Tag Archive | "Cartoon Characters"
Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Volume 2
The anticipation has been building and the day has finally come as Warner Home Video (WHV) helps protect Gotham with the release of Batman: The Brave and the Bold Volume 2 on DVD. Batman is back for a second time teaming up with Green Arrow, Wildcat, Blue Beetle, Speedy and others to protect the world [...]
Continue reading...Gundam 00, Anime Block renewed
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Syfy has renewed and expanded a content licensing deal with Starz Media’s anime distribution arm, Manga Entertainment. The new agreement renews the weekly Ani-Monday programming block on Monday nights from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. ET. This month marks the beginning of a new season of Ani-Mondays and a new, two-hour programming block on sister [...]
Continue reading...The Spine Wins Best of Fest at Melbourne
Friday, July 3, 2009
Chris Landreth’s stop motion animation short THE SPINE, produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with 3D animation studio Copperheart Animation and C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, was honoured with the Best of the Festival award — the top prize — at the 2009 Melbourne International Animated Festival on Sunday, June 28. Landreth received [...]
Continue reading...Nickelodeon Throws SpongeBob A 10th Birthday Bash
Thursday, June 25, 2009
On July 17, 1999 the hit cartoon animation SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS premiered on Nickelodeon and signaled the birth of a series and character that would become one of the most beloved and popular in television history. To commemorate SpongeBob’s 10th anniversary, Nickelodeon is giving its fans the “Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash Weekend.” Airing from July 17-19, the [...]
Continue reading...Pat & Stan teams with Bandai Europe
Friday, June 19, 2009
The brand new PAT&STAN cartoon animation series (39 x 7-minute) was awarded the Jury’s Special Prize for Best TV Series at the Annecy Animation Festival 2009 last week. This hilarious show is produced by highly-acclaimed French production house, MacGuff and is now fully delivered and lined-up for launch on TV-screens in more than 170 territories [...]
Continue reading...Virtual Tourism: Jetsetting without the Plane Rides
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
There are people gifted with excessive amounts of riches that they can afford to go and visit all the exciting destinations in the world. A few select people have jobs which allow them to live in airports figuratively because they have to go on various locations for business purposes. But well not everyone has that [...]
Continue reading...Classrooms without Blackboards
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
On average, a new technology would have to take about ten years or so before it becomes integrated into everyday life. We’ve seen this with mobile phones and the World Wide Web. With the emergence of commercial and free virtual worlds, technology is once again expanding in its reach with a host of features to [...]
Continue reading...Sesame Workshop, Discovery Kids Introduces New Show in Latin America
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
PLAZA SESAMO’s beloved new friend Abby Cadabby is spreading her fairy wings and flying over to 3, 2, 1 VAMOS!, an original half-hour preschool cartoon animation program premiering on June 22 on Discovery Kids Latin America. 321 VAMOS will feature segments from beloved children’s shows PLAY WITH ME SESAME and GLOBAL GROVER and introduce children [...]
Continue reading...Total Drama Action Premieres as Most-Watched on All TV Among Kids
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Officially kicking the summer television season into high gear, Cartoon Network’s newest cartoon animation series TOTAL DRAMA ACTION premiered Thursday night (June 11, 9 p.m.) as the most-watched program of the day on all television-broadcast and cable-among kids 6-11, kids 9-14 and boys 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. The [...]
Continue reading...The Penguins of Madagascar Top Children Show for May
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Nickelodeon’s hit cartoon animation series, THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (Sunday, June 14, 10 a.m. ET/PT) averaged 3.7 million total viewers (P2+) and ranked as the week’s top kids’ show with P2+ on all of basic cable with the repeat performance of “The Hidden/Kingdom Come”. The Penguins Saturday morning play (”Little Zoo Coupe/All Choked Up”, June [...]
Continue reading...What if Doraemon Was Head of a State?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
In March of 2008, the Foreign Ministry of Japan appointed a certain cartoon character Doraemon into an anime ambassador. While it can be argued what exactly an anime ambassador does, it is a great honor for a cartoon character – and only those with such high status in the popular culture of a country (in [...]
Continue reading...Virtual World Training for Education and Business
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Commercial and free online virtual worlds are gaining more ground and acceptance in everyday life. This is why academicians and business experts are seeing more potential in them not only as a medium for entertainment but for training as well. There are exciting features offered by the platform of virtual worlds which are innovative and [...]
Continue reading...Fox’s The Cleveland Show gets Premiere Date
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
FOX has set the fall premiere date for its new cartoon animation series The Cleveland Show on September 27 Sunday at 8:30-9PM ET/PT. This will be coupled by the return of The Simpsons (8-8:30 PM) as well as American Dad (9:30-10PM) in order to complete the Animation Domination time table of Fox. The Cleveland Show is [...]
Continue reading...Annecy Cristal Awards 2009: Coraline, Mary & Max Dominate
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Coraline, the stop motion clay animation feature film adaptation of a Neil Gaiman novel and the clay cartoon animation full-length movie Mary and Max were the winners of the Best Feature Award during the conclusion of the Annecy Animation Festival. French co-production BRENDAN AND THE SECRET OF KELLS came away with the audience prize. Here are [...]
Continue reading...Spirited Away and Miyazaki Tribute Adorn The Academy’s Anime celebration
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will expand its three-month celebration of anime with a screening of the 2002 Oscar-winning cartoon animation feature “Spirited Away” on Friday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m., and “A Tribute to Animation Master Hayao Miyazaki” on Tuesday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. Both events will take place at [...]
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Buy the Katakune DVD!
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
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