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The 2012 Oscar Nominations are Announced

Tad — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:19:14 +0000

The nominees for Best Animated Feature are:
A Cat in Paris, Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol (Folimage)
Chico and Rita, Tono Errando and Javier Mariscal (Isle of Man Film)
Kung Fu Panda 2, Jennifer Yuh Nelson (DreamWorks Animation)
Puss in Boots, Chris Miller (DreamWorks Animation)
Rango, Gore Verbinski (Paramount Pictures)

The nominees for Best Animated Short are:
A Morning Stroll, Grant Orchard (Studio AKA)
Dimanche/Sunday, Patrick Doyon (NFB)
La Luna, Enrico Casarosa (Pixar)
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg (Moonbot Studios)
Wild Life, Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby (NFB)

Cool Disney/Sin City Mash-up

Tad — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:58:58 +0000

Disney Live-Action References for their Animated Features

Tad — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:45:30 +0000

Jonny Quest Opening Titles in Stop Motion

Tad — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:11:57 +0000

Jonny Quest Opening Titles from Roger D. Evans on Vimeo.

The Middle East Explained via “Three Little Pigs” and Angry Birds

Tad — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:12:57 +0000

Gotta love those French PSAs

Tad — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:57:02 +0000

Sesame Street: Smell Like A Monster

Tad — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:28:35 +0000

It’s not really animation, but come-on it’s Grover.

Star Wars in Two Minutes and Construction Paper

Tad — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:30:23 +0000

Minneapolis musician Jeremy Messersmith wrote a nice little song called Tatooine and Austin-based animator Eric Power crafted a video for the tune. The result, a two-minute recap of the original Star Wars trilogy, animated using construction paper.

Donald Duck Discovers Glenn Beck in “Right Wing Radio Duck”

Tad — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:34:10 +0000

I try to keep the podcast politically neutral, but this is just too good to pass up. Right Wing Radio Duck is a nearly seamless remix of Disney cartoons from the 1930 through the 1960s. Donald’s life is turned upside-down by the current economic crisis and he finds himself unemployed and falling behind on his house payments. As his frustration turns into despair Donald discovers a seemingly sympathetic voice coming from his radio named Glenn Beck. It was created by Jonathan McIntosh, and is the funniest and most relevant “Disney” animation in years.

Animation gets some love from the Academy

Tad — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:32:32 +0000

With the nominations announced, two animated films, Up and Avatar, have been nominated for best picture by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (or the Oscars). This is only the second time an animated feature has been nominated for Best Picture (The first was 1991′s Beauty and the Beast).

While some will argue whether or not Avatar is animation (including James Cameron), with the film being nearly 90% CGI, it fits my definition of animation (see episode 6 for the debate) as-well-as the Academy’s.

Either way, congratulations to both Up and Avatar.