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Television

Japanese Mega Manga Merger Delivers VIZ Media

Ramin Zahed - April 4, 2005

North-American based companies VIZ and ShoPro Entertainment announced the completion of their merger today to form VIZ Media. Based in San Francisco, the new...

Features

A Sinful Weekend at the Movies

Ramin Zahed - April 4, 2005

As Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Frank Miller's Sin City took in an estimated $28.1 million at the U.S. box office this past weekend, comic-book...

Festivals & Events

Cartoon Movie 2005: Pitching Future Euro Toons in Potsdam

Ramin Zahed - March 15, 2005

If you happened to be in Potsdam, Germany (which is about a 20-minute drive from Berlin) over the past week, you were likely to...

Television

4Kids TV Feels Mew Mew Power’s Feline Fury

Ramin Zahed - February 18, 2005

Fans of Japanese manga will have their first date with the superhero teenage girls of Mew Mew Power tomorrow at 8 a.m. on 4Kids...

VFX

Alias Offers Maya 6.5 to Platinum Members

Ramin Zahed - January 31, 2005

Toronto-based software tech company Alias unveiled the latest version of its award-winning Maya software package today. This new offering was created to meet the...

Television

NATPE NEWS DIC Ent., SmartVideo to Launch Mobile Toon Channel

Ramin Zahed - January 26, 2005

Animated series such as Inspector Gadget, Strawberry Shortcake and Trollz will soon be popping up on cell phones all over the world. Indie animation...

Television

NATPE: Fine-Tooning the Art of the Deal

Ramin Zahed - January 25, 2005

Many animation industry players are optimistic about this year’s TV confab in Las Vegas. Staff Report As television executives, producers, buyers and creative teams descend upon...

Television

4Kids Entertainment Has Something for Everybody

Ramin Zahed - January 24, 2005

At NATPE 2005, 4Kids Entertainment will introduce two new Japanese anime properties: Mew Mew Power (52x30’), a tongue-in-cheek action-drama series targeting girls, and F-Zero...

Television

Nelvana, TELETOON Launch DVD/Video Venture

Ramin Zahed - January 24, 2005

Toronto-based family entertainment house Nelvana will be joining forces with Canuck cabler TELETOON in a new home entertainment venture. The new banner label–called TELETOON...

Television

Please Leave SpongeBob Alone!

Ramin Zahed - January 20, 2005

With everything that's going on in the world and domestically, you would think Christian conservative groups had more important things to worry about than...

Festivals & Events

It’s Still Not Too Late to Buy Your Annie Awards Tickets!

Ramin Zahed - January 18, 2005

Don’t miss the animation industry’s biggest night of the year. Produced by ASIFA-Hollywood, the 32nd Annual Annie Awards offers a wonderful opportunity to...

Television

Even Antonucci’s Eds Catch the Holiday Spirit

Ramin Zahed - November 24, 2004

The boys are getting out of their "summer in the cul-de-sac" frame of mind in the new half-hour holiday special, Ed, Edd n Eddy’s...

Television

Fox to Air Controversial Family Guy Episode

Ramin Zahed - November 24, 2004

Die-hard fans of Seth McFarlane’s Family Guy series are already familiar with a controversial episode titled "When You Wish Upon A Weinstein." The episode,...

Features

Fox’s Robots to Assemble on IMAX

Ramin Zahed - November 24, 2004

Following in the tracks of The Polar Express, Robots–Chris Wedge’s much anticipated CG follow-up to Ice Age–will be attacking both Imax and regular theaters...

Features

10 Things to Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving

Ramin Zahed - November 24, 2004

1. Pixar’s amazing animation record wasn’t a fluke. John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Andrew Stanton, Peter Docter and all the other CG toon masters up...

Video Games

Di-O-Matic Releases New Facial Studio for Windows

Ramin Zahed - November 23, 2004

Montreal-based animation software developer Di-O-Matic announced today the release of its Facial Studio for Windows. The new software offers more than 500 controls over...

People

Gavin Becomes a Contender

Ramin Zahed - November 23, 2004

Rupert Gavin, the former chief executive of BBC Worldwide, has joined children’s animation outfit Contender Entertainment Group as non-executive chairman. Gavin will assist Contender...

Television

Pet Alien Finds a Home on CN

Ramin Zahed - November 23, 2004

Taffy Entertainment's new CG toon, Pet Alien, will be unleashed on Cartoon Network in the second quarter of 2005. Produced by Mike Young Productions...

Features

Miyazaki’s Howl Heard All Over Japan

Ramin Zahed - November 23, 2004

Although most American and European box-office watchers are chronicling the performances of The Incredibles, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and The Polar Express this week,...

Television

DECODE Toons Take Over the World

Ramin Zahed - November 22, 2004

It’s good to know that although the political climate around the world shows little signs of improving, animated shows continue to bridge the socio-political...

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