BONJOUR, ANIMATION SOURCE!

We welcome you to Be Our Guest in our newest addition to the English side; Beauty and the Beast Source!

This site is dedicated to Disney’s 1991 animated masterpiece, the first animated feature in history to be nominated the Academy Award for Best Picture! We have everything you could want from a Beauty and the Beast fan site. Lots of information, lyrics to the iconic songs, beautiful screenshots, character details, VHS/DVD/Blu-ray and soundtrack info. And yes, even the sequels including The Enchanted Christmas and the much-despised [...]

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Universal/Illumination’s Despicable Me franchise is still going strong. After two highly-successful main entries and huge cash piles with a Minions spinoff, Gru and his family are back on a third mission in Despicable Me 3! Now fresh in cinemas, does it match the critical and financial success of it’s predecessors?

[Universal Pictures]

Well in terms of reception, it doesn’t seem to reaching that level thanks to mixed reviews, but that defiantly doesn’t mean the movie is bad. Hovering between “Fresh” and “Rotten” above the 60% mark on [...]

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HELLO EVERYPONY!

[Lionsgate]

Here on Animation Source and My Little Pony Source, we are pleased to announce that the first full-length trailer of My Little Pony: The Movie has finally been released online! This trailer will also be attached to screenings of Despicable Me 3.

While I haven’t been caught up on the series, I will say the effort put in is pretty commendable. This is especially evident with the upgraded animation. Instead of the usual Flash animation in the show, they’re using Toon Boom Harmony (the same animation software used for The Princess and [...]

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[20th Century Fox]

Greetings everyone of Animation Source! I do apologise for my lack of articles lately. This was due to studies and personal life getting in the way. But now I have time after over a month’s absence to write something for the English side. I’ll be looking into how Captain Underpants and Cars 3 are doing in cinemas, and look at new trailers for The Emoji Movie, The Nut Job 2, Despicable Me 3, Coco, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, and Ferdinand.

Captain Underpants - Pleasing critics in the name of underwear!

He's faster than a speeding waistband, more [...]

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[Sony Pictures]

Hi everyone! After a lengthy absence, I’ve found the time to update you readers with some animation news for this week’s AniSource News (I’ll explain the name change at the end of this article). This week, I’ll look into Disney’s big plans which includes Frozen 2, then I’ll look into the newest trailer for Cars 3, and finally we get our first look at characters from The Star.

Disney’s big plans - Frozen 2, The Lion King remake, and more!

It’s a fact; Disney is dominating 2019. As part of their new schedule, the [...]

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[Image by Nakou]

Happy 20th Anniversary to Cats Don't Dance!

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It's time for us to present the many fantastic entries to the Cats Don't Dance 20th Anniversary Project! Teaming up with the French side, we were able to gather 17 creations (13 drawings and 4 images) from 10 unique users for as well as 5 participants in the collaborative project!

We boldly thank all our participants for [...]

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[Lionsgate]

Hello readers! There’s not much animation news to report on this week’s Weekly News, but I do have a few news stories to provide. This being how Smurfs: The Lost Village is performing in theatres, the first teaser trailer of My Little Pony: The Movie, and the surprise comeback of Invader Zim.

Smurfs: The Lost Village is disappointingly blue

With Smurfs: The Lost Village, Sony Pictures Animation has been hoping this reboot will redeem the franchise after their two terrible live-action views. Unfortunately, it’s not looking too smurfy when it comes to the [...]

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[20th Century Fox]

Greetings fellows! In this week’s Weekly News, we’ll look at how critics are reacting to DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby, the first trailer of Blue Sky’s Ferdinand, a delay in the US release of Leap!, and what Paramount and STX had in store for animation at CinemaCon!

The Boss Baby is a mixed doody

Alec Baldwin is a baby! That seems to be the big selling point of DreamWorks’ new comedy The Boss Baby, which is based on the picture book of the same name by Marla Frazee. Now that the movie has been released, the reactions are pretty [...]

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Disney is well underway in making a live-action/CGI remake of The Lion King, and it has just been announced by the Mouse House that there will be an interesting twist. It turns out this incarnation will be crossing over with the Star Wars universe!

[Disney/Lucasfilm]

The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm made the surprise announcement that it’ll be combining two of their biggest franchises into one epic feature. Sources report that the massive box office success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One, and the recent Disney live-action remakes convinced Disney that [...]

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[DreamWorks Animation]

Tra-la-laaaaaa! I hear-by welcome you all to this weeks Weekly News, the section where I talk about the latest animation news! This week we’ll look into two new DreamWorks trailers, those being The Boss Baby and Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, plus we look at the soundtrack of DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp getting a CD release!

The Boss Baby Trailer #2 - A Tale NOT As Old As Time

DreamWorks Animation’s newest comedy The Boss Baby is only days away from release. The studio has released a new trailer in front of [...]

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[Universal Pictures]

Greetings readers. My oh my, this is gonna be a big Weekly News, because with the release of a rather pointless live-action Beauty and the Beast remake, we have been flooded with so many of animated movie trailers up to the point that it’s ridiculous! This includes Smurfs: The Lost Village, Ballerina/Leap!, Despicable Me 3, Coco, and Early Man. After that, I’ll talk about some unfortunate news regarding SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg.

Smurfs: The Lost Village - Official “Lost” Trailer

First up is the new trailer of Sony [...]

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[Disney]

Hello guys, and welcome to another Weekly News. There was little to report on this week, but I will be talking about the unfortunate cancelation of DreamWorks’ Larrikins, and new details on Tangled: The Series.

DreamWorks kills off Larrikins

We are sad to report that another future project from DreamWorks Animation, Larrikins, has officially been put on the chopping block. This is the second DreamWorks project to be canceled following the Comcast/NBCUniversal buyout, the first being The Croods 2.

[Peter de Sève]

Larrikins, originally scheduled for [...]

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[Disney]

Hello, Animation Source! Once again I apologise for the late Weekly News, because studies and illness have gotten in the way. But finally, I have plenty of news for report on! This will include Cats Don’t Dance’s screening on the TCL Chinese Theatres, the announcement of Trolls 2, and new previews for Spark: A Space Tail, the DuckTales reboot, and Tangled: Before Ever After.

Cats Don’t Dance to screen at the TCL Chinese Theatres

Just in time for the 20th anniversary, the Warner Bros. cult classic Cats Don’t Dance is coming back to the big screen [...]

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HEELLLOOO BOLT FANS!

[Disney]

As you may know, things have been relatively quiet on Bolt Source with very few updates. Well no need to worry, becuase I have some good news for you fans! With some spare time, I have given the site a big overhaul to make it better, and even more fully be-awesome!

Here is a list of all the updates I have provided to Bolt Source:

• Two new pages: Concept art - Scenes, and Goodies.
• More information added to existing pages, most notably the overview page and the soundtrack page.
• A playlist containing the soundtrack has been created for your listening [...]
  
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[Disney]

Greetings users of Animation Source! Sorry if this entry of Weekly News is a bit late, and theres very few news to report on yet again, but I have managed to gather a few. For this one, I look into Zootopia winning the Academy Award, and how Rock Dog is performing in the US.

Zootopia wins the Academy Award

What a surprise. As everyone predicted, Zootopia has been awarded the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences!

[Disney]

With this win, it means that The Walt Disney Company has won the Best Animated [...]

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[Focus Features]

Welcome to the Weekly News… well, kinda. To be honest, there was very little animation news to report on this week, down to the point where theres only one noteworthy story. That one would be Kubo and the Two String’s win at the BAFTA Awards.

Kubo and the Two Strings wins the BAFTA Award

While we all patiently wait for the Academy Awards, it’s Britain’s turn to deliver film awards. On February 12, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA for short) presented the 70th British Academy Film Awards in Royal Albert Hall of London. [...]

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HAPPY VALENTINES EVERYONE!

[Image by Figa]

It’s that day of the year where a bit of love and kindness is shared around the world. On Animation Source, especially on the French side, Valentines Day is commonly celebrated with fan pairings being created in drawings and images. For the first time, the English side joined in with the French side for the first time in a Valentines project like this, and we have a lot of impressive entries to get through.

I have loosely adapted this article from Nakou’s French-side article. You should also give that a look as it has many [...]

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Hello fellow users of Animation Source! It is my pleasure to announce that we have opened the newest addition to our AS sites.

I present to you Over the Hedge Source, dedicated to the 2006 comedy by DreamWorks Animation! It is our third site based upon a DreamWorks franchise, following Spirit Source and How to Train Your Dragon Source.

This has been a pet project that I had been working on for some time. As you probably know, Over the Hedge is one of my favourite animated movies. Being a big fan myself, I wanted to do justice to the film by giving it it’s own special place [...]

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[Warner Bros. Pictures]

Welcome to another batch of Weekly News! For this one, we’ll look into how critics are reacting to The Lego Batman Movie, the first trailer of The Lego Ninjago Movie, a bunch of TV show trailers (Tangled: Before Ever After, Dragons: Race to the Edge, and the Samurai Jack revival) and finally some new characters for My Little Pony: The Movie.

Everything is still awesome in The Lego Batman Movie

Holy bricks, Batman! Critics are loving this movie!

[Warner Bros. Pictures]

As you probably have known, 2016 was a rather lacklustre year for DC movies, [...]

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Ten years ago, while riding a train, I had an idea : why not making a WAP version of Balto Source? It would be very nice to see the latest fanarts whenever, wherever!

Even though this never happened, I'm glad to announce Animation Source is now mobile friendly!

It's exactly the same site, with all the same functionalities (thanks to responsive design), just with things resized and moved so it's more practical.

Of course it's not perfect yet, I'm still fixing things but it's already much easier to browse the site on a phone or tablet!

On a side note, I've also made quite a lot [...]

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[Universal Pictures]

This week in the Weekly News, I have plenty of news to discuss about here.. I’ll talk about the Balto trilogy arriving on Netflix, the winners of the 44th Annie Awards, a new animated talking animal movie titled Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad, and The Lego Movie Sequel getting a new director.

Balto arrives on Netflix
(and we got mentioned on a big news site?)

It’s time to Reach for the Light once again, because the Balto trilogy is now available to watch on the streaming service Netflix!

[Universal Pictures/Netflix]

Starting from February 1, US [...]

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New video with more information on the "Spirit: Riding Free" series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXwS242oVfI

Apparently, the buckskin character featured is not in fact Spirit himself, but a mustang of the same name (this was done for copyright reasons).

There are many more models, characters from the series. Interestingly, (alongside the fact that the three main horse characters are a buckskin, paint and palomino - like Spirit, Rain and Esperanza) some of these other characters seem to resemble (in basic design) characters from the book series [...]

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[Cartoon Network]

It’s time for the latest animation news! In this week’s Weekly News, we'll  look into the animation nominees of the 89th Academy Awards, Illumination Entertainment and their big plans for sequels, and the new premiere date of the long-awaited Samurai Jack revival.

Animation at the 89th Academy Awards

Now that the Golden Globes are out of the way, it’s now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ turn to honour the best of cinema with the 89th Academy Awards. As predicted, La La Land is a favourite among the Academy with 14 [...]

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UPDATE : There you go, all the Animation Source sites now implement HTTPS so they're more secure!

Also, they now support HTTP/2 which makes page loading faster. It's very noticeable on the film galleries pages, for example!

The site won't be available for a short amount of time tomorrow morning (or late this night, for American folks), as I need to perform some updates.

This includes security updates, HTTPS support and HTTP/2.

I'll update this news once it's done!

[Sony Pictures]

Welcome to a special Weekly News! Boy, do I have plenty this week, because Sony Pictures Animation has a bucketload of announcements for me to talk about here. Also this week, I’ll also discuss about the new trailer for The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature. Lets dig in!

Sony Pictures Animation’s release slate

Sony Pictures Animation makes a big comeback this year and beyond! On Wednesday at their Culver City campus, the studio released new details of their diverse slate of upcoming animated features. I took a look at the complete list, and will break-down [...]

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[Disney]

Welcome everyone to this week’s Weekly News, your source for the latest animation news every Sunday! I have plenty to talk about, so we’ll look into the big animation winner of the Golden Globes, new promotional videos for Tangled: Before Ever After and Cars 3, the new president of DreamWorks Animation, and new details of My Little Pony: The Movie.

Zootopia wins the Golden Globe

January 8 was the night the 2017 Golden Globes took place, which honours the best in Hollywood. The musical phenomena La La Land set a Golden Globe record for the most wins in an event, [...]

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We’re pleased to launch this year’s Valentines Day projects!

[Nelvana]

Hang on a minute! Isn’t it too early to celebrate Valentines? Well, true, but we’re announcing two exciting community projects to celebrate this year’s day of love, both of which we’ll be participating with French-side users. These include:

The Surprise project

Hosted by Nakou, this is where you gift a drawing to a user and receive one back from another user! Registration closes January 17, and submission deadline is February 11. Rules and registration can be found [...]

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[Disney/Pixar]

Greetings, and I welcome you to the first Weekly News of 2017! I’m not sure if I can call it “Weekly News” anymore since I skipped a week for another certain article, but who cares anyway? I’m back on track with new animation news stories, this week with the trailer of Ballerina/Leap!, new promotional videos for Cars 3, and a possible different Spider-Man in Sony’s upcoming animated movie of the superhero.

Ballerina / Leap! - Trailer #1

A French-Canadian animated feature is getting a theatrical release in the United States by The [...]

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[Walt Disney Pictures]

Well guys, the entries for the 2016 Secret Santa Project are in, and we’re ready to show them. This marks as the first time where both English-side and French-side users of Animation Source participate together in a project, with a total of 27 users participating!

I have adapted this article from Nakou’s 2016 Secret Santa article on the French side. Lets begin unwrapping, and see what gifts have been delivered!

If one of your creations does not appear in the article, please contact me with the link via PM.​

Anna Andersson [...]

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the new year of 2017! Instead of the usual Weekly News (there’s honestly barely anything to report this week), I have decided to do another special article where I list all the major theatrical animated releases that are coming out this year.

The release dates are based on the 2017 schedule on Box Office Mojo. Please note that this list is not final, as some movies may have a title or date change in the future.

Grab your calendar, and lets dive in!

The Lego Batman Movie

• Director: Chris McKay
• Writer: Seth Grahame-Smith
• Studios: [...]
  
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