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Sonar by Renaud Hallée
 An elegantly layered visual representation of sound by Montreal-based Renaud Hallée. Sonar was made in Flash with keyframe animation (no scripting was involved). (Thanks, Gene Fowler) |

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On My Way
 This isn’t so much animated as it is a clever use of the iPhone and all sorts of mixed media. And the song’s catchy too. It’s from an Israeli band named IZABO, directed by Shushu |

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Marmaduke trailer
 What is William H. Macy doing in this? It struck me, watching this god-awful trailer, that this Marmaduke movie is a modern day equivalent to the old Speaking of Animals shorts (created by Tex Avery). |

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How to Win Over An Audience
 This video of Orson Welles has absolutely nothing to do with animation, and it has absolutely everything to do with animation. (Thanks, Ricky Garduno) |

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The CGI Yogi
 I wasn’t going to post about this. I was sent these images of CGI Yogi and Boo Boo a few days ago and decided they were so horrible that they couldn’t possibly be the finals. Now they seem |

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Huemer on Yoe
 Craig Yoe just posted a batch of rare print cartoons by animator Dick Huemer (Fleischer, Mintz, Disney) on his I.T.C.H. (International Team of Cartoon Historians) blog. Yoe posts much rare material |

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Henry Selick returns to Disney
 No joke - and good news!Variety is reporting that Henry Selick has signed an exclusive long term deal to produce and direct movies for “Disney/Pixar”. Interesting to note the article |

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The Ship That Never Came In by Kim Deitch
 I don’t know how I missed this before, but I just found this 2003 animation (by John Kuromoto) of a Kim Deitch cartoon based on a Waldo strip Deitch originally wrote for a comic in 1992. |

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The Science of 3D Explained
 The United Kingdom’s leading film critic Mark Kermode explains the difference between 3D and 2D:(Thanks, DeK) |

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Paprikaas Animation to do Kung Fu Panda Series
 Good news for Kung Fu Panda fans.Technicolor announced that Nickelodeon has awarded Paprikaas, the Kung Fu Panda TV series, which will be produced as an animated series for the worldwide broadcast |

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“South Park” to Celebrate 200th Episode
 Animated series South Park will air its 200th episode on Comedy Central in April 14. A website was recently set up for fans to congratulate its milestone.“South Park” debuted in 1997. |

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James Sturm gives up the Internet
 James Sturm, co-founder of The Center for Cartoon Studies is giving up on the web. At least for four months. He’ll “blog about it” on slate (faxing and writing in his |

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