ANIMATION MAGAZINE

CONTENIDO

VOLUME 26, No. 4 JUNE 2012

FRAME-BY-FRAME

4 July Animation Planner…. Books We Love.

FEATURES

8 Euro Dash. Dream Works’ delightful zoo buddies find some new European pals in the third chapter of the Madagascar trilogy. Ramin Zahed.

12 Meet the Bonnie Lass of Brave. Pixar breaks the toon and tech molds once again with its 3-D Scottish princess adventure tale. Mercedes Milligan.

16 Russian Animation on Ice. How Moscow studio Wizart Animation is updating the nation’s CG industry with its first feature effort, The Snow Queen. Mercedes Milligan.

18 Finding Redemption After Tragedy. Toei Animation’s powerful feature Asura is one of the heavyweight titles competing at the Annecy Festival this year. Ramin Zahed.

20 Art of the Matter. An artistic mouse and a musically talented bear form a special bond in the charming new French animated feature Ernest and Celestine. Ramin Zahed.

Television

22 Tapping in to The Grid. Disney XD puts a fresh spin on a sci-fi classic with the new series TRON: Uprising. Mercedes Milligan.

25 Tales from the Weird Side. Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch taps his childhood memories to create the offbeat world of the hot new Disney Channel cartoon. Ramin Zahed.

28 Sugar Rush. The Care Bears are better and sweeter than ever in a brand new CG-animated series debuting on The Hub this month.

Shorts

31 Shorts on Minutes, Long on Talent. The 2012 edition of the Annecy Festival puts an amazingly diverse and creative range of animated shorts from all over the world in the spotlight. Ellen Wolff.

Home Entertainment

33 Early Summer Staycations on DVD. Wait out allergy season with Superman vs The Elite, Arrietty, Jonny Quest or a new Peanuts collection. Mercedes Milligan.

VFX

34 A Hot VX Summer Sampler. We focus on some of the innovative digital effects of three of the season’s early blockbusters. Thomas J. McLean.

38 Tech Reviews. CoreCG’s MentalCore, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4, GenArts’ Monsters GT. Todd Sheridan Perry.

Licensing

41 Licensing Show Shopping List. Hot must-have properties to check out at the Licensing In’I Expo in Vegas this month.

Opportunities

45 A Hands-On Animation Immersion. CalArts’ innovative community outreach program opens animated doors for L. A. middle schoolers. Ramin Zahed.

48 A Day in the Life of... The dedicated crews behind France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival show us how they pull it together.