All Things:Animated

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New Ghost In The Shell!!!

This could easily have gone both here and the All Things Animated thread. In fact, why not cross-post?? WHOOOHOOOOO!!! Love this series of works from Masamune Shirow!
 
My Neighbor Totoro & Howl's Moving Castle Blu-rays

Walt Disney Home Entertainment has revealed its plans to bring two classic, highly anticipated Studio Ghibli animated films to Blu-ray this Spring: My Neighbor Totoro and Howl's Moving Castle. While the studio has yet to detail technical specifications or special features for either release, both titles are available for pre-order and are set to arrive on May 21st.
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About ****ing time.
 
adgy-san said:
Is it stand alone?
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Har har.

As long as you know the backstory and characters fairly well (or are willing to do a bit of wikipedia reading), The Laughing Man story arc does stand up well by itself.
 
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The Wacky World of Tex Avery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Wacky World of Tex Avery is a French, American, and Canadian cartoon television show produced by DiC Entertainment and created by Brody Dowler in 1997[1] and 1998. The series was named after Tex Avery, a cartoonist who is most famous for his work at Warner Bros. and MGM. The creator Brody Dowler describes the show as "homage to the brilliant, hilarious and groundbreaking animator Tex Avery and the wonderful squash-and-stretch cartoons of his era". The series was an attempt to capture the true aspect of the genius of Tex Avery and his classic characters such as Droopy, George & Junior & Screwball Squirrel.[2]
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Just got this today. 14 hours + of stuff. Billy West does some of the voices. Will let you know if it is worth having.

EDIT:Despite Billy West and all the hallmark bells & (slide)whistles of Avery's bag o'tricks its a pale imitation. Pass.
 
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Thanks JWR. That and other classics like No Neck Joe, Frog Baseball, etc. bring me back to my youth and many a Nuart/Old Santa Monica theater Animation Festivals...good times man, good times. To everyone, if you are a fan of animation, you owe it to yourself to look into the Spike and Mike dvds that are out there. The basic program has hits and misses but you are guaranteed to find something you will like.
 
There was a heyday of diy/CalArts animation during the '80's. It was helped by Spike and Mike, and sadly, one of them passing...and the reliance on computer animation, and the internet(YouTube,etc) has pretty much killed the great travelling festival showcases that used to happen. Sad times indeed. Hertzfeld probably got a real job. Art is dead.
 
Bill Plympton.

Spike & Mike still do a festival, but they've dropped the "Sick & Twisted" and moved to a family-friendly format.
 
Plymptoons rock. We see him every year @ Comicon. Not sure if it's Spike or Mike but one of them died, although the name lives on. They didn't always do the Sick & Twisted, they had multiple programs. I just think S&T was the one that blew up.
 
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