This week's updates to the Calendar of Events includes: CalArts
Character Animation Student Screenings, Valencia, California USA,
April 27 - May 12, 2001; Cartoon Network A Racket In Mexico, Mexico
City, Mexico, April 28 - May 13, 2001; Direct Animation Workshops And
Screenings, Seattle, Washington USA, May 04 - 12, 2001; American
Cinematheque Presents: 2001 Skyy Vodka Short Film Award Winners &
Finalists Marathon, Los Angeles California USA, May 16, 2001; RMCAD
and ASIFA-Colorado Present Edward Bakst, Denver Colorado, USA, May

* Wednesday, May 23, 2001. Burbank, California, U.S.A.

* Wednesday, May 30, 2001. Burbank, California, U.S.A.



The Webisode Academy is presenting a panel on animation production management, featuring a discussion about management training and resources, incorporating Catherine Winder & Zahra Dowlatabadi’s new book, PRODUCING ANIMATION. The event is sponsored by Women in Animation. The director of the Webisode Academy, Kellie-Bea Cooper, will serve as moderator. For more information: Tel.: (818) 508-TOON; E-mail: info@webisode-academy.com.

* Sunday, August 19 – Tuesday, August 21, 2001, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

* Thursday, May 17, 2001. Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

* Wednesday, May 16, 2001, Los Angeles, California, USA

FUNimation Productions Ltd. announced its new DRAGON BALL TV series will debut June 25, 2001 on the Cartoon Network, airing Monday through Friday at 5:30 pm ET. DRAGON BALL is the prequel to the DRAGON BALL Z series, #1 on the Cartoon Network's Toonami Block and #1 on the Internet, according to Lycos. Gen Fukunaga, President of FUNimation, also announced that new episodes of DRAGON BALL Z will begin airing on the Cartoon Network beginning September 3, 2001. Like DRAGON BALL Z, the new DRAGON BALL series was a smash hit in Japan before being produced for the U.S. and other countries.

* Tuesday, August 7 – Sunday, August 12, 2001, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.


Entry Deadline: June 11, 2001

* Sunday, June 10 – Wednesday, June 13, 2001, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.

* Saturday, May 19 - Sunday, May 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.