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Last year Studio Ponoc burst onto the animation scene with their feature film Mary and the Witch’s Flower. This was the first project of the new studio formed from animators […]

[REVIEW] ‘Modest Heroes’

The Little Mermaid earned its right as a Disney classic when it all but saved animation from extinction upon its hit release in 1989. Nearly 30 years later, few would […]

‘The Little Mermaid’ Splashes Into the Walt Disney Signature Collection for 30th Anniversary

With the 76th Golden Globes out of the way, and with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse taking home their Best Animated Feature Film award, it’s now BAFTA’s turn to honour last […]

Animation Nominations at the 72nd BAFTA Awards

Welcome to 2019, a year all set to bombard us animation fans with many sequels, franchise revivals, and a few originals into the mix. We have plenty to get through, so […]

Animation Calendar – 2019

With the holidays complete, Disney looks forward to 2019, and the studio’s first big release of the year, Dumbo, is debuting on March 29th. Today, Disney revealed the character posters for […]

Disney Reveals Character Posters for Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’

Universal Pictures releases Illumination’s Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch on digital January 22nd and on a multitude of disc formats—4k Ultra HD, 3D Blu-Ray, regular Blu-Ray, and basic DVD—this February 5th. […]

‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch’ Coming to Digital & DVD

*This is a user-submitted post by Jordan Hashemi-Briskin* In this current age of reboots and “re-imaginings” in the world of animation, I stand firm in the belief that while there’s […]

[Series Review]: ‘Teen Titans’

Rocko’s Modern Life, one of the staple shows of 90’s Nickelodeon is now available as a complete series box set! Rocko’s Modern Life is one of those shows that I […]

[DVD Review] Rocko’s Modern Life: The Complete Series

One of the most anticipated Blu-ray sets of the past decade is finally here! Batman: The Animated Series has finally been released on Blu-ray, and fans are not going to […]

[Blu-Ray Review] Batman: The Animated Series

As 2018 comes to a close, it’s time we look back at the mainstream animated features of that year! With eleven theatrical animated movies, this amount was less compared to […]

A Recap on 2018’s Mainstream Animated Features

Last year anime fans were treated to a fun little film called Mary and The Witch’s Flower. This looked like a Studio Ghibli film but in fact came from a […]

[GIVEAWAY] ‘Modest Heroes’ Tickets and Merch

This year is the 35th anniversary of the My Little Pony franchise, and to celebrate, Hasbro and Lionsgate have released a double feature set of both the 1986 and 2017 […]

[Blu-ray/DVD Review] My Little Pony: The Movie – 35th Anniversary Edition

Hey Arnold! The Ultimate Collection is now available on DVD! With a great selection of bonus features, and every episode and movie of the series now available together in a […]

[DVD Review] Hey Arnold! The Ultimate Collection

‘Playmobil: The Movie’, the Newly-Constructed Teaser Trailer

Shaun the Sheep has achieved a lot since debuting in the 1995 Wallace & Gromit short A Close Shave. After then having a successful TV show and his own Oscar-nominated […]

‘A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’ Teaser Trailer Has Arrived!

According to multiple news sources including TheWrap, the anticipated animated Carmen Sandiego series finally has a release date! The series will debut on Netflix on January 18, 2019. The series […]

Animated ‘Carmen Sandiego’ Series Receives Netflix Release Date

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

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 Motion […]

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