Episode 117: Walt Disney Animation’s Wish

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“Imagine a place where wishes come true. Where your heart’s desire can become a reality. What if I told you that place is within reach? All you have to do is give your wish… to me.”

Join ⁠ANIMATION FASCINATION⁠ as we all head over to the Kingdom of Rosas is this latest episode of the podcast. Embarking on the music filled journey with Marc and Stanford are returning guests ⁠Ted Sowards⁠ (Live Action A Goofy Movie) and ⁠Mike Sawran⁠ (of ⁠The Holdo Maneuver⁠!)

Together the group breaks down and reviews Asha and King Magnifico’s story in Walt Disney Animation’s 100th anniversary celebration for the film ⁠WISH⁠!

Also discussed: our favorite songs, the animation style⁠⁠⁠, plus much, much more…

(recorded on: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023)

‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ Coming Soon to Digital HD

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“The fairest one of all” is making its way out of the Disney vault and back on store shelves (both digital and physical) with the upcoming re-release of Disney Animation’s first animated motion picture Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Review: Disney Animation’s Beautiful ‘Short Films Collection’ Is a Must-Own for Fans

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Walt Disney Animation Studios’ new Short Films Collection is truly a stunner. The collection, which is now available on Digital HD platforms and will be available on Blu-ray August 18th, includes 12 of the studios’ animated short films made between the years 2000–2015. While some shorts are fairly new and have been recently seen in theaters, other titles are older and more obscure. Overall, it’s just great to have all of these beloved shorts in one combined and winsome collection.

Watch This: New Compilation of Short Films from Walt Disney Animation Studios Coming in August

We’re incredibly stoked about a newly announced collection of animated shorts from Walt Disney Animation Studios that will be released this summer on Digital HD and Blu-ray. Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection, coming to Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere on August 11th and on Blu-ray August 18th, contains 12 of the studios’ acclaimed animated shorts from the last decade and a half. Check out the new trailer.

‘Cinderella’ Cure for ‘Frozen Fever’

I prefer bad news first, so let’s begin with Frozen Fever. This 7 minute short that precedes Kenneth Branagh’s masterpiece retelling of Disney’s 1950 animated classic, Cinderella, is just annoying. Pandering, cheap, ridiculous premise (Elsa sneezes and snow babies pop out of her), cliché song and overall, just an obvious attempt at selling some new Frozen merchandise in the form of teeny stuffed snowmen and an Elsa dress that’s the same–but now in green! I pray this short is not indicative of what Frozen 2 is going to look like, but if the snowshoe fits…run away. Luckily, this brief, gratuitous sequel is not 90+ minutes long (yet) and the film that follows it is magical enough to almost make you forget Elsa singing, “a cold never bothered me anyway” (Get it? Cause she’s got a cold! And that’s also a line from “Let it Go.” Get it? Insert gun emoticon.) Almost.

‘Frozen’ Vinyl Soundtrack Poster Giveaway

The folks at Walt Disney Records have come up with a cool promotion for the best-selling Frozen soundtrack. A new limited-edition vinyl version of the soundtrack is now available for purchase.

‘Frozen’ wins BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) held their annual film awards last Sunday in London. For Best Animated Film, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen took home the award, winning over Pixar Animation Studios’ Monsters University and Illumination Entertainment/Universal’s Despicable Me 2.

‘Frozen’ Sing-Along Edition Opens in Select Theaters January 31

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen is not only a box office and award-winning hit, it has become a YouTube sensation as well with fans posting countless videos of them (and their children) singing their favorite tunes from the film. In response, Disney will release a sing-along version of Frozen in select U.S. theaters beginning Friday, January 31.

2014 Oscar Nominations Announced

The nominees were announced today for the 2014 Academy Awards. In the animation categories, five feature films and five short films were nominated (see below). Also, two songs from animated films have been nominated in the Original Song category: “Happy” from Despicable Me 2 and “Let It Go” from Frozen. And Pixar Animation Studios was snubbed again by not receiving any nominations for the great Monsters University and their beautiful short film The Blue Umbrella.  Here are the animation nominees…

‘Frozen’ Freak-Out! Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Release Dates Announced

Disney has officially announced when all the Frozen fiends can get their perpetual fixes. The studio will release the film on Blu-ray and DVD on March 18^th with an early release of the film digitally on February 25^th. Disney’s first go at pre releasing the digital copy happened with Wreck-it-Ralph and the results must have been good for them to do it again. This has been a definite trend in the animation and film world at large of late.