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Extraordinarily lifelike characters are to begin appearing in films and computer games thanks to a new type of animation technology. Emily - the woman in the above animation ^ - was produced using a new modelling technology that enables the most minute details of a facial expression to be captured and recreated. She is considered to be one of the first animations to have overleapt a long-standing barrier known as 'uncanny valley' - which refers to the perception that animation looks less realistic as it approaches human likeness. Researchers at a Californian company which makes computer-generated imagery for Hollywood films...

There are admittedly some eye-catching sequences in the production, directed by Dave Filoni (Nickelodeon's "Avatar: The Last Airbender"), from a script credited to Scott Murphy and TV animation veterans Henry Gilroy and Steven Melching. But the distinctive animation style eschews photorealism in favor of something more of a high-tech marionette look recalling Sylvia and Gerry Anderson's vintage "Thunderbirds" and "Fireball XL-5" '60s series. Unfortunately, that wood-carved appearance is all-too-fitting considering the less-than-fluid movement of the characters

The Goode Family Meet the Goodes, an environmentally conscious family that tries their best to be, well, good.

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. has chosen Intel Corp. to supply chips and other technology for its big computer-animation operations, a shift that will cost Advanced Micro Devices Inc. one of its most prestigious customers. The pact is expected to replace the studio's computing hardware -- which now includes 1,500 Hewlett-Packard Co. server systems and 1,000 workstations that use AMD microprocessors -- with new H-P systems that use Intel chips. DreamWorks Animation said the resulting increase in computing power would substantially shorten the time needed for many computing chores and aid the studio's planned shift next year to 3-D animation. "For...

" ... and then there were none." For over three decades now, animation fans have been quietly counting down. As first John Lounsbury, and then Les Clark slipped away. Followed by Woolie Reitherman, Milt Kahl and Eric Larsen. Then Marc Davis, Ward Kimball and Frank Thomas. And today word came out of Sequim, WA. that Ollie Johnston -- the last of Walt's Nine Old Men -- had passed away...

This is a short animation of a red tailed hawk and a cut song, sung by the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, the song is called, Good Religion. Some of the voices of this video are from Looney tunes.

It is not easy being a bird!

My animated parrot, with a nice hello, will sing it song. Revski

Rhode Island red-hen says, “Good Morning”, in three languages.

I've gone off the deep end so to speak on this one. This video is a Gospel, singing bullfrog. Hehehe lol Revski

"An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict."

Check out the trailer for this children's dvd - newspapers delivered from a bow, then the back of a military hummer, then dropped from an f-18. Those soft on weapons won't be putting this dvd in their children's stockings.

A gatling gun on a hummer, a fighter jet... and a frog. Liberal parents won't like this.

Far as I can tell, it's a children's video that teaches a lesson while making fun of old media.

Dennis Prager argues with a frog in this children's video clip about getting the newspaper. Dennis is animated. No, really. Animated - as in he plays a bear!

Dennis: I already get your newspaper Frog: Just one? Dennis: Why would I need two? Frog: One for you, one for the wife... Dennis plays a bear in a children's video.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Fire inside WTC caused by exploding fuel Although most Americans believe they know what brought down the World Trade Center twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001, civil engineers are still seeking answers to questions that could save lives in the future. Structural engineers need to know from a scientific perspective what happened to the buildings during the terrorist attacks in order to prevent future failures. The search for answers continues with the help of a state-of-the-art animated visualization created by researchers at Purdue University. Christoph Hoffmann, a professor of computer science and director of Purdue's Rosen...

n what may be a TV first, Comedy Central’s new series Lil’ Bush (which premieres in June) comes to TV by way of mobile devices such as web-enabled cell phones. The property began as mobisodes seen on 2” mobile screens. The show follows the misadventures of Lil' George Bush and his precocious pals Lil' Condi, Lil' Rummy and the unintelligible, foul-mouthed wisecracker Lil' Cheney. They're like the Lil' Rascals except they access to weapons of mass destruction. And instead of getting into mischief and learning stuff from other kids in the neighborhood, the little people in Lil’ Bush square off...

When you realize what the little kiwi bird (he has no wings) has done to fly, just once in his life....you will get a tear-in-the-eye, too.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFQ7vm4Nc8c

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Cute New Animation - Made my day! http://www.oregontermlimits.org/Whatever happened to term limits for Oregon legislators? We had a GREAT term limits law: 3 terms in the House, 2 terms in the Senate. Many people think we still have term limits. But we don't. Four years ago, responding to a lawsuit dreamed up by legislators themselves, the courts struck down the most popular initiative amendment in state history. In 1992, term limits had earned 70% approval and 1,005,706 YES votes, but the politicians didn't care about that. Ganging up against term limits. The plot to overturn term limits was hatched by...

The Inner Life of a Cell, an eight-minute animation created in NewTek LightWave 3D and Adobe After Effects for Harvard biology students, won’t draw the kind of box office crowds that more ferocious˜and furrier˜digital creations did last Christmas. But it will share a place along side them in SIGGRAPH's Electronic Theatre show, which will run for three days during the 33rd annual exhibition and conference in Boston next month. Created by XVIVO, a scientific animation company near Hartford, CT, the animation illustrates unseen molecular mechanisms and the ones they trigger, specifically how white blood cells sense and respond to their...

The following link is to a Flash animation that's pretty cool. Animator vs. Animationhttp://www.deviantart.com/deviation/34244097/

A chicken says it's a great privelege to be turned into a chicken sandwich. It's about time!

Dentsu holds the largest share of the Japanese advertising market - which is the second-largest in the world compared to the US. They also have a cool main page with lines going up and down and growing. I have no idea what it means, but it sure kept my attention. Mitsubishi is Mitsubishi. Subsidiaries of these two giants - Geneon Animation and d-rights - have agreed to establish a joint venture fund specializing in projects that are related to the production of Japanese animated works. Japan's animation is second to none. It is not 3-D, and, so far, they don't...

Conservatives in Action Launch RINO Hunt Web Site Animated Message Exposes Fissures Animation is at ElectionMania PAC site is Conservatives in Action PAC(Greenville, SC) Conservatives in Action, a non-partisan issue organization, announced today the release of a new website that uses animation as a means of communicating the divisions within the Republican Party. The animation can be found at www.ElectionMania.com. In the presentation, a Republican in Name Only (RINO) does battle with a Reagan Republican for the heart and soul of the public. Issues are discussed and the viewer is given the opportunity to check his or her legislator on...

film director Richard Fleischer, son of animation pioneer, Max Fleischer, passed away in his sleep last evening. He was 89. Mr. Fleischer, who had just released his teling of his father's career in OUT OF THE INKWELL: MAX FLEISCHER AND THE ANIMATION REVOLUTION, in June had been in failing health for the better part of a year. He leaves behind a most impressive body of work in films including 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, BARABBAS, FANTASTIC VOYAGE, DR. DOOLITTLE, TORA, TORA, TORA, SOYLENT GREEN, THE JAZZ SINGER (with Neal Diamond), CONAN THE DESTROYER, and RED SONJA.

March 20, 2006 - Fox has announced an early renewal for The Simpsons, and in a surprise move, has also renewed King of the Hill for an 11th season. This was expected to be the last season for Hill, and production had shut down on the animated series a year ago. However, Variety reports that Fox decided that the ratings were still strong enough to allow the show to continue. The entire staff of the show had moved out of their offices and on to other projects, but series creator Mike Judge was convinced to return after Fox was also...

BEIJING - "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" could be out of the picture in China - along with many other cartoon favorites. China has announced a ban on TV shows and movies that blend animated elements with live-action actors, a move aimed at nurturing local animators and apparently curbing the use of foreign cartoons. Besides "Roger Rabbit," the 1988 feature film in which actor Bob Hoskins performed beside several animated characters, popular children's TV shows featuring human hosts and animated elements such as "Blue's Clues" from the United States and Britain's "Teletubbies" could be included in the ban. And "Space Jam,"...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Entrepreneur Richard Branson is getting into the comic book and animation businesses. He has signed up as a partner in Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation, which will create original titles and characters that blend Eastern and Western mythologies. The companies, based in the Indian city of Bangalore, India, will be steered by Gotham Chopra, son of author Deepak Chopra, and business partner Sharad Devarajan. "We are a generation whose identities are cut and pasted from cultural elements of East and West," Chopra said. "Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation is our home, where we get a...

From Pokémon to Full Metal Panic, the anime industry is doing everything the rest of show biz isn't: embracing technology, coddling fans—and making a killing.           It was 2 a.m. when John Ledford heard the banging at his door. Stumbling from bed on that night in the fall of 1999, he threw on a robe over his boxers and opened the door of his Houston apartment to a twentysomething guy with glasses and a face full of freckles. Ledford was about to tell him he had the wrong apartment when the stranger launched into a speech....

Life Imitates Anime Okay, the Real World just keeps getting weirder and weirder. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) Case in point -- this report from Agence France-Presse:A Japanese Internet whiz is tipped to become the world's fourth space tourist -- and he wants to orbit the earth dressed as an ace pilot from a hit Japanese animation series. The candidate for the 20-million-dollar trip is Japanese investor Daisuke Enomoto, a 34-year-old former board director of the Livedoor Internet firm headed by flamboyant entrepreneur Takafumi Horie, local media said. Enomoto has already passed medical checks and started flight training...

Flash Animation lampooning Hillary's decision to run for Pres in 08 http://www.michaelhodges.com/missing.html

Toon idea may not be goofy Town of Polk studio lives life in 2-D By PAUL GORESpgores@journalsentinel.com Posted: July 27, 2005 Who is to say Wisconsin isn't the happiest place on Earth? A group of former Disney artists has said goodbye to Mickey Mouse to sign up with Miracle Mouse. Miracle Studios Photo/Benny SieuTom Hignite, who owns a home building business, has started a 2-D animation studio called Tom Hignite?s Miracle Studios. The company has produced short commercials, and feature-length films are being planned. Image/Miracle Studio ProductionsMiracle Mouse, Tom Hignite?s cartoon creation, is featured in short commercials for the business...

A old propaganda song wrapped inside a new package. First click the following link and then click a red button in the lower left corner. Click Here.

Suspended animation has been deliberately induced in a species of mouse which does not naturally hibernate. It is the first time such a feat has been achieved, say the procedure’s pioneers. If a similar response could be triggered in humans, there would be major healthcare benefits and the futuristic idea of putting astronauts into suspended animation on long-haul space flights could move a step closer to reality. The mice were induced to fall into their deep sleep after being exposed to hydrogen sulphide - the gas which gives rotten eggs and stink bombs their characteristic foul odour. The animals later...

Latest in a series of animations starring a Rabid Ranty Squirrel and sometimes some random Goth-esque Girl. Very funny, but probably not Everyone's Cup of Tea. Click on this link, but be warned: there is bad language ahead (You also need Shockwave Flash):

A poster here graciously reminded of www.m1911.org, which contains an animation of how a 1911 operates. I would like (if possible) to do away with the animation and show simple "still shots." Is there a way (once I copy the gif file to my own computer) I can separate out the various images that make up the animation? Or must I write special code? Thanks.

One last flash file to send the Brahman back to Boston with...

Here is a cartoon about John Kerry the war hero debating John Kerry the Hippy in front of Dan Rather. It means a lot, and the message is clear. Pass it around to everyone you can. We did the work, please help us distribute it.

Bush/Kerry animated short - it is hilarious! However, let me warn you, the size of the clip is 3.7 megabites, so it takes time to download (depending on the speed of your connection). You need Macromedia Flash Player http://www.jibjab.com/

I have written a flash animation that shows a debate between John Kerry and John Kerry in front of an audience full of weasels who support him. Wan Wather the Weasel is the moderator and John Kerry takes two forms: The War Hero with a Shot gun and the Peace activist in a toga giving the power to the people salute. We have very little time to get this project done. I have one animator working on it but he really needs some help to get it done in time for the election. I feel this animation will have real...

Legendary Walt Disney Co. animator Frank Thomas, whose work ranged from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' to "Pinocchio " and "Bambi,'' has died at age 92, the studio said Thursday. One of Disney's original "nine old men,'' the key group that helped make Disney an animation powerhouse from the 1930s onward, Thomas died Wednesday after months of declining health following a brain hemorrhage. He died at his home in Flintridge, Calif., Disney said. Thomas joined Disney in 1934 when the studio had only just begun working on "Snow White,'' its first full-length animated feature film. The costly movie nearly...

TEHRAN (MNA) -- The Iranian animation film “The Hole” made by Vahid Nasirian and produced by the Experimental and Documentary Film Center was awarded second prize at the 19th Odense International Film Festival, which was held from August 9 to 14 in Denmark. “The Hole” was awarded second prize in the international competition section of the festival. Hassan Dezvareh, the director of international affairs of the Iranian Young Cinema Society, was on the jury of the international competition section. The short fiction films “Retroversion” directed by Reza Sarkanian and “Does It Rain?” made by Majid-Reza Dehqani were also screened...

I'm looking for the flash cartoon "This Ashcroft Must Go", a parody of "This Jesus Must Die" from "Jesus Christ Superstar". The site it originated from (Gypsy Smith's CrossCircuit.com) no longer exists, and WND doesn't have it anymore either. Any help you can provide would be appreciated.

                                                 Click a link to see the flash animation:  http://rain-maker.realisticpolitics.com http://www.geocities.com/lizard9414 http://ee.domaindlx.com/rainmakers http://rainmaker.agreatserver.com

Reuters Roy Disney Forced Out, Wants Eisner to Go Sunday November 30, 9:59 pm ET By Peter Henderson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co. said on Sunday it was forcing Roy Disney off the board due to its mandatory retirement age policy, removing the last Disney family member from the board and a prominent critic of Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Eisner. Clearly stung, Roy Disney said he would go and said Eisner should step down, a letter obtained by the Wall Street Journal showed. The move may be the last act of a showdown between Eisner, who has...

<p>Hefner, an icon of the American sexual revolution, will be the mastermind behind a sexy, sophisticated squad of Playmates that fight the "enemies of the democracy" in "Hef's Superbunnies," the cartoon series to be developed by Stan Lee.</p> <p>Lee, the godfather of comics, created all-time best-seller comics such as Spiderman, the Incredible Hulk, Daredevil and the X-Men -- all of which were recently taken to the big screen and became box-office hits.</p>

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A former stripper is demanding an end to the new cable television show "Stripperella," an animated series featuring Pamela Anderson as the voice of a stripper who moonlights as a superhero. Janet Clover, 37, filed suit Monday against Anderson and comic book legend Stan Lee, who created "Stripperella" as well as "Spider-Man" and "The Hulk." Also named as defendants are Viacom TV Networks doing business as TNN. Clover claims she is Stripperella's "true creator," according to the lawsuit filed in Daytona Beach circuit court. Clover, an unemployed Palm Coast resident who identifies herself in the lawsuit...