Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
October 24, 2012 · Dave Koch
Want to be in the running for best animated film this year? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science- the people behind the Oscars- have set a deadline for when your film needs to be to them.... and the deadline is just around the corner.
October 24, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
British animator and illustrator Run Wrake, whose Rabbit was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Animated Short, died at 5 a.m. Sunday due to cancer. He was 47.
October 23, 2012 · Dave Koch
Disney's newest princess is set to premiere in three short weeks in Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess. Despite Sofia the First being Disney's first Latino princess- and Disney's youngest- Sofia has not endeared herself to many in the Hispanic population.
October 23, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Native American activist and actor Russell Means, the voice of Chief Powhatan -- the title character's father -- in the 1995 Disney film Pocahontas, died early Monday at his ranch in Porcupine on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, his family said in a statement. He was 72.
October 22, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Geri Rochon, a color stylist at Ruby-Spears and Kookanooga from 1986 to 1994, died May 17. She was 62. She was a main title supervisor and color key supervisor for the TV series The Angry Beavers from 1997 to 1999.
October 22, 2012 · Paul Anderson
South Korean director Kim Jin-man's "Noodle Fish" was named Best Animated Short in the Short Films Competition program at the 29th Warsaw Film Festival.
October 20, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
British-born Canadian theatre, TV and film actor Bernard "Bunny" Behrens, the voice of Nietre in the Marvel Enterprises/Saban Entertainment series Silver Surfer, died September 19 in Perth, Ontario, just shy of his 86th birthday.
October 18, 2012 · Mr. Clevland
Amanda Tasse's "The Reality Clock," in which a watchmaker searching for his lost clock loses himself in memory, was named Best Animated Short at this year's San Pedro International Film Festival (SPIFFest).
October 18, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming has performed the original song "Still Dream" on the soundtrack for the upcoming Rise of the Guardians, DreamWorks Animation announced.
October 18, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
PLATFORM, the internationally acclaimed animation festival in Los Angeles, will present renowned Japanese artist Katsuhiro Otomo with a Lifetime Achievement Award at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, October 27.
October 17, 2012 · Dave Koch
FOX is going back to the grill for a fourth season of Bob's Burgers, announcing twenty-two new episodes for next year barely two shows into this year's third season.
October 17, 2012 · Mr. Clevland
Tim Burton's comedy-horror animated movie "Frankenweenie" opened in nine overseas countries over the weekend to take in $4.9 million.
October 17, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Actor John Clive, the voice of John Lennon in the 1968 Beatles cartoon movie Yellow Submarine, died after a short illness, his family said Monday. He was 79.
October 16, 2012 · Paul Anderson
Ontario's Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema has announced the first 12 films of the 12th edition of the festival, which runs from November 15 to 18. The lineup showcases the increasingly powerful voice that feature animation has in world cinema today. A unique film festival celebrating the artistry of animated feature films, the Waterloo Festival showcase is one of the most comprehensive public exhibitions for animated feature films in the world.
October 16, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
The animated "Peach Juice," directed by Brian Lye, Callum Paterson and Nathan Gilliss of British Columbia, earned Honourable Mention for a Canadian Short Film at the 31st annual Vancouver International Film Festival, which concluded its 16-day run Friday.
October 13, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Renown Czech director and writer Bretislav Pojar passed away suddenly on Friday producer Michal Podhradsky announced earlier today. Pojar's body of work produced at Krátký Film Praha (the Czech animated film studio) was celebrated by both his fellow countrymen as well as the world at large.
October 12, 2012 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Cartoon Network is presenting a new Halloween special take on the Santa versus Halloween meme with the animated special Dear Dracula. Based on writer Joshua Williamson and artist Vicente Navarrete's 2008 graphic novel "Dear Dracula", the special will air October 16th on Cartoon Network.
October 12, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
Actor Ken Sansom, the voice of Rabbit in Disney's Winnie the Pooh cartoons for 22 years, died this week in Holladay, Utah from complications after a stroke. He was 85.
October 11, 2012 · Ethan Minovitz
British author Helen Nicoll, creator of the immensely popular Meg and Mog series of children's books about a witch and her cat, died September 30. The Wiltshire, England resident was 74.
October 10, 2012 · Dave Koch
The new motion capture animated take of the Tarzan legend has a new poster, and a new teaser trailer. To be released in 3D next summer, the film is produced by Constatin Film in Germany.