Animation Legend Ralph Bakshi is searching for one "old-school, traditional, full animation-style” animator for the forthcoming “Bakshi Blues.”

Fred Patten takes an in-depth look at a new book chronicling the history of animation under the Third Reich.

GKIDS announces a distribution agreement with Studiocanal for the U.S. rights to animated feature “Ernest & Celestine.”

I see a lot of TV animation for kids. Sounds pretty enviable, doesn’t it? Well, it is when you stumble upon godsends like the shows Yo Gabba Gabba! Otherwise, it’s a pretty hellish experience being forced to hear god-awful music and watch screaming adult-voiced kids, bad animation, idiotic storylines, and annoying dialogue, writing, and plots that read like they’re were made by a factory of Ned Flanders clones.

Cinedigm Entertainment Group will release “Chico & Rita” on cable VOD, DVD, and on DVD/Blu-ray in a Limited Edition Collector's Set, preceded by an early digital release on August 21.

Dr Toon recounts the pivotal years from 1994-2000, when TV animation underwent crucial changes in production technology.

Growing up, I was a latch key kid, often coming home to an empty house after school. My babysitters’ names were Popeye, Tom, Jerry, Bugs and Daffy. I was literally raised on those old school cartoons with their over the top slapstick violence and impeccable timing. They would leave an indelible mark on me.

It's about an old animator... 90 plus now... and it's written LIKE listening to a 90 year old talk... random and all over the place... like my sister.

Convincing an MTV exec to greenlight a couple of Celebrity Deathmatch shorts seemed like a herculean task. Turns out that would become the first of many battles to get “Celebrity Deathmatch: The Series” on the air.

Learning animation on your own is very doable. This third of the four part series on the tools of the trade looks at vector based softwares for animation.