New from Japan: Anime Film Reviews
Fred Patten reviews the latest anime releases including: Jubei-chan, th e Ninja Girl, Tenamonya Voyagers, Phantom Quest Corp. Perfect Collection, Gasaraki and Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure.
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The Eighth Trip to the Holland Animation Film Festival: Scenes from Utrecht
Visit the most recent Holland Animation Film Festival. AWN's Ron Diamond attended and brought back photos of festival participants and the lovely city of Utrecht.
Animation Scriptwriting: The Writer's Road Map
Rick DeMott takes a look at Animation Scriptwriting, the latest how to book on scribing, revealing that this road map might not lead everyone to fame and fortune.
The New messiah's Details
Project:messiah 1.5 is about to expand into messiah:studio, a new modular and innovative approach to animation. Mike Amron investigates. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
Since September
Let's check in with a few of the participants from this past year's Cartoon Forum and see where Gotland's leads have taken them. Participants include: Honeycomb Animation, Artoon S.A., Fictitious Egg and Sav! The World Productions.
Catch the DVD of Chicken Run
Jacquie Kubin describes what is in store when it comes to the new Chicken Run Special Edition DVD.
Men In Black Goes Into the Dark
Once again Universal Studios Florida's newest attraction -- the largest dark ride to date is a show stopper featuring Men In Black and new technology. Jacquie Kubin offers a trip inside.
New from Japan: Anime Film Reviews
Fred Patten reviews the latest anime releases including: The Legend of Black Heaven, Samurai X: Rurouni Kenshin, Virgin Fleet, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise and Sol Bianca: The Legacy.
Fresh From The Festivals: January 2001's Film Reviews
Maureen Furniss reviews the following short films: Janno Poldma's On the Possibility of Love, Just in Time by Kirsten Winter, Stephen X. Arthur's Vision Point, Passport by Siri Melchior and The Scarecrow by Cheryl Meier. Includes QuickTime movie clips!
A Look At Europe's Cartoon Forum with John Bullivant
Cartoon Forum is helping to build Europe into a powerful animation force. TV-Loonland's John Bullivant discusses this past year's Forum and how this precious tool might evolve into the new millennium.
Fresh From the Festivals: December 2000's Film Reviews
Within the world of animation, most experimentation occurs within short format productions, whether they be high budgeted commercials, low budgeted independent shorts or something in between. The growing number of short film festivals around the world attest to the vitality of these works, but there are few other venues for exhibition of them or even written reviews. As a result, distribution tends to be difficult and irregular. On a regular basis, Animation World Magazine will highlight some of...
Cinanima 2000: On Children And British Humor
Annick Teninge visited Portugal's Cinanima and found a lively festival that has made a real impact on its host country. Includes a photo gallery.
UrbanEntertainment: Siting A Skyline Across The Net
Chris Robinson interviews Polish independent animator Piotr Dumala regarding his latest masterpiece, Crime and Punishment, leading to a discussion of his unique plaster technique, Hitchcock and post-war Poland.
Leaf Roundup 2000
Joe Fordham traveled to the London Effects and Animation Festival for three days of panels, discussions and elbow rubbing over a pint with the biggest names in the effects community.
This Is Not Your Father's LBE
From the local bowling alley to elaborate theme parks like Disneyland to virtual reality pods, location-based entertainment has come a long way and, as Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman explains the possibilities are endless.
The Man Who Bought A Toy For His Kid and Kept It For Himself
LEGO MINDSTORMS isn't just the newest toy on the shelves this holiday season -- it is the beginning of an obsession and a trip back to adolescence for Eric Huelsman. Come and learn how you can build robots, real robots that can complete any task you set your mind to.
Nancy Cartwright's Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy
Liam Liebling reviews Nancy Cartwright's new book in which she discusses her career as everyone's favorite troublemaker Bart Simpson.
Puffin Designs' Primatte Keyer For Adobe After Effects
Bruce Manning drags a mouse wired to his Mac G4 through this new tool and reveals that no person wearing a blue shirt against a blue screen is too tough for this matte creating program. Happy compositing is here again.
The Anime Debate
Is anime the most exciting, cutting-edge form of animation today? Or does it betray the whole point of the medium? Andrew Osmond asks ten animation professionals and commentators for their views and their responses reveal that there are no simple answers.
Vampire Hunter D: The Next Anime Hit in America?
Fred Patten takes us inside the latest super-cool anime release coming to Japanese and (hopefully) U.S. theatres soon. Vampire Hunter D is back...and this time it's being done right.
East Meets Too Much West?: A Chat with Sayoko Kinoshita
The Hiroshima Animation Festival has always seemed like a bastion of Western animation in the midst of animation rich Japan. Chris Robinson interviews festival director Sayoko Kinoshita regarding the festival's purpose and success.
Vampire Hunter D: The Next Anime Hit in America?
Fred Patten takes us inside the latest super-cool anime release coming to Japanese and (hopefully) U.S. theatres soon. Vampire Hunter D is back...and this time it's being done right. Includes a QuickTime clip!
The Animation Pimp: The Old Man and The Sea: A Plagiarism (not the film)
Claire Armstrong, Tim Harrington, Victoria Livingstone.
Cinanima 2000: On Children And British Humor
Annick Teninge visited Portugal's Cinanima and found a lively festival that has made a real impact on its host country. Includes a photo gallery.
Annie Awards 2000: Better Than The Oscars
ASIFA-Hollywood's Annie Awards are a high point in the animated year and this year was no exception, if a bit frigid around the edges.
