Saturday, April 23, 2011

Your Weekend Reading

A few animation pieces for the Easter Weekend:

NHK hopes for a home run with new anime:

... "Drucker in the Dug-Out," a 10-part animated series showing weeknights on NHK starting April 25 ... The TV series is based on Natsumi Iwasaki's 2009 fictional book ... "Moshidora." ... The book has sold more than 2 million copies thus far, making it Japan's best-selling book last year. ...

Lucasfilm to house its Singapore arm in "Sandcrawler Building"

It is all systems go for the construction of Lucasfilm's first overseas production facility at Singapore's Fusionopolis. ... The "Sandcrawler Building" is an eight-storey complex that will house the local arm of the recognised film and entertainment company. ...

Taiwan's young artists cool to Next Media animation

When Next Media Animation's (NMA) content and business development manager Michael Logan spoke to Taipei film and arts students recently, their initial resentment against the company's notorious computer-animated news stories was perceivable. ... [T]he audience's comments focused on the ethical aspects rather than on NMA's success, let alone on artistic value. What became apparent at this punk-rock style venue was that Taiwan has not yet come to terms with its most famous exporter of creativity. ...

At Gaumont in France When All Was Possible

TWO years ago Kino International offered “Gaumont Treasures: 1897-1913,” a three-disc set adapted from a superb seven-disc collection, “Gaumont: Le Cinéma Premier,” issued by the French studio ... Gaumont struck again with a second volume, and ... [f]or anyone interested in how the movies came to be what they are, it’s essential viewing. ...

The French-American rivalry is already apparent in the first disc in this new collection, devoted to the work of the pioneering animator Émile Cohl. ...

Bob's Burgers - 'Season 1' DVDs are 'Coming Soon', According to 'Dad'

This past Tuesday, American Dad - Volume 6 DVD sets were released by Fox Home Entertainment. Fans have found that inside of these packages there's an insert by the studio ... [A]t the bottom of this insert. On the bottom right corner, it simply tells us that Bob's Burgers - Season 1 is "coming soon" ... [Rupert's minions waste little time cross collateralizing product -- Hulett]

Adult Swim Triumphs

Adult Swim once again swept all young adult and young male demos for the week, ranking #1 on basic cable for Total Day Delivery of adults and men 18-34 and 18-49. Among the standouts, men 18-34 delivery (324,000) grew by 8% and men 18-49 (454,000) grew by 9%. ...

Cartoon Network’s Monday night line-up of original animated comedies—Adventure Time (8 p.m.), MAD (8:15 p.m.), Regular Show (8:30 p.m.) and Problem Solverz (8:45 p.m.)—each ranked #1 in their timeslots on all television among all boy demos: 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14. ...

‘Tron’ team reflects on ‘Legacy,’ technology and spirituality

The “Tron” filmmakers took the stage and engaged the audience with stories of the context and challenging history of how the movie was brought to fruition — and often shared humorous anecdotes. ...

Here now is your “front row seat” via exclusive Hero Complex footage of the filmmakers’ panel at the Aero Theatre event: ... [T]he inspiration for the story of “Tron”; the limitations of the technology the filmmakers had to deal with — including the use of only one computer on the Disney lot; the reaction by one of Walt Disney’s “Nine Old Men” to a screening of the film; the spiritual components of the movie; and how the movie predicted much of the technology that is used today. ...

Now go dress up, hunt some easter eggs, and worship the God of your choice.

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