Taking advantage of the buzz around the upcoming release of the English
version of PRINCESS MONONOKE directed by Hayao Miyazaki, which is due to be
released on October 29, 1999, Stone Bridge Press and Miramax Press are both
releasing tie-in books. Stone Bridge Press is publishing HAYAO MIYAZAKI:
MASTER OF JAPANESE ANIMATION by Helen McCarthy. The book mixes film-by-film
summaries with insider interviews and discussions of art, plot, production
qualities, and themes. It is a 216 page, 7x9" paperback with more than 70

Activision, Inc. has acquired Elsinore Multimedia, a software development
company that designed the Cabela's Big Game Hunter series for Activision's
Head Games Publishing unit. As a result of the acquisition, which was
completed on June 29, 1999, Elsinore has become a wholly owned subsidiary
of Activision. Based in Hollywood, Florida, Elsinore Multimedia is a
software development company that produces products for the Windows
platform. In addition to the Cabela's Big Game Hunter titles, the company

Glen Cove, New York-based Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. has announced results
for its fiscal 1999 third quarter ended May 31, 1999. The Company reported
third quarter net revenues of $80.0 million, an increase of 9% compared
with $73.2 million in the third quarter of the prior year. During the
quarter, Acclaim shipped All Star Baseball 2000 for the Nintendo 64 and
Game Boy Color, Bust-A-Move '99 for Nintendo 64 and PlayStation,
Bust-A-Move 4 and WWF Attitude for Game Boy Color, and Machines and South

Cartoon Network has promoted Gary Albright to senior vice president of
trade creative services. Albright will oversee the graphic design of sales
materials, licensed promotions, network print collateral, and event
environments. He will also supervise the development of both the
international and domestic style guides for Cartoon Network properties used
by both individual licensees and Warner Bros. Consumer Products. Albright
has been art director at Hanna-Barbera's Orbit City Art Company, design

ImagineAsia has hired John Rocco as Director of Animation and Eric Alba as
Head of Production. Rocco will oversee direction of all studio animation,
including the upcoming 3D animated series THE QUEST: TALES FROM THE
RAMAYANA. His most recent work includes art direction for DreamWork's
SHREK, Creative Director for the virtual theme park ride DisneyQuest for
Walt Disney Imagineering, and Creative Director at Digital Domain. Alba
will supervise and coordinate studio production for feature films,

Los Angeles-based DNA Studio has named David Badagliacca as its Head of
Sales, Marketing & New Business Development, and Jane Greenstein, as a
full-time producer. Previously, Badagliacca supervised the launch of
Maverick Records' Clio Award-winning Web site while at the label. He also
oversaw efforts for other popular, unconventional sites, including a new
site for recording artist Alanis Morissette and a music video made
exclusively for the Web. Jane Greenstein will produce original content for

BKN (Bohbot Kids Network) Bulldog Network, a programming block which debuts
in the US on August 29, 1999, has acquired the programming and licensing
rights for many worldwide territories for MONSTER RANCHER. The show will
debut as a lead entry on BKN as a daily Monday - Friday half-hour series.
MONSTER RANCHER was originally developed in Japan as a Sony PlayStation
video game by Tecmo, and the series is currently in production at TMS,
Japan's largest animation house. The series is about an 11 year old boy who

To celebrate their move to a new location, as well as the opening of Pooh's
Corner, an exhibit of Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh artwork, Animazing
Gallery will hold a cocktail reception on Thursday, July 29 from 4-8 pm.
John Fiedler, who has been the voice of Piglet since Disney's first Winnie
the Pooh short, will be on hand, and an original production cel featuring
Pooh and Piglet will be signed by Fiedler and raffled off, as will other
Disney items. The gallery is located in New York City at 474 Broome Street

Hollywood-based Ring of Fire has completed the visual effects for two spots
for the Nissan Infiniti Q45 SUV sedan. "Monoframe" shows the solid, steel
chassis of the Infiniti Q45 SUV sedan falling toward the Mojave Desert,
then transforming into a shining Infiniti Q45 when it hits the ground.
"Flower" uses time-lapse photography to show a flower blooming in the glow
of the head lamps of a new Infiniti Q45. Live-action was directed by Nico
Beyer for New York-based Compass Films, and TBWA Chiat/Day was the agency.

Animation filmmaker, teacher, and author John Canemaker has been awarded a
Rockefeller Foundation residency grant in Bellagio, Italy. From July 27
through August 25, he will stay at the 16th century Villa Serbelloni on
Lake Como, where he will work on a storyboard for a personal animated film.
From August 31 through September 5, he will be a guest of FANTOCHE, the
Swiss Animation Festival in Baden, where he will present two
lecture/screenings on Animated Surrealism and Jazztoons: Jazz and Animation.

San Francisco-based Mondo Media is looking to hire a Director of Creative Operations...

New York-based Educational Institution for Children is looking for a Freelance Animator...

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, is looking for an Office Coordinator...

The Art Institutes International at San Francisco, a post-secondary, degree granting educational institution, is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as ACADEMIC DIRECTOR...

SOFTIMAGE will be showcasing the latest release of Toonz, the leading 2D cel animation solution at SIGGRAPH '99 in Los Angeles. Toonz version 4.3 features a more interactive exposure sheet, larger palettes, "3D" textures, and new special FX. SOFTIMAGE will also be introducing for the first time the Toonz Linetester. Also shown, will be the Toonz plug-in for SOFTIMAGE®|3D which will minimize your tracking nightmares when combining all those external materials.

The deadlines for participation in Animation World Magazine's "SIGGRAPH 99 Special Report", part of our August "Computer and Internet Animation" issue, are fast approaching:


* Advertising space reservation: July 21st


* Press Releases and other News Items receipt: July 23rd


* Advertising Materials receipt: July 26th

The ASIFA Italy web site has been updated. Read the most recent issue of the ASIFA Italy Newsletter, NOTIZIE ASIFA ITALIA, featuring: "Japanimation At The Annecy Festival;" "Luigi Liberio Pensuti, Italian Animation Pioneer;" an interview with Terry Brian by Italian model-maker Francesca Ferrario;" Bendazzi on European animation in the book "The World History Of Cinema;” plus, a list of upcoming Italian events. Available in Italian only.


www.awn.com/asifa-italia

This week's updates to the Calendar of Events includes ten new animation-related events, including: The BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards in London, the Ourense Independent Film Festival in Spain, and Cinequest San Jose Film Festival 2000 in California.

Once again, Bill Plympton has updated his appearances page. This month, "I Married a Strange Person" will be appearing in various festivals and other events in Canada, Germany, Finland and Ukraine. "Mondo Plympton" will be screened in the US, Brazil and Germany. Bill will also be attending the events in Canada, Brazil and Germany.


www.awn.com/plympton/appearances.html

AWN has launched a brand new weekly animation trivia quiz...