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26/10/2024
27/09/2024

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03/09/2024

Join Academy Award®-winning animation writer and director Adam Elliot for a Q&A screening of his new feature film Memoir of a Snail in October. Find cinema locations, session times and tix at http://www.madman.com.au/memoir-of-a-snail

A fully handcrafted stop-motion animated feature made in Melbourne, Memoir of a Snail is a poignant, heartfelt, and hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.

Starring Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana, Magda Szubanski, Tony Armstrong and Jacki Weaver.

Amblimation’s “Cats” concept art for its unrealized animated musical adaptation. It was originally scheduled for a 1997 ...
14/07/2024

Amblimation’s “Cats” concept art for its unrealized animated musical adaptation. It was originally scheduled for a 1997 release and was to be directed by Steven Spielberg: however, following the box office failure of the studios previous film "Balto" in 1995, Amblimation ceased all operations, and the project was ultimarely abandoned. All 250 of Amblimation's crew members went on to join DreamWorks Animation following the studios closure.

🖼 Concept art by Hans Blacher

13/07/2024
Anime fans exhaled a collective sigh of relief earlier this week when Ito confirmed "Uzumaki" would arrive on Adult Swi...
07/07/2024

Anime fans exhaled a collective sigh of relief earlier this week when Ito confirmed "Uzumaki" would arrive on Adult Swim sometime later this year.

The English voice cast for Junji Ito's long-awaited Uzumaki anime has finally been revealed.

30/06/2024
04/06/2024
30/05/2024

GKIDS is proud to announce the acquisition of North American rights to Mamoru Oshii's ANGEL'S EGG.

In honor of its 40th Anniversary next year, we will release the film in theatres nationwide for the first time ever in an all-new 4K restoration supervised by director Oshii.

This seminal masterpiece is a collaboration between writer/director Mamoru Oshii (GHOST IN THE SHELL) and revered artist Yosh*taka Amano (FINAL FANTASY, VAMPIRE HUNTER D), beautifully intertwining Oshii's reflections on philosophy with Amano's distinctive ink painting style.

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Anime fans are divided on Miyazaki, but his long history with the medium is precisely why he's the right person to criti...
02/05/2024

Anime fans are divided on Miyazaki, but his long history with the medium is precisely why he's the right person to criticize it.

Anime fans are divided on Miyazaki, but his long history with the mediums is precisely why he's the right person to criticize it.

‘THE BOY AND THE HERON’ Oscar statuette for Best Animated Feature has been displayed at the Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Jap...
24/03/2024

‘THE BOY AND THE HERON’ Oscar statuette for Best Animated Feature has been displayed at the Ghibli Park in Nagakute, Japan.

23/03/2024

Yellow Submarine (1968)
Director: George Dunning
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11/03/2024
08/03/2024

The many faces of Akira Toriyama (1955-2024).

28/08/2023

It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that actress Arleen Sorkin, the original voice of Harley Quinn, has passed away today at the age of 67.

One of her most well known roles outside of the Batman universe being Calliope Jones on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives” (1984-1990), this fun and lovable character and Sorkin herself inspired friend Paul Dini’s visual inspiration for Dini and Bruce Timm’s character Harley Quinn. Debuting in the ‘Batman: The Animated Series’ episode “Joker’s Favor” on September 11, 1992, a once thought one off character within the animated show translated to Harley being a dominant figure within the 90s television series, in particular due to Sorkin’s voice and personality making the new DC character an automatic fan favorite.

Over the next two decades, Arleen Sorkin would voice Harley Quinn and other characters in animated television and film including “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm” (1993) as Ms. Bambi, ‘The New Batman Adventures’ (1997-1999), ‘Superman: The Animated Series’ (1997), ‘Gotham Girls’ (2000-2002), “Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker” (2000), ‘Static Shock’ (2003: “Hard as Nails”), and ‘Justice League’ (2003). Sorkin also voiced Harley Quinn in video games “The Adventures of Batman & Robin” (1994), “Batman Vengeance” (2001), “Batman Arkham Asylum” (2009), and DC Universe Online (2011), which marked the last project Sorkin voiced the beloved character.

Arleen Sorkin’s original take on Harley Quinn’s chaotic cutie has not only influenced actresses who have brought Harley to life over the years across all visual media, but helped mold one of DC’s most popular characters. We thank and will always remember Sorkin’s personal, lovable personality she implemented into all the characters she portrayed on television and film. Condolences to her family, friends, colleagues, and fans across the multiverse. R.I.P. ♦️🕊️💔

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July 31, 1999 - Brad Bird's "The Iron Giant" has its world-premiere screening at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, six days before its nationwide release. Bird's directorial debut, the film is an adaptation of the 1968 novel "The Iron Man" by Ted Hughes. Set during the Cold War in 1957, the film centers on a young boy named Hogarth Hughes, who discovers and befriends a giant alien robot. With the help of a beatnik artist named Dean McCoppin, Hogarth attempts to prevent the U.S. military and Kent Mansley, a paranoid federal agent, from finding and destroying the Giant. Despite underperforming at the box offices, the film was praised for its story, animation, characters, the portrayal of the title character and the voice acting performances. The film was nominated for several awards, winning nine Annie Awards out of 15 nominations. Through home video releases and television syndication, the film gathered a cult following and is widely regarded as a modern animated classic, and one of the greatest animated films ever made. #theirongiant

🎬 Lev Atamanov, "The Scarlet Flower", 1952

🎬 Yoshiaki Kawajiri, "The Running Man", 1987

Russian animator Andrey Khrzhanovsky's 1972 short film "Babochka" (English title: "Butterfly") examines the delicate balance of man's relationship with nature through the eyes of a young boy who is the product of a man-made urban environment. Touching on themes of freedom, bondage, and the responsibility humanity carries to preserve nature, Khrzhanovsky utilizes beautifully painted characters and backgrounds, articulated by way of cut-out animation, to portray scenes both serene and terrifying in this potent morality tale. Featuring a score by acclaimed Russian composer Alfred Schnittke. Khrzhanovsky and Schnittke had previously collaborated on the 1968 animated short film "Steklyannaya Garmonika" (English title: "The Glass Harmonica"), which still holds historical significance as the only animated film ever banned by the Societ Union's repressive state censorship due to "its controversial portrayal of the relationship between governmental authority and the artist". Khrzhanovsky was awarded the honorific title of "People's Artist of the Russian Federation" in 2011, the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation, for outstanding contributions to the development of the performing arts.

🎬 Lev Atamanov, "The Snow Queen", 1957

🎬 Umanosuke Iida, "Devilman: The Birth", 1987

🎬 Toshiki Hirano, "Vampire Princess Miyu", 1988

🎬 Hiroyuki Kitakubo, "Black Magic M-66", 1987

Tetsurō Amino, "Iria: Zeiram the Animation", 1994

American-Canadian animator Marv Newland's 1988 short film "Black Hula", produced by Newland's film company International Rocketship Limited. Featuring the music of famed Hawaiian steel guitarist "King" Bennie Nawahi, the film serves as a fable about the dangers of "civilization", as colonizers threaten to seduce and destroy foreign lands. Accompanying Newland's pulsating, vibrant characters is the first stanza of Nawahi's song "Mauna Kea", named after the mountain of the same name on the island of Hawai'i. Translated, the lyrics read, "From the Mauna Kea the invitation came, to go and see the beauties of a strange land." International Rocketship Limited was highly influential in establishing independent Canadian animation as a force to be reckoned with by producing short animated films for other directors, such as Danny Antonucci's 1987 short film "Lupo the Butcher" (Antonucci appears in the credits of "Black Hula" listed as "Soundtrack Reader"). The film was selected for preservation by The Academy Film Archive, along with two of Newland's other short films: "Bambi Meets Godzilla" and "Anijam".

Spugbuggy Works 1983 commercial for Superman Hot Cocoa Mix, in which Superman fights fellow Justice League member Flash's long-time archenemy, Captain Cold, and sells children commercially produced chocolate powder. Directed and animated by Bill Kroyer, with assistance by Craig Clarke.

Steve Eagle, "Along the Way", 1980
Steve Eagle, "Along the Way", 1980

"Along the Way", directed by American animator Steve Eagle while enrolled at The California Institute for the Arts in 1980.

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