Episode 101: AF News Edition – Sequels, Reboots, and Awards Season

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“Animation is cinema. Animation is not a genre for kids. It is a medium.”

In this AF news edition, Marc and Stanford cover all the latest from the animation industry including upcoming sequels, reboots, and awards season galore! The 95th Oscars Feature Animation nominees are discussed, PHINEAS AND FERB is coming back and so are Hank Hill & BARNEY THE DINOSAUR, and HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON is getting a live-action remake, all that, plus much, much more…

(recorded on: Monday February 20th, 2023)

Episode 100: Fascinating Animation | 2015 — 2022

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“Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.”

It’s a blast from the past in the 100th episode, Marc Vibbert and Stanford Clark are joined by past co-hosts Trent Vactor (of The Vactor-Verse) and Matt Quest (of Fisher-Price) to discuss their favorite films and television series from 2015 to 2022.

Also Discussed: reminiscing on highlights from past episodes, podcast origins, plus much, much more…

(Recorded on January 30th, 2023)

Celebrate ‘Zootopia’ with Facebook Live Event on Saturday, March 4th

Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps tower over Randy’s Donuts (📷: Disney)

Walt Disney Animation Studios is celebrating the one-year anniversary and the recent Best Animated Feature Oscar win of Zootopia this Saturday with a Facebook Live event at none other than the classic Randy’s Donuts shop in Los Angeles, California. More info after the jump.

‘Zootopia’ Wins Best Animated Feature Oscar; ‘Piper’ Wins Best Animated Short

L-R: “Zootopia” co-directors Byron Howard and Rich Moore, producer Clark Spencer

At the 2017 Academy Awards ceremony last night, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia was awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Best Animated Short Film went to Pixar Animation Studios’ Piper.

Review: ‘Zootopia’

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Disney-animated anthropomorphic animals make a triumphant return to the big screen in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ clever, charming, and thought-provoking new feature Zootopia.

Spring 2016 Edition of ‘Disney twenty-three’ to Highlight Walt Disney Animation Studios

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D23, the official Disney fan club, publishes a beautiful quarterly magazine for its gold level members (aka paying members) called Disney twenty-three. The Spring 2016 issue looks to be one that might be of particular interest to our loyal Animation Fascination readers—the magazine is focusing on the current revival of the vaulted Walt Disney Animation Studios and providing some sneak peeks into future projects.

Watch This: New ‘Zootopia’ Clips

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Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 55th animated motion picture Zootopia opens in one month from today on March 4th. To celebrate, we’ve got three new clips from the film.

Watch This: Trailer #2 for Disney’s ‘Zootopia’

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Walt Disney Animation Studios’ is celebrating “Zoo Year’s Eve” by giving us a second trailer to its new animated feature Zootopia.

New ‘Zootopia’ Poster and News

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Walt Disney Animation Studios has released a cool new one sheet for its upcoming animated feature Zootopia.

Watch This: New ‘Zootopia’ Trailer

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We love this new Zootopia trailer from Walt Disney Animation Studios.