Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
December 20, 2011 · Mr. Clevland
"The Adventures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn" won for Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media at the 16th Satellite Awards, held Sunday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel. It defeated fellow nominees Kung Fu Panda 2, The Muppets, Puss in Boots, Rango and Rio in the category.
December 20, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Dorse Lanpher, "the Grand Old Master of effects animation," has died, The Animation Guild (Local 839 IATSE) announced Sunday. He was 76. He died at home, getting ready to go out to eat with old effects crew buddies, according to reports from friends.
December 20, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: One of my favorite Scooby-Doo episodes is "Spooky Space Kook" and the crazy glowing alien in it. CLASSIC Scooby!
December 19, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Got an idea for an animation project created with new technologies? For its eighth year, the National Film Board of Canada's Hothouse program is issuing a call for submissions for emerging animators across Canada, one that will feature an emphasis on digital technologies and a Genie-winning animator as mentoring director.
December 19, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Take a step back in time with "A Flintstone Family Christmas" for a Yabba-Dabba-Do good holiday special.
December 18, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
For the first time since it opened abroad October 27, DreamWorks Animation's Puss In Boots has clawed its way to the top of the foreign box office.
December 18, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: The grand-daddy of all Christmas specials, "How The Grinch Stole Christmas!" showed us that some things are best as cartoons, big budgets and Jim Carrey or not!
December 17, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Services will be held today in Hollywood for storyboard artist Ricky Garduno, who died at 35.
December 17, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: An early Christmas special, "The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas" originally aired on NBC and was rebroadcast on CBS.
December 16, 2011 · Mr. Clevland
An all-new exclusive Angry Birds holiday short film, “Angry Birds – Wreck the Halls” comes to Nickelodeon, Saturday, December 17 during the 11 a.m. airing of Kung Fu Panda: Legend of Awesomeness in Nick’s Saturday morning animation block.
December 16, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Up for a Golden Globe are: The Adventures of Tintin (Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures/ Hemisphere Capital/Amblin Entertainment) Arthur Christmas (Columbia Pictures & Sony Pictures Animation) Cars 2 (Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios) Puss in Boots (DreamWorks Animation) Rango (Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon).
December 16, 2011 · Dave Koch
[ CotD: "Rabbit Of Seville" is on just about everyones top 10 cartoon list. Watch it again today and see why Chuck Jones is considered a cartoon genius!
December 15, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" was named Best Animated Film on Sunday by the New York Film Critics Online, an organization composed of New York City-based Internet reviewers.
December 15, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
CotD: From Harman-Ising in their MGM years, "Little Buck Cheeser" is a fun and maybe just a little too cutesy.
December 14, 2011 · Paul Anderson
A recent Japanese television airing of Studio Ghibli's Tenkû No Shiro Rapyuta (English title: Laputa: Castle in the Sky) has triggered a new record for the highest tweets per second, according to the social network.
December 14, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Four of six nominations for the Writers Guild Award in the Animation category are for separate episodes of Fox's The Simpsons.
December 14, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Echoing its Washington-area counterpart, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association has given Gore Verbinski's Rangoits award for Best Animation. The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn, directed by Steven Spielberg, was named runner-up in the category for the 37th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.
December 14, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Perennial Pictures first special was "A Merry Mirthworm Christmas" was a story of fitting in in the Holidays... and of prejudice.
December 13, 2011 · Mr. Clevland
Dreamworks Animation's "Shrek" spinoff movie "Puss in Boots" has been given a name change for release in the United Arab Emirates.
December 13, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
Picking up steam with movie reviewers, the loopy and textured Western adventure Rango was named Best Animated Film on Sunday by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle.