Bring This Dog Home...

It appears that Disney has announced the release date for the DVD/Blu-Ray of "Bolt" according to UltimateDisney...

March 24th.

Both the DVD and Blu-Ray will include the new short we mentioned a while back and it now has a name: "Super Rhino."

I wonder who it could be about?

Theory In Flux...

Jerry Beck over at his fabulous website Cartoon Brew has a very, very original theory about the current road that Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios are taking under the leadership of John Lasseter...

He appears to believe that the Mouse and the Lamp are following the shorts model that Walt used back in the 30's and 40's. While Mickey Mouse cartoons followed a proven formula, the Silly Symphonies were more experimental and divergent from what the audience expected or wanted. There's more to it than that, but that's the gist of it. Give it a read.

Interesting...

Tuned In...

Animation World Magazine has a great interview with Rob Gibbs and Victor Navone, the co-directors of the new "Cars Toons" shorts that premiered the other night on Toon Disney...

Good read.

Drawing On Personalities...

Have you ever stayed through the credits of a film?

An animated film in particular.

Ever wondered what all those credits meant? Particularly when you saw one that said "Supervising Animator" or "Animation Director" on a specific character. Well these gifted artist are responsible for giving the physical representation of the character that an actor is voicing its personality. Eric Goldberg, you remember we just talked about him a short while ago? He's as much responsible for the Genie from "Aladdin" as Robin Williams is... he brought that character to life. This is the job of a supervising animator.

Now, have you wondered who was doing each character on Princess and the Frog? Wonder no more...

If you want to know who's animating the characters in Disney's "The Princess and the Frog", then I suggest you take a look at Rhett Wickham's article over at Laughing Place.

Great read...