Learn How to Pitch with Rita Street!

If you have a great idea for an animated TV series and happen to be in Los Angeles on December 4, you’re in luck. Animation industry expert Rita Street (CEO of Radar Cartoons, producer of upcoming Nelvana series Ruby Gloom) will host a seminar on how to sell an animated TV show in West Hollywood.

Sponsored by Media Bistro, this highly informative seminar costs $65 per person and covers all the ins and outs of pitching a toon to TV execs. Street will cover how to create strong character profiles and present a winning sales bible that helps a buyer visualize your unique concepts. She’s also offers tips and tricks on getting your toon ideas to the right people and offer samples from successful bibles. Other topics include an overview of co-production deals, the advantages of selling a show to indie production companies, and how to package your toon if it’s based on a game, toy or even a popular t-shirt brand.

If you happen to have a cool concept for a TV toon, you’d be wise to sign up for this informative and very useful seminar (and we’re not just saying that because we think Rita is awesome!). To find out more about this event, visit www.mediabistro.com.

Source: www.animationmagazine.com

Shakespeare seals his own fate

Today sees the limited theatrical debut of Phil Nibbelink’s independently produced 2D-animated feature, Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss. More than five years in the making, the pic was animated entirely by Nibbelink, a former Disney Animator, who used Flash to facilitate his hand-drawn, 2D style.

In Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss, Shakespeare’s classic of star-crossed lovers from warring families is retold with seals. When Juliet's father gives her hand in marriage to the monstrous elephant seal Prince, Juliet must fake her death in order to be reunited with Romeo. The plan goes afoul, however, and our heroes embark on a desperate race against time with some help from friends Friar Lawrence and a kissing fish named Kissy.

While at Disney, Nibbelink animated on The Fox and the Hound, The Black Cauldron, Basil the Great Mouse Detective and Oliver and Company, and was a directing animator in London on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He later teamed with Steven Spielberg to form Amblimation in London, where he directed An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and We’re Back. In 1998, he started Phil Nibbelink Prods. with his wife, Margit Friesacher, as producer. After making direct to video films such as Puss in Boots and Leif Ericson: The Boy Who Discovered America, the duo dove into making a 77-minute 35mm animated family film with Nibbelink handling all the animation and lending his voice to the production.

Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With a Kiss premiered on Oct. 27, in a handful of theaters in Los Angeles and Northern California. To see a list of theaters, view the trailer and learn more about the movie, go to www.romeoandjulietfilm.com. As yet we have no news on a UK release.

Source: www.AnimationMagazine.net

Masterplan Video at last

Many peoples favourite Oasis song, Masterplan was only ever a B-Side, but at last there's a video to go with it. And it's a goodie too. L S Lowry fans are sure to enjoy.

History of Anime

We call this a the History of Anime, but if only all History Lessons were so enjoyable. Crank up your volume, sit back and enjoy some clips from the most famous and most influential anime of all time. Can-you-name-them-ALL?!

History of Anime
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Don't play with them Jason...

We've had a load of requests recently for some Gatchaman clips or Battle of the Planets as it is better known. And never one to disappoint we managed to find this little clip to keep you lot from pounding down our doors. Great music and many peoples first glimpse of what we now know as anime.

gatchaman phoenix attaque
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How about this for a find, the opening titles as they SHOULD be heard!

kagaku ninjatai gatchaman op
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Fighting Spirit

Here's a little clip from the sports Anime Fighting Spirit (or Hajime no Ippo to give it its proper name). If you like this then check out our GALLERY for some original hand painted production cels from this smash hit anime show.

Technique 10-Contre-Uppercut
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Clay-mazing movies

Here's a couple of VERY short Claymation Shorts, but interesting none the less and shows great promise. We'll keep an eye on this chap, and as more becomes available, we'll post it up!

Reves de boue_4
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Reves de boue_3
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The Wall

Here's a great little film from Japan. It's not animation in the true sense, but I think it's well worth a look. Evolving art in the best sense.

One week of art
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I will not do that thing with my tongue

The Simpsons is still one of our absolute favourites, here at Lollipop Animation. In fact we love it so much we even obsess about the opening credits.

Here are just a few of our all time favourite "Blackboard Openings":

Tell us if we've missed any classics!

I will not waste chalk
I will not instigate revolution
I did not see Elvis
I will not do that thing with my tongue
I will not call my teacher "Hot Cakes"
I will not aim for the head
I saw nothing unusual in the teacher's lounge
My name is not Dr. Death
I will not teach others to fly
I will not bring sheep to class
A burp is not an answer
Mud is not one of the 4 food groups
I will not sell miracle cures
I do not have diplomatic immunity
All work and no play makes Bart a dull boy
There are plenty of businesses like show business
Five days is not too long to wait for a gun
I will not hang donuts on my person
I will stop talking about the twelve inch pianist
I did not invent Irish dancing
There was no Roman god named "Fartacus"
I will not scream for ice cream
I have neither been there nor done that
Substitute teachers are not scabs
I cannot hire a substitute student
I was not the sixth Beatle
I will not "let the dogs out"
The hamster did not have "a full life"
Nobody reads these anymore
A burp in a jar is not a science project
I am not Charlie Brown on acid
SpongeBob is not a contraceptive
I will not leak the plot of the movie

Blast from the past

Watching Interstella 5555 the other day, I remembered how much I loved Daft Punk's animated approach to music videos. Here is IMHO, the best song and best 'video' from that album. Enjoy!

Daft Punk - One More Time
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