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Design by Nature: Animated Feature Production Designers Discuss Their Craft and Inspirations

Michael Mallory - December 31, 2024

By Michael Mallory Natural elements figure prominently in many of this year’s top animated features, but none so much as water, which is being presented...

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Animated Features Score Big: The Talented Composers Behind Some of the Year’s Hits Discuss Their Craft

Michael Mallory - January 10, 2024

Forget The Bachelor ─ the actual perfect marriage of 2023 has been that between stirring, moving music and groundbreaking visual imagery in this year’s...

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‘Migration’ Director & Production Designer Invite Us to Soar with Their Magnificent Mallards

Michael Mallory - December 7, 2023

There’s a good reason for the low human character quotient in Universal and Illumination’s sparkling new holiday release Migration. The film depicts the misadventures...

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The Art of Designing Stand-Out Animated Characters

Michael Mallory - January 16, 2023

***This article originally appeared in the February '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 327)*** Some of today's top character designers discuss their craft and challenges. Things...

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Your 2023 Academy Awards Animated Feature Dossier

Michael Mallory - November 4, 2022

***This feature originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)*** Which animated features are going for Oscar gold on March 13,...

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Exclusive: Crafting Po’s Return for ‘Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight’ (NEW Clip)

Michael Mallory - July 12, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)*** You have to hand it to Po, the sweet-natured,...

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Exclusive: ‘Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers’ Answers, Whatever Happened to Those Chipmunks?

Michael Mallory - May 20, 2022

***This article was written for the 35th Anniversary issue of Animation Magazine (June/July '22, No. 321)*** Whether you remember them as chattering foils for Pluto...

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Exclusive: Richard Linklater’s ‘Apollo 10 ½’ Launches Audiences on a Nostalgic Flight in 2.5D

Michael Mallory - March 28, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the April '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 319)*** Tired of all those conspiracy theories claiming that the moon landing...

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Creating a Rubber Hose Wonderland for ‘The Cuphead Show!’

Michael Mallory - January 25, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the March '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 318)*** Don’t think of Netflix Animation’s riotous new comedy series The Cuphead...

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Feature Animation Faces the Music: Exclusive Interviews with Top Composers

Michael Mallory - January 7, 2022

***This article originally appeared in the February '22 issue of Animation Magazine*** If the 90-plus-year relationship between animation and music can be described as a...

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Illumination Hits All the Right Notes with ‘Sing 2’

Michael Mallory - December 1, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the January '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 316)*** Buster Moon, you and your band of farm/zoo animals scored one...

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Shion Takeuchi’s ‘Inside Job’ Welcomes Viewers to Conspiracy Central

Michael Mallory - October 7, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the November '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 314)*** The United States as depicted in Netflix’s new 2D-animated series Inside...

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The Road to Lake Eerie: Conrad Vernon Maps Out ‘The Addams Family 2’

Michael Mallory - September 27, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 313)*** We've all heard about Okie families of the 1930s traveling across...

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LeBron Gets a New Dream Team in ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’

Michael Mallory - July 15, 2021

***This article was written for the August '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 312)*** There’s a lot more going on in Warner Bros. Pictures' Space...

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‘America: The Motion Picture’: George & Abe’s Excellent Adventure

Michael Mallory - June 29, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the June/July '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 311)*** Forget what you learned in school. Turn a deaf ear to...

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On the Right Track: The Remarkable Success of ‘Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train’

Michael Mallory - April 21, 2021

***This article originally appeared in the February '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 307) and has been updated with current box office and release...

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Warner Animation’s ‘Scoob!’ Cracks the Case of the Loveable Great Dane

Michael Mallory - April 25, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the May '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 300)*** In his later years, Joseph Barbera was asked why he thought...

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Much A-Doo about ‘Scoob!’: An Early, Behind-the-Scenes Sneak Peek

Michael Mallory - March 5, 2020

Director Tony Cervone makes no bones about the latest iteration of animation’s venerable, lovable Great Dane, Scooby-Doo. “This is an opportunity to animate Scooby...

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Oscar Watch: Tunes that Makes Toons Fly

Michael Mallory - January 3, 2020

***This article originally appeared in the February ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 297)*** Feature animation and music have been Oscar-night dates for some eight...

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‘Spies in Disguise’: Espionage Takes Wing

Michael Mallory - December 5, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the January ‘20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 296)*** There’s a surprising message in Spies in Disguise, the new Blue...

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