hillenburg, the man who created Nickelodeon’s most legendary television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Hillenburg tragically passed away at the […]

Remembering ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Creator Stephen Hillenburg (1961-2018)

Disney’s Artemis Fowl trailer got a quiet release overnight and sent the fairly dormant Artemis Fowl fandom into a frenzy on social media by morning. Excitement, disappointment, and frustrations […]

[TEASER] ‘Artemis Fowl’ Teaser Gets Mixed Excitement After Quiet Release

After jockeying between studios, scripts, and development hell since 2001, and finally landing at Disney in 2013, the teaser trailer for Artemis Fowl dropped last night to excited and highly […]

Teaser Trailer for Long-Awaited ‘Artemis Fowl’ Drops

Captivating. Entrancing. Hypnotic. Whatever you want to call it, there was something magical in the air at Destination D as Bret Iwan and Bill Farmer took to the mics to […]

[DESTINATION D] Voices of Mickey and Goofy Illuminate the Magic of Voice Acting

The internet as you know it will never be the same. Six years after Walt Disney Animation Studios gave us the game-hopping, arcade crashing adventure Wreck-It Ralph, we once again […]

[REVIEW] ‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Hits a New High Score

Joining in on the holiday celebrations, Disney has dropped the official teaser trailer and poster for 2019’s epic live-action reimagining of the classic The Lion King. The teaser follows all […]

We’re Thankful for the Live-Action ‘Lion King’ Teaser Trailer!

For generations, the story has been passed along about the origin of Mickey Mouse. Following a tragic mishap in 1928 during which most of his animators and his star character, […]

[DESTINATION D] How Did Walt Disney REALLY Meet Mickey Mouse?

Hotel Transylvania 3 is out on home video, and we have all the details on the Blu-ray release! If you’re a fan of Genndy Tartakovsky’s previous work, then you’re going […]

[REVIEW] ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’ Blu-ray

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is a reboot of the fabled 1980s Filmation TV series She-Ra: Princess of Power inspired by the Masters of the Universe franchise. This reboot, much […]

[REVIEW] She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Season 1

In 2016, Harry Potter fans rejoiced as J.K. Rowling and the Warner Bros. team gave us Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a film loosely based on the Wizarding […]

[REVIEW] ‘The Crimes of Grindelwald’ is Just Not That Fantastic

Destination D attendees got an extra spoonful of sugar tonight. In addition to a weekend full of programming celebrating Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday, D23 threw in a bonus panel giving […]

[DESTINATION D] ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Songs and Lyrics Revealed

Alcon Entertainment is bringing our favourite lasagna-loving cat Garfield to the big screen, this time in a fully-animated form. Not only that, but it was also announced via Variety that Mark Dindal, the prolific […]

‘Emporer’s New Groove’ Director to Helm Animated ‘Garfield’ Movie

D23: The Official Disney Fan Club kicked off Destination D this morning at Walt Disney World in Florida. The weekend-long event celebrates Mickey’s 90th birthday by giving fans an unprecedented […]

[DESTINATION D] Top 10 Weird Moments of Mickey’s History, Including His Wedding

Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday weekend has arrived, and D23: The Official Disney Fan Club is hosting a special event, Destination D, at Walt Disney World in Florida. The event’s programming […]

[LIVE REPORT] D23’s Destination D Kicks Off Mickey’s 90th Birthday

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, Baobab Studios has released a new CGI animated short film, Crow: The Legend, now available for streaming online for free.The film stars an […]

‘Crow: The Legend’ is a Celebration of Native American Heritage

*This is a user-submitted post by Jordan Hashemi-Briskin* When I was growing up, I was raised with a strong Jewish identity, and, naturally, I was familiar with many of the […]

Reflections on ‘The Prince of Egypt’

If you thought the Toy Story 4 teaser was the biggest trailer released on the internet today, think again. Warner Bros. and The Pokémon Company have unleashed the first official full […]

First Trailer For ‘Detective Pikachu’ Brings The Pokémon World To Life

In a pleasant surprise, Disney and Pixar have revealed the first official teaser trailer for next summer’s Toy Story 4. The new teaser is in equal measures sweet and bizarre: […]

Stop Everything: First ‘Toy Story 4’ Teaser Released!

If you are an anime fan, a new release is coming out that should have you very excited! The acclaimed director Mamoru Hosoda is releasing stateside his latest film Mirai. […]

[GIVEAWAY] ‘Mirai’ Tickets and Merch

One of the (many) enticing qualities of seeing a new Pixar feature on the big screen is the accompanying short film prior to the movie. Shorts are what put Pixar […]

[BLU-RAY REVIEW] ‘Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 3’ Mirrors the Studio’s Priorities

With four highly-successful Despicable Me movies (including the Minions spinoff) under its belt, Illumination is ready to propel its 2016 talking animals hit as its second franchise. We now have […]

Illumination Unleashes ‘The Max Trailer’ for ‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’

It’s Bigfoot! LAIKA surprised us with our first real peak at their new film Missing Link and it looks pretty fantastic. New Trailer The trailer introduces the film’s premise with Sir […]

New Trailer, Poster, & Still for LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’

Looks like the Frozember festivities with Anna, Elsa and the rest of the Frozen gang are coming a little early next year! Disney just announced that the release date for Frozen 2 […]

‘Frozen 2’ Release Date Bumped Up One Week!

15 Quotes from ‘Creativity, Inc.’ by Pixar President Ed Catmull

Our second year of the Studio Ghibli Fest is coming to a close, and fortunately the folks at GKIDS are finishing it out with the classic Castle in the Sky. […]

[GIVEAWAY] ‘Castle in the Sky’ Tickets