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Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

Spider-Ham

Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a superhero appearing in Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic pig and is a parody version of Spider-Man. He was created by Larry Hama, Tom DeFalco, and Mark Armstrong.

KENEDA

Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang in Katsuhiro Otomo’s classic anime feature AKIRA (1988).

Daffy Duck

Daffy Duck was created by Tex Avery for Leon Schlesinger Productions. He has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, or Speedy Gonzales.

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Atiya Henry named Executive VP of Production for Disney Branded Television

Atiya Henry named Executive VP of Production for Disney Branded Television

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
March 25th, 2026
Henry will oversee all aspects of production for Disney Branded Television’s portfolio of award-winning animated and live-action programming for Disney+, Disney Jr. and Disney Channel, including titles such as “Descendants,” “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” and “Phineas and Ferb.”
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DreamWorks Drops First ‘Forgotten Island’ Trailer About Friendship and Philippine Mythology

DreamWorks Drops First ‘Forgotten Island’ Trailer About Friendship and Philippine Mythology

Avatar photoBill Desowitz|
March 25th, 2026
The trailer dropped today for DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island (Universal, September 25), the studio’s first embrace of Filipino culture about friendship and memory. The comedy-adventure follows two lifelong friends who grow up together in the ’90s in the Philippines — Jo (singer H.E.R./Gabriella Wilson) and Raissa (Liza Soberano) — and the stakes of potentially growing […]
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Illumination Highlights Heading Into Second “Mario” Movie

Illumination Highlights Heading Into Second “Mario” Movie

Avatar photoJackson Murphy|
March 24th, 2026
16 years after the first "Despicable Me", Illumination is widely regarded as one of the powerhouses in animation, in large part thanks to "Mario" and those Minions... some of the most iconic animated characters of all time.
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A Peek Behind Dreamworks Forthcoming “Abominable”

Abominable, DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming feature, is making history. Industry veteran Jill Culton is the first woman to be the writer and main director of a major, original animated film. “It’s a mini-breakthrough,” she said. Culton came-up with the idea for “Abominable” — which is about a Chinese teen girl’s relationship with a yeti, seven years […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|July 23, 2019
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A Peek Behind Dreamworks Forthcoming “Abominable”

TRAILER: Dreamworks “Trolls World Tour”

Dreamworks today dropped the trailer for their forthcoming sequel to Trolls – which won’t appear until next year, on April 17th, 2020. Trolls World Tour has a story that sounds like a combination of Disney’s Music Land, and Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom mixed with Avengers Infinity War and psychedelic imagery to top The Three […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 20, 2019
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TRAILER: Dreamworks “Trolls World Tour”

DreamWorks Animation Revs Up “Fast & Furious: Spy Racers” and “Kipo & the Age of Wonderbeasts”

Today, as part of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, DreamWorks Animation released the following: A first look teaser and title reveal of its highly anticipated Netflix original series Fast & Furious: Spy Racers (see below) – and an all new Netflix original series Kipo & the Age of Wonderbeasts from executive producers Radford Sechrist […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 13, 2019
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DreamWorks Animation Revs Up “Fast & Furious: Spy Racers” and “Kipo & the Age of Wonderbeasts”

FIRST LOOK: Warner Bros. New “Looney Tunes Cartoons”

In what was one of the most anticipated presentations of the week, Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) today unveiled the first batch of finished shorts from the upcoming series Looney Tunes Cartoons in front of a standing-room only crowd at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. One of the shorts screened during the presentation was “Dynamite […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 12, 2019
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FIRST LOOK: Warner Bros. New “Looney Tunes Cartoons”

INTERVIEW: Q&A with Dreamworks director Andrew Erekson on “Marooned”

Story artist Andrew Erekson (Home, Captain Underpants) is premiering his directorial debut at the Annecy International Film Festival in France this week. The DreamWorks Animation short Marooned is about two robots stuck on the Moon hoping to return to Earth. And he’s certainly over the moon about showing his creation to audiences. Andrew Erekson: I’m […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|June 11, 2019
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INTERVIEW: Q&A with Dreamworks director Andrew Erekson on “Marooned”

INTERVIEW: Creator Matt Braly on “Amphibia”

Annie Award-winning Gravity Falls writer, director and storyboard artist Matt Braly has created a new Disney Channel animated series. Amphibia, starring Mouse House staple Brenda Song, premieres June 17th. The show has just wrapped production on Season 1 and has already been renewed for a second year. Jerry Beck: What does the title of the […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|June 11, 2019
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INTERVIEW: Creator Matt Braly on “Amphibia”
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Making History: The 25th Anniversary of Disney’s “Pocahontas”

In the summer of 1995, there was a shadow that loomed over the Walt Disney Animation Studio. It was a shadow in the shape of The Lion King. Just one year prior, the tale of Simba had skyrocketed past all box-office expectations and made its way into our collective pop-culture as few films do. For […]