Starting on Monday, November 15, 1999, Walt Disney Co. must stop using the
green traffic light-type emblem for its Go.com Web sites. U.S. District
Court Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. ruled that the logo used by Disney is too
similar to the one used by the GoTo.com search engine. In December 1997,
GoTo.com began using the logo of a green circle on a yellow background
with the letters "GoTo" in white. Almost two years later, Disney began
using a logo of a green traffic light in a yellow case with "Go" written in

Customers who choose LightWave between now and the release of version 6
will receive free upgrades from the current version (version 5.6).
LightWave 6-- which is due for release later this year -- is said to be the
most significant upgrade to the popular program in its long history as one
of the leading tools for visual effects and digital image creation.
LightWave [6] is also the only 3D software system to run on MAC, Windows
NT, Alpha and Silicon Graphics systems. Version 5.6 is available now at a

Will the power of Pokemon ever stop? U.S. fans of the animated series
proved this weekend that they had to catch all of POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE.
After setting the record for the biggest Wednesday opening of all time for
an animated film, the Pikachu vehicle grossed an estimated $52.1 million
over a 5-day period, squishing the non-summer record of $45.7 million set
by A BUG'S LIFE. The much anticipated new film from Kevin Smith, DOGMA,
with visual effects by Station X Studios, bucked controversy and finished

In a far distant future, a
would-be master race seeks to dominate the galaxy. Against these merciless
Afressians, mankind has just one hope: the mysterious female warrior known
as Emeraldas. This is the story behind the Houston, Texas-based ADV Films
November 23, 1999 release of QUEEN EMERALDAS on DVD. The US$29.98 QUEEN
EMERALDAS DVD will be in English and Japanese with English subtitles. Also
from ADV the following VHS tapes will all be released on January 25, 2000:
The war against Genom escalates as the Knight Sabers find themselves forced

Disney Interactive, ESPN and
Konami have announced that they will produce a full line-up of ESPN sports
titles for video game consoles and personal computers. The multi-platform
sports brand will combine the full power of ESPN, a leading provider of
sports programming, ESPN Magazine and ESPN.com, with Konami's expertise in
technology and game development. Approximately 10 titles are expected to
launch in 2000. The first titles, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL and NBA BASKETBALL,
both for Sega Dreamcast, and MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER on Sony PlayStation, will

Emerging from the jungles in January 2000, Activision, Inc., in collaboration with Disney Interactive, Inc.,
will release Disney's TARZAN for Nintendo 64. This release will coincide
with the video release of the Disney summer blockbuster. Players will be
able to surf the trees and swing from vines either as Tarzan, Jane, Terk or
Tantor. As you progress through 13-levels of game play, you can help save a
family of apes from the evil clutches of Sabor the leopard or Clayton the
hunter.

The Moondance International Film Festival has announced the finalists for its first competition, Moondance
2000. The festival takes place in Boulder, Colorado, January 14-16, 2000 as
part of the Sundance Film Festival. Entries from female screenwriters and
film-makers from any country were welcomed to the competition. For more
information e-mail: mermaid7cs@aol.com; or write: Moondance International
Film Festival, 970 Ninth Street, Boulder, CO 80302, USA.


The following films are finalists in the animation film category:

The International Cartoons &
Animation Center's SALAM AND THE GOLDEN QUEEN has won the Hollywood Film
Advisory Board's "Award of Excellence" and the Dove Foundation's "Dove Seal
of Approval." In the film, Salam and the Knights of Virtue are shrunk to
the size of bees. Through their adventures in a beehive, they must learn
the value of cooperation and communication in order to return to the human
world. The film is produced in six languages including English, French,
Arabic, Turkish, Malay, and Urdu. Directed by Ammed Jamal Abdelhafiz, the

Ontario, Canada-based Sheridan College, one of the leading animation
programs in North America, is expanding its facilities with the latest
animation equipment including new computers, software, cameras and pencil
test systems. For pencil tests, Sheridan has purchased six Video
LunchBoxes. Created two years ago by Oregon-based Animation Toolworks, the
Video LunchBox captures still images from a video camera and plays back
this sequence of images at the same rate as film images or television

On Thursday, November 18, 1999 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences will recognize the exceptional accomplishments of the NFB's
animation studios on its 60th anniversary...

A program of the best in new animation, curated and presented by Ron
Diamond of Animation World Network and Acme Filmworks, Inc., will be
touring Los Angeles and the Bay area next week. In addition to
presentations at the major studios, various FREE PUBLIC SCREENINGS are
scheduled: San-Francisco on Sunday, November 21 at 11 am at the Red Vic
Movie House, 1727 Haight St., hosted by ASIFA-San Francisco; and in
Cupertino at De Anza College, and Los Angeles on Saturday, November 20,

Issue 4 of the printed Animation Blast is now shipping. This 32-page
spectacular features an original cover by Ren & Stimpy creator John
Kricfalusi, along with an in-depth story about John K.'s Yogi Bear shorts
that aired on Cartoon Network. Additionally, there's an informative
interview with the legendary Gene Hazelton, who designed Bob Clampett's
"Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs;" unpublished Bill Scott gag drawings; and
an article by historian Jerry Beck about the recently restored "lost"

This week's update to the Calendar of Events includes a call for entries
for the first International Internet Festival, organized in conjunction
with Imagina (France), and the Santa Clarita Film Festival (California,
USA). The Calendar of Upcoming Events is a constantly changing reference
source for what's happening around the World of Animation. Use it to stay
abreast of animation related activities across the globe. If you know of
animation related events that we don't have listed, send an email with the

Check out this weeks comics for ADULTS ONLY, extracted from the
comic book, "Sleazy Cartoons of Bill Plympton"...

This week's AWN Animation Trivia Quiz features questions about Walter Lantz...

Now available in the AWN Store - Best Of The 1999 Brussels Animated Film & Cartoon Festival...

Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis' short film, "When The Day Breaks" won the
Grand Prize (Goldene Taube) at the 42nd International Leipzig Festival for
Documentary & Animated Films (Germany). This recent award is just another
accolade in "When The Day Breaks'" dazzling international career, which
started with the Palme d'Or for best short film at the 52nd Cannes
International Film Festival in Cannes, France, last June. "When The Day
Breaks" also won the coveted Grand Prix for best animated short film at

* "The Art of Disney Storybooks" Exhibit, New York, New York, USA. November
13 - December 23, 1999.


The Gifted Images Gallery, located in Rockville Centre, will host the exhibit. "The Art of Disney Storybooks," is a collaboration between Walt Disney Art Classics and Disney Publishing. The exhibit features reproduced
artwork from various storybook adaptations of Disney's most beloved films.
Included in the exhibition is "An enchanting dress," from CINDERELLA and
"Magic mirror on the wall" from SNOW WHITE. Appearing at the premiere event

Will the power of Pokemon ever
stop? On November 10, 1999, POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE set the record for the
biggest Wednesday opening of all time for an animated film. The Pikachu
vehicle was purchased by Warner Brothers for $5 million and grossed double
that on its first day in release. It is estimated that the 5-day non-summer
record of $45.7 million set by A BUG'S LIFE might be squished by the hordes
of Pokemons. Besides the legions of kids sprinting to the theatres, fans of
the toon will want to catch the soundtrack, which features such

CLICK 3X picks designer, SOPHIA PAVLATOS, and editor, ANN HUSANI, to add to their New York staff. Pavlatos returns to Click 3X
from which she left in 1997. Since then she worked as a compositor and
designer for Tapehouse Digital/Black Logic and free lanced using Flame and
After Effects. Husani moves from the Atlanta branch of Click 3X, for which
she has worked since October 1996, to the New York office.