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cartoon studios
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animation category on Yahoo! Directory

Past Oscar® Winners: Best Animated Feature [2001 to present]
Past Oscar® Winners: Best Animated Short [1932 to present]

Animation genre at Internet Movie Database

Cartoonists Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore

animated movie category at AllPosters [dot] com

A.M.P.A.S. Teachers Guide pages on Animation



Animation  Links

Animation World Network & Magazine
AWN's Animation Industry Database
The Clay Animation How-To site
Brian Lemay's 'Animated Cartoon Factory'
Cartoon Character Hall of Fame
'Animation Artist' at DMNC
Skwigly Animation magazine {online} of U.K.
Anime News Network
Academy of Art University - School of Animation & Visual Effects of San Francisco, CA
The Laws of Anime 6.0
Cartoon Portal at PortalBrain
Toonhound website [U.K.]
ArtLinksList.com - arts directory

P.D.I./DreamWorks website
Toon Boom Animation Inc. - Emmy®-winning 2D animation software
Flatboy Productions - 3D animation & effects studio located in Pittsburgh, PA
The iota Center in Culver City/Palms, CA
Heresy Animation Studios [est. 2001] of Mesa, AZ

Animation Art Gallery in Beverly Hills & Culver City, CA
Original cartoon cells & other animation art at Animation Connection
Animation Art Gallery
Rainbo Animation Art - cels, artwork & collectibles in California
Animator website in Russia {some English, mostly Cyrillic}

Animation Connection: The Art Gallery with Character

The Big Cartoon Database            Machinima software & website: making movies in virtual reality


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Animation  Organizations

The Animation Guild {aka Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Local 839}

Animation Dept. of U.S.A.A.F. First Motion Picture Unit during World War II

Big Apple [NY] Anime Festival [Aug 2003]

A.S.I.F.A. [est. 1957] + A.S.I.F.A.-Hollywood + Annie Awards [est. 1972]

Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation [est. 1991]

Anime Expo in Anaheim, CA [July 2006 = #15]




General  Books  &  Videos

Secrets of Oscar-winning Animation   "Secrets of Oscar-winning Animation: Behind The Scenes of 13 Classic Short Animations" [2007]
by Olivier Cotte

Focal Press 8¾x8¼ pb [5/2007] for $23.07
interviews with directors & collaborators who made 13 selected winners of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: "Neighbours" [1952] by Norman McLaren; "Frank Film" [1973] by Frank Mouris; "Le Chateau de Sable" [1977]; "The Fly" [1980] by Ferenc Rofusz of Hungary; "Anna & Bella" [1985]; "L'Homme qui Plantait des Arbres" [1987] by Frederic Back; "Balance" [1989]; "Manipulation"
[1991]; "Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase" [1992]; "Quest" [1996]; "The Old Man and The Sea" [1999] by Alexandre Petrov of Russia; "Father and Daughter" [2000]; and "Harvie Krumpet" [2003]
Animation Business Handbook  
"The Animation Business Handbook" [2004]
by Karen Raugust

St. Martin's Press 9½x6 hardcover [8/2004] for $26.40
Masters of Animation book   "Masters of Animation" [2001]
by John Grant

Watson-Guptill 11x8½ pb [11/2001] for $29.95
Anime Encyclopedia   "The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide To Japanese Animation Since 1917" [2001]
by Jonathan Clements & Helen McCarthy

Stone Bridge Press 9x7 pb [rev 11/2006] for $20.67
Stone Bridge Press 9x7 pb [9/2001] for $18.96
American Animation In Its Golden Age   "Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation In Its Golden Age" [1999]
by Michael Barrier

Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [9/2003] for $21.80
Oxford Univ Press hardcover [4/99] out of print/used
Cartoons 100 Years   "Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation" [1995]
by Giannalberto Bendazzi

Indiana Univ Press 9½x8 pb [9/96] for $49.95
Faber & Faber hardcover [9/99] out of print/used
John Libbey hardcover [2/95] out of print/used
Cartoon Movie Posters   "Cartoon Movie Posters" [1994]
by Bruce Hershenson

self-publd 11x9¼ pb [1/94] for $20.00

more posters on the Magic Lantern Movie Posters Page

Animating Culture Hollywood Cartoons   "Animating Culture: Hollywood Cartoons From The Sound Era" [1993]
by Eric Loren Smoodin

Rutgers Univ Press 6x9 pb [6/93] for $22.95
Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/93] for $59.00
Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons   "The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons" [1991]
by Jeff Lenburg

Checkmark Books pb [7/99] for $18.96
Facts on File hardcover [8/99] for $75.00
Of Mice & Magic   "Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons"
[1990] by Leonard Maltin

Plume 9¼x7½ pb [5/90] for $28.00
Wartime American Animated Short Films   "Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939–1945" [1987]
by Michael S. Shull & David E. Wilt

McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [4/2004] for $38.50
McFarland & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [10/87] out of print/used
Masters of Animation docu videos   "Masters of Animation" [1986] Directed by John Halas
Vol 1: USA and Canada
Home Vision VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used
Vol 2: Great Britain, France & Italy
Home Vision VHS [6/2000] for $18.95
Vol 3: USSR, Yugoslavia, Poland & Hungary
Home Vision VHS [6/2000] for $18.95
Vol 4: Japan, Computer Animation
Home Vision VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used
Before Mickey  
"Before Mickey: The Animated Film, 1898-1928" [1982]
by Donald Crafton

Univ Chicago Press 8½x5½ pb [12/93] for $25.03
M.I.T. Press hardcover [1/82] out of print/used



Classic  Animated  Films
&  Collections

animation genre at Internet Movie Database
animated movies on DVD at Amazon
animated movies on VHS at Amazon

Warner Bros. Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD  
Warner Bros. Academy Awards Animation 15 Winners DVD  
"Academy Awards Animation Collection" [2008]  
Warner Brothers Home Ent. color DVD set [2/2008] 3 disks for $37.99
15 Oscar-winners & 26 Oscar-nominated cartoons; Disk 1 features the 15 winners: "The Milky Way" [MGM 1940] directed by Rudolf Ising; "Tweetie Pie" [W.B. 1947] directed by Friz Freleng; "For Scent-Imental Reasons" [W.B. 1949] directed by Chuck Jones; "So Much For So Little [W.B. 1949] directed by Chuck Jones, won Oscar for Best Documentary Short; "Speedy Gonzales" [W.B. 1955] directed by Friz Freleng; "Birds Anonymous" [W.B. 1957] directed by Friz Freleng; "Knighty-Knight Bugs" [W.B. 1958] directed by Friz Freleng; The Dot and The Line" [M.G.M. 1965] directed by Chuck Jones; winning Tom & Jerry cartoons directed by Bill Hanna & Joseph Barbera: "Yankee Doodle Mouse" [M.G.M. 1943]; "Mouse Trouble" [M.G.M. 1944]; "Quiet Please" [M.G.M. 1945]; "The Cat Concerto" [M.G.M. 1946]; "The Little Orphan" [M.G.M. 1948]; "Two Mouseketeers"
[M.G.M. 1951]
; "Johann Mouse" [M.G.M. 1952]; also includes "Drawn For Glory: Animation's Triumph At The Oscarsฎ"

15 winners only [2008]
Warner Brothers Home Ent. color DVD [2/2008] for $16.99

300 Classic Cartoon Collection  
"The Amazing 300 Classic Cartoon Collection" [2008]  
Mill Creek Ent. DVD [1/2008] 6 disks for $21.99
A Scanner Darkly movie poster   "A Scanner Darkly" [Warner July 2006]
Wild rotoscope animated tale of a future where an undercover drug agent begins to lose his mind from the drugs that flood the society he is surveilling. Written & directed by Richard Linklater; based on the 1977 novel by Philip K. Dick [1941-82]; starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder & Woody Harrelson
Warner widescreen color DVD [12/2006] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb
official movie site {Flash only}
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99

Animation Show Vol 1 video   "The Animation Show" [July 2003]
compilation of "the world's best animated short films"
co-produced by Don Hertzfeldt & Mike Judge

Paramount color DVD box set [1/2007] 2 disks for $18.99
Vol 1: color DVD [5/2004] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
early Looney Tunes cartoon character Bosko   "Cartoon Classics: Early Animation" [2002]
Vol. 4: In Color 1938-1953 U.S.A. color VHS [11/2002] for $32.95
Vol. 5: 1930-1937 U.S.A. b&w silent VHS [11/2002] for $32.95
Vol. 6: 1906-1926 U.S.A. & France b&w silent VHS [11/2002] for $33.95
Vol. 7: 1914-1926 U.S.A. & Germany b&w silent VHS [11/2002] for $32.95
Vol. 8: In Color 1946-1949 U.S.A. color VHS [11/2002] for $32.95
Vol. 11: 1900-1921 U.S.A. b&w silent VHS [11/2002] out of prodn/used
Vol. 12: 1914-1932 U.S.A. b&w silent VHS [11/2002] for $32.95
Vol. 16: Bosko 1927-1937 U.S.A. b&w silent VHS [11/2002] out of prodn/used


World's Greatest Animation   "The World's Greatest Animation" [1998]
Image Ent. color DVD [10/98] out of prodn/used
16 works that were nominated for or won the Oscar for Best Animated Short: "Special Delivery" [1978]; "Every Child" [1979]; "The Fly" [1980]; "Crac!" [1981] by Back; "Tango" [1982]; nominee "The Great Cognito" [1982]; "Sundae In New York" [1983]; "Charade" [1984[; "Anna & Bella" [1985]; nominee "The Big Snit" [1985]; "A Greek Tragedy" [1986]; nominee "Your Face" [1987]; nominee "Technological Threat" [1988]; nominee "The Cat Came Back" [1988]; "Balance" [1989]; and "Creature Comforts" [1990]

Shakespeare Animated Tales   "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" [BBC2-TV 1992-94]
Twelve half-hour episodes, in many styles: "The Tempest", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "As You Like It", "Hamlet", "Julius Caesar", "Richard III", "Romeo & Juliet", "Othello", "Macbeth", "The Winter's Tale", "Taming of the Shrew" & "Twelfth Night"
Ambrose color DVD [7/2004] 4 discs for $71.99
full credits from IMDb
Magic Lantern's 'Shakespeare On Film' Festival
The Puppetoon Movie   "The Puppetoon Movie" [June 1987]
Compiled by Arnold Leibovit; artistry of George Pal & Kurt Hanson, including "Tubby The Tuba" [1947]
Image Ent. color DVD [11/2000] for $9.99
Uni Distribution color VHS [undated] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb • official Puppetoon website
Allegro Non Troppo video   "Allegro Non Troppo" [July 1977]
Co-written & co-directed by Bruno Bozzetto & Maurizio Nichetti, co-written by Guido Manuli
Public Media color DVD [2/2004] for $24.56
Home Vision color VHS [5/95] for $29.95
full credits from IMDb




People

Professional Voice Actors

Joe Alaskey: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Bob Bergen: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Mel Blanc [1908-89]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Daws Butler [1916-88]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Pinto Colvig [1892-1967]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Jim Cummings: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Bill Farmer: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

June Foray [b. 1917]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Paul Frees [1920-1986]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

radio legend Gary Owens: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Janet Waldo: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

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Voice 123: The Voiceover Marketplace
'Voice Actor' entry at Wikipedia

Tex  Avery  [1908-80]
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Toonopedia's Tex Avery page

Tex Avery   "Tex Avery: King of Cartoons" [1985]
by Joe Adamson

DaCapo Press 11x8 pb [8/85] out of print/used
Tex Avery Screwball Classics video   "Tex Avery's Screwball Classics"
Vol 1: Warner color VHS [9/88] for $14.99
Vol 2: Warner color VHS [10/91] for $12.99
Vol 3: Warner color VHS [10/91] for $12.99
Vol 4: Warner color VHS [3/92] for $12.99
Tex Avery's Droopy DVD Collection   "Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection" [2007]
includes 24 cartoon shorts (1943-58), documentary film "Droopy and Friends: A Laugh Back", other extras
Warner color DVD [5/2007] 2 disks for $19.99

    impressionist animator  
Fr้d้ric  Back  [b. 1924] of Canada

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Ralph  Bakshi
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Don  Bluth
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won Oscar for Best Animated Short for "Gerald McBoing-Boing" [1950]  won Oscar for Best Animated Short for "When Magoo Flew" [1954]  won Oscar for Best Animated Short for "Magoo's Puddle Jumper" [1956]   Stephen  Bosustow  [1911-81]
producer of Gerald McBoing-Boing + Mr. Magoo
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received 10 Oscar nominations [1950-1958]; won in 1951, 1955 & 1957

Bruno  Bozzetto of Italy
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Sally  Cruikshank
IMDb listing

co-won Oscar for Best Animated Short for "The Pink Phink" [1964]   Friz  Freleng  [1905-95]
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Warner Bros. Jubilee 'Salute To Friz Freleng' color VHS [3/90] out of prodn/used

Matt  Groening
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"The Simpsons"
series credits at IMDb • series DVDs • official website

Ray Harryhausen [b. 1920]
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lifelong best friend of Ray Bradbury
MR's 'Tribute to Ray Harryhausen' fansite

Harryhausen bio   "Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life" [2004]
by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton
Foreward by Ray Bradbury

Billboard Books 11½x10 hardcover [4/2004] for $33.00
RH Sci-Fi Collxn   "The Harryhausen Sci-Fi Collection"
DVD version includes "It Came from Beneath the Sea" [1955], "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" [1956], "20 Million Miles to Earth" [1957], "Mysterious Island" [1961] & "H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon" [1964]
Sony color DVD [11/2004] for $42.99
VHS version includes "20 Million Miles to Earth" [1957], "Earth vs. The Flying Saucers" [1956], "The Three Worlds of Gulliver" [1960] & exclusive interview with Ray
Columbia/Tristar color VHS [4/96] 3 tapes / out of stock/used
RH Chronicles  
"The Harryhausen Chronicles" [A.M.C. TV documentary Jan 1998]
Produced & directed by critic Richard Schickel
WEA color DVD [7/2002] for $17.96
WEA color VHS [7/2002] for $12.98
full credits from IMDb

       John Hubley  [1914-77]
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received 7 Oscar nominations [1960-1978]; won in 1960, 1963 & 1967

served with U.S.A.A.F. First Motion Picture Unit during World War II
Digital Media FX article
the blacklist page

Faith Hubley  [1924-2001]
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P.B.S. special "Independent Spirits: The Faith & John Hubley Story"

Hubley Collection  
"The Hubley Collection"
by John & Faith Hubley

Vol. 1: Image Ent. DVD [10/99] for $22.99
Vol. 2: Image Ent. DVD [10/99] out of prodn/used
Vol. 3: Image Ent. [10/99] out of prodn/used

Ub  Iwerks  [1901-71]
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Ub Iwerks   "The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story" [1999]
Documentary directed by Leslie Iwerks
Disney Home Video VHS [9/2001] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb
companion book "The Hand Behind the Mouse: An Intimate Biography of Ub Iwerks" [2001]
by Leslie Iwerks & John D. Kenworthy

Hyperion 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2001] for $17.47
Iwerks Collxns  
"The Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Ub Iwerks Collection" [1999]
58 cartoons on the two disks
Vol 1: Image Ent DVD [7/99] for $9.99
Vol 2: Image Ent DVD [7/99] for $9.99

     Chuck  Jones  [1912-2002]
videos/DVDs • explore videos/DVDs • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

official Chuck Jones website
Toonopedia's Chuck Jones page
Chuck Jones {animation} Galleries in Santa Fe, NM and Orange & San Diego, CA

Chuck Jones Extremes & In-Betweens docu   "Chuck Jones: Extremes & In-Betweens - A Life In Animation"
[P.B.S./W.N.E.T. documentary 2000]

Directed by Margaret Selby
Warner color DVD [10/2002] for $14.23
Warner color VHS [11/2000] out of prodn/used
credits at IMDb
Chuck Amuck   "Chuck Amuck: The Life & Times of An Animated Cartoonist" [1994]
by Chuck Jones

Farrar Straus & Giroux 10x8 pb [12/99] for $17.50
FS&G hardcover [94] out of print/used
Salute to Chuck Jones   "Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection: A Salute to Chuck Jones" [1960]
Warner color VHS [4/2002] out of prodn/used

Satoshi  Kon  of Japan
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   Walter  Lantz  [1899-1994]
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received 10 Oscar nominations [1934-1956]; won Honorary Oscar in 1979

Toonopedia's Walter Lantz page

Walter Lantz's character Woody Woodpecker        "I don't care what anybody says, I'M COLD!"

Woody Woodpecker & Friends Cartoon Collection DVD box set  
"The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection" [2007]
Produced by Walter Lantz, voice of Woody by Mel Blanc
Universal color DVD box set [7/2007] 3 disks for $33.99
includes 75 original theatrical cartoons, plus documentary extras

Mori  Masaki  of Japan
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Barefoot Gen video   "Barefoot Gen" aka 'Hadashi no gen' [1983]
Directed by Mori Masaki; written & produced by Keiji Nakazawa
The tale of a child surviving the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945; the manga books are important anti-war works, and the film is a landmark in anim้ art.
Image Ent. bilingual color DVD [4/99] out of stock/used
Orion Home Video color VHS [7/95] out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb
Barefoot Gen 2 video  
"Barefoot Gen 2" aka 'Hadashi no gen 2' [1986]
Co-directed by Toshio Hirata & Akio Sakai; written by Keiji Nakazawa

video not available; full credits from IMDb
Barefoot Gen books   "Barefoot Gen" aka 'Hadashi no gen' [1973]
classic manga novels by Keiji Nakazawa

first serialized in 1972-73 in the 'Shukan Shonen Jampu' comic weekly
entry at Wikipedia
Volume 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima
Last Gasp 8¼x6 pb [10/2004] for $14.95
Volume 2: The Day After
Last Gasp 8¼x6 pb [10/2004] for $14.95
Volume 3: Life After The Bomb
Last Gasp pb [5/2005] for $10.17
Last Gasp 8¼x6 pb [9/2000] for $10.17
Volume 4: Out of The Ashes
Last Gasp pb [5/2005] for $10.17

Winsor  McCay  [1871-1934]
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Winsor McCay Master Collection  
"Winsor McCay: The Master Edition" [2004]
Image Ent b&w DVD [6/2004] for $28.49
earlier "Winsor McCay: Animation Legend" [1999]
Sling Shot b&w DVD [1/99] out of stock/used

won Oscar of Best Documentary Short Subject for "Neighbours" [1952]   Norman McLaren  of Canada [1914-87]
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Natl. Film Board of Canada homage to McLaren

Norman McLaren Masters Edition box set  
"Norman McLaren: The Masters Edition" [2006]
from the Natl. Film Board of Canada

Homevision DVD [10/2006] 7 disks for $89.99
includes 58 remastered films & 15 original thematic documentaries

   Hayao  Miyazaki  minipage

Myron  'Grim'  Natwick  [1890-1990]
creator of Betty Boop
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Katsuhiro  ิtomo  of Japan
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thumbnail biography at Ninth Art

Akira animated feature   "Akira" animated feature [1988]
Co-written & directed by Katsuhiro ิtomo
"arguably the finest example of Japanese anime ever made, a visual stunner"
— Devin D. O'Leary, Albuquerque [NM] Alibi

Geneon remastered DVD [1/2004] for $17.98
Geneon widescreen w/DTS [12/2002] for $22.48
Pioneer special edition widescreen DVD [7/2001] 2 disks for $31.98
Pioneer limited edition tin widescreen DVD [7/2001] out of stock/used
Pioneer color VHS [7/2001] out of stock/used
Demon Records UK soundtrack CD [10/95] for $34.99
full credits from IMDb
official movie site [Japanese alphabet] • Blue Blade fansite

Akira manga volume 1   "Akira" series of manga books [1982] by Katsuhiro ิtomo
Vol 1: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [12/2000] for $16.47
Vol 1: Dark Horse/B&N hardcover [8/2004] out of print/used
Vol 2: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [3/2001] for $16.47
Vol 3: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [6/2001] for $16.97
Vol 4: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [9/2001] for $18.45
Vol 5: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [12/2001] for $18.45
Vol 6: Dark Horse 10x7 pb [3/2002] for $19.77
Akira en Espa๑ol   Spanish YA editions from Ediciones B
Vol 1: hardcover [12/93] for $8.74
Vol 2: hardcover [12/93] for $8.74
Vol 3: pb [12/93] for $20.19
Vol 4: hardcover [12/93] for $8.74
Vol 5: hardcover [12/93] for $8.74
Vol 6: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74
Vol 7: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74
Vol 8: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74
Vol 9: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74
Vol 10: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74
Vol 11: hardcover [3/94] for $8.74

won Oscar for Best Animated Short for "The Old Man and the Sea" [1999])   Aleksandr  Petrov
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received 4 Oscar nominations [1990-2008]; won in 2000


Dr. Seuss's character Cat In The Hat        Dr.  Seuss  {nee Theodor Seuss Geisel [1904-91]}
Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

Isao  Takahata
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animator & director  Frank  Tashlin  [1913-72]
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Cartoon  Studios

Famous  Studios  [1942-59]

Famous Studios entry at Wikipedia
Famous Studios  
"Great Animation Studios: Famous Studios" [2001]
Winstar color DVD [1/2001] for $17.98

Fleischer  Studios  [1921-1942]
Max Fleischer [1883-1972]: explore videos/DVDs • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia
Dave Fleischer [1894-1979]: credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Fleischer Studios entry at Wikipedia
Wikipedia pages for Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye the Sailor, and Superman cartoons
Betty Boop WebRing
the voice of Betty Boop: Mae Questel [1908-98]

Fleischer   "The Fleischer Story" [1976]
by Leslie Cabarga

Da Capo Press 11x8½ pb [5/88] for $14.00
Crown hardcover [8/76] out of print/used
Fleischer Studios  
"Great Animation Studios: Fleischer Studios" [2000]
Winstar color DVD [5/2000] for $17.98
Betty Boop Vintage Collection   "Betty Boop: Vintage Collection" [2007]
A2ZCDS, Inc. b&w DVD [10/2007] 2 disks for $24.95

"Betty Boop: Collector's Edition" [2007]
Echo Bridge Home Ent DVD [4/2007] 2 disks for $9.49

Betty Boop DVD collection   "Betty Boop: The Ultimate Collection"
Delta b&w DVD [12/2004] 2 disks - out of prodn/used

"Betty Boop: The Definitive Collection" [1998]
Republic Studios b&w VHS [9/98] 8 tapes/780 min. out of prodn/used

Felix the Cat Collection  
"Felix The Cat Collection 1919-1930" [1993]
E-Realbiz.Com b&w DVD [1/99] out of prodn/used
Popeye   "70 Years Of Popeye" [2000]
Winstar DVD [4/2000] for $9.98
Superman   "Complete Superman Cartoons" [2000]
Image Ent color DVD [8/2000] for $26.99

Hanna-Barbera  Studios  [1966-98]: Wikipedia entry
William Hanna [1910-2001]: credits at IMDb
Joseph Barbera [1911-2006]: credits at IMDb
animator Iwao Takamoto  [1925-2007]: explore videos/DVDs • credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Hanna-Barbera works on DVD & on VHS {used only}

WingnutToons fansite
Brasilian fansite
book by Michael Mallory [10/98]

official logo of Jim Henson's Muppets [incorp. 1963]
Jim  Henson  &  The  Muppets  [est. 1963]
The Jim Henson Company [est. 1958] official website {requires Flash}
Wikipedia entries for The Muppets and for Jim Henson [1936-90] and for Frank Oz

The Muppet Movie pinkish poster   "The Muppet Movie" [Henson/A.F.D. June 1979]
A frog, a bear and a pig head for Hollywood, while trying to elude a greedy fast-food magnate. On their way to fame & fortune, the characters get an agent, meet with a studio bigwig (Welles), and confront other dangers. Created by Jim Henson & Frank Oz; Directed by James Frawley; starring Kermit The Frog, Fozzie Bear, The Great Gonzo, Miss Piggy, Rowlf The Dog, Charles Durning, Steve Martin, Orson Welles, Carol Kane, Milton Berle, Mel Brooks, James Coburn & Dom DeLuise
Disney color DVD [11/2005] for $13.99
Disney color VHS [3/93] out of prodn/many used
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99

plain Pixar logo
Pixar  Animation  Studios  [est. 1986]
Pixar official website
Pixar entry at Wikipedia

Pixar Short Films Collection   "Pixar Short Films Collection" [2007]  
Volume 1 includes "A Short History" documentary short, Oscar-winners "Tin Toy" [1988], "Geri's Game" [1997], "For The Birds" [2000], plus "The Adventures of Andr้ and Wally B." [Lucasfilm 1984], "Luxo Jr." [1986], "Red's Dream" [1987], "Knick Knack" [1989], "Mike's New Car" [2002], "Boundin'" [2003], "Jack-Jack Attack" [2005], "One-Man Band" [2006], "Mater and The Ghostlight" [2006], and "Lifted" [2007]
Disney color DVD [11/2007] for $19.99
Disney color Blu-ray [11/2007] for $23.95

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U.P.A.  Studios  [1941-1970s]
Wikipedia entry

Vanguard Animation of West los Angeles & Canada
official website • Wikipedia

Jay  Ward  Productions,  Inc.
Jay Ward [1920-89]: credits at IMDb
[blacklistee] Bill Scott [1920-85]: F.M.P.U. Page • credits at IMDb

official company website

Moose That Roared   "The Moose That Roared: The Story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, A Flying Squirrel & A Talking Moose" [2000]
by Keith Scott

Griffin 9x6¼ pb [11/2001] for $11.87
St. Martin 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2000] out of print/used
Rocky & Bullwinkle Book   "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Book" [1996]
by Louis Chunovic

Bantam hardcover [10/96] out of print/many used

"Crusader Rabbit" [1950-52]
series credits at IMDb

"Fractured Flickers" [1963]
Fractured Flickers video   all 26 half-hour episodes, hosted by Hans Conreid
VCI Ent. b&w DVD [8/2004] 3 disks for $31.99
full credits from IMDb

"Rocky & His Friends" [1959-61 on ABC]
video/DVD not available; series credits at IMDb

"The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show"
[1961-64 on NBC; repeats 1964-73 on ABC]
series credits at IMDb • 'Frostbite Falls' fansite • browse 14+ videos
Rocky & Bullwinkle First Season  
"Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends: The Complete First Season (1961)"
Sony color DVD [8/2003] 4 disks for $22.49
"Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends: The Complete Second Season" [1962]
Sony color DVD [8/2004] 4 disks for $21.99
"Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends: The Complete Third Season" [1963]
Sony color DVD [9/2005] 4 disks for $31.99

Warner  Bros.  Animation  Studios

Looney Tunes official website {requires Flash}

That's All Folks / Warner Bros. Animation   "That's All Folks: The Art of Warner Bros. Animation" [1988]
by Steve Schneider

Owl Books 11¾x9 pb [9/90] out of print/used
Henry Holt 12¼x9¼ hardcover [10/88] out of print/many used
Barnes & Noble hardcover [1/99] out of print/used
Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies   "Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide To The Warner Bros. Cartoons" [1989]
by Jerry Beck & Will Friedwald

Henry Holt 9x6 pb [5/89] out of print/used
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol 1   Looney Tunes Golden Collection [2000-2007]
Volume 1 [2000] 50+ shorts plus extras
Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2003] 4 disks for $46.99
Volume 2 [2004] 60+ shorts plus extras
Warner Bros. color DVD [11/2004] 4 disks for $48.99
Volume 3 [2005] 60+ shorts plus extras
Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2005] 4 disks for $44.99
Box Set Vols 1-3 {savings of $11.29}
Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2005] 12 disks for $129.73
Volume 4 [2006] 60+ shorts plus extras
Warner Bros. color DVD [11/2006] 4 disks for $45.99
Box Set Vols 1-4 {costs $34.03 more!!}
Warner Bros. color DVD [11/2006] 16 disks for $220.99
Volume 5 [2007] 60+ shorts plus many extras  
Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2007] 4 disks for $46.99

Looney Tunes Premiere Collection   Looney Tunes Spotlight/Premiere Collection [2003-2007]
Volume 1 [2003] 28 shorts plus extras
Warner color DVD [10/2003] 2 disks for $14.99
Volume 2 [2006] 30 shorts plus extras
Warner color DVD [11/2004] 2 disks for $22.99
Volume 3 is not available by itself {5/2007}
Volumes 1-3 [2005]
Warner color DVD [10/2005] 6 disks for $66.99
Volume 4 [2006] 28 shorts plus extras
Warner color DVD [11/2006] 2 disks for $19.49
Volumes 1-4 [2006]
Warner color DVD box set [11/2006] 8 disks for $90.99
Volume 5 [2007] 30 shorts  
Warner Bros. color DVD [10/2007] 2 disks for $19.99
Volumes 1-5 [2007]  
Warner color DVD [10/2007] 10 disks for $113.99



Walt  Disney  &  The  Nine  Old  Men

Walt won 22 Oscars and 4 Honorary Oscars    Walt Disney  [1901-66] Page
received a record 64 Oscarฎ nominations [1932-1969],
and won 22 Academy Awards and 4 Honorary Oscarsฎ

Les Clark [1907-79]
Marc Davis [1913-2000]
Ollie Johnston
Milt Kahl [1909-87]
Ward Kimball [1914-2002]
Eric Larson [1905-88]
John Lounsbery [1911-76]
Wolfgang Reitherman [1909-85]
Frank Thomas [1912-2004]

Walt Disney Feature Animation fansite
Walt Disney Treasures DVD series
Walt Disney Pictures Section on Magic Lantern's Movie Studios Page

Disney War  
"Disney War" [2005]
by James B. Stewart

S&S 8½x5½ pb [3/2006] for $10.40
S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2005] for $18.87
Blackstone UNABR audio CD [3/2005] for $50.37
Designing Disney   "Designing Disney: Imagineering & The Art of The Show" [2003]
by John Hench [1908-2004] with Peggy Van Pelt

Disney Editions 11x9 hardcover [10/2003] for $24.50
Nine Old Men   "Walt Disney's Nine Old Men" [2001]
by John Canemaker

Hyperion 12¼x9¼ hardcover [10/2001] for $42.00
First 100 Years   "Disney: The First 100 Years" [1999]
by Dave Smith & Steven Clark

Hyperion hardcover [rev 2/2003] for $17.50
Hyperion hardcover [10/99] for $28.00
Disney's Art of Animation #2   "Disney's Art of Animation #2: From Mickey Mouse To Hercules"
[1997] by Bob Thomas

Disney 11½x8½ hardcover [3/97] out of print/used
Illusion / Disney   "The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation" [1995]
by Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston

Hyperion hardcover [10/95] for $42.00
Art of Walt Disney by Finch   "The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse To The Magic Kingdoms" [1973, rev 2004]
by Christopher Finch

Harry N. Abrams 'revised/expanded' hardcover [11/2004] for $37.80
Harry N. Abrams 10x9½ 'concise' pb [9/99] for $15.61
Disney's Art of Animation #1   "Disney's Art of Animation #1: From Mickey Mouse To Beauty & the Beast" [1991]
by Bob Thomas

Disney 11¾x8½ pb [10/92] out of print/used
Disney 11¼x8¾ hardcover [11/91] out of print/used

info on animation careers at Disney



Animation  How-To  Books

Bluth's Art of Animation Drawing   "Don Bluth's The Art of Animation Drawing" [2005]
by Don Bluth

D.H. Press 11x8¾ pb [2/2005] for $10.17
Animator's Reference Book   "The Animator's Reference Book" [2005]
by Les Pardew & Ross S. Wolfley

Muska & Lipman 11x8½ pb [2/2005] for $26.39
Animation Writing & Development   "Animation Writing and Development: From Script Development To Pitch" [2005]
by Jean Ann Wright

Focal Press 10x7½ pb [1/2005] for $18.45
Bluth's Art of Storyboard   "Don Bluth's The Art of Storyboard" [2004]
by Don Bluth

D.H. Press 11x8½ pb [11/2004] for $10.17
Complete Animation Course   "The Complete Animation Course: The Principles, Practice & Techniques of Successful Animation" [2003]
by Chris Patmore

Barron's 8¾x8¾ pb [8/2003] for $14.93
Survival Kit   "The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles & Formulas For Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion & Internet Animators" [2002]
by Richard Williams

Faber & Faber 11x9½ pb [1/2002] for $21.00
Faber & Faber 11&fracx9¾ hardcover [1/2002] for $35.00
Richard Williams's credits at IMDb
Art of 3-D Computer Animation  
"The Art of 3-D Computer Animation & Effects" [1996]
by Isaac V. Kerlow

Wiley & Sons 9¼x7½ pb [7/2003] for $37.80
Animation Book   "The Animation Book: A Complete Guide To Animated Filmmaking-From Flip-Books To Sound Cartoons To 3-D Animation" [1979]
by Kit Laybourne

Three Rivers Press 9x7.4 pb [rev. 11/98] for $17.47
Animation by Blair   "Cartoon Animation"
classic by Preston Blair

Walter Foster 9x10¼ pb [1/95] for $17.47
booksite
Preston Blair's credits at IMDb
Animation From Script To Screen   "Animation: From Script To Screen" [1989]
by Shamus Culhane

St. Martin/Griffin 9¼x6 pb [8/90] for $12.37
St. Martin 9¾x6½ hardcover [1/89] out of print/used

Animation  Magazines
Anime Insider Magazine
Anime Insider
Magazine

subscribe:
12 issues/year for $28.00

magazine website

Animation Magazine: The Business, Technology & Art of Animation [est. 1987]
Animation
Magazine

subscribe directly:
12 issues/year for $65.00:
2 years for $110.00

magazine website



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