Tom Sito will host THAT '70s - 80s CARTOON SHOW! on Friday, September 17, at 7 pm. Meet Filmation directors Tom Tataranowicz and Ed Friedman; Lou Scheimer, Filmation's founder; Hanna-Barbera’s Jerry Eisenberg, designer of THE BANANA SPLITS and PETER POTAMUS; and Iwao Takamoto, designer of Scooby Doo and Penelope Pittstop. The evening will include screenings, plenty of stories and a chance to ask the creators about your favorite shows and characters. Admission is $5 at the door for ASIFA-Hollywood members and full time students, $8 at the door for all others.

On Monday, October 4 at 4 pm Jean-Marie Messier, president of Vivendi, a
French multimedia, communications and power company, will deliver the
keynote address for the special three day forum on convergence, TV Meets
the Internet @ MIPCOM. The address will be entitled "21st Century
Television: Visions for Next Generation Broadcasting.". . . Rome,
Italy-based RAI TRADE will offer BROTHER JACOB, an animated edutainment
series for children about a storytelling monk, as well as GONE WITH THE

Harrison, New York-based BLUE SKY STUDIOS has promoted CHRIS BURROWS and
TIM SPELTZ to technical directors. Since beginning as a technical assistant
at Blue Sky Studios in 1998, Burrows has worked on a variety of projects,
including lighting and rendering for Blue Sky's Oscar award-winning short,
BUNNY. Speltz has been with Blue Sky Studios since he graduated from Brown
University in 1997. Since then, he has excelled at effects, particle work,
and lighting. He was credited as technical assistant and technical director
on BUNNY.

Burbank, California-based DISNEY CONSUMER PRODUCTS has hired SUSAN GARELLI
as vice president of human resources. Garelli joins Disney from Pasadena,
California-based Avery Dennison, a worldwide manufacturer of self-adhesive
materials and consumer products, where she was also vice president of human
resources.

INFOGRAMES, a global publisher of interactive entertainment software, has
appointed a new management team. STAN ROACH, formerly executive vice
president of marketing, will take on the role of COO overseeing sales,
marketing and product development. YVES LEGRIS, formerly with Infogrames'
headquarters in France, will become COO responsible for finance, business
development, legal affairs, studio operations, information technology and
human resources.

New York City-based SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION has named Flame Artist FABRICE
MAUREL as Design Director. Maurel comes to Spontaneous Combustion from Los
Angeles, California-based Novocom where he contributed to the art
direction, design, implementation and special effects compositing of
television shows, commercials and music videos.

Mumbai, India-based GRAPHITI MULTIMEDIA has completed two :15 spots for
Limca soft drink. In one of the spots, an animated version of Indian movie
star Shah Rukh Khan is chased by a dog while on a date with his girlfriend.
In the other spot, a cricket player is taunted by a duck. In both spots,
the characters are encouraged to "take it easy" with a Limca soft drink.
Graphiti used Cambridge Animation Systems' Animo software to composite the
hand-drawn characters with the backgrounds, which were created using Adobe
Photoshop.

Santa Monica, California-based SIMEX DIGITAL STUDIOS has completed "Ice
Cliff," a spot for Dunlop Tires and agency Dentsu, Inc. of Tokyo, Japan. In
the spot, five luxury sport cars race on rapidly eroding, digitally
generated, ice covered cliffs. The camera moves back to reveal that the
cliffs are created by a giant digitally created Dunlop tire. CGI Artist
Jeff Chung used Alias Power Animator and Maya Media Illusion to create the
effects.

Manga Video is releasing MACROSS PLUS on DVD on October 12, 1999. MACROSS
PLUS, directed by Shoji Kawamori, is a DTV (direct-to-video) which is based
on the original Japanese TV series SUPERDIMENSIONAL FORTRESS MACROSS, which
was used as the basis for the 1980s American TV series ROBOTECH. MACROSS
PLUS is set approximately thirty years after the original MACROSS and just
before the events in the Japanese TV series MACROSS 7. In MACROSS PLUS, the
universe's most popular virtual reality singer, Sharon Apple, comes alive

Two years after its release in Japan, Hayao Miyazaki's top-grossing
animated film "Princess Mononoke" will be released theatrically in the U.S.
on October 29, 1999. It is noteworthy that the film is being released by
Miramax Films, a Disney company. "Princess Mononoke" is one of the few
animated features which can compare with Disney's in terms of audience and
box office. The film earned its spot as the all-time highest grossing film
in Japan, bringing in sell-out crowds, long lines at theaters and over $150

Puppet Animation is often associated with late Eastern European animators
such as Jiri Trnka, one of the greatest puppet animators ever, or
surrealist directors like Jan Svankmajer. Puppet animation is mainly
honored at local events -- the "Deep End Puppet Theatre Happening," which
involves live puppet theatre performances and puppet film screenings
throughout the region of Northern England -- academic conferences -- a
Society for Animation Study Conference's paper on "Puppet Animation Film in

While we just launched our annual Television issue, let's look at some
of the trends in the animation television market. Ten years ago, it was
often the case that American producers cared little about the international
market for TV shows. While they did not ignore it, the amount of revenues
the global market generated seemed insignificant compared to what was generated
by licensing fees to US networks and syndication sales to independent stations.
However, with the proliferation of new television outlets around the world,

Animation World Network co-founder and president OF ACME FILMWORKS Ron
Diamond has begun curating "animation art" to be presented on Los Angeles'
Sunset View Plaza Electronic Video Billboard on the world famous Sunset
Strip. The video billboard provides all Sunset Boulevard west-bound
travelers an eyeful sampled from the world's most beautiful and evocative
animation. Premiere, featured animation filmmakers are Aleksandra Korejwo,
Poland; Raimund Krumme, Germany; Susan Loughlin, United Kingdom; Bill

It's fall and that means new TV! In this month's issue, Amid Amidi tells us
about the newest shows hitting the air. Sharon Schatz gives us insight into
the world of interactive television. Interactive television has been
available around the globe for years, but has only just come to the United
States. We also go behind the scenes of Bob Clampett's "Time for Beany,"
one of television's first daily live puppet shows, Japan's Toei Animation
Studios and one of France's hottest pilots, "Fats and Moe." We also have a

Since 1994, AllenWood has been addressing the needs of the animation
industry, developing and manufacturing Animation Desks and Specialty Work
Stations...

The 2nd annual Ottawa Student Animation Festival, scheduled for October
21-24, 1999, has announced its schedule of events and workshop program...

The Fall semester starts October 6, 1999 at Santa Monica, California-based
DH Institute of Media Arts. Classes include: "3D Character Design
(Sculpture)," "Basic Painting," a professional presentation: "Sell Yourself In Presentation," and "Storyboarding."...

Set your own hours. Work on your own projects. Be your own boss. Be
creative. This company is taking greeting cards to a new level of artistry
and interactivity. Ecards.com utilizes Macromedia Flash technology to
produce the most dynamic and exciting electronic greeting cards on the Net!
If you are proficient in Flash and can artistically conceptualize, here is
a variety of creative jobs for you. Ecards.com offers freelance Flash
Designers the creative freedom to design compelling and entertaining

This week's comic is about the dangers of having a Samurai clientele...

This week's AWN Animation Trivia Quiz features questions about animating women...