Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
December 13, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
From the ORIGINAL Scooby-Doo series, Go Away Ghost Ship first aired on this date in 1969 on CBS-TV. When Frank Sinatra sang "Strangers in the Night," did he know he would inspire the name for the longest-running cartoon on network TV? Probably not. Nonetheless, that Great Dane named Scooby-Doo (as in "dooby dooby doo") has appeared on television under no less than twelve titles.
December 12, 2012 · Paul Anderson
"ParaNorman" was named Best Animated Feature of 2012 by the Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association on Monday morning. The movie defeated fellow nominees Brave, Frankenweenie, Rise of the Guardians and Wreck-It Ralph.
December 12, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Release with the Disney feature Bolt, Tokyo Mater was part of Pixar's Cars Toons series based on the characters from the hit movie Cars. This series of short cartoons feature the characters Mater and Lightning McQueen in various theatrical shorts.
December 11, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Jazz pianist-composer Dave Brubeck, whose recording of "Take Five" sold over a million copies in 1960, died Wednesday of heart failure at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut, near his home in Wilton, Connecticut. He would have turned 92 on Thursday.
December 11, 2012 · Mr. Clevland
"Frankenweenie," directed by Tim Burton, has been named the Best Animation of 2012 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Don Hertzfeldt's It's Such a Beautiful Day was declared runner-up in the category.
December 11, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Back before their television empire, back before the Flintstones and Scooby Doo, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera played a cat against a mouse. From Tom & Jerry, today's cartoon of the day is Mouse Cleaning from this date in 1948.
December 10, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Three episodes of "The Simpsons" are among the five nominees for the Writers Guild of America Award in the category of animation.
December 10, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
In keeping with the holiday spirit, today's Cartoon of the Day is Santa's Workshop. From the middle of the Silly Symphonie series, this short was produced in Technicolor, and directed by Wilfred Jackson.
December 7, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Tunes from such animated or partly animated films as Pixar's Brave and Disney's The Muppets are up for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. Nominations were announced Wednesday night by The Recording Academy.
December 7, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
What would the holidays be without great Rankin-Bass animated specials like Frosty The Snowman? 43 years young today, Frosty The Snowman is not that horrible sequel Frosty Returns (which was cel animated), but proper stop motion animation and narration by none other than Jimmy Durante.
December 6, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Disney's "Wreck-It Ralph" has been named Best Animated Feature of 2012 by the National Board of Review, the Board announced Thursday.
December 6, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
A cartoon we get asked about a lot (and I do mean a LOT!) is La Planète Sauvage (English Title: Fantastic Planet). Not one I saw when I was growing up, but many of you obviously did. This joint production by French and Czechoslovakian filmmakers was seen as a metaphor for Soviet oppression of Czechoslovakia, and pressure from the Communist government.
December 5, 2012 · TammiToon
"Bydlo," an animation directed by Patrick Bouchard for the National Film Board of Canada, was named Tuesday evening as one of Canada's top short films of 2012. The 12th annual Canada's Top Ten list was announced at a Toronto gala organized by the Toronto International Film Festival Group. Actors Sarah Gadon and Don McKellar were the hosts.
December 5, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Netflix Inc. and The Walt Disney Company announced Tuesday a new multi-year licensing agreement that will make Netflix the exclusive United States subscription television service for first-run animated and live-action feature films from The Walt Disney Studios.
December 5, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Let's go way back in time for today's CotD... on this date in 1930, Disney released the Mickey Mouse cartoon Pioneer Days. Directed by Burt Gillett, it was one of the earliest "costume dramas" featuring Mickey and his gang.
December 4, 2012 · Mr. Clevland
Walt Disney Studios' "Frankenweenie," directed by Tim Burton, was named Monday by the New York Film Critics Circle as Best Animated Film of 2012.
December 4, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Three feature films each have received 10 nominations for the 49th Annual Annie Awards, recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. The three are Brave (Pixar Animation Studios), Rise of the Guardians (DreamWorks Animation) and Wreck-It Ralph (Walt Disney Animation Studios). All three are among the eight nominees for Best Animated Feature.
December 4, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
One of the most bizarre- and most fun!- Christmas specials is A Wish For Wings That Work, based on the the Bloom County comic strip by Berkeley Breathed. The special, produced by Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment, has more than it's share of surprises... including an uncredited voice appearance by.... well, just watch it and see.
December 3, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Believed to be the earliest known poster of the world's most famous mouse, a 1928 movie poster of Mickey Mouse sold Thursday for over $100,000, Dallas-based Heritage Auctions announced.
December 3, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Though it had tepid results in North America, DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians collected $40 million in 56 foreign countries over the weekend.