Thanks to everyone who took part in my Balto Source Christmas contest! It was a close tie between Troll Berserker and Nattikay, but I decided to go with Troll's banner. Congrats, Troll!

Here is list of the following banners submitted. (click to enlarge)

Troll Berserker

Aiyana-Kopa

NattiKay

Steele2

Ionday

Don't look now, but you're standing under the mistletoe!  Instad of kissing, you need to shake hands with the person bellow you. lol

Fanart

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You know, I don't really like social sites like Facebook and such...

But I had to report this : TaleSpin just got 40,000 likes on the "80/90's babies" page, in only TWO HOURS!!!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/80s-90s-Babies-Only/357467644347022

I SO wish some folks at Disney would see this!

I am in need of some assistance this year (as you can see by what I made), as my laptop is in the shop, and all I'm left with is a computer that really isn't capable of doing anything other than web browsing.

So if you would be interested in helping me out, click here to view and join the contest!

Happy Holidays!

The Christmas banner for LATTS is up! I chose from last years banner contest. This year I chose RainbowKat's design. I know Tramp's face is covered up, but it's still a great banner!

Enjoy!

EDIT: It's been fixed!

Well, there's snow again this year. Same old same old, you know how it works.

But how to turn it off?

Seems Steet forgot to add that option this year. Until he fixes it, here's how to turn off the snow in case you're not interested in seeing it. As of right now, this is really the only way that has been found to turn off the snow, so you're going to have to make due.

You'll have to go to the AS hub, and scroll ALL the way down. You'll see options like this:

As you can see, there is an option to stop the snow there. [...]

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The final animated film of the year, Pokemon: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice, premiers in English tonight on Cartoon Network (US) and YTV (Canada). The air time is 7:00 PM Eastern/4:00 PM Pacific. If you're unable to watch it, don't worry; it re-airs tomorrow at a slightly earlier time.

Check out the first 5 minutes of the film below!

Hello TaleSpin fans ^^ This is my second news so far, and I'm already asking for your help!

IF YOU ARE [...]

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It is now the first of December, and as such we are exactly one month away from the start of the Animation Source Choice Awards. This year, I have asked for help, and help has come! If you sent me a PM asking to help out, check the list below and see if your name has appeared! You can also check out the list on this page.

Vote Collectors:

Ancient Fairy Dragon
Black Rose
Blazetail
Cloudtail
Fluffenstuf
Gums
Paxis

Graphic Designers:

Brown Wolf
-DayDreamer-
Ionday
UKtheWhiteWolf

Here's how it's going to work. Vote Collectors, you [...]

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There's an event today organized by our partner Facebook group, "Open Vault Disney", to ask Disney Movie Club to complete the Disney Afternoon DVD with the unreleased episodes!

Here are the instructions :

1.) On Friday (11/30/12), please visit the Disney Movie Club's official Facebook page. Link below:

https://www.facebook.com/DisneyMovieClub

2.) Then, please write a short comment asking for no more than 3 “Disney Afternoon-era” titles you’d like to see them release. It is VERY important you limited it to just 3 titles this time as [...]

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I was busy curling up in a corner upon the realization that Samurott is a girl, when this came up. So I'm happy to post a news that I'm sure will make a lot of you happy.

A LOT of people have found their accounts have been deleted. If you are one of them, here's what to do:

1) Post a comment in this news, either as a guest or on a backup account, stating the account's name that has been deleted.

2) Create a second account, with the knowledge that it should ONLY be used temporarily until we get your old one restored.

Unfortunately, the ONLY way for [...]

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I have received high-resolution pages for the comic Shade Silverwing is making! Now you can enjoy them in the best possible quality!

Click the pic to read it!

And, I have added 2 new pages, which brings the total to 9 pages!

Oh and she's also added some character descriptions! (in German, but if you use that link below, it's automatically translated) :

http://animexx.onlinewelten.com/doujinshi/zeichner/541832/53309/charaktere/

This comic may just be the best thing happening to the TaleSpin community ever since I've started this site :)

Who cannot [...]

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Hey guys, we've noticed that lately there's been some arguing going on over names and copying.
There really is no need for it.

Names cannot be copyrighted nor can anyone be warned or banned for "copying" a name. Proving someone copied a name directly from another member would be near impossible to prove as there's no such thing as a 100% unique name and they could've gotten it from anywhere.

People can steal or copy art or characters, and that will not be tolerated and anyone doing should be reported.
But just using the same name is not against any [...]

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Swott Wolf was assistand producer on TaleSpin, and also the owner of the "MouseClubHouse" blog. And he still works (sometimes) for Disney!

Last week, he has posted some amazing never-before-seen artworks of the show! Here are a few ones :

These are only some samples, I haven't uploaded everything! So I (highly) suggest you go to his blog to see the whole [...]

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Hi, everyone. You may remember earlier this year, when the 1st Animation Source Choice Awards was held. Well, it's time to start getting ready for the 2nd ASCA's, and this year I'm looking for YOUR help!

The way the Animation Source Choice Awards works is like this. Each year, several animated movies are released in theaters around the world. I count them up, and decide which films are eligible for which categories in the awards; the categories are set up like the Academy Awards, so there are, for exmaple, Best Picture and Best Animation. (22 in total.)

For the [...]

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(Before I get going, don't forget to check the news post below this one!)

Introducing a new feature - GAMES!
These will be run by me and Blazetail and will be posted at random intervals for a bit of fun. There are no prizes, just the fun of participating! They'll be a mix of visual games, puzzle games, quizzes and anything else we think up.
(If you have a suggestion, feel free to PM either me or Blazetail with your idea!)

And here is the first game!

Spot the difference!
There are 7 differences between the two pictures below, can you find them [...]

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I had found these piece of art a few YEARS ago, but never actually got to post about them.

Well, here they are!

They were made by an artist named Catani, who worked on TaleSpin at the "Disney Animation France" studio. They made only a few episodes, but they were quite remarquable for their art style!

Source : http://luizcatani.blogspot.com.br

Many thanks to the artist for allowing me to post these!

This is a message from the mods.

Recently,  there has been a lot of flaiming of members in the shout boxes, through comments, and on the forums. In particular, the members are Brown wolf, MightyBalto1925, Skulblaka_Shur'tugal, Kelsey the Zombie and JerseyCaptain. As of right now, anyone caught doing this again will be given an instant month-long ban. Consider it a rule for now.

To elaborate: don't talk about them even if you talk about the situation without mentioning names. It's obvious who you talk about. And we also don't care if you talk about it either [...]

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Hello well it seems the poll is going good.

Once again this is about the books.

Which characters do you want on the sources? Just the ones blood related to Spirit and Rain like Alma or as many as I can get some bio for like Alicia, Willow and Aspen.

Hello my precious little children, are you here to save your little friends from the wicked witch of Balto Source? Be gone with you! You're no match to me, these users are my prisoners till the stroke of midnight! And for stepping foot on my doorstep, you're now to stay with me till midnight! You're not allowed to speak to the prisoners no matter how much they beg!

My first prisoner is PEPSI COLA

I found her out after dark checking her mail box.

This prisoner has a great talent in art. And my precious children, I give you permission to gather [...]

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UPDATE (November 2nd, 2012) : I have added two new pages she has recently submitted! I'll add them regularly!

A fan is currently making a fan comic!!!

It's "only" 5 pages-long for now, but as you can see, this is top-quality art!

Seems like the "Plundering Wonder" will play an important part in the story :) But we'll have to wait & see what comes up next! So stay tuned and bookmark the comic page, because more will be added as soon as I get them!

Give your thanks to Shade-Silverwing, who is making this! :)

Hi guys doing this quick.

I made a new poll .I know I made one only days ago but  this is again to help with the site :).

I ordered the spirit books (3 of the 4) and will be getting them some time soon , they said 3 to 4 weeks but iv had books come in  7 to 10 days after ordering before.

The question is easy do you want the book characters on the source?

So go vote, and leave any comments on this post.

~blaze~

It's not everyday that a new TaleSpin merchandise comes out, but it has happened quite a few times this year, which is always a good thing!

This tee-shirt is for sale here :

http://www.bustedtees.com/baloosairservice

Looks like the one who made this shirt is a fan! ("Baloo's Air Service" is only refered to in the pilot episode, pre-"Higher for Hire")

It's available in many sizes, and both for male and female. Grab them before they're gone!!!

It seems the frequency of animated films is becoming more common. Box Office Mojo has updated their release schedule with updated and brand-new release dates for upcoming animated films.

First of all, let's look at rescheduled release dates for films we already knew about. The first one is "Phineas and Ferb", the theatrical film based off the TV show of the same name. What little is known about the film is that it's actually NOT animated--not entirely. Its format is described as "similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit". The film will be released in 3D (and 2D as [...]

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Hello spirit sourse

As someone who wants to help the source I came up with an idea

as of now there is a fourm for horse info its not finished yet and nowhere near it (theres over 200 breeds and iv only done 3) but its now open for members the point of it is to help get info out there about breeds yes other members can submit stuff I haven’t done it yet but ill pin ones which have info that is proven from books ect

So yes if you want to help feel free to join it and hopfully help SS become even better

http://ssbreedinfo.boards.net/

Hi everyone ^^

Steet has given me permissions for posting news, so today here's my first contribution!

Please comment ^^

Spirit Source, I bring you a Halloween banner!

It's quite saturated compared to the usual one, but I think it fits the season quite nicely.  xD

After a summer of hiatus, Sourcecast 2.0 is back, with our fourth episode "Going Fourth!" Guest co-host Dragon Tamer joins the three regulars, and they talk about Hotel Transylvania, Wreck-it Ralph, and Finding Nemo! (And other stuff, but you'll have to listen to know what.)

Link to episode here!

It was just announced today that the 15th Pokemon movie will be released on Cartoon Network on December 8. The dub title is called "Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice".

The film aired in Japan earlier this year in 350 theaters, and so far has grossed USD $44,057,737. It's a bit of a disappointment not to see this film come to theaters like last year's Victini film, but apparently Pokemon has a contract with Cartoon Network and was only able to make an exception last year.

The film follows a young Legendary Pokemon named Keldeo (voiced by famous anime actor Vic [...]

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First let me say this is not some random silly news. I held a contest, and the contest is now ended, and the winner who came in first place would have their entry featured on the front page.

Also, I will link to this news about the new character rules.

CONGRATULATIONS TO PIANOASHES!!!

I chose her drawing because of all the hard work that went into it. so congrats PianoAshes! You did an amazing job on this drawing!

And just to be kind, I will include the rest of the entries that I received

Troll Berserker's [...]

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Added a new page to the site for the Spirit video games!

I've tried to make sure all the information is present and correct but if you notice a mistake feel free to say so and I'll fix it asap.  c:

Hello Animation Source!

Mods have noticed all the problems going on with characters and what is accepted.

The first and probably one of the most important rules is that sparkle dogs/horses/lion ect... are not allowed.  And if you aren't sure what a sparkle character is, it is any character that has an unnatural color that you would not find on the regular animal. So for almost any animal, that includes the colors blue, green, red, purple, pink ect. To go along with that, unrealistic designs are allowed. Please do not give your character excessive jewlery, this does include [...]

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The people have spoken, the vote for the new banner has been cast and the results came out;

Edit: Okay guys, all changed. Some colours will have changed about the site too [...]

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Available since June 2012 in December 2012 is a Disney Afternoon mystery pin set, sold at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort! Among them is one really cool TaleSpin pin's! I could only find this picture :

To check the whole "Disney Afternoon mystery pin's set", see this :

http://www.pinpics.com/cgi-bin/pin.cgi?pin=92570

I'm guessing that, even though it's been released recently, this is a very rare pin's!

It's really nice to see that Disney has done more for the Disney Afternoon these past 2 years, than they did for [...]

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I know I didn't post all that long ago, but I was asked to make a feature, so here we go!

Fanart:

I don't normally post things that have to deal with fan characters, but I was asked by AlphawolfJenna if I would be willing to feature a icon she made of JerseyCaptain's Togo, so here we go! Take a look at this amazing piece of work!

Don't forget to stop by the rest of her gallery to take a look! And if you would like to add her gallery into your favorites, click here!

Fanimage:

I've picked out a good one this evening! This wallpaper, by Coco2204, is [...]

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I had written up a LONG news about the stuff going on, but the browser just blurped and I lost all of it. So unfortunately, here's a shortened version of what I wrote.

Ok, so if you check out the latest release dates, courtesy of Box Office Mojo, you'll see there are new entries. How to Train Your Dragon 3 comes out on June 17, 2016. Kung Fu Panda 3 comes out March 18, 2016. The Penguins of Madagascar - a brand-new film based off the TV show -  comes out March 27, 2015. Three brand-new animated films have just been announced: Trolls (working title, June 5, 2015), Mumbai [...]

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I just found this nice animation cel, selling on Ebay. Worth a look!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/disney-animation-cel-Talespin-/300769919506#ht_500wt_1180

They refer to it as a cell, though I can't remember seeing this picture in any episode. It looks more like the pictures in some of the graphical novels that were released when the show was still on the air.

Hello all! I really don't have anything to say, so let's just dive right in!

Fanart

It may not be the newest drawing on the block, but hey! That doesn't matter! This drawing, by Alkila, is of Steele and the dog from the other team racing. Click here to take a look!

Images

If you haven't visted this gallery, then you're missing out on some great talent! Take a look at this stunning image by Maxie! And don't forget to look at the rest of her gallery, and if you like what you seem add her to your favorites!

Contests

I don't normally like [...]

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Due to the general lack of news in the actual animation world, I decided (upon the proposal of someone awesome, you know who you are) to write up a fan news for ALL of Animation Source. The French do this all the time: take all the Sources and show off the best parts of them, so here we go with the very first English edition!

First off, Balto Source. Our artist for this Source is Kema. Let's take a peak at what she has to offer us... Oh, how unfortunate. It seems as if one of her characters is crying in this art piece entitled: "Le Sniffle". 

But her [...]

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Rio 2 will be coming to theaters Spring 2014, just in time for the soccer World Cup held in Rio de Janeiro. As we're currently lacking much updates on it, this is a news to ask for your opinions on it. What do YOU think the movie will be about? Are you looking forward to it? Anything you hope is different - or the same - as the first film?

What little info we have on Rio 2 can be found here.

Look what I've just found!!!

http://bradenlamb.tumblr.com/post/23860774819/fanartica-rl-baloo-and-kit-originally-a

That's quite some funny pictures, something I'm surprised nobody did before! Pretty well done, uh??

But actually, there's another thing that makes it very interesting!

This comes from an artist Braden D.Lamb, who makes illustrations for comics. Obviously, these are very professional looking covers!

He says that it was "Originally a commission from my editor", and when we click on the link he provides, we're [...]

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Hello hello hello! I hope you've all had a great summer this year! Unfortunetly, for the those of you who are still in school, must return to your classes and stare at your teachers for the remaining 6hrs of your day and year. lol As for the rest of us, we will be enjoying the changing climate and weather for the remainder of the year.

Lol, okay okay, on with the fan news.

Fanart

Here we have a drawing done in Windows 7 Paint by Wolflover201. The drawing is of Kodi in more realistic colors. Click here to view this nice drawing!

Images

In need of a new wallpaper? [...]

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To help promote its upcoming animated feature film, Disney has released an online flash version of "Fix-it Felix", the game centered around its 52nd animated feature "Wreck-It Ralph". The film will be released in theaters on November 2 this year, and centers around a video-game "Bad Guy" named Ralph who feels his job is underappreciated. The film also cameos video game characters from other franchises such as Mario and Sonic.

To play the game, click the picture below!

The full-length trailer, which debuted in front of Madagascar 3: Europe's [...]

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Yes, it's a little late to announce this, but better late than never, right? "Dragons: Riders of Berk", the official TV series for How to Train Your Dragon, has begun airing on Cartoon Network!

CLICK THE BANNER BELOW TO VIEW THE NEW SECTION

The series will eventually get its own section on the website, but for now we're going to work on a subsection under the original How to Train Your Dragon tab. But keep checking back; eventually we'll have the section up and running!

You can now enjoy the shoutbox with five new texture backgrounds to choose from! I will be adding more, and I will defiantly be adding ones of the Balto characters!

Enjoy!

It was close guys.

The vote ended up being 12 people for this one - which was the winning vote!
Banner #4!

Although ... the second place banner had 11 votes. That complicates things a little.
Banner #2!

SO!
I'm going to be annoying and ask for another vote from you guys.
Please vote again by posting a comment but ONLY pick Banner#4 or Banner #2!
And only one of them.

This will end on August 23rd, so get your vote in before then.

The winning one from this vote will be placed up top.
This will give me some time to redo the layout itself a tad too, but I [...]

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Here's another script version for the same episode, "Gruel & Unusual Punishment".

Have fun checking the differences with the final episode!

Well, not much to say about this one. Tangled Source is now open! All the content was handled by Nakou, and translated by me - but trust me, she deserves far more credit than me, so all the thanks go to her!

Fellow TLK Sourcers, today is a very exciting day!

If you look to your left, you should see that there is now a new section amongst the site: The Timon & Pumbaa section!

A huge thanks to Rainbowkat who created the graphic for the section and made this opening possible! Also a huge thanks for Skulblaka_Shur'tugal, who did the information for the section! After about a year since this section was first started, it's fantastic to see that we finally have it up now. (: Do check the section out!

~Paxis

Well, it is now August 1, which means it's time to announce the winners for this year's Animation Source Awards! Thanks to everyone who voted; this year it was REALLY close for a lot of categories. Remember, the winners this year get to have their selections posted as Selection of the Week!

And here is the complete list of winners:

Overall Awards
Wolf Award - blazetail
Lion Award - Brown Wolf
Frog Award - MightyBalto1925
Dog Award - JerseyCaptain
Horse Award - Mohammad891
Bear Award - catwhohas14tails
Princess Award - Draco
Cat Award - Saske [...]

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Hello my fellow AS'ers and strangers. We have a new shiny, and crisp layout and banner!

All credit goes to Kelsey The Zombie for the wonderful layout and MightyBalto1925 for the lovely Banner. Give them praise! These ladies worked hard and quick on making this new look. So with that, I hope you all enjoy the new style and the site.

A new banner has shown up on the site showing off the new TV Series Dragons: Riders of Berk. It's basically showing off untrained dragons in the world still like Whispering Death. Timber Jack. Basically any dragon that wasn't show in the movie but was in the book is in this series. All original characters are returning but for the cast it may not be the original cast. It's possible that some will be on here. Check it out this fall; maybe check the trailer at Cartoon Network as this is where this is being posted.

Let’s do some of this week’s Selections [...]

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Hello spirit sourse

I made a news post only a fue days ago but its time for another,SS will be getting a new banner and its up for a vote out of 6 All you do is post wich one you like best

votings only up for 2 weeks so vote befor the 8th of august

 all banners are made by UK

1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23709614/Spirit%20Source/site_banner-1.png
2 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23709614/Spirit%20Source/site_banner-2.png
3 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23709614/Spirit%20Source/site_banner-2-1.png
4 - [...]

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Hello blazetail again

As some members might have seen there is a project to try and make spirit source better, and one comment was for it to get an ipod

Well I did some work and iv made one, so far not all the songs are on it but i’m working on it as the website that host it isn’t to new user friendly , but I plan to work it out and slowley add the rest of the songs

On another note me and UK stoped the weekley picks as we both got to busy to ,I would have loved to do it more but life got in the way sorry about that

Also remember if you have an [...]

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I think the video is self-explanatory :)

I don't have much to say, but this is Kay's layout, it will be up for now. I also re-made the banner (Kay asked me to), so enjoy!

Hello again! It's Imagine!

After being reminded by a nice member here, I got around to making official characters from 102 Dalmatians! The other builders and I pretty much agreed to making these characters after the successful poll.

Right now, the only characters that have been created are Oddball, Little Dipper, and Domino. If you want MORE 102 characters to be added, send me a PM with a request! :)

Ok, I guess that's it. I hope you guys enjoy making fan art with the new characters!! (You're welcome by the way ;) )

EDIT: Also of note is a follow-up interview with Balto sequels director Phil Weinstein. You can read it here.

Episode 3 of Sourcecast 2.0 has been released, and features the regular hosts (Skulblaka_Shur'tugal, Ancient Fairy Dragon, and Juuchan17) along with our guest co-host SpaceTimeGuardian - Skul's very own wife!

This episode, "Brave", focuses on numerous subjects, including Brave, fathers in animated films, and why Ancient STILL needs to become a brony!

To listen to the episode, click here.

As of today, Hot Topic is selling a TaleSpin tee-shirt!

http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/Apparel/TShirts//Disney+TaleSpin+Baloo+Girls+T-Shirt-166805.jsp

NB : This is a girl model, grab it if you're a girl or offer it to your girlfriend or family!

If you are, I'm currently holding a contest for all AS members to create a Timon & Pumbaa Sidebar Graphic. To see the contest, click here!

The contest info:

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"Okay, so. Yesterday I got a reply from steet after asking again about whether or not he could access the graphics bases for the sidebar of the site so I can add the graphic to complete the Timon & Pumbaa section. Turns out that there was an error with what graphics were added and there is *not* a graphic base for the sections. A bit frustrated, I sat back once again wondering what I could do because I [...]

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The nominees are in, and now it's time for everyone to VOTE in this year's Animation Source Awards!

Overall Awards
Wolf Award - blazetail; HaruWuffle
Lion Award - brown wolf; Imagine
Frog Award - Rio LilC; MightyBalto1925
Dog Award - The Batman; JerseyCaptain
Horse Award - Seth2208; Mohammad891
Bear Award - catwhohas14tails; Bambi Fletcher; Roi Doberwolf
Princess Award - Draco; MW Roach
Cat Award - Saske Italian Wolf; Rio LilC
Dragon Award - Mightybalto1925; Blazetail

Balto Source
Balto Award - Hecate; Nattikat8; MightyBalto1925
Aleu [...]

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Good morning everyone out there who is tuning in this fine morning. I'm MightyBalto1925 reporting for the AS news coverage.

Weather report:

Skies will be cloudy with a high of 88°. By this afternoon a strong band of T-storms will be moving through bringing wind speeds of 50MPH, hail, and possible tornadoes. By 12:00AM skies should clear and a nice day will be ahead for your Sunday.

Weather saftey: If a tornado should hit, get to the lowest part of your profile till the storm passes.

Reports:

Just in! Early this morning a AS member reports that they have been [...]

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I'm sorry for the downtimes occuring lately, me and my co-host are still looking for what is causing them.

No change in the site code has been made lately so it's probably due to some upgrades on the server.

Until it's all fixed, please be patient!

Sorry there hasn't been much updates for this Source, but I am pleased to announce a new partnership with fellow HTTYD fansite, Torch and Ingrid's How to Train Your Dragon Fan site!

*click banner to view site*

Current links to other fansites can be found here. If you have a suggestion, PM either me or Cero.

You all remember the Animation Source Awards, don't you? I'm not talking about the Choice Awards, which honor the best in film. I'm talking about the ASAs, which honor you, the members of Animation Source. Well, this year's ASAs have officially begun: the 2012 Animation Source Awards!

The rules for this year are much like the last few years. You cannot vote for yourself. You can only nominate one person per award, but as many awards as you like. No nominating banned members. You cannot use multiple accounts to vote for a person.

Otherwise, the rules are pretty [...]

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:D its that time again for weekly picks of the week

my turn again

I wasn’t able to read fanfics again (i’m sure some time we will)

Fanart

this image by marty_mcfly

hehe derp :D love it it reminds me of BHA's art  but allso spirits

Fan image

this image by deviouslittlewolf (DLW)

I still cant work out where she rendered the female from but i love it :D uh not much els to say

Character

My red stilettos by hayleywolf

:D i love seeing horses drawen  and pixles this is both  colours are [...]

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It's been a while since I have last posted some old comics on the site!

So here are two new ones : "Flimflam Flyboy" and "The Rise of the Pillager Queen"

Enjoy!

Hey, Rio Source! Time for some much-needed updates! First of all, let's look at our fan art of the week, done by Riodejaneiro

And secondly, the fan image, this time done by Apollo-pony(tilly)

Did you know Rio has its very own airplane?  Amazing, huh? Check out the full article here, written by Meridian {Chaos} - Click to read article

And finally, a fan video is in order. This was done by BuffieWolfie and is entitled "Defying Gravity."

That's it for this week. Keep on sending new stuff to the site, and maybe you'll get something [...]

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Hello everyone, I'm Imagine, and this is my first fan news. *cue confetti* Yay!! :)

Anyway, I have been searching on youtube and I happened to stumble upon a documentary about the making of 101 Dalmatians, and it was really interesing how they put this movie together using very unique styles and techniques. It was so interesting that I wanted to share it with you so you can be amazed by what the animators have accomplished for this wonderful film. So without further ado, here are the links to all four parts of the Documentary! Watch and be astounded.

Part 1

Part [...]

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Hey guys!
I'm doing this weeks fan creations picks, unfortunately it's just art, images & characters again.  D:
I'm afraid I'm far too busy to read any fics and the other sections appeared to be full of tumbleweed, sorry about that!

Character
This week's character belongs to Dúnedain.
Smoking Loon

Smoking Loon has a really nicely laid out profile and he sounds like quite an interesting character.
I also really like his design.

Fan art

This week's artwork pick is this [...]

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Hey guys!
You might have noticed there's a new section on the left named "Merchandise" - that's right, we're currently in the process of making new Spirit merchandise pages!

You're going to have to bear with us for a short while whilst we write them but they should be coming along nicely!
If you have your own photographs of this merchandise (DVDs and CD included) I'd be much obliged if you'd consider taking a good quality photo of them (seperately) for us to use on these pages!
Just PM the images to me or blazetail.  C:
You would of course [...]

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It wasn't possible before, but now the 101 Dalmatians official characters have their character names and descriptions in English! Credit goes to Dr. Faye Gx, who translated from the French, on every single bio!

Be sure to check out the newly updated characters, and don't forget to vote in the poll for NEW characters! (Link to characters page here; link to poll here.)

Dr. Faye Gx is wanting to make some new official characters for 101 Dalmatians Source, but there's a catch: the characters are from the book 102 Dalmatians, an adaptation of the movie. The book IS in the same style of animation as the animated films, but the characters are from the live-action movies.

Thus, I have created a poll to see what the majority of the members think about adding these characters. You can see it here.

Get to voting! The majority determines the case!

Hello, after some thought and asking another site builder what they think I have decided to do a weekly “pick” sort of thing this will highlight what IV liked this week

It will include fanart, fanfic. Images and characters and I may feature a contest i’m not too sure yet I will also post any spirit source related updates

Do not ask for your image/fanfic/character to be in this!!

First up we will start with
Fan art
This weeks fan art
sleeping spirit

by hayleywolf
I picked this purely cause its cute and hayley has shown mass [...]

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Hello, Animation Source! I am here to welcome the newest Source: 101 Dalmatians Source!

There have been so many people who have worked on this over the years! Pilot and Skip were among the first to work on it, with contributions from Grey wolf. In the end, MightyBalto1925 worked on the graphics, and Imagine and myself (Skulblaka_Shur'tugal) worked on the infos.

Come over and enjoy yourselves!

Used with permission. Banner © Hecate

Some of you may be aware of the fact that a lot of us older members are upset over the fact that people are here for all the wrong reasons. This news is what this news will be focusing on.

Yes, this fan site is out of control, and needs to be fixed. At this rate Animation Source has gone above and beyond the words "fan site". So I would like you to ask yourself, am I truly a fan? Think hard, and think seriously. Because if you are a truly a fan of whatever site you may spend your time on, then you wouldn't be using [...]

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Animation Source--first opened as Balto Source, as many of you remember--first became a website in France on May 8, 2004. As today is May 8, 2012, it means that today marks the 8 Year Anniversary of Animation Source! (The English side opened in September, but what the hay.)

^Birthday picture by Hecate^

It's hard to believe it's been 8 years. Yes, it's had its ups and downs, but look at how much progress it has made: from a yellow hard-on-the-eyes single website with less than a hundred members, to a total of 15 Sources (with more on the way!) devoted to quality [...]

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I just thought id let spirit source know I am now a site builder for the info side of things, I do have some idea that could improve spirit source, one i am sure most of you have seen is adding the cougar, he or she is now an official character

Along with the cougar I have plans for the twins, and the Indian horses to have pages up soon, also the translation of the characters back into English with more bio in more detail

But one thing I question, should we have strider as an official character? Iv seen this over and over but i am not sure so leave a comment below [...]

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With the original Sourcecast now put on the shelf, we are now proud to announce the release of a brand-new podcast from Animation Source: Sourcecast 2.0! And to kick off the new series, we now present you with Episode 1: "Round Two - Begin!"

What makes 2.0 different from Series 1? For starters, there are new additions to the team: Juuchan17 and Ancient Fairy Dragon. On top of this, the official website, hosted by Conay, has been re-designed and will be hosting the episodes internally now. (Don't worry, they're still available to download from iTunes.) In the [...]

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Piquel has informed me that, after two months of work, he has completed his prototype shoot'em up level, and WOW! It is GREAT!!!

I would also like everyone to know that I am colaborating a bit on this project, for now I'm focusing on spreading the word about it. This is why I have added a new page on the site, specifically dedicated to this [...]

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I have posted an article about two rare TaleSpin merchandise coming from Germany and the United Kingdom :

Read the article right here!

Hello all! Thought I would bring a little bit life to this place and show some interesting things that I've found and to feature some people on the website.

First off we have this

Princess and Frog Review 1

Princess and Frog Review 2

Hewy Lewis is known to be a good reviewer and is reanouned for his humor and honest reviewing skills. His reviews are very informative,educational, and even factual. So it is worth the watch for you PTF fans.

Next up we have some fanart!  Toma una Carta by RoT-Lunatik is a lovely manga/ anime take [...]

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Animation Source now brings you a new game that EVERYBODY can play: Find.It!

How Find.It! works is like this: For the next 4 weeks, the Site Infos Builders on the Sources will be hiding text (or pictures) in the official sections of the Sources. (For example, it could be the DVD section of Lady and the Tramp 2's Information tab, on Lady and the Tramp Source.) You'll know it when you see it, because it will be big, bold words at the bottom of the page.

The goal of Find.It! is to rack up as many points as possible before the four weeks are up. You earn points by finding [...]

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It's been a long while since I've uploaded some screenshots, so here are some new ones from the episode "On a Wing and a Bear"!

Which clearly isn't the best animated, but still a very good episode!

Hey all!

If you're wondering what happened to my last post, I deleted it due to trolls spamming it. So for the those who may not have seen it, I have added back two old audio files to the site. Go to the multimedia page under Balto to view these.

Also, as a side note, if you happen to see some odd questions being asked, do NOT reply to those, this is a troll. Ignore it and report it. These are also being posted in the comments, so be aware of that.

Fanart

I have a good one to share, and a rather amusing one at that. By Crossed Stitch, here we have "It likes you [...]

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 Disney is currently making a sequel to the Wii game "Epic Mickey", which was a very good and creative game! It will be released on Wii, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, scheduled for fall 2012, and this news alone is already a very good one!

But the best news, is that there will be an entirely different version on the Nintendo 3DS, which will be a coming back to the 2D, hand-drawn style!!!

This game will be part of the old "Illusion" series of games ("Castle of Illusion", "World of Illusion"...), the last one being my favorite Disney [...]

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April fools! This was just a joke, there is no site being made, and your characters will be left alone.

I've recived word that there are too many characters on all the sites of AS, that starting next week all your characters will be moved to the new Animation Source character hub, which is still in the making. This means you will have to remove all your character related content off the site and put it up on this new one. Why this? Because people are not focusing on what they should be. So in order to get things back on track, this new source will solve everything.

Have a nice [...]

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It's been almost a year since the last Sourcecast episode came out. Now it's time for us to present you with the final episode of Sourcecast, as we know it. Don't worry, it'll come back, re-vamped in the form of Sourcecast 2.0. But as for the original Sourcecast, this is it. (Total length is 33 minutes, so it won't take too long to listen to it)

To listen to the episode, or to download it to your computer, click here. For more information on Sourcecast, click here.

For more information on how to become part of Sourcecast 2.0's team, send me [...]

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A lot of people have pointed out that HTTYD has its own tour show: How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular. I'm pleased to say that I have added a section for this on the site!

For now, the show has only announced tour dates for Australia and New Zealand. It will come to North America this summer and probably Europe in autumn. To view the new section of the site, click here. 

I have noticed recently this board game, which seems to be released only in India :

http://www.firstcry.com/funskool/funskool---talespin-game/12336/product-detail

I had never seen it before, and the packaging looks quite modern, so would that be a new TaleSpin merchandise???

This wouldn't be so surprising because TaleSpin is relatively popular in India, and actually, DVD sets have been released there a few months ago! So maybe they did this board game to accompany the DVD release?

NB : It's out of stock on many stores, but this one still sells it, if someone [...]

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Thank you to everyone who participated in the 1st annual Animation Source Choice Awards. It was a huge success! And now, here we go with the results!

Best Picture: Rio

Best Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Kung Fu Panda 2

Fan Favorite: Pokemon the Movie White: Victini and Zekrom

Best Screenplay: Don Rhymer, Josh Sternin, Jeffrey Ventimilia and Sam Harper, Rio

Best Voice Actor: Jack Black, "Po" in Kung Fu Panda 2

Best Voice Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Jewel" in Rio

Best Animation: Rio

Best Sequel: Kung Fu Panda 2

Film Most Likely to [...]

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EDIT: The show has completed. The winners will be announced tomorrow morning on the site.

It will be just under 24 hours from now that the winners of the 1st Animation Source Choice Awards will be announced--live! Want to see the results? Then go to this website (courtesy of AS user Conay) tomorrow at 8 PM Eastern/5 PM Pacific to watch the start of the show.

The winners will be announced one at a time in a show that will last for just under an hour, hosted by yours truly. They will be posted on the site later Friday morning for those who can't make the show. See you then!

I have posted two more comics on the site : "Danger with Danger Woman" and "It's a Plunderful Life!"

Enjoy them on the comics page

Our friend Piquel has posted a new video of his game project, this time showcasing the Point & Click adventure mode in the game. See below :

Who is excited for this? I am, more and more!!!

EDIT: The voting period has now ended. Thank you everyone who voted! Be sure to check back on March 15 for the live results!

Well, today is February 29. That means two things. One, it's Leap Year, which only comes once every 4 years, so enjoy it while it lasts. Two, it's your last chance to vote in the Animation Source Choice Awards for this year.

You have until midnight tonight, February 29, your local time, to send in your votes. If you haven't voted in the month of February, then you are eligible. Here's how to do it:

1. Look at this list.

2. Send me [...]

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Hi, Jungle Book Source! Here's something fun for you. Do you want to do an RPG on the site? Then talk with the person wanting to head such a project: gruvu. They are wanting to create an RP based in the Jungle Book universe! So if you are a long-time RPer, or someone who hasn't started yet and wants to, contact them and get set up!

Be sure to spread this to all your friends. This may be the key to making Jungle Book Source more active! 

Following the news that the song "Real in Rio" had received an Oscar nomination for Best Song, the writer Sergio Mendes commented that Carlos Saldanha, the director of Rio, is wanting to develop a sequel, which he hopes to come out right around the 2014 World Cup.

Does this mean a sequel will happen? Guess we'll just have to wait and find out for sure. At this point...it seems likely.

Full story here. http://my.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/sergio-mendes-says-rio-sequel-likely-155007113.html

Following the example set by several other Sources, HTTYD Source now has its own FAQ page. Check it out by clicking here. (It's under the "Site" section.) Also a new Merchandise section is up. For now it only has movie posters, but if you can think of other stuff to put up, PM one of the site builders and we'll be sure to put it up!

Also, don't worry, we haven't forgotten the upcoming sections on the short films; they are being worked on. In addition to this, there will be a new subsection soon on the types of dragons that are seen in the films; this will be [...]

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I finally took the time to update the merchandise page with many items! And I still have lots more to post!

Also I have posted a new poll on the site. Have fun!

Ever wanted a poster for a film that you've seen? Some people prefer to print out black-and-white posters from their computers. Others are lucky to find cheap un-official posters at the local supermarket. But now there's a site where you can buy an original movie poster from the films you love the most!

The website is called Movie Poster Shop. They carry official, mint-condition posters for over 600,000 films (and growing), and for each film there are usually several different posters. For example, if you were to look up posters for Fantasia, you’d find 16 different [...]

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Check out this new video from our friend making a Talespin game!

That's very impressive, I can't wait to play that! :)

For the ones among you who didn't try it yet, Piquel has posted a video of his prototype game :

If you wish to play it, you can download it here : http://bit.ly/wlMA0b

Sorry that it has been awhile since my last news. I don't always get around to doing this, and the fact that it's getting harder to find content that's Balto related.

Fanart

First up! We have a drawing of Balto done by Silver Prime. This drawing is suppose to be Balto in an anime style. Click on Silver Prime's name to view the drawing.

Fan image

Am I ever thrilled to post this image! I will throw in the whole gallery while I'm at it. This image is done by Angelica31. They have some amazing skills! I absolutely love the glowing edge effect. The [...]

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Hi, Rio Source. It's been a while since a fan news has been posted in here, so I thought, as part of the ongoing Animation Source Choice Awards, you'd like to know just how well Rio has been doing in the awards!

The nominees are in, and it turns out Rio has the most nominations, with a total of 17 spread over 12 categories! This is great news for Rio, and this may be the show that gives the film the most awards! (The film has also been nominated for "Best Song" at the Academy Awards, the highest honor a film can get.)

The nominations Rio has received are:

Best [...]

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Thanks to everyone who participated in voting in the past month. 157 votes were received, far surpassing my expectations! Now, it's time to announce the nominees for the 1st Annual Animation Source Choice Awards!

You can click the banner above to see the list of nominees. If the link does not work, you may instead click here, which will take you to an alternate page that works for most people.

Since it wasn't clear last time, you vote by SENDING ME (SKUL) A PRIVATE MESSAGE. (Need a shortcut? Click here.) You may not vote by posting a comment on this news. In addition, [...]

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Most of you probably know Minecraft (I have never played it though), but it looks like there are some Talespin fans playing it :

Source : http://imgur.com/a/p32pX

Today, I have sent our Talespin petition to Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Disney Publishing, Disney Consumers Products and Marvel.

To be honest I have no expectation, but what's the worst that can happen? At worse, they won't do anything for Talespin, and that's exactly what they're doing for years! At best, maybe we could finally get a TaleSpin comic and the final DVD volume release?

Fingers crossed!

Also I'll keep the petition running, so that we could send more letters in the future! So if you haven't yet, please sign!

 A new fan on the [...]

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And it is GREAT! This is a little platformer video game with Baloo, which looks a lot like the Genesis and TG16 versions of the official game.

Of course you're probably wondering, "How can I play it?" 

Well, yes, download it here! http://bit.ly/wlMA0b

We're talking about this game on the forum right here!

It's amazing how active the Sources have become! So active, for the first time last night, every single shout box was alive with activity!

What does this mean? It means that a new record has been reached on Animation Source: most shout boxes active at the same time! But it doesn't have to end here! From now on, let's make it a point to make conversation in all kinds of Source boxes, not just Balto Source or Lion King or Spirit--the regular ones. Try and go with a friend to a more inactive Source, just to boost activity! Who knows? Maybe it will become your [...]

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This is a note from the moderators of all the Sources. It is important, and if you make characters, regard this as an official rule.

Recently, characters site-wide have been created that are based on, resemble, are named after, or otherwise bear a resemblance to other characters that have already been established in other media. That may seem like a mouthful to you, so let's break it down.

Say, on Bambi Source, a deer character is made that is named Pascal. It's green, doesn't speak, and is best friends with a girl named Rapunzel. This is not at all okay, as it is [...]

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Happy new year everyone! :)

To begin the year, I have written an article about modelsheets I found from the "Molly Coddled" episode, detailing the (big) differences from the actual episode.

Also, now that the year is over, I suggest to push the "Talespin tee shirt logo" contest deadline to a few more months, because not many fans submitted something and at least one person had something to submit but didn't yet.

I'll also come back to the petition topic, which I'll try to prepare and send whenever I get the time to prepare [...]

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HAPPY NEW YEAR, ANIMATION SOURCE! 2012 will be one of the greatest years yet for the website, and the first event to kick it all off is the 1ST ANNUAL ANIMATION SOURCE CHOICE AWARDS!!!

For those of you who don't know what this is, the Animation Source Choice Awards (ASCA) are AS's equivalent of the Academy Awards, only for animation. There will be 20 categories this year (including 2 surprise ones), with 18 films of 2011 being eligible for a range of the categories, as well as TV shows, video games, and special categories!

Let's take a look at the 1st [...]

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