By brownkidd on March 16th, 2010 in
Art,
Otaku,
TV + Film

From casa de la Wiki:
The success of The Walt Disney Company’s 1937 feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs influenced Japanese animators. In the 1960s, manga artist and animator Osamu Tezuka [credited with meing the godfather of anime] adapted and simplified many Disney animation-techniques to reduce costs and to limit the number of frames in productions. He intended this as a temporary measure to allow him to produce material on a tight schedule with inexperienced animation-staff.
Thanks to the artist Manon Yapari, the circle is complete.
[Via The Daily What]
By brownkidd on March 8th, 2010 in
Art,
TV + Film

Teensy little Lego vignette by Peter Aoun.
[Via Brothers Brick]
By brownkidd on February 12th, 2010 in
Otaku,
TV + Film

Looks like Totoro will be making an appearance in the latest Toy Story flick. Not sure how much screen time he’ll get, but I’m sure fans will appreciate even the smallest opportunity to see the big fuzzy furball rendered in sexy Pixar CG. Kind of odd that Pixar would throw in a character who’s widely unknown to American audiences, but I’m not complaining one bit.
[Via Japanator]
By brownkidd on October 5th, 2009 in
Video Games

A while ago, there were rumors on the internets that Warren Spector (creator of Deux Ex) and Junction Studios had been working on a dark, stempunk Mickey Mouse platformer exclusively for the Wii. The concept art painted a dreary, almost Salvidor Dali-like depiction of the Disney Kingdom and it was the most excited I got for a Disney game since the announcement of the first Kingdom Hearts.

The November issue of GameInformer features an Epic Mickey cover story with some gorgeous wrap-around cover art and GameInformer promises more details in the next 3 weeks on their Epic Mickey landing page. There’s also an interview with Warren Spector that reveals absolutely nothing about the game, but you can go here if you feel like checking it out anyway.
By brownkidd on September 1st, 2009 in
Comics,
LOL