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VIEW Conference Unveils 2012 Highlights

Posted In | Blog Categories: VIEW Conference | Site Categories: 2D, 3D, Business, CG, Education and Training, Events, Films, Games, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects
Dedicated to bringing together experts from around the world to inspire, engage, teach, and astound, VIEW, Italy’s leading computer graphics symposium, proudly announces highlights from its upcoming 13th annual confab.

Saban Launches New Julius Jr. Series

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Licensing, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: 2D, Business, Cartoons, Licensing, Television
MarVista Entertainment appointed exclusive international distributor for animated preschool television series.

The Magical Junk-Filled World of Jiří Barta

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Site Categories: 2D, Films, People, Stop-Motion
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The Czech stop-motion director talks about his latest film, Toys in the Attic.

Pixel Farm Releases PFDepth

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Technology | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: 2D, 3D, Events, Technology
The Pixel Farm Ltd announced the immediate availability of PFDepth: a new, fully integrated toolset for total scene reconstruction, 2D-to-3D conversion and depth map creation.

CelAction2D Drives Cartoon Forum Shows

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, Stop-Motion, Technology | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: Cartoon Forum | Site Categories: 2D, 3D, Cartoons, Stop-Motion, Technology
CelAction announces that seven pitches made using CelAction2D animation software will be at this year’s Cartoon Forum.

Superjail! Returns to Adult Swim

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: 2D, Cartoons, Television
Season three of “Superjail!” premieres september 30th at 12:15 a.m. (ET/PT) on Adult Swim.

The Battle For Celebrity Deathmatch, Part 3

Posted In | Site Categories: 2D, Business, Stop-Motion, Television
With the success of Deathbowl ’98 a symbolic battle had been won. But the war to get this stop-motion slugfest on the air as a regular series still remained.

Z Animation Creates RBFF PSA

Posted In | News Categories: Commercials, People | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: 2D, Commercials, People
Z Animation pairs directors Robert Pope and John Vondracek to produce a PSA for Canada’s Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation.

Bakshi Blues Seeks Animator

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, People | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: 2D, Cartoons, Jobs & Recruiting, People
Animation Legend Ralph Bakshi is searching for one "old-school, traditional, full animation-style” animator for the forthcoming “Bakshi Blues.”

Book Review: Animation Under the Swastika: A History of Trickfilm in Nazi Germany

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: 2D, Books, Cartoons, Short Films
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Fred Patten takes an in-depth look at a new book chronicling the history of animation under the Third Reich.