Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
December 3, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Despite being a rather late entry into the Looney Tunes catalogue raisonné, High Note does hit a rather, uhm, High Note in the oeuvre. In addition to be one of those cartoons that cat catch and holds one's interest for seven minutes without a word of dialogue (or perhaps because of the fact), this short was an Academy Award Nominee for Best Short Subject in 1961.
December 1, 2012 · Dave Koch
Monsters Inc sequel Monsters University gets a new promotional poster. The new film, set for release next June, will reunite Billy Crystal and John Goodman as Mike Wazowski and James P. 'Sulley' Sullivan, in a prequel of their college days together.
December 1, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
From the first day of December 1933, Betty Boop appeared in Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers with a gaggle of toy soldiers. Betty appears as a doll... but then you knew that.
November 30, 2012 · Dave Koch
Disney's disastrous hybrid "John Carter" is one of 10 films which remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 85th Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Friday.
November 30, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Bureaucrats in Wolverhampton, England refused to let SpongeBob Squarepants go on stage for the city's Christmas lights turn-on ceremony because it was felt that his costume was to large for him to climb five steps to the platform.
November 30, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Walt Disney Animation Studios announced Thursday that it has tapped Jennifer Lee to join Chris Buck at the helm of its 53rd full-length animated feature, Frozen, which is slated for the big screen on November 27, 2013.
November 30, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Released on this date in 1963, Transylvania 6-5000 was the last Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. And this cartoon is thoroughly Chuck. From the backgrounds to the character design to the timing, this short is a one-stop lesson in Jonsian cartoon directing.
November 29, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Franck Dion's animation "Edmond Etait Un Ane" ("Edmund Was a Donkey") won the prize for best international short film Friday at the 26th Festival international de cinéma francophone en Acadie, held in Moncton, New Bruswick.
November 29, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Disney Channel's "Phineas and Ferb" was the sole animated program announced Wednesday as a nominee for the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards.
November 29, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Released sixty-five years ago today, Daffy Duck took a Mexican Joyride down to Tijuana for a little bit of rest and relaxation. Directed by Art Davis, we can never resist picking a Davis cartoon for CotD, even up against Arthur And The Invisibles and Jet Fuel Formula, the very first episode of Rocky and His Friends.
November 28, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Between December 14 and January 3, the Vancity Theatre and The Cinematheque -- both located in downtown Vancouver -- are co-hosting Castles in the Sky: The Masters of Studio Ghibli. It's a major retrospective of films from the world-renowned anime studio Studio Ghibli founded in Tokyo in 1985 by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki.
November 28, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Released this day in 1931, Hittin' The Trail For Hallelujah Land is a founding member of the infamous Censored Eleven is also one of the least seen... I guess that is the point of being censored. So watch this one today, and let us know what you think- rightly suppressed or much ado about nothing???
November 27, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Cartoon Network Europe series "The Amazing World Of Gumball" was the winner in both the Animation and Writing categories Sunday at the British Academy Children's Awards.
November 27, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
For her portrayals of Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Toronto-born Vancouver performer Andrea Libman, 28, won the Award for Best Voice at the inaugural UBCP/ACTRA Awards.
November 27, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
On this date in 2002, Disney released Treasure Planet. Sort of a Disney version of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island," set in outer space.
November 26, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Visual development artist, animator and story man Melvin "Mel" Shaw, named a Disney Legend in 2004, has died at 97, layout artist Mike Peraza announced.
November 26, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Such childhood heroes as the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus save the world in Rise of the Guardians, but they didn't stop the movie from opening in fourth place over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend.
November 21, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Blending 3D animation with live action, the public service announcement One Boy's Story has won two Emmy awards from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Chicago/Midwest Chapter.
November 20, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Young PK Keith of Valley Village, California, who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age two, and whose budding interest in animation and film was evident at an early age, received a Best Elementary School Animation award Sunday from International Student Film Festival Hollywood in recognition of his animated short Animal Birthday Party.
November 19, 2012 · Dave Koch
South Africa's Triggerfish Studios’ 3D animated feature Khumba has been picked up for North American distribution by Millennium Entertainment. The film has just completed production. Khumba is a half-stripped zebra who sets out on a daring quest to earn his stripes.