Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
December 30, 2011 · Paul Anderson
Pixar-Disney's sequel "Cars 2" was the seventh most successful movie at the North American box office -- and the only animated film in the top 10 -- according to Box Office Mojo, an online movie publication and box office reporting service.
December 30, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
In its seventh week of release, Aardman Animation's Arthur Christmas has returned to the top spot at theaters in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
December 30, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: "The Bongo Punch" featuring Pepito Chickeeto in this musical story from old Mexico animated by Walter Lantz.
December 29, 2011 · Mr. Clevland
Five movies have received nominations for the 15th Annual Online Film Critics Society award for Best Animated Feature, the society's governing committee announced Monday.
December 29, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Walt Disney's timeless cartoon classic "Bambi" and 24 other films were selected Wednesday by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington to be preserved as cultural, artistic and historical treasures in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
December 29, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Today we have "Sale Of The Century" featuring Plastic Man who is able to stretch his body into any shape or size he needs to.
December 28, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: The early Two-Strip Technicolor cartoon "An Elephant Never Forgets" make use of the three-dimensional background effect achieved through use of a revolving turntable set up behind the cel screen.
December 27, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Academy Award Nominee "The Tell-Tale Heart" was an interesting adaption of the classic Poe tale, and put the fledgling young UPA Studios on the map. Oh, and did you know it was produced in 3D?
December 26, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: About a year into US involvement in World War II, "Barney Bear's Victory Garden" helped make him- and the nation- more self-sufficient in a wartime economy.
December 25, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Big Cartoon DataBase!Our wishes for the best for all of you in the coming new year!
December 24, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Not exactly a Christmas cartoon, but "Lonesome Ghosts" is a wonderful and fun cartoon in it's own right.
December 23, 2011 · Paul Anderson
Instead of helping that quartet of kids fight villains, Scooby-Doo has joined the wrong side of the law in St. Petersburg, Florida.
December 23, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Character actor Robert Easton, known as the "Henry Higgins of Hollywood" for teaching dialects to such luminaries as Charlton Heston and Anne Hathaway, died Friday at his Toluca Lake, California home. He was 81.
December 23, 2011 · Mr. Clevland
Investigators for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department are seeking public assistance in identifying the cartoon shown on this TV screen, or the network or station "bug" on the bottom right.
December 23, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: A remake of 1939's Peace On Earth, "Good Will To Men" with mice instead of squirrels... and a bit more graphic point to the horrors of war.
December 22, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
CotD: Yesterday we had Snow White; two years and a day later, "Gulliver's Travels" was released.... the second fully animated feature film.
December 21, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
The Chicago Film Critics Association declared the trippy comedy Rango on Monday to be the best animated feature of 2011. Rango won out over challengers The Adventures of Tintin, Arthur Christmas, Puss In Boots and Winnie the Pooh.
December 21, 2011 · Paul Anderson
The original songs include "Collision of Worlds" from Cars 2; "Hello Hello" and "Love Builds a Garden" from Gnomeo & Juliet; "Bridge of Light" and "The Mighty Sven" from Happy Feet Two; "Life's a Happy Song," "Man or Muppet" and "Pictures in My Head" from The Muppets; "Hot Wings," "Let Me Take You to Rio" and "Real in Rio" from Rio; and "The Backson Song" and "So Long" from Winnie the Pooh.
December 21, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: They say it all started with a mouse; well then it was the seven little men in "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs" pushed it into high gear! Show us how much you love this classic Disney film- the one that started it all.
December 20, 2011 · Mr. Clevland
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, depicted as the leader of a violent terrorist plot in the 2004 marionette-animated comedy movie Team America: World Police, died Saturday of a heart attack, state media announced Monday. He was 69.