TimberWolf - The Entire Series

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G.I. Joe - Best intros ever - Part 5

TWICE UPON A TIME Online

Somebody has posted TWICE UPON A TIME in its entirety on YouTube. The choppy compressed video hardly does the visuals justice, but it'll have to do until Warner Bros. releases the film onto dvd someday. A YouTube playlist with all the segments is below. Amazing designs and animation!

Beetlejuice - Best intros ever - Part 4

American Version:


Thanks to Justin for suggesting this show, it was one of my favorites as a kid. And thanks to Blair for the Gummi Bears reminder too.

A Beautiful View in Saturn's Eclipse

In the shadow of Saturn, unexpected wonders appear. The robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn recently drifted in the giant planet's shadow for about 12 hours and looked back toward the eclipsed Sun. Cassini saw a view unlike any other. Far in the distance, visible on the left just above the bright main rings, is the almost ignorable pale blue dot of Earth.

Great design & animation, have a look...

TOOT WHISTLE PLUNK & BOOM

You MUST watch this fantastic 1956 Disney Short film.


There were some brilliant minds at work here and oftentimes these incredibly talented guys get overlooked. The art director was Ken O'Connor (scene layouts and continuity, mostly), with Vic Haboush as assistant art director to Ken. The major stylist on the film was Thomas Oreb, a "lost legend" and true artistic hero of the time. He was the one responsible for all the fantastic character design on the film. Working in tandem with the characters was background artist and designer, Eyvind Earle. He's often mentioned for his gothic/medieval backgrounds in Sleeping Beauty.

Here's some fantastic samples of Tom Oreb's
sketches and designs: here & here.

After seeing all the thumbnails of TOOT shown below, it's interesting to note the color scheme of the entire film. There are a good amount of warm reds and purples that stand out, offset by cool blues and indigos. When you look closer at the images, take special note of the flatness of the characters, typical of the early- to mid-50's design of the time. You can thank UPA for spawning a great interest in this limited, yet modern style, as they had that look pretty much cornered. But here, Oreb almost out-UPA'd UPA. I love how the musicians have white lines with no color fill for their heads. Brilliant stuff.

*Info borrowed from Cartoon Brew

Atlanta Grapes

The Swedish Chef - Part 4

Gummi Bears - Best intros ever - Part 3

Family Dog

Before The Critic, before The Iron Giant, before The Incredibles, Brad Bird was making his own cool cartoons. The sad but true story of a horribly dysfunctional family, the Binsfords, as told through the eyes of their dog. This short-lived series was actually a spin-off from an episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories. The show deserves to be remembered, even if it was on for only a month, Brad's story-telling genius shines through.

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Best intros ever-Part 2

Go here to watch it.
Just like most 80s cartoon intros, fast and super-high-action!!

Grindhouse!

Two full length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a double feature, Planet Terror and Death Proof. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies. Here's a teaser, not the best video quality, but holy crap, it looks amazing!!!